Rant - How should *I* know?

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There is a trend going on here lately where random people come on here and ask really specific questions.

Y'all need to stop it. It makes you look lazy and stupid.

Pick up the phone and call the appropriate people. Don't ask random strangers on a message board.

How in the heck should *I* know what the schools in your area require to get in? Call the admissions office and ask them. And hope it doesn't change before you finish high school.

How should *I* know what benefits you should expect as nurse once you get out of nursing school? Call the local hospitals/clinics/wherever and ask them. And hope it doesn't change before you graduate.

How should *I* know what the hiring practices are for your local hospital, when you are completely anonymous and could be from Taiwan for all I know? Call the local hospital's HR department and ask them.

You've all seen deeply specific questions on here.

Sometimes I wonder if people have forgotten how to communicate. In this age of social media, do people just not know how to ask anymore?

Is every question a group question now? Should you post random questions on different message boards and expect an answer?

Why wouldn't you contact the actual peope who KNOW the answers?

I am baffled.

I didn't make the bingo card, but I think we can adjust a few of those squares to be more AN-specific, like:

Where is your bedside manner?

I thought nurses were supposed to be compassionate!

But I'm already a nurse in my heart!

You all take yourselves too seriously!

Specializes in MICU, SICU, CICU.

some of these crusty old bats just need to retire

nurses really do eat their young

it's okay to call yourself a nurse as long as nobody gets hurt

am I being bullied (red jello)

I need to interview a nurse like right away

my instructor said to research this on a nursing forum

some of these crusty old bats just need to retire

nurses really do eat their young

it's okay to call yourself a nurse as long as nobody gets hurt

am I being bullied (red jello)

I need to interview a nurse like right away

my instructor said to research this on a nursing forum

vaccines cause autism

I'm a nurse through and through (even though the BON says otherwise).

Can I take these classes together and still pass?

What's the fastest way to become a nurse?

Does PVT still work?

Okay, I'm done.

I'm a nurse through and through (even though the BON says otherwise).

Can I take these classes together and still pass?

What's the fastest way to become a nurse?

Does PVT still work?

Okay, I'm done.

OK, so it's going to be a tablecloth.

Specializes in MICU, SICU, CICU.

It's a nurses job to educate students

Nurses cant delegate only managers can

actually this is more like a top ten list of the dumbest things said on Allnurses.

But cani *whines* you're supposed to know exactly what requirements I had for my program, what supplies I need for clinical, and if it's supposed to be hard. If you all don't tell me then you're all mean bullies.

Actually, if these aren't posted in the general forum, but rather in their specific state (like I made a thread for my school's spring 2016 class in the Nevada forum) I think the OP would be able to get more relevant answers. But I absolutely agree that calling the correct, knowledgeable, school-based bodies is best. I share what I know with people who post in the Nevada forum about my school.

Specializes in Dialysis.
I think mostly it's the huffy responses when the answers we give aren't what the OP hoped for/expected. And don't forget the accusations of being mean, bullying and lacking long term memory.

And NETY. You forgot NETY!

positive comments only

no rude comments please

It's a nurses job to educate students

Nurses cant delegate only managers can

actually this is more like a top ten list of the dumbest things said on Allnurses.

Top ten Maggie? No, more like top 50.

Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.

My current specialty is correctional nursing, so I frequent the correctional nursing forum. I can't tell you how many people have asked what it is like to work not only for a specific employer, but at a specific facility. Just a guess, but it's unlikely that anyone here has worked at the very place that the poster is asking about. Then there are the questions about how much overtime you can get, pay and benefits, on and on. Like the OP says, call the HR department.

Another nurse (new grad) posted a thread asking where she could find a job with an employer who would pay off all of her student loans (as I recall, about $60-70K worth) in exchange for a 1-2 year commitment. I explained to her that she wasn't likely to find that anywhere. She accused me of being condescending, mean and negative because I gave her an answer that she didn't want to hear.

Let us also not forget the soon-to-be graduate RN who is already talking about master's and doctorate programs before working five minutes on the floor, and wanting advice as to which program to go into.

This thread rules. Thanks for posting it and saying what most of us have been thinking.

And NETY. You forgot NETY!

I was thinking NETY might be perfect for the free space!

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