There is one more thing worse than a old nurse eating their young,knowing all grad!

[Blackheartednurse]

I had a "pleasure" of working with the " knows it all" new grad,lord what an awful experience was that!!! I mean I'm usually very tolerant toward new grads being one myself and most are awsome but this one guys let me tell you she was acting like she has been a nurse for 30 years (and she never even worked in a hospital yet,hah!) Her attitude was so condescending and her tone of voice sounded as she is the most experienced nurse on this planet and she even tried to talk down to me (even though we both are fairly new grads) I can stand an experienced nurse trying to teach me this and that even I can stand a bad attitude coming from her (I do have respect for years of her knowledge) but I will not stand a new grad trying to SCHOOL me.:devil: I guess this particular nurse will fit right in among nasty nurses.Gosh,I hope i dont have to work with her again.

[Asystole RN]

Unlike the rest of you, I have ZERO tolerance for new grad attitude. Either bow down to my brilliance or get outta ma face.

Many would say you STILL ARE a new grad

[pamelalayn]

She thinks she knows everything but yet knows nothing. She's a moron period.

[cmonkey]

Nah, use plenty of BBQ sauce. Goes down a treat with a side of cheese fries.

Mmmm, cheeeeeese fries.

[BluegrassRN]

Crazy when the shoe's on the other foot, isn't it?

[JBudd, MSN]

Mmmm, cheeeeeese fries.

with green chile.....

[JBudd, MSN]

Many would say you STILL ARE a new grad

depends on which of my degrees you are talking about:jester:

[shlay51]

I had a classmate that would go up against doctors during her second semester. She was a know it all and thought she was better than everyone else. Needless to say she took a year off after the first year, got her LPN license and then decided to go back to school for psychology instead...not sure that is a good choice for her either.

[kxvc]

The know-it-all-nurse is the most dangerous nurse. I wouldn't let her touch my patients with a 10 foot pole.

[OCNRN63, RN]

i agree with rnbydesign. do not get me wrong, op, i cannot stand the same from new grads either and i will smack them down quickly if they become a problem for me! however, as one who is recently no longer a new grad (i am going on year two now), i can say that unfortunately this chick will be seen as someone with confidence and will be given more opportunities sooner then the new grads who do not share her attitude! i have seen it happen in both the med surg units (i have worked three-as a float nurse) and the er (i have worked two-one as a float nurse). the new grads that were humble were treated like dummies for a long time! in nursing humility will get you nowhere! fake-it-until-you-make-it plus having an attitude that you control the space around you and that of your counterparts, will get you far unless you do something stupid and screw up (i have seen this too)!

please keep me far, far away from any nurse who practices "fake-it-till-you-make-it" nursing. humility, and the ability to know your limitations and accept criticism when you are wrong will get you more respect than "attitude" or faking your way through situations. i consider fakers loose cannons who bear watching...lots of watching. they certainly don't have my trust. a nurse who's willing to admit he/she doesn't know what he/she doesn't know? that's who i want to work with.

[leslie :-D]

oh my gosh, that attitude was instillled in us, in nsg school: "fake it til you make it".

i heard it over and over and over again.

and still, humility remained my ally...

and as stated, keeps our pts safe.

lesie

[OCNRN63, RN]

Faking knowing what you're doing? IDK, sounds like a recipe for disaster. I've never faked knowing what I was doing. If I didn't know how to do something or was in over my head, I asked for help (still do). I figure my pt's life is more important than my ego.

[leslie :-D]

Faking knowing what you're doing? IDK, sounds like a recipe for disaster. I've never faked knowing what I was doing. If I didn't know how to do something or was in over my head, I asked for help (still do). I figure my pt's life is more important than my ego.

unbelievable, yes?

this is what i paid big $$ to hear, although i really have no complaints w/my nsg education.

afterall, it was only 1 instructor who emphasized about faking it, always acting like you know what you're doing, don't ever let them see you sweat, etc.

very dangerous advice, imo.

leslie