I don't know why but that statement makes my jaw clench up everytime I hear it.
I had a patient the other day ask me how I was going to insert a foley since "the head is down there, wont that hurt the baby?" For the love god, people .... come on .. 2 HOLES! SERIOUSLY!
and my favorite of all time ...
"Does that machine beep everytime I dilate?" .. this one left me speechless
Please share your "omg, no she didn't say/ask that" quotes
I think all of us have our strengths and weaknesses- believe me I have heard some things that I thought were common sense, but I guess they were not. sometimes when you have been in the field a long time maybe you don't realize some things are not common sense afterall. I am not talking about anything in particular just don't want to judge anyone about being stupid.
I like reading the funny posts, but at the same time I can understand- not having had kids before myself where a pt may have "silly" questions about certain things you just don't think about till you are in that situation. I cannot imagine what, but I am sure when I have my first one I will.
I simply wouldn't appreciate my opinion being dismissed as "spoken like a true nursing student".
I certainly don't do it to other people. Perhaps they're thinking as a person, and not as a nurse, or a nursing student, instead.
Originally Posted by mariedoreen
Part of our role is to educate our patients without judging what we feel they should or should not know. Everyone had to learn what they know at some point, some just learn certain things later than others
why is it that a very small percentage of "real nurses" have this kind of attitude about us nursing students? i don't get why nurses sometimes eat their young. please realize that you were also "just a student" and we also experence things and we need role models and mentors to look up to. as a student this is my particular pet peeve and the only thing since i entered school that has made me wonder if i wanted to do this. i really do not feel as though nurses who say and treat students with such disrespect and total disregard realize how demeaning and discouraging this type of attitude is (at least i hope not). please think how you would feel if you were treated as a unknowing child before you say things. "treat others as you would wish to be treated" applies to even students.
I am a nurse who works in a prison. The things they say everyday are so outragous but what erks me most is when its personal, calling you a big fat f_*&$#@ you know what. I don't take it personal to often but once in awhile it just is said so seriously and it hits wrong giving me a crappy day.:chair:
I myself am a student, and I find this so funny. I can relate to it because in the job I work in now (non nursing) people ask questions that seem, to us, SO stupid. It's just familiarity and repeatedly hearing the same simple questions. It can really get to you!
As a nurse, there are so many times that will stress you out, or upset you, or that you wish could have been different. Your choice is to laugh or cry about it - and I know which one I'd rather be doing.
Another thing - the more I read, the more I find it's students bleating the "Nurses eat their young!" line. Not once, not even a little bit, have I found this to be the case. I'm in Australia, although that shouldn't make a difference, because even Americans are human (JOKE, guys, joke - you may say I am a sheep shagger, or bad at cricket). I just find that I respect the knowledge the experienced nurses have, and I am enthusiastic about learning. Not to say I'm perfect, but if you go into a situation defensively, people will react badly. Nurses want to help each other, because if they don't, there'll be no one to help them.
Now that we've steered entirely off course, feel free to get back where you were going!
it used to really irk me when pts used to say things like, "that's good, right?" (about a 160/90 BP). i always felt like blurting, "no, that sucks!" or about a 90/50 BP: "how am i still alive?!" they say. i just used to want to roll my eyes and promise them they won't die. i do seriously love the little old people who assume we catch up on our sleep in between pts. "have you gotten any sleep tonight honey?" "yes ma'am, thank you for asking," i say, figuring if they think i need my sleep they are more likely to go back to sleep themselves. it usually works.
Her favorite was something like this,"Hello, nurse, big fat "insert n-word here and B-word here."
I considered the source and ignored her. She was after all, mentally retarded.
However, it did get on some employees nerves, especially some employees of African descent. I can understand how that it might, but she called ME that, too, I'm white, and I just ignored it.
But this person is no longer with us. She was diagnosed with cancer, and also had some colon trouble recently, went out for surgery, and will go to a nursing home closer to her family. She won't be coming back to my facility.
I kind of miss her....she could be fun in some instances.
As soon as she would call you a bad name, she'd turn right around and say "I love you, nurse."
"When is the doctor coming?" Usually spoken by a primip or her overbearing family when she is slowly making her way through the active stage of labor. I love how pts think that only the doctor is the one really paying attention and can take care of them, check their cervix, etc.
With all due respect to my previous post-not all nurses, but a minority is this way and I do not want to upset or anger anyone-if I did I apologize!!!!!:) . I am the fourth (soon to be)nurse out of my family& went into this eyes wide open. My clinical group had such a bad clinical experience with one facility-one small group of nurses on one floor even our very experienced instructer was treated this way. It was so bad they recieved extremely bad reviews from students and instructer! Our own director of nurses spoke with the shift manager about the situation, which had NEVER occurred before and thankfully has not since. I do not cry foul all the time-everybody has a bad day-I have the backbone to endure most anything. However, I have had many more clinicals at many facilities even a different shift on the same floor of this one and never had anything but acceptance and a great experience!!!! So, it was what it was and although rare, it DOES happen. Now, back to the post subject-the best thing someone said to me was in OB clinical. A catheter was inserted into a patient and the extremly young father to be was present. He was very nervous about the whole situation. When I was thru he looked at me and said "how is the baby get to get out with that there in the way? " Classic. The nurse I was working with was very professional and without going thru an A&P class, gracefully took time to explain. When we got back to the front desk out of earshot we couldn't hold it anymore-we both cracked up!!
"What time do you think he is going to die...I've got some errands to run." No lie, had a patient on comfort measures and the very insensitive daughter wanted to know when her papa was going to die and if she had time to go to the post office. OR my favorite of all time: "I need to go to the bathroom, but I guess RNs don't do that kind of thing." OK it's not that I just hate you and don't wanna help you pee and enjoy seeing the fish swim by your eyeballs, it's that I've got other patients that need things the CNA can't do for them that only I can do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN
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I simply wouldn't appreciate my opinion being dismissed as "spoken like a true nursing student".
I certainly don't do it to other people. Perhaps they're thinking as a person, and not as a nurse, or a nursing student, instead.