Why nurses eat their young?

[yayita]

Is it because they don't get paid well enough?

Gossip? Mean doctors? New grads? stress at work?

[SionainnRN]

Do I need to start popping the popcorn? I'll take drink orders too. I'm having a dirty martini, what are you drinking?

I've got a wine spritzer and a plate full of yummy new nurses. So tender and delicious...and low carb!

[SionainnRN]

I've spent some time mulling over my response to this. I didn't want to be rude. Yet I hope to be constructive.

No no matter WHAT your clinical preceptor said to you, your action (leaving a clinical experience without permission) is inexcusable. I looked at your profile and you have apparently graduated and are a practicing RN. I can't express strongly enough how much I hope that you have matured in your practice. Although given that this post is a recent response, my hope may be totally in vain.

Please spend some time reading responses here. We all can stand to learn from others.

Actually they just took the NCLEX this month so i don't think they are actually practicing yet. Honestly with this attitude I can't seen her orientation going well. Many complaints about "NETY" and "bullies".

[RNIBCLC]

I've got a wine spritzer and a plate full of yummy new nurses. So tender and delicious...and low carb!

That's sounds just wonderful!! Anyone want red jello shooters? : whistle....

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

That's sounds just wonderful!! Anyone want red jello shooters? : whistle....

I do!!!!

[RNIBCLC]

I do!!!!

Well belly up to the bar...it's COB night..all night!! I'll be your NETY server.

[SionainnRN]

That's sounds just wonderful!! Anyone want red jello shooters? : whistle....

How about we spice it up and do watermelon Jell-O shots? Live on the edge and everything!

[RNIBCLC]

How about we spice it up and do watermelon Jell-O shots? Live on the edge and everything!

Well....okay but we have such history with red jello...but watermelon is red....

[kalycat, BSN, RN]

I'm a non-traditional student (code for old). I was talking to a faculty member one time about this very topic (nety, not Jell-O shots!) and she told me I had nothing to worry about because I was too old to qualify as "young". I scream discrimination at that!! ? ? I'm tender! I'm juicy! I even run!

Seriously though, she was a great faculty/preceptor and it was all in fun.

There are unpleasant people everywhere, as many have stated, and having a thick skin and responding professionally seems to be a diminishing skill. I only had one semi-bad experience, and it ended well - I took responsibility for being flustered and slow and articulated/suggested some strategies that might improve my performance, and asked for what I needed in way of structure. I did this in a way that was non-confrontational.

Everything ended on a positive note, and while I will never be best buds with that preceptor, she gave me a valuable lesson in communication and my skills improved accordingly. I'm not saying bullying doesn't exist, I just don't think it's as common as many of us as new nurses are led to

believe.

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[BrandonLPN, LPN]

New grad tears taste like candy. Sweet, sweet candy.

[southern rn]

Is it because they don't get paid well enough?

Gossip? Mean doctors? New grads? stress at work?

Because they continuously get asked this question?

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

According to wikipedia, crusty old bats subsist on a diet of new nurses. I think natgeo had a documentary on this subject or maybe that was on gomerblog.

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

Something to consider if one is a new nurse, or new to a job, is that the people there are probably a close, trusting-each-other, cohesive group, and the newbie is a stranger, not part of the clique yet. The ones who have been there may seem closed-off to the new one, and that can come across as "eating" the newbie. It takes awhile to become part of the clique...