Hey Carol, I was not at all offended. Pissed offf? No not at all. Feel that it was a little bit of a disparaging remark? Yeah,  a  little I just did not want any one new or any one of the students to think that any one job is cushier than the other. Each one of the specialties has its pros and cons.  I have known several people from trauma teams. I have worked with trauma teams. Not flight, but trauma teams. Tornadoes, floods, Katrina, WorldTradeCenter.

I think more than anything it is just the term “general” nursing. It just conjures up the old soap opera/TV series image of the nurse who worked every floor and bowed to the doctors. Just no longer the case.

CD...hey you are NOT a nerd!!!!!   Being intelligent, interesting, and sweet are NOT nerdy characteristics.  I do agree that we are getting a bit out of hand with the games.  I think when I first got really active, I wanted to participate in just about anything.  I stay at home all day with my kids, so I get bored. I probablly have contributed to the problem.  I will keep it more serious.  I start class this summer, so I am sure I will be filled with topics on Nursing.  Thanks for the reminder

Well I think jumping on a colleague for a choice of words you disliked is rather rude.  So Angel said general nursing in stead of hospital based nursing.  She was also very direct when she said her flight team had been refered to "as nothing more than paramedics"  This wasn't anything against paramedics, she quoted what has been said to her.  get a grip

I think you guys ran Angel-Eyes away. Play nice! If you can't say something nice..................well you know the rest!

I think that the poiints have all been made on the subject. No need to beat a dead horse. I do not think angel eyes has gone anywhere.

Angel_eyes says ...

RNdude says ...

So...what now? 

Angel eyes, what is "general"  nursing?

general, as in, in house you have a regiment, you pretty much know "what's next", you have access to others immediate help and/or opinions. We on the other hand can only get radio com. advice from some one miles away who has no physical idea of the situation. Trust me, there are times I wish I was in "general" nursing, knowing what my shift hours will be, knowing I can clock out and go home, not get stranded somewhere due to weather or mechanical issues.

 

I wasn't slamming anyone RNdude, we ALL worked hard to get where we are.

Angel you did not offend me! Go girl you speak your mind. That is what makes us all special. But what I dont understand...the few that are complaining about too many games arent you the ones who started them? Dont get me wrong, I like to play and unwind too, but I also am on here to learn information, new topics and meet all the great people. So for the people who dont want to play the games, dont! Check out all the other topics that are offered.

back to the original topic. Steph: no one is saying to play NO GAMES, Those who have posted are saying we need to get back to what the link first started out to be and just play less games. We need to get back to more of the discussions, that's all. When was the last time anyone submitted an article to the library? There have been no discussions on the news articles. No need for anyone to be touchy or to say “well you played, why can’t we play?” That is not the point at all. Play all you want, we just need to get back to the purpose of the site. Nothing more, nothing less.

I have posted lots of articles and videos and seems no one is reading them. Of course on the other hand it's kind of aggravating when you submitt an article and then a day later someone else submits the same article. It just goes to show that they are reading the articles when they submit one that was submitted the day before or even a few hours before. I know I have learned alot from the articles and videos. I find myself telling people at work about what I've seen or read.

charlita says ...

I like both the articles and the games. If you don't want to play the games, you don't have to. But like Starlight said, noone is reading the articles or at least commenting on them. And alot of them are really good and informative. Is this week Nurses' week?

Charlita National Nurses Week is May 6th through May 12th.

Happy Nurse's Week Everyone!!!!!!!!

cdnurse says ...

 

I find the games in break time from time-to-time to be fun. It seems to me though that lately this site has become more of a place to play games than to be really serious about nursing subjects. Do not take me wrong, I am not saying we all need to be nerdy all of the time. It just seems to me that we have gotten away from the purpose of this site. When I first came onto the site I saw far more with the forums and with articles being submitted to the library and discussions going with them. Any one agree with me?

I agree with cd nurse here. The games are a fun BREAK. But, they're getting to be the norm, execpt for political posts. Can we have  INTELLIGENT break activites and INTELLIGENT political discourse and other nursing news found in all other areas of this site? I think we're all capable of it.

I enjoy the games-they're the reason I came back to this site. ( I see not much has changed around here!)