onetiredstudent

Ba ha ha! Good one!

:poop: It's not about a new nurse having to earn respect, its about the other nurse being respectful toward the new nurse, and treating her with decency and common courtesy. Nurses eating their young is shameful. It's bullying behavior and will be perpetuated for as long as there are those that condone it! I have 20 plus years experience helping people deal with the effects of bullying and I was shocked to find that it is the greatest hurdle many nursing students and new nurses have to face.

I'll be praying. I'm an older student and I know what it is to have and not to have a balanced life, you made the right choice for you and DD.

I'm thinking you are headed toward burnout

That's great! Keep up the hard work!

I know it's Hospital not Hilton, but I've had this holiday breakdown on lay-a-way my whole career.

You, of all people, should know how sick working Christmas year after year makes you!

From another perspective: should a school that receives money from the federal government in the forms of financial aid be permitted to discriminate against a student based on sex?

I'm a senior registered nursing student and our school has a pinning ceremony to mark the completion of our program. Our class contains about 20% men, equal split of black and white in both genders. I am approaching 50 and this is not my first career. The director of the nursing program gave the class the "option to vote" on the wearing of a nurses cap for the pinning ceremony and our class photo. The majority of the class voted to wear the cap, men excluded from wear. I do not wish to wear the cap and have been told by program director that "the class voted to wear it and you have to or you will not be able to participate". I understand the cap is traditional, but I feel it calls specific attention to my gender and not my success in passing nursing school. I've worked very hard to get where I'm at and I wish to celebrate my success with a pinning ceremony. I truly feel that being "forced" to wear the cap is discriminatory based on my gender alone. Period. The guys are not made to wear them because they are considered "feminine or female dress", and I don't wish to be "forced" to dress as such either (we are all wearing pant-scrubs by unanimous vote). I respect the choice of anyone else that wishes to wear the nursing cap. I don't and won't presume to force my opinion on them. Has anyone else had this experience? Does anyone know of any precedence against forced wearing of nursing caps to participate in school activities, etc? Any input on how else to proceed in approaching my school administration would be appreciated. I welcome the input from both genders, seasoned and new nurses, students and educators, and anyone else on here that wants to chime in. I ask only, that you be nice to me and each other. This is very serious for me.