The Mockery of Nursing

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Just a bit ago the top three threads involved:

1.I have a DWI. Can I be a nurse?

2.I am stupid. Can I be a nurse?

3.If it takes me five times to pass NCLEX, Can I be nurse.

Not much left to add. Says it all.

i love the ones about how the preceptor is mean to them and hates students. they admit that they never actually talked to the preceptor about the plan for the day, their learning goals and objectives or anything else at all because they can see that the preceptor hates students. they just avoided the preceptor all day. now, if they get a bad evaluation on that clinical, they'll be whining about how unfair it is, that they wouldn't have gotten a bad evaluation if the preceptor didn't hate students.

i don't know why i engage . . . advice to talk to the preceptor is met with accusations of rudeness. "i just wanted to know how to handle the situation if it happens again. no need to be rude." ummmm -- if the situation happens again, talk to the preceptor rather than just assuming that she hates students. and no, i'm not being a negative nancy. i was trying to give advice, advice that would actually be helpful. instead, it seems we're just supposed to jump on the thread and agree with them that the preceptor was mean and they were correct to hide from her all day.

yep, and these will be our co-workers or the nurses we get to interview for our staffs one day. goodie.

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Do you remember the thread about the nurse who had money stolen from her, and she was trying to decide if she should press charges? There were so many posts saying she shouldn't, she should put herself in the thief's shoes, etc., etc., etc. Unbelievable. Now, if Jean ValJean stole from me, perhaps I might be more forgiving, but as far as I know, he's a literary character.

Oh my gosh, too funny. That's exactly what I thought about also.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

I just saw the Negative Nancy post. Wow, Ruby, how awful that you suggest the student might want to take responsibility for herself. :) Some of the responses make me wonder how some people manage to function in life.

I have a particular favorite wackadoodle poster at the moment. I replied in a thread he posted, actually supporting him when most other posters didn't and I turned out to not know anything. Really doubting the guy's a nurse, but he's entertaining.

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That was the point of my "flying" post. I was waiting for someone to tell me to just believe in myself and pray because if I did those two things I surely would be able to fly!

You CAN fly FlyingScot. Just hold your ears out, close your eyes and chant "I CAN FLY, I CAN FLY!"

If it worked for Dumbo, I'm SURE it can work for you. You just need to try harder.

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I wish I had a percpetor for clinicals. For me it was 1 Clinical Instructor to 10 students. Hated it. I always attached myself to one of the facility nurses and followed her around until I was pulled away to do something. I learned a lot during my clinical times that way. There were also a few instances that I learned what not to do as well.

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I just saw the Negative Nancy post. Wow, Ruby, how awful that you suggest the student might want to take responsibility for herself. :) Some of the responses make me wonder how some people manage to function in life.

I have a particular favorite wackadoodle poster at the moment. I replied in a thread he posted, actually supporting him when most other posters didn't and I turned out to not know anything. Really doubting the guy's a nurse, but he's entertaining.

I suspect I recognize that whackadoodle :) Strangely immature and antagonistic, I'd yell "Troll!" but he's been here for something like 170 posts, so....? Dunno. Just odd.

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You CAN fly FlyingScot. Just hold your ears out, close your eyes and chant "I CAN FLY, I CAN FLY!"

If it worked for Dumbo, I'm SURE it can work for you. You just need to try harder.

You forgot to tell him that if flying is his DREEEAAAAMMMM he should never ever give up ;)

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Specializes in Emergency, Haematology/Oncology.

i don't know why i engage . . . advice to talk to the preceptor is met with accusations of rudeness. "i just wanted to know how to handle the situation if it happens again. no need to be rude." ummmm -- if the situation happens again, talk to the preceptor rather than just assuming that she hates students. and no, i'm not being a negative nancy. i was trying to give advice, advice that would actually be helpful. instead, it seems we're just supposed to jump on the thread and agree with them that the preceptor was mean and they were correct to hide from her all day.

you engage because you genuinely want to be helpful! i engaged with one new grad poster who was having troubles / felt like she was floundering / a failure- and had been given the option of solidifying her skills in a less specialised area for a while, or proving herself over a short period of time, she was no fool, just a new grad without much exposure in a specialist area. i suggested (as you did) that she talk with her managers and fellow nurses, gave her some (hopefully) encouraging feedback and told her not to be too hard on herself. every other reply on that thread told her to essentially attack her colleagues, tell them how crap their orientation/transition program was and how they had failed her and what were they going to do about it? comments like "your orientation sucked, its their fault", seriously. she stated really clearly that this was the area she wanted to work in forever... imagine if she went in guns a blazing? fortunately she talked with her managers who ended up being extremely helpful and obliging and sorted out a plan for her, she sounded so happy. i got a kick out of that, sometimes it's worth it.

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It's gone now. I didn't initially realize it was OP's first post so more than likely, someone was bored this afternoon.

You're right, the willingness of others to jump in and defend is amazing. As perpetual student pointed out, this wa not something in someone's past, it was current and there was nothing said to suggest any sense of remorse.

If/when that nurse makes a med error, you can bet they will not own up to it , even if it places a patient in significant danger.That is what is so scary.

When I said it was gone, I just assumed it was removed.

Am I the only one that had absolutely no idea that there was an entire forum on AN dedicated exclusively to nursing with a criminal history?

I'm not suggesting that there aren't circumstances where people can and do change; but, I'm sorry, that just blows my mind to think that the #'s are high enough to warrant it's own forum.

Wow. I'll just leave it at that. Seriously unbelievable.............

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I plan to murder my next door neighbor next week. Do you think this will affect my license if the police find out? Nuns need not reply....

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Specializes in Peds/Neo CCT,Flight, ER, Hem/Onc.
You CAN fly FlyingScot. Just hold your ears out, close your eyes and chant "I CAN FLY, I CAN FLY!"

If it worked for Dumbo, I'm SURE it can work for you. You just need to try harder.

Darnit I just checked and I'm all out of pixie dust.

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I plan to murder my next door neighbor next week. Do you think this will affect my license if the police find out? Nuns need not reply....

LOL in Font Size 100 !!

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