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.
...or they never even bother coming back to the thread to acknowledge the answers they received.
This has happened to me before... and just recently. There seems to be a character range in AN in general that you should stay in to captivate people. If you put too much thought into a post, you'll be the only one who ever really sees it.
This has happened to me before... and just recently. There seems to be a character range in AN in general that you should stay in to captivate people. If you put too much thought into a post, you'll be the only one who ever really sees it.
Yes this has happened to me too.A couple have people started threads that ended up having several very good responses with helpful feedback and the OP never returned.
Why do you think OB is the place for a new graduate to start out? Come on. A wise clinical instructor once told me that starting out in a specialty is career suicide. I have taken that advice seriously and it has heeded me well.
Ha! That's ridiculous.
In that case, my career should've been over before it began.
I'm not far away from getting off active duty. I have experience in oncology (first workplace--a specialty), a specialty outpatient clinic (five specialties), and administration.
Some comments: What, SoldierNurse, is a "sweet bippy"? Do I have one? How do I know it's sweet? Should I file a grievance with my nursing school if I find it is NOT sweet, as promised? :)
RNsRwe,
Yes, you have a bippy.
Bippies come in all varying degrees of sweetness, and I, while experienced as the next nurse with body parts that get blurred out on cops, would not consider myself an expert in grading the sweetness of one's bippy over another.
You probably could file a grievance, but like most things with nursing school, it probably 1) won't do any good or 2) won't change anything until long after you're gone. :)
My apologies to all of AN for the less-than-mainstream vernacular. My current duty station is causing me to say/write things that make the Yankee in me cringe.
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.
It seems like you have some real issues on your unit...yet you seem to like to lump all veteran nurses (i.e., the ones on here who are not on your unit) together and imply that, as a group, they are the problem.
BTW, based on these comments, you can now count me as one of the individuals who thinks you should go with an anonymous avatar for your own protection.
This is childish. a wrong turn was made somewhere. This Seems to resemble something like a threat.
Uhh, she was referring to the fact that now all these nurses who she just defamed on this site are now able to see exactly who she is. It has nothing to do with a personal threat.
Uhh she was referring to the fact that now all these nurses who she just defamed on this site are now able to see exactly who she is. It has nothing to do with a personal threat.[/quote']
Defamed? I'm not sure how I defamed anyone. I did not provide any specific names of any individuals nor did I assign blame for any very specific task. I made some pretty generalized statements regarding some pretty broad subject areas. And again, as I am not violating HIPAA, nor am I spreading falsities, I fail to see how this is a detriment to my job. I simply made some observations regarding what I have seen. And again: everything I have said has been brought to the attention of any individual who might stumble upon this sure.
What are you after? Go ahead and bring it to the attention of anyone you want.
My point is that if someone, just barely off orientation, tells you a patient is going south and requests help as they're not familiar with a rather large order set that comes in, it would seem to me that, as the resource nurse, someone should assist, ESPECIALLY if they don't have a patient assignment.
I agree with you on this point...however this is a unit culture problem, not a "crusty old bat" problem. In fact, I worked on a unit very similar to the one you describe. There was one particularly charge nurse who never had an assignment. She would help the nurses who were her drinking buddies, but she would not lift a finger for the other nurses. Crusty is debatable, but she happened to be in her late 20s...hardly what I would call an "old" nurse.
Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
OH. MY. GAWD.
Since AN had a remodeling of the site, I've been finding/trying new features, and one I happened upon was a link to see what new "likes" have been added to posted comments since my last log-in. Imagine my utter SHOCK to see I had about a bazillion new "likes" on The Mockery of Nursing thread, which was closed down (undeservedly, IMO) a year ago!!
So I went to the thread, and saw all these new names on the "likes".....then followed the logic back to THIS thread, and spent a solid HOUR reading through it all!
LOL....or ROFLMAO, more like it....simply fabulous. Haven't laughed this much since TMON ran afoul of someone or other and got closed down.
Some comments: What, SoldierNurse, is a "sweet bippy"? Do I have one? How do I know it's sweet? Should I file a grievance with my nursing school if I find it is NOT sweet, as promised? :)
JewelNewbie (or whatever some such variation it is, I can't remember the moniker exactly): It would serve you well to read through some forum threads before posting "?????" again on this thread. Truly.
To those who find it absolutely of no concern whatsoever to post your photo and specifics of your job in a forum such as this, I honestly, REALLY hope that the worst that happens is you find out your nurse manager and/or co-workers aren't appreciative of your truthful commentaries. Because what *I* fear for you when pointing out using your real photo and identifying features is a BAD idea has nothing to do with your career, and everything to do with your life. There are stark raving FREAKS out there who take joy in hurting people they "figure out" on message boards....people who care not whether you "stand by your truthful statements", they may want to actually kill you all the same. PLEASE, please take caution!
As for the COBS, I don't use the siggy line probably because I haven't quite felt worthy of the Seniority the title confers, being an "in-between" nurse when it comes to nursing years under my belt. But, I do insist that being a second-career War Horse DOES, in fact, allow me some Crusty Bat privileges
Thank you to the veteran nurses for providing the comedy, and the unsuspecting newbies for providing the source material :)
You bet your bippy you have a bippy...just don't ask me to point it out for you!
As far as using one's personal picture and name...well. If you feel comfortable posting on a board like this how your preceptors were inadequate, your preceptorship was inadequate, you don't know your unit P&P, etc., as Julius Caesar would say, " Newbie emptor."
I agree with you on this point...however this is a unit culture problem not a "crusty old bat" problem. In fact, I worked on a unit very similar to the one you describe. There was one particularly charge nurse who never had an assignment. She would help the nurses who were her drinking buddies, but she would not lift a finger for the other nurses. Crusty is debatable, but she happened to be in her late 20s...hardly what I would call an "old" nurse.[/quote']
I agree it's not a "crusty old bat" problem but a unit issue altogether. And more importantly, an individual issue. You're right: I shouldn't lump all seasoned nurses together.
Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
RNsRwe,
Yes, you have a bippy.
Bippies come in all varying degrees of sweetness, and I, while experienced as the next nurse with body parts that get blurred out on cops, would not consider myself an expert in grading the sweetness of one's bippy over another.
You probably could file a grievance, but like most things with nursing school, it probably 1) won't do any good or 2) won't change anything until long after you're gone. :)
My apologies to all of AN for the less-than-mainstream vernacular. My current duty station is causing me to say/write things that make the Yankee in me cringe.
At least you haven't said "Y'all." That makes this Yankee cringe.
TU RN, DNP, CRNA
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This has happened to me before... and just recently. There seems to be a character range in AN in general that you should stay in to captivate people. If you put too much thought into a post, you'll be the only one who ever really sees it.