I have been belittled by medstudents numerous times. the whole "You don't know as much" or "You didn't go to school as long as a doc" always comes up. what is is that they have to prove to me? why do they do this?
Where is the respect???
This is a direct quote i received from a medical student
"Ha! Most of you ***s are just registered nurses... which is what most people who can't aspire to anything greater or just can't handle medical school... I may be a student now and you might think high and mighty because youre registered... but one day i'll probably be your boss... so suck it..."
how do i deal with this? i just ignore it, but it sooo unprofessional
I am not in any way talking badly about medical students, i am just wondering if any of you have had this kind of behavior happen, over heard it, etc. and how i should handle this. please no rude responses.
Put laxative in their coffee, that should get their head out of their you know what. Plus they will be in the bathroom all day and not bothering you.
When I was in the Navy we had a really obnoxious Chief. So the guys who worked for him put some type of vanilla flavored workout supplement/weight gainer in his vanilla coffee creamer for 7 months while on deployment. The Chief could not figure out why he kept gaining weight and had to buy new uniforms. He ended up failing weigh in for the physical fitness assessment.
Regardless of how one thinks of their commanding officer, this not the right way to handle things. This is extraordinarily unprofessional and immature. There are better ways to handle the situation.
Cocky med students? They're not worth it. I have no problems going up with the chain of command.
I've never had any problems with med students either. For the most part, I don't really care anymore how MDs view me because I'm lower on the academic food chain. I usually can enjoy a good relationship with the majority of the residents. Last week I played basketball with the Residents at the park and I was the only RN there. No one said anything negative to me. Maybe it's cause I'm built like a linebacker tho...
Being a doctor is a lifestyle, and there's not much of a life outside of your work. I give them credit for that, and I can understand why they can be a little condescending, because of their circumstances. The majority of the physicians I see go through residency come in fit and then give a few years end up being overweight, stressed, and hating life. I am very happy that I choose this lifestyle of being a RN. Sure, I don't get paid as much or get much respect from the public (the majority of that comes from ignorance and the public not aware of what an RN actually does), but I do have a good lifestyle. I am physically fit, I'm active, and I get 4 days off a week! I can care for myself without relying on others, and I live within my means. After all of the negativity we endure as nurses night in and night out, I still find myself giving thanks to God for my job, and I couldn't see myself doing anything else, except maybe becoming an NP or CRNA. We truly do have a unique job. It is what you make of it. I love working critical care. Healthcare is all I've known since 2003, when I first started off as a CNA.
Hmmm, reminds me of that movie 'Mean Girls'. The movie was based on a group of catty, high-schoolers.
LOL, maybe that is where they got the idea. The thought of those guys sitting around watching that movie is pretty funny! They were ordinance men, big manly men.
On the internet? who knows if you were really even talking to med students.......i have never seen anything disrespectful from med students or drs to nurses at our facility except from the pharmacist.....and he is just an orifice all around. I'm sure some feel that way, but that would not be tolerated. I am thankful for our entire team from the dr , cna, nurses, housekeeping, social workers......... We all have an important role, I don't get worked up by the pharmacist who always makes comments when he looks over my prns and says things like we must not know how to put in catheters if we have people having this many bladder spasms ect.......or we use way to much loraz way more than the other place he works.........I just smile, he hasn't done pt care and really is not an authority on my job.....why get worked up?
Regardless of how one thinks of their commanding officer, this not the right way to handle things. This is extraordinarily unprofessional and immature. There are better ways to handle the situation.
Cocky med students? They're not worth it. I have no problems going up with the chain of command.
I am not sure what you military experience is, but a Chief in the Navy is an E-7 and most certainly not an officer. Most of our commanding officers at the squadron level are O-4 or O-5, depending on the command. Also back to your military experience, 7 months at sea floating around in a tin can does funny things to people's mental state. I am not saying the situation was right or wrong but I told the story as a light hearted thing for humor on the thread.
I am not sure what you military experience is, but a Chief in the Navy is an E-7 and most certainly not an officer. Most of our commanding officers at the squadron level are O-4 or O-5, depending on the command. Also back to your military experience, 7 months at sea floating around in a tin can does funny things to people's mental state. I am not saying the situation was right or wrong but I told the story as a light hearted thing for humor on the thread.
This is a friend of a friend i met who lives out of state, him and his "medstudent " buddies decided to have a very public "nurses are dumb" rant on facebook. i of course, stepped in very respectfully and told them that it was wrong of them to do this. To which extent, i got this heinous reply from one of his facbook friends. All of whom live out of state.
Hahaha the beauty of facebook...you can very easily send that 'nurses are dumb' rant to their Dean. In fact, I think you should. That'll likely put a stop to it fast.
Hahaha the beauty of facebook...you can very easily send that 'nurses are dumb' rant to their Dean. In fact, I think you should. That'll likely put a stop to it fast.
I may hurt some feeling's however, if the shoe fits?
First, is it professional for a med student to start a Facebook flame war? No, we have this well established at this point.
However, do you think it is professional to become embattled in said flame war as a nurse? When I first saw this thread, I though this was about a med student in the clinical setting. My experiences have been that med students are so scared and ragged that they don't say much of anything to me. A resident may be a different story however.
My point being, you choose to become involved in these meaningless Facebook wars. You choose who to be your friend and what content you allow. I have to question the wisdom of involving professional life with personal life on these social networking sites. Why not be the better person and disengage from these silly and unprofessional rants? Otherwise, you are simply part of the problem...
heron, ASN, RN
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:rckn: What she said!
Seriously ... there's idiots everywhere, don't exhaust yourself reacting to their nonsense.