…if they’ve never worked bedside, or worked a short amount of time at bedside, some of them ALSO assume they know my job as an RN.

This is a very specific bone I have to pick, so if it doesn’t quite fit in as a usual post please disregard. I just have to vent about it.

In particular, our unit’s NP makes it a point to unnecessarily insert herself in nursing processes. Other days she seems to get off on drilling us with medical trivia in front of patients, typically on the most basic shit that an IMCU nurse would need to know (ABGs, chest tube care, Glucommander, etc).

That’s all! She gets at least an email a week to the supervisor lol.

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Edit: because there will inevitably be Redditors offended by my post, let me be clear. I have worked with some great NPs, from my first day on the floor to 10 years later.

I’ve worked with NPs that have offered to place IVs and draw labs for me during a rapid response, NPs that have listened to our concerns without judgement, experienced and KNOWLEDGEABLE NPs that knew what they could handle and when they needed to reach out to the hospitalist.

But we cannot ignore the fact that SO many nursing students I precept tell me the end goal is NP. I cannot ignore my peers who would be completing bullshit “research” assignments for online NP school during their actual nursing shifts.

I ask, “So you’re just going straight through to your DNP?” - and more often than not the answer is yes.

R/Noctor is not about hating nurses. It’s about safety, transparency, and (fingers crossed) change. There’s NO standard of care. Nothing wrong with venting about it either - it’s fucking frustrating!