I think I'm done answering student nurse help me threads here.
I've gotten rude answers, or they never even bother coming back to the thread to acknowledge the answers they received.
Some will ask life choice questions like "Where should I move?" or "Where should I apply?". Do they think someone is going to offer them a job here, is that why they start these threads? You have the whole internet to research towns, cities, regions, but instead you post a thread asking a bunch of strangers where you should move?
Some help me threads seem to be 'Help me do my homework' threads.
I posted something similar here after realizing salary.com was posting average wages of around $10 an hour more than I'm pretty sure the new grads are being paid. I'm not going to lie - it was disappointing to see that difference.
Why is it disappointing to see that nurses ON AVERAGE make more money than new grads? Why would anyone want to go into a career where the pay was completely stagnant?
I believe it discriminates against Crusty Dead Bats. You may be able to get in under an in memoriam type of membership though. Sorry to crush your DREEEEEEEAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMM.
Slightly on-subject, but it drives me bonkers to see posts on the Pre-Nursing Student page that is region-specific. If I want to find out about schools in my area I go to my state's page. I do not throw out a "Hey guys, anyone know about the program at Podunk CC?" on a general information page.
Victims of real violence don't agree with the use of the term "violence" when violence is not involved. They need to stop overdramatizing. "Horizontal violence," get real. From the most recent joke of an article on this "phenomenon" I can find:
"Horizontal violence tends to be covert, hard to discern, or discover..."
THEN IT'S NOT VIOLENCE. STOP BEING PETTY OVERDRAMATIC SORORITY GIRLS.
That's pretty much what irritates me about all the whining over "bullies" in nursing. Especially when the "bullying" is things like, "She walked right by me when I said 'Good morning.'" There are kids KILLING THEMSELVES because they are true victims of bullies and these overly-sensitive nitwits are getting their feelings hurt because someone rolled their eyes during report.
I'm having a good cry now over the suffering in WWII. Awful! 50-80 million died overall. Country with the highest percentage of loss of life- Poland. Country with the highest death count- Russia. And we complain? Ethic group with highest percentage of dead? I think you know that answer!
On a completely different post I have been told that I am a example of horizontal workplace violence simply because I called the OP out on the numerous amount of BS. The OP does nothing but post negative comments about every instructor,professor, etc. that they come in contact with. Multiply years of posts only 90 comments but all the same. I have yet to see a "bully" in AN let alone work. Nor have I seen horizontal workplace violence in threads. When did the world become so sensitive to everything?
I'd be a "better nurse if I figured it out on my own." None of which should ever be said to a new graduate nor someone just shy of a month off orientation. Just because that's how it WAS doesn't mean it should be how it IS.[/quote'] I disagree with this. You WILL be better if you look something up or think through a situation rather than just simply being told the answer to a question. I precept on my floor and one of the things I struggle with is just answering a question rather than asking questions to get my preceptee to come up with the answer herself.
ETA-- I should have read the whole thread before replying. Ruby Vee beat me to it.
I disagree with this. You WILL be better if you look something up or think through a situation rather than just simply being told the answer to a question. I precept on my floor and one of the things I struggle with is just answering a question rather than asking questions to get my preceptee to come up with the answer herself.
ETA-- I should have read the whole thread before replying. Ruby Vee beat me to it.
Really? I'd be a better nurse if, a patient were crashing, I looked up a protocol rather than having the charge/resource nurse assist me? Interesting. It appears to me that if I took the 10-15 minutes to research and interpret a protocol ON MY OWN AS A NEW NURSE, I'd run the risk of having that patient turn far more critical in that period of time than learn ANYTHING. But, y'know, since the older nurses seem to think us new graduates need to be spoon fed, having a patient go south quickly would be better than just getting off of their rear ends and providing help in order to save said patient from experiencing far more negative outcomes. How logical.
On a completely different post I have been told that I am a example of horizontal workplace violence simply because I called the OP out on the numerous amount of BS. The OP does nothing but post negative comments about every instructor,professor, etc. that they come in contact with. Multiply years of posts only 90 comments but all the same. I have yet to see a "bully" in AN let alone work. Nor have I seen horizontal workplace violence in threads. When did the world become so sensitive to everything?
You won't see it if a) you're a stunning example of it, b) you refuse to open your eyes to it, or c) you accept that it is commonplace.
Really? I'd be a better nurse if a patient were crashing, I looked up a protocol rather than having the charge/resource nurse assist me? Interesting. It appears to me that if I took the 10-15 minutes to research and interpret a protocol ON MY OWN AS A NEW NURSE, I'd run the risk of having that patient turn far more critical in that period of time than learn ANYTHING. But, y'know, since the older nurses seem to think us new graduates need to be spoon fed, having a patient go south quickly would be better than just getting off of their rear ends and providing help in order to save said patient from experiencing far more negative outcomes. How logical.[/quote']
No one said they would make a new grad go look up protocols during a code,RRT, or crashing patient. If your facility has a good orientation program and a good preceptor then you would know these protocols by the end of your orientation when you are by yourself. And if you don't know what to do during an emergent situation then maybe you shouldn't be in that area. My orientation was 16weeks for ICU level 1 trauma center. I did my homework every night. I learned policies,drips,procedures, you name it. That is the time you have a nurse with you to guide you. If after 16 weeks you don't know the max titrating limits of drugs and policies then you don't belong in ICU. Nurses in general are not going to sit back and allow a patient to crash just to prove a point of go look it up yourself.
You won't see it if a) you're a stunning example of it b) you refuse to open your eyes to it, or c) you accept that it is commonplace.[/quote']
Your entitled to your opinion. Another great feature of a public forum. You can voice your opinion and I can sit back and smile because frankly it doesn't bother me. Oh and um you may want to reevaluate yourself and open your own eyes. Your doing the same thing you claim I'm doing. Just because I don't agree with you.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
Really? I'd be a better nurse if, a patient were crashing, I looked up a protocol rather than having the charge/resource nurse assist me? Interesting. It appears to me that if I took the 10-15 minutes to research and interpret a protocol ON MY OWN AS A NEW NURSE, I'd run the risk of having that patient turn far more critical in that period of time than learn ANYTHING. But, y'know, since the older nurses seem to think us new graduates need to be spoon fed, having a patient go south quickly would be better than just getting off of their rear ends and providing help in order to save said patient from experiencing far more negative outcomes. How logical.
Oh, you are gonna so regret using your real name and photo!
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Why is it disappointing to see that nurses ON AVERAGE make more money than new grads? Why would anyone want to go into a career where the pay was completely stagnant?