There's an interesting thread floating around here asking what topics members hate to see. I thought I'd switch things up with one asking what types of threads we actually like to read and respond to. (Please pardon that glaring grammatical error.)
Some of my personal favorites include the articles. These are often entertaining and almost always educational. I also love the real-life stories about nurses being patients, the ones about the positives of nursing, and of course the funny ones and the WILTW threads.
In the LTACH forum, I love the threads that are actually about LTAC nursing. You have 40 residents by yourself? That isn't LTACH, that is LTC. Wondering what you'll encounter in an LTACH ICU? Fabulous.
I like questions from students who are active learners and who appreciate help.
I like the "what are your career goals", "help me choose between these job offers," and the"proofread my resume/cover letter" threads. I also like the articles about different nursing specialties.
Of course, I also enjoy the trolls, the "New grad wants to quit", the gross threads, and the clueless student threads.
I like the financial ones, school choice ones, and career path ones.. I like to think we are actually helping some people avoid some really big mistakes by giving them some advice about not going too deeply into debt, etc. Similarly, I think some of our threads about choosing schools and jobs are helping people and I like that.
Also ... and I probably shouldn't admit this ... Seeing the bad decisions that some people have made/are making makes me feel better about myself for having avoided some of those mistakes. "I may not be perfect, but I've done better than a lot of people," mentality.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
I like the funny threads, the recycled topics thread, the threads about workplace relationships. I always hope I can be helpful to those posters, but so many of them are so SURE they're right and everyone only hates them because they're so beautiful.
I like the funny threads, the recycled topics thread, the threads about workplace relationships. I always hope I can be helpful to those posters, but so many of them are so SURE they're right and everyone only hates them because they're so beautiful.
I like stuff like "Now THAT'S a lab value" or "You know your shift is going to be a hot mess when..." Allows for fun stories and venting, plus it's interesting to hear the points of view of what a qualifies as a hot mess/disaster from nurses in different specialties.
Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.
I like story threads....like "your best nursing ghost story".......or the patient who influenced or touched you most.....or even silly ones like "your most icky nursing situation" threads. LOVE the varied input in all of these.
Libby1987
3,726 Posts
I'm drawn to threads about anything home health, coworker relationships and weight/nutrition* issues and mgmt.
Not for the hateful and/or ignorant responses that always crop up, but for all of the other aspects.