Schools of nursing starting white coat ceremonies...

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fab4fan said:
It's for a BSN program, and it is stupid. RNs do wear white coats, though.
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I used to work as a RN at hospitals, Nursing homes, County Department of Heath etc... in FL and I don't remember seeing RN wearing white coat in many instances... I guess that might be different in other part of the country.
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jakeislove said:
That's it, buddy!

You're getting a red lab coat for the first away mission, LOL!
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PL198 said:
Srs question, people that repeat 1st year, do they have to undergo white coat ceremony twice? That would be the worst thing ever. I wanted to skip mine so bad, fking parents
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I knew I guy who took an LOA in his first year and then repeated the white coat ceremony the next year. He was definitely milennial material though, couldn't hold a conversation with him without him on his cell phone texting at the same time.
 
Tired said:
There's a lot more to letting people know your position than the color of your coat. I rarely wear a white coat.

When I blow on to the wards in in a vortex of rage and authority, and the nursing staff snaps to attention with wide-eyed awe, everyone knows exactly who I am and why I'm there. The scurrying and scampering that my visits prompt tell all the patients who is in charge, and look of contentment on their faces when they know I am watching over them is all the thanks I need.

A tornado doesn't need a white coat and neither do I. Forces of nature are their own identification.
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xffan624 said:
I knew I guy who took an LOA in his first year and then repeated the white coat ceremony the next year. He was definitely milennial material though, couldn't hold a conversation with him without him on his cell phone texting at the same time.
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probably would cry if he got a flat tire on his car too
 
BestDoctorEver said:
I used to work as a RN at hospitals, Nursing homes, County Department of Heath etc... in FL and I don't remember seeing RN wearing white coat in many instances... I guess that might be different in other part of the country.
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They were in abundance in my last job; most admin. types.
 
fab4fan said:
They were in abundance in my last job; most admin. types.
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I know admin nurses usually do that, but it was not something I saw regularly from floor nurses when I was a staff nurse...
 
BestDoctorEver said:
I know admin nurses usually do that, but it was not something I saw regularly from floor nurses when I was a staff nurse...
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I've seen a nurse in a short coat and one in a long coat. Most of them were in pretty colorful scrubs though
 
BestDoctorEver said:
I know admin nurses usually do that, but it was not something I saw regularly from floor nurses when I was a staff nurse...
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Usually staff nurses wear warm up jackets that match the hospital dress code. I had a few white ones when I wore navy scrub slacks and navy tops. I didn't like wearing white; we gave a lot of blood on my unit, and I always managed to get some on me when I was taking down the first unit and connecting the second.
 
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DermViser said:
Why do nurses go into admin. so frequently?
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Have you not seen the old, worn-out nurses at the beside? They look like they've been rode hard and put up wet.

Admin jobs are flexible, no nights or weekends, and the pay is good.
 
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"Siri, please change my tire"
 
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DermViser said:
Why do nurses go into admin. so frequently?
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My question would actually be why do hospitals require admins to be nurses? Why are other healthcare professionals prohibited from applying? I know at my institution, unless it is directly physician-related, you have to have a BSN or MSN to apply. Since when did nursing school become synonymous with business school?
 
pharmnrp804 said:
My question would actually be why do hospitals require admins to be nurses? Why are other healthcare professionals prohibited from applying? I know at my institution, unless it is directly physician-related, you have to have a BSN or MSN to apply. Since when did nursing school become synonymous with business school?
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Nursing school seems to be synonymous with everything nowadays. The nurses are running the healthcare show.
 
Winged Scapula said:
Just a reminder: posting of NSFW vids as was done in the other thread will get this one locked as well.
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A rap video? How was that NSFW? Bc Ark said it was? Or did I miss something else?
 
lol so we can go nuts and off topic yolo crazy as long as we don't post nsfw videos? I'm down.
 
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PL198 said:
lol so we can go nuts and off topic yolo crazy as long as we don't post nsfw videos? I'm down.
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Nope that would be a violation of the terms of service as well. Off-topic posts are subject to closure as well. There's a reason why we have the lounge so if people want to make social posts they can do so there.
 
Winged Scapula said:
I'm told it had explicit language that violated our terms of service which is why it was removed by another member of staff.
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Oh the video did. IBH, I didn't even watch the whole thing.
 
Tired said:
There's a lot more to letting people know your position than the color of your coat. I rarely wear a white coat.

When I blow on to the wards in in a vortex of rage and authority, and the nursing staff snaps to attention with wide-eyed awe, everyone knows exactly who I am and why I'm there. The scurrying and scampering that my visits prompt tell all the patients who is in charge, and look of contentment on their faces when they know I am watching over them is all the thanks I need.

A tornado doesn't need a white coat and neither do I. Forces of nature are their own identification.
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Who are you? Anna Wintour? ;)
 
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I shadowed with a 3rd year med student and a nursing student today, and the nursing student had a longer white coat than both of us. He also hijacked taking history too, which I thought was odd. I just deferred to the 3rd year because I didn't know what was going on anyways.
 
Winged Scapula said:
I didn't watch it at all - better things to do this weekend. :p
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it's honestly pretty interesting(sorta awkward) talking to you guys that are actually doctors on here, it's like a mindf*ck every day
 
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Winged Scapula said:
Woot!

And here I thought I was only freaking out the pre-meds!!
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lol god no, it's always funny to me because on other forums the randoms are just randoms but here, a significant amount of doctors and it's like wtf I'm just a pleb
 
Steven Spielberg doesn't do commentary tracks because he thinks the mystique and magic gets taken away. He wasn't specific but I think part of it is the the mystique and magic around himself, not just the movie.

I still think docs are supermen(women) but I admit you guys are a little more common to me than before I began reading sdn. :(
 
DermViser said:
Can you imagine if all patients did what he did?

Apparently expecting payment for services is suddenly greedy. Only in medicine. At least in dentistry, this happens to a lot lesser extent. No patient would think a dentist would do their procedural work without payment for their services - which pays for equipment, materials, salaries of the receptionist, etc. but apparently for medicine it's a-ok.
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People expect veterinarians to do this all the time. "If you loved animals, you would do X for free." Just thought I'd put that out there. Back to your regularly scheduled programming...
 
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fancymylotus said:
When are you going to war with me??? When you're running your 4 minute miles? Lets just call you BirdBolt or something
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Don't mind me. It's just that:

Your 10am start time + me = J E A L O U S
 
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