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.
So i'll just leave it alone. I'm just really conflicted. I have come to realize that people really look down on other people who try to get involved in these kinds of issues, even if it is the "right" thing to do. This reminds me of the time i was in school, and a male student had grabbed me on the bottom, so i told the teacher. And the entire class hated me for "getting him kicked out" but i thought that he got himself kicked out with his own actions.
Despite the fact that what i did was the textbook thing to do, i still was looked down upon by my peers because i was a "tattle tail".
So i'll just leave it alone. I'm just really conflicted. I have come to realize that people really look down on other people who try to get involved in these kinds of issues, even if it is the "right" thing to do. This reminds me of the time i was in school, and a male student had grabbed me on the bottom, so i told the teacher. And the entire class hated me for "getting him kicked out" but i thought that he got himself kicked out with his own actions.
Despite the fact that what i did was the textbook thing to do, i still was looked down upon by my peers because i was a "tattle tail".
There's a big difference between somebody physically touching you and some stupid comments made on a website that could very well be from a 10 year old Moroccan girl.
So i'll just leave it alone. I'm just really conflicted. I have come to realize that people really look down on other people who try to get involved in these kinds of issues, even if it is the "right" thing to do. This reminds me of the time i was in school, and a male student had grabbed me on the bottom, so i told the teacher. And the entire class hated me for "getting him kicked out" but i thought that he got himself kicked out with his own actions.
Despite the fact that what i did was the textbook thing to do, i still was looked down upon by my peers because i was a "tattle tail".
You should NOT feel bad or let others make you feel bad for reporting sexual harassment. I'm sorry your classmates were jerks.
There's a big difference between somebody physically touching you and some stupid comments made on a website that could very well be from a 10 year old Moroccan girl.
I do know that the people making the comments are actually med students, i just know i will feel guilty either way if i ignore it or if i do something. i feel like this was personal, because they personally verbally attacked me. I am 19, a new nurse, and i do not have experience in handling situations such as this one.
OP, I'm not sure I agree that "it's the right thing to do" ... the posts that bother you were certainly in bad taste, not to mention ignorant. I'd even support reporting to the dean if this occurred face-to-face at work or clinicals.
However, reporting med students to the dean for something that offended you on a social networking site comes across as the same kind of "thought police" tactics that we see described here over and over: the coworker who monitors facebook pages in order to dig up dirt to take to the manager.
Perhaps it would be clearer for me if you could describe just how this report would change the opinions of med students who disrespect nurses.
OP, I'm not sure I agree that "it's the right thing to do" ... the posts that bother you were certainly in bad taste, not to mention ignorant. I'd even support reporting to the dean if this occurred face-to-face at work or clinicals.
However, reporting med students to the dean for something that offended you on a social networking site comes across as the same kind of "thought police" tactics that we see described here over and over: the coworker who monitors facebook pages in order to dig up dirt to take to the manager.
Perhaps it would be clearer for me if you could describe just how this report would change the opinions of med students who disrespect nurses.
Thank you very much for this post, it was exactly what i needed to hear. :)
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
i've worked with a lot of med students and for the most part they are humble, hard-working, enthusiastic, caring and eager to learn. i can't say i've ever been belittled by a med student and most of the doctors who have belittled me have come to see the error of their ways.
harvard medical students tend to be more arrogant than the rest -- i'm not sure why -- but most medical students realize how much an experienced nurse can help them and how much we can teach them.
I saw a lot of this when I worked at the hospital, too. Nurses were "just nurses", and I don't even know what they considered aides/techs, but it wasn't pretty.
I blame part of it on the medical shows this generation has grown up on. House, Greys Anatomy, Scrubs, etc. Most of these shows, nurses are shown to do three things - insert foleys, take vitals, and give baths. If they have a suggestion they are often told "I'M the doctor", if they're portrayed as having any thoughts at all.
My favorite part is in Scrubs - when they reveal that Carla became a nurse because she didn't have the time/money to go to school. This is a show set in modern times, girl did not become a nurse without education, alright?
Not to completely blame tv for these attitudes, but I'm sure it doesn't help.
You forgot where we are all dying to sleep to doctors like on Grey's Anatomy...
Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
I haven't read through all of the posts, but med students can either be cocky or they can be open to suggestion by nurses who can save their butts. The cocky ones I don't really care about...their attendings will take them down a few notches without any help from us. Ever heard of the saying, "Just enough knowledge to be dangerous"? Oh yeah...they will learn quickly and probably with much embarrassment. Don't sweat it.
lol, reporting them to the dean will have little to no effect. The dean has a million other important issues to deal with, having a random nurse send a message about some med students screwing around on facebook would mean nothing to them.
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So i'll just leave it alone. I'm just really conflicted. I have come to realize that people really look down on other people who try to get involved in these kinds of issues, even if it is the "right" thing to do. This reminds me of the time i was in school, and a male student had grabbed me on the bottom, so i told the teacher. And the entire class hated me for "getting him kicked out" but i thought that he got himself kicked out with his own actions.
Despite the fact that what i did was the textbook thing to do, i still was looked down upon by my peers because i was a "tattle tail".