Recycled topics (vent)

MICUSarah · Sep 5, 2016

"I got fired for **insert reason that would be a good "last straw" reason to get fired, but not worthy of being fired on first offense**. Please tell me what I did was right and my hospital was wrong! I swear I've never had any other disciplinary actions"

..."except that one time. And that other time. and the time I got in a screaming fight with my boss...."

CoconutCookie · Sep 6, 2016

Hmmmmm...

CONFLICT WITH CNA:

"My CNA is SO disrespectful. They don't know a dang thing about nursing those rat-faced little pooper scoopers. I'm SO busy."

**NICU Guy, BSN, RN** · Sep 6, 2016

My favorite one's are the marijuana threads:

"I'm starting nursing school in Colorado. If I have a medical marijuana card. Do I have to stop smoking when I am in nursing school?"

"I start nursing school in a month. How soon before school starts do I have to stop smoking to pass the drug screen?"

Meeshie · Sep 6, 2016

You missed 'what type of drug test does XYZ hospital or XYZ school do? Is it hair? Saliva? Why am I asking? Oh...no reason....'

My favorite one's are the marijuana threads:
"I'm starting nursing school in Colorado. If I have a medical marijuana card. Do I have to stop smoking when I am in nursing school?"
"I start nursing school in a month. How soon before school starts do I have to stop smoking to pass the drug screen?"

ItsThatJenGirl, CNA · Sep 6, 2016

PVT threads. And I'm not even in nursing school yet.

xoemmylouox, ASN, RN · Sep 6, 2016

I hate it when a new poster posts some lame topic that has been discussed a millions times, we still are patient and bother to respond to the hard to understand novel that was posted, and then they never respond back. It drives me crazy. Why bother to post and waste my time to never respond back?!?!? Especially when we ask for clarification/details.. :mad:

**NICU Guy, BSN, RN** · Sep 6, 2016

Just posted 30 minutes ago.

Topic: ETHICS AND NURSING

Message: Ethics and Nursing

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/ethics-and-nursing-1067842.html

nursej22, MSN, RN · Sep 6, 2016

Any time I see the "Should I be a nurse?" title, I say to myself, "Nope", and move on.

And for what it's worth, when people shout (all caps), or use lol.

Susie2310 · Sep 6, 2016

I find the attitude of the person posting a thread on a well worn frequent topic more important than the actual topic. For example, if I feel someone is asking a question such as "What is the fastest way to become a NP without any nursing experience?" with respect and genuine naivety, I am inwardly more tolerant than I would be otherwise. The same goes for other frequent well worn topics.

Sour Lemon · Sep 6, 2016

Anything that sounds like it belongs in a thirteen year old girl's Hello Kitty diary is pretty annoying ...and there's lots of that lately, for some reason.

quiltynurse56, LPN, LVN · Sep 6, 2016

Another one is about "how can I handle being a nurse (or in nursing school) when I have children. My thought is, it is the same no matter the job. You have to be prepared. Single moms I can see the concern, but gee whiz.

Trauma Columnist · Sep 6, 2016

Many posters (as I'm sure it was with many of the posters in this thread) go thru similar phases in their nursing career:

Prenursing - testing, wait lists, courses to take, pre-reqs

Nursing school - testing, clinicals, NCLEX

New grad - getting a job, co-worker relations

Experienced nurse - job (dis)satisfaction, career mobility

So - its not unusual to get the same type of questions. While I agree that the way you ask a question often relates to the answers, it is just super easy to skip over topics that you don't want to discuss. If there are posts that are problematic, ie posts with only initials of a school posts with terms of service violations in them, posts in the wrong forum, please click on the "report" triangle and we will address the issue.

Thanks.