Reply With QuoteGreat to have you here.. Keep us posted. Love to see new young blood coming into the profession...LOLLL With the empahsis on YOUNG....
WR,,, three commas for Becca
Smart move I never could stand sputum..YUCK...LOLLL
Hello,
I just found this site today and am enjoying the boards on many levels.I am a 36yr old mother of 4 with a partially disabled husband. I took all the requirements last year to get into the Respiratory Therapist program but have since changed my goal to RN.
Because of the waiting list and such I'm doing filler courses until next fall
. I also am working on CNA this fall as a prerequisite.
Just thought I'd pop in and say hey!
Nikki
Great to have you here.. Keep us posted. Love to see new young blood coming into the profession...LOLLL With the empahsis on YOUNG....
WR,,, three commas for Becca
Smart move I never could stand sputum..YUCK...LOLLL
Alright now, WR, you sound like you are out to eat us...maybe that is why everyone tells us the older nurses will eat the young alive!!!
OMG another brainwashed student.. Who told you we eat our young. I hate that phrase. It's an urban legend. It's what the instructors use to make students tow the mark. When I worked in the hospital students from the first day begged to have me as their preceptor.. Ya wanna know why or are you afraid I will eat you too..
They like my straightforwardness, they liked the fact that I offered them opportunities I didn't have to. One of the first things I told all of them right after report is "keep your ear" to the ground and if you hear of an opp to see or do something let me know I will make it happen. Did I tell them when they were wrong . YOu bet I did.. Would you want me to let you make a mistake. What a new student takes as "eating the young" is many times a motherly instinct, a protective lionness-type of attitude. We don't want you thrown to the wolves.. As a student you are vulnerable. When I went back for my RN. I hated wearing that stupid patch on my sleeve that basically says "I'm stupid, I'm a student" .. The nurses in the hospital don't make you wear it. Your school does. I've yet to see many student nurses praised by instructors as they should be. Just my observation..
Now, as to my post.. I was joking. I believe the first poster to whom I posted was letting us know that she is 36. Now that's not old by any means but it's not young either.
That was my point.. We need young blood in the profession. We need new people . I welcome them with open arms. I was making a funny about her being 36 . Letting her know that even at 36 she can and will succeed in this field.
As you have never worked with me I am insulted that you would say I eat my young. You couldn't be farther from the truth.
If you want me to sugar coat nursing I can't do that. You will meet many people who will tear you a new a**hole .. Doctors, other nurses, families, PT's, OT's, dieticians the list is long. If one nurse helps you make all that roll off your back like water off a duck are you gonna toss her out..
How much have you learnt from an instructor who just let's you get by. How much do you wanna pay for an instructor who just barely takes an interest in you.
Many of these nurses really are concerned. They will strut around and say "I made her the nurse she is today".. I want a challenge. I don't want/need things handed to me on a silver platter...
Ok, I'm down...
WR,,, three commas for Becca
Oh my gosh! I am so sorry! I as completely joking in my post as well. I didn't mean anything bad by it and I was just joking. I've worked in a hospital before and my favorite nurse and one of the greatest people I have ever known was very straightforward, a lot like you seem to be. I loved her for it. She taught me so many things that I will never forget...they help me every day now.
I don't want anyone to hand me anything on a silver platter either and I'm a little mad that you insinuated that. I have worked my butt off to get where I am and will continue to do so in the future. The only way that I am able to go to school full time and not work is because I have the GI Bill and the Navy college Fund. Yes, I worked to get here and I will continue to work to get where I am headed. I don't want anyone to sugar coat anything.
I think I'm pretty much a professional at letting things roll off my back. I did it for four years. Nowhere in the world do people have less respect for others than they do in the military.
I am not brainwashed at all and I do NOT think that nurses eat their young...I just know that it is said a lot. I was completely kidding with you. I'm really sorry that you are upset with me. You and I were joking in the Michael Moore posts, and I was continuing to do so here. I realized that you were joking in your post and responded with a joking post. I see now that I can't do that! I won't make that mistake again!
Sorry guess I had one nerve that day and you got on it...
The eating their young thingy is a biggie for me.. But I guess you know that NOW????? LOLLLL
Sorry didn't mean to be so tough on ya... Just didn't get the joke part.. My fault here...
I've e-mailed you off line to set you straight..OK????? JK>>>>>>>>
Kiss and make up???
WR,,, three commas for Becca
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