>> some of them have no idea what they're getting into (and don't makeit) <<
I'm not sure any of them do.
>> One of my nursing students is afraid of blood but informed me she was okay with it in child birth and she was going to be in with the new moms.<<
0_o I don't see that working out either.
>> I said you have NO idea where you'll be put to work in a hospital. It's not like it was 40 years ago. You tend to float. She refuses to believe me (I doubt she'll make it through training) <<
*sigh* And then they wonder why they have problems with burnout, nurses eating their young, suicide, patient abuse/neglect, and other mayhem. People need a chance to learn a specialty if they want to, they need to be able to swap out of a difficult position after a while, and they need a sane work schedule. Otherwise you don't get good outcomes.
Re: O_O
Date: 2022-01-12 02:01 am (UTC)I'm not sure any of them do.
>> One of my nursing students is afraid of blood but informed me she was okay with it in child birth and she was going to be in with the new moms.<<
0_o I don't see that working out either.
>> I said you have NO idea where you'll be put to work in a hospital. It's not like it was 40 years ago. You tend to float. She refuses to believe me (I doubt she'll make it through training) <<
*sigh* And then they wonder why they have problems with burnout, nurses eating their young, suicide, patient abuse/neglect, and other mayhem. People need a chance to learn a specialty if they want to, they need to be able to swap out of a difficult position after a while, and they need a sane work schedule. Otherwise you don't get good outcomes.
Well, at least you tried to warn people.
>> I really enjoyed that story <<
Thank you!