small temper

[Ready]

I read these post about Nursing students getting yelled at by other nurses and that to me seems a little out there. I don't like it when someone yells at me, I take offense to that and I would probaly bark back. I know who to respect and who should respect me.

How would you handle the situation if someone came screaming at you?

would you think that was appropriate?

would you tell someone higher up?

Would you bark back? :argue:

[mattsmom81]

Appropriate?..........Never, unless you were doing something that was killing someone and the scream could save that person's life"

Yup. And it has happened!! As in 'pull that wide open K rider off the IJ sideport...your patient is in VTach'..... followed quickly by 'WTH ya think you're doing?" in Vince Lombardi fashion.

And no, that nurse never 'assisted ' with my patient care again...was quickly moved out to medsurg. He was lucky he wasn't fired...I would have. If they cannot listen and learn, they don't need to be in ICU. They can REALLY kill someone in there.

Students keep in mind our licenses ARE at risk when you work with our patients. A sharp word may be necessary from time to time.

[twinmommy+2, ADN, BSN, MSN]

I'm one of the lucky ones that had a nurse scream at me in the middle of the burn unit floor. I was warned about her, and still don't know why they allowed her to be paired with a nursing student. So I tryed to be as diplomatic as possible. I asked her (we couldn't do a thing inside the room unless we got report first) "I know that you are such a busy person, but can I ask you for a report, mabye I can help?" In the middle of the intensive care burn unit she said "REPORT!!! YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ARE YOU CRAZY!!! YOU CAN GET IT ALL FROM THE CHART" mumble grumble. I was seated right in front of the patients room and all the patients heard this. Talk about the worst possible experience on the burn ward possible. Plus she was rough with the patient. Just shoved that thermometer right in her ear, she flinched so hard but of course couldn't say anything cause she had a trach and intubated.

I did report her to the instructor but the instructor though. I don't know what became of it.

Just remember that its your experience and how you conduct yourself that will follow you, not how the person treated you. If someone does this, keep your calm, they could come around later, and inform your instructor as soon as possible.

[devi, ADN, BSN]

I read these post about Nursing students getting yelled at by other nurses and that to me seems a little out there. I don't like it when someone yells at me, I take offense to that and I would probaly bark back. I know who to respect and who should respect me.

This is something I worry a little about, too. Up until 2 or 3 years ago, I was a BIG pushover. I hated verbal confrontation and just shrunk from it, no matter how small the matter was. I was too timid to even send my order back in a restaurant if it was completely wrong. Yelling was likely to send me straight into tears.

But then something just clicked all of a sudden one day. I don't know what it was or why...maybe just part of growing up for me. My attitude towards confrontation is completely changed now. My temper seems much shorter, and I get angry if someone yells at me instead of hurt.

I don't yell back or anything. My voice gets very quiet, in fact. But the things that come out of my mouth at times like that :stone ... I never knew I could be that way. It's like standing back and watching some alien creature take over my voice, and part of me is cheering "you go, girl...it's about time you stood up for yourself!", but the rest of me says "you are soooo going to get in trouble with that mouth someday".

And I probably will. But I'm trying to train myself to just make comments in my head instead of out loud.