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.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
Any why do some students insist on beating around the bush?? Burt out? No! Nurses eat their young. Period. That is all it boils down to. When a student is corrected or a veteran nurse on here refuses to do their homework--proof of that happening.
I'm not sure how to take this -- are you being serious or sarcastic?
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
Actually, it isn't that simple. There is no "Daily except student area" button.
Ruby, there is an easy way to get around this. At the top, click on the students tab. Once there, if you hover over "what's new", it will expand and include "mark read". Clicking "mark read" on one of the tabs across the top only marks posts in that area as read. I do this pretty much every visit- cuts down on the number of posts that pop up under "what's new" and eliminates those I have absolutely no interest in.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
I think that there is a huge difference between being realistic and being so brash that it is intended to cause harm and humiliation to the other party. Being honest requires a great deal of tact to get the message across. I'm seeing a lot of responses to the OP that border on snarky, and dare I say, unprofessional. Get it together, please. The younger generation of nurses aren't nearly as bad as you're making them out to be.
Nor is the older generation of nurses mean, hateful, snarky, jealous or young-eating.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
Ruby, there is an easy way to get around this. At the top, click on the students tab. Once there, if you hover over "what's new", it will expand and include "mark read". Clicking "mark read" on one of the tabs across the top only marks posts in that area as read. I do this pretty much every visit- cuts down on the number of posts that pop up under "what's new" and eliminates those I have absolutely no interest in.
Thanks, I'm gonna try that right now. Do you also have a "Nurse's Eat Their Young" ignore button?
Ruby, there is an easy way to get around this. At the top, click on the students tab. Once there, if you hover over "what's new", it will expand and include "mark read". Clicking "mark read" on one of the tabs across the top only marks posts in that area as read. I do this pretty much every visit- cuts down on the number of posts that pop up under "what's new" and eliminates those I have absolutely no interest in.
I tried it, I didn't see that option. I'm using Google Chrome, maybe it doesn't work in that?
Like Ruby, I use the 'What's New' feature to navigate here, so I can see what's in the entire site, without going to the plethora of categories one by one.
Nor is the older generation of nurses mean, hateful, snarky, jealous or young-eating.
I don't think that's the case, either. Perhaps some of the younger nurse do, but this isn't the case for myself. Unfortunately, the culture of the older nurses being so harsh but feeling as if they're providing "tough love" is what perpetuates that stereotype.
I enjoy helping. I find most students appreciative and participate. If you want help you need to show me your effort. I always ask what they posted...they don't come back? Their loss. When I say I won't do the homework for you and they get indignant and angry....guess who wanted the easy way out? The ME TOO! Threads and e-mail addresses baffle me. Why on earth would you put that information out there? Do the work look it up, come back and we will talk. But I do enjoy helping the students.[/quote']
Nice to know you do like to help :) much appreciated.
Off topic, but I'd like to say that for some of the students that ask for help, their nursing school may not be as tight knit and comprehensive as other schools, and so an online community is their best bet for seeking support and/or help in certain areas. The last thing they need to be made to feel is annoying or incompetent.
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
I tried it, I didn't see that option. I'm using Google Chrome, maybe it doesn't work in that?
Like Ruby, I use the 'What's New' feature to navigate here, so I can see what's in the entire site, without going to the plethora of categories one by one.
This is what I get:
I use a Mac with Safari, so I can't tell you if it's the same on Google Chrome.
There's only three sections I use this on, so it actually takes less time than scrolling through the additional pages using "what's new" and getting all of the threads.
On the thread's topic, I haven't really had a history of answering students' questions. Partly because my specialty is OR nursing and very few questions come up about it, and partly because I've seen exactly what the OP is talking about: there is no evidence of effort put forth by the asker or asking for more information about what the asker thinks is met with disdain and sometimes outright hostility. Even as a possible future educator, I have absolutely no intention of spoon-feeding students; in the real nursing world, no one will be spoon-feeding one on how to care for patients and the new nurse is going to have to do the footwork. Learning how to do that before becoming a nurse will make the transition less stressful and makes for a more successful nurse. If I were to be able to answer some questions, the ones asking for clarification or explanation of something they've found on their own would be those I'd reply to; those simply asking someone to essentially do their work form them would be ignored.
I realize I am probably raining on the parade you guys are having here, and that you are just having some fun with the real issue of repetitiveness and even stupidity of some posts. But- try to remember there are those of us who do put in the work and need a little guidance or advice sometimes. It can be daunting to ask for it. But we contribute too. I asked for advice on a nursing theory paper last term. I got some good advice, so tried to give back by "publishing" my paper here for others to read. I would hope those with experience continue to offer their wisdom to those of us at the start of our journey. We will one day soon be your colleagues.
I'm only taking a guess here, but I seriously doubt you are the type of student that the OP was referencing...and it doesn't sound like you'd be making the type of post referred to, either.
Surely you do understand the need to vent about repetitiveness, and stupidity, as you mentioned....? We all have to blow off steam.
Ruby Vee, BSN
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I'm not sure how to take this -- are you being serious or sarcastic?