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I'm sorry if this has been posted already but I want to make sure everyone knows.....The Center for Nursing Advocacy has a link on their website to email "Grey's Anatomy". There is also a form letter that you can send if you don't want to send your own. So, if you were offended by the show please go to the site! http://www.nursingadvocacy.org. Thanks!

Me too! I am soooo angry!!!

Hey guys! I need advice. This may sound really stupid but ........when completing an online application, am I supposed to include preceptorship as experience even though it is part of nursing school? I don't know the rules for nursing applications. Please help, Im supposed to do this soon(like tonight!) Thank you! :)

I agree. Too much trouble for me right now and not enough time to deal with it. It really makes me furious that Dr.s can get away with inappropriate behavior (far worse than this). I can't help but wonder how many people have been in this situation!

Does anyone know if state boards of medicine actually investigate these types of reports? Is this considered misconduct?

hello everyone. ok, it seems that you guys think this behavior is weird too. at the time of this particular visit (the "touching") we had been seeing this pediatrician for over a year. he had always been very casual, very friendly, very complimentary, moreso than with the other moms (the walls there are quite thin!). i thought maybe it was just because our ages were pretty close. i tried not to think it through too much. but, on this particular day, he just seemed to lose all composure. he stood there looking at me for like 5 minutes before saying hello, and then turns and just walks out the door! it only got weirder from there. at one point he told my two year old that "there were a lot of good things to get from her mom" that was definitely weird. its not like she understood what he was saying to her!! i thought about it for awhile, trying to make sense of it, but nothing made sense. unfortunately, this man is a great dr. and my children love him. of course my instincts told me that this could be a bad situation, but i tend to doubt myself. i just needed to hear from other women (or men) on this one. oh, and in response to one of the other posters, i would have reported this behavior had i realized that it was so inappropriate. not that anything would have been done about it.........after all, he is a doctor. thanks for your help.

It sounds as if you are blaming this situation on the mom. You are probably right. I forgot that ALL doctors are PERFECT. How could I forget that? Forgive me if I misunderstood your post.

You are interpreting it correctly. :uhoh21:

Hello everyone! After reading a few posts about interviews, I have a question. I graduate Aug. 5th. How far in advance to new grads start interviewing? Some posts here mentioned signing contracts as early as three months before graduation. Is that the norm? Do most hospitals actually hire that early? Any advice will be helpful! Thanks!

Hello everyone! I don't post very often but I am learning so much from these message boards! I will graduate from nursing school this summer. And yes, it still feels like an eternity. I have a question and I'd really like to hear your opinions from a nursing point of view and from a mom's view, for those of you with children. Ok, you have a young mom (29) and a young male pediatrician (33), both married. The Dr. spends a lot of time in the room with this mom. Do you think it's strange for the doc to compliment the mom everytime she is there? For example, telling her how funny, smart, pretty, she is. Also, would it be weird for him to tell her what great hair she has and proceed to touch her hair (while standing about 3 inches from her face!)? Have you ever seen this kind of thing and is this normal behavior for young docs? opinions please.........By the way, I work in pediatrics. Thanks! :uhoh21:

hello everyone! this site is great! i'm so glad i found it. you guys crack me up. i will graduate from nursing school in august and i currently work at a children's hospital part-time. i'm just wondering if there are actually any dr.'s who really respect nurses. so far, i haven't seen anything but cocky ones. they don't seem to respect the nurses for all that they do. it really infuriates me that the nurses are there day in and day out caring for the patients, and the drs come in for 5 minutes and act like they are sooooo superior. i suppose i'll get used to their attitudes over time but right now it really disgusts me. to me, they are people who just happen to choose medicine as their career. i don't get it! so, are there really nice ones? are the older ones or younger ones easier to deal with? and, as a nurse, how do you actually earn their respect? thanks for your feedback. i'm glad i found you guys! :)