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  1. is this bullying?

    macawake replied to jennalou's topic in General Nursing

    This is my personal opinion based on what you've written. Of course my reply could change depending on if pertinent facts have been omitted, but if this is how it happened, I'm not impressed by either...

  2. If you apply and accept a job, don't bail out for no good reason

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree. Loyalty is a two-way street. Also, from the employer's return-on-investment perspective, I actually think it's better to resign a position that the employee feels certain is a...

  3. How do you deal with personal attacks at work?

    macawake replied to NewRN'16's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Tip of the day; read old threads https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/-quot-allow-lpns-1132594.html Truth_be-told, you never did get back to me about how you got that Master's...

  4. How do you deal with personal attacks at work?

    macawake replied to NewRN'16's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's hard to speculate regarding what motivates their poor behavior towards you. OP, when I reply to the kinds of posts which deals with relationships with coworkers/work environment, I usually have a...

  5. How did she/he get through nursing school?

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I do believe that you are correct Ruby Vee Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance ~ Confucius Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge ~ Darwin The...

  6. Miserable nurses

    macawake replied to FutureNurse0201's topic in General Nursing

    I and a lot of other posters have attempted to give you sincere and hopefully helpful advice. I know I was actually trying to help you and I'm convinced others were doing the same. Have you even...

  7. Invisible at work

    macawake replied to MissourigalRN's topic in General Nursing

    When you say that you've never been considered for promotion by your management team, does that mean that you're waiting for them to address the issue before you even apply to one of the available...

  8. Miserable nurses

    macawake replied to FutureNurse0201's topic in General Nursing

    Hi OP! I noticed from one of your previous posts that you are over thirty years old, so while it's true that you are still a nursing student, you are old enough to have some life experience. Now that...

  9. Men not helpful

    macawake replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You might think you respect me, but it's clear to me that you don't. I'm not saying that to be combative or inflammatory, I'm just stating a fact as I see it. The very next post after you said you...

  10. Men not helpful

    macawake replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You said the following: Unless you add the caveat that some women don't fit into your "mold", I will interpret women as referring to women as a whole. I'm a crap mind reader. I associate...

  11. Men not helpful

    macawake replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honestly, I find your entire post offensive but I'm not getting too excited about it since judging from some of your previous posts, I think that is the effect you're hoping for. I don't agree that...

  12. Men not helpful

    macawake replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not sure that men are "wired" differently as much as men and women are socialized differently. Biological differences undeniaby exist, but in the case of communication, I think it's a learned...

  13. Men not helpful

    macawake replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree, it seemed rather pointless. One can certainly suspect the presence of criticism or some kind of negative bias in the comment but since GE90 chose to not elaborate, we can only guess what the...

  14. Men not helpful

    macawake replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    First of all, the title of this thread and the first paragraph makes it sound like laziness is a uniquely male trait. It's not. It's not men who aren't helpful, you have a complaint regarding a...

  15. How has nursing changed you?

    macawake replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, OP. This thread has definitely turned a bit strange Sometimes threads just take on a life of their own. For what it's worth, I think you started a thread on an interesting topic! Now,...

  16. How has nursing changed you?

    macawake replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    It's too late to edit the above post. My sincere apologies to OP. I mistakenly wrote OP, but I intended to write EGspirit who was the poster who described whispering things into his patient's ear. I'm...

  17. How has nursing changed you?

    macawake replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know what I dislike just as much as I dislike people who try to force their beliefs unto vulnerable, helpless patients? Intellectual dishonesty. First of all, I suggest you use the "quote"...

  18. How has nursing changed you?

    macawake replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    You cannot possibly know if he heard you and unless you are 100% certain that he was of the same faith as you, you can't be sure that you didn't hurt him. Is nursing in your opinion about you or...

  19. How has nursing changed you?

    macawake replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    God didn't call me to nursing. He might have called you, but it's presumptious and arrogant of you to assume that your own personal experiences are generalizable to OP, me, other posters in this...

  20. How to deal with colleague

    macawake replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In your own words, you said he was a LITTLE disrespectful. While what you describe certainly sounds like it needs to be addressed, I don't think the situation currently necessitates any major drama....

  21. My apologies to the nursing profession

    macawake replied to Jon12's topic in General Nursing

    The aggression in your post is palpable. So is the pain. You've chosen to post on a public forum and you are addressing strangers. Very few, if any, of us have likely met you in real life and we...

  22. Healthy Weight Week

    macawake replied to JanineKelbach's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I eat healthy and exercise regularly for me. I don't think it's part of my job description as a nurse to "portray health". My job is to provide high standard evidence-based care to my patients. I...

  23. Getting yelled at by a doctor for the first time....

    macawake replied to NewbieNurse93's topic in General Nursing

    (my bold) Are you seriously suggesting that we should just accept that some people can't communicate in a non-violent manner? I disagree. First of all, aggression and violence isn't acceptable...

  24. Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    macawake replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I actually agree with this newly minted nurse. I don't think he chose a particularly diplomatic or strategically smart way to verbalize his thoughts as I think they risk coming off as condescending...

  25. Getting yelled at by a doctor for the first time....

    macawake replied to NewbieNurse93's topic in General Nursing

    You are NOT a horrible nurse. You did NOT make a mistake and you did NOT owe the doc an apology. I've been yelled at by a handful of physicians in the past ten years. I have never had the same...