Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

[Emergent]

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.

Thank you for reading.

[Beautiful Mind RN]

-Raises hand.- I will admit, I have been one of those RN students that have started those threads. I did/do try and make an effort to try and say 'thank you' though.

That's why I've been coming here for the last year and a half because I am able to get help and/or advice for anything I may need in regards to nursing. And vise versa - offer anything I can in return.

[flyersfan88]

Recent post:

Nursing Student: "Where should I live? Can I work full time in school? Living in a dorm is possible but a last resort."

Me: "I'd live in the dorm since it's free under your scholarship."

Nursing Student: "Living in a dorm isn't an option me. Thanks though."

Me: "...................................................."

[Nurse2Banesthetist]

I understand if people are not saying thanks or coming back to the thread because that is a waste of time. I just don't get why everyone is complaining about the type of thread that is being placed. Its not like anyone is forcing you to read it lol

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

I understand if people are not saying thanks or coming back to the thread because that is a waste of time. I just don't get why everyone is complaining about the type of thread that is being placed. Its not like anyone is forcing you to read it lol

Did you really just say that thanking someone for her help is a waste of time?? Please tell me I misunderstood you.

[pookyp, LPN]

Can't forget the infamous "is this the good pop up?"

When there at least 50 threads asking the same thing on the first page. It's like they just want reassurance. Annoys me but I know it shouldn't. Lol

[caliotter3]

I've responded to people through a private message with tips for possible jobs and have not even received the courtesy of a "thank you, I'll try that", or "thank you, that won't work for me", or "I received your message". How do you expect to get anywhere with anybody for anything you want or need, if you don't find it necessary to respond with a simple courtesy? Perhaps the attitude shows in interviews, just guessing.

[Irish_Mist, BSN, RN]

What about the constant ADN versus BSN debates on the prenursing board?

[Madras]

I like to help! I really do!

But......

if I look back at your history and see that you've posted ten, TEN! different threads today with all kinds of questions from your homework without even a thought, your own answers etc.......

yea I throw the towel in.

Im not doing all of your homework for you

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

Most of those posts are on the Student fora, so you can avoid them pretty well if you don't go there. Agree, the NCLEX forum is almost entirely repetition, like texting between middle school students who all have the very same feelings about the very same test, and they just have to share it, OMG! OMG! The DRAMA! Once in a blue moon there's a question about how to think about a certain kind of question or how to prep more efficiently, and those I tend to drop in on. The rest make me grind my teeth. Oh, and the ones that say, "I failed NCLEX for the fifth time, what should I do?" Like, consider some other career?

This reminds me, though, of a well-known factor in teaching. Every year you get students who don't know much, and you deal with the same questions year-in and year-out. You have two choices-- 1) derive satisfaction from helping yet another crop of newbies and hoping that a few will turn out to be awesome, thus making your day/week/year, or 2) say, "Why do I do the same thing every year? Am I nuts?"

This is why older Scouts stop enjoying teaching the same old square knot after the second batch of new Scouts join in the years after them, and why instructors get grey hair.

Me, I'm nuts, but even at the distance, with the electrons and the screens between us, I still get a kick out of seeing those little eyes light up with they get it, and make that one more step towards thinking like a nurse. And every once in a while, a Pedro Martinez rises up out of the minors, and we can take pride in having been a pitching coach in Single A. :)

Well, that, and I like seeing those "Likes" add up at the bottom of my posts. :) We gotta have SOME positive feedback, even if it's insubstantial. And I like working with Esme, Kel, and the others who are so patient with these kids. :)

[llg, PhD, RN]

The threads that hit a nerve with me are the ones that go along the lines of ...

"What is the bare minimum that I have to do to ....?"

"Which specialty involves the least work, least stres, but has the most pay, easiest schedule, etc.? ..."

"How can I achive without having to put forth a minimal amount of effort.?"

I think you get my point. Sometimes, it actually offends me that people think they should be able to waltz to the top of our profession without investing any effort.

[OCNRN63, RN]

I understand if people are not saying thanks or coming back to the thread because that is a waste of time. I just don't get why everyone is complaining about the type of thread that is being placed. Its not like anyone is forcing you to read it lol

​Well, I wouldn't want to burden you with wasting your time thanking me for answering a question you have, so if you ask something in the future, I won't reply.

[OCNRN63, RN]

The threads that hit a nerve with me are the ones that go along the lines of ...

"What is the bare minimum that I have to do to ....?"

"Which specialty involves the least work, least stres, but has the most pay, easiest schedule, etc.? ..."

"How can I achive without having to put forth a minimal amount of effort.?"

I think you get my point. Sometimes, it actually offends me that people think they should be able to waltz to the top of our profession without investing any effort.

You're just a biter nurse who wants to make new nurses miserable, and NETY, NETY, NETY!