It seems probie's can't take a joke or laugh

23 Okay, So I have learned very well that new nurses (wet behind the ears) are not the best company to have as friends. Yes, that is a bit harsh but considering my long term nurse friends from school or my first job, It seems that the probies honestly do not have a sense of humor at all.
We all go out for coffee or out to dinner. We share our own "war" stories (we've all done it people, don't lie). My aged co-workers and myself joke and laugh about certain situations.
Then comes the probie "Well I think its unprofessional to make those comments and laugh about a person pooping all over the bed" .
KILL JOY!
What the probie does not seem to understand is that (and I quote my mother here) "If we didn't laugh, we'd cry".
Or for example the probie calling me to to say he is going to call in sick from work that night for a headache. My joking response is to take a Lindsay Lohan milkshake (Milk of Mag, Norco, and 2 shots of Vodka).
Probie's response "How dare you assume I am a druggie - you have no clout or professionalism".
Really - I have no professionalism?
I my opinion, calling off sick for a headache is a sign of unprofessionalism.
My advise to probies under 1 year of bedside experience : Learn to laugh at yourself and the world as a whole. It not all textbook in the real world. Sometimes you have to go out for coffee and make jokes and laugh.
I definitely have to agree that new nurses should relax. I guess they're just so overwhelmed by everything, they don't come up for air. But calling in for a headache, give me a break...take some motrin and drag your butt to work.

Who in the world calls new nurses "probies?" That's straight out of those old books like "Sue Barton, Student Nurse." I have never heard anyone use that term IRL, and I've been out of school 25 years. It seems kind of disrespectful, if you ask me. New nurses are your colleagues, just as valuable as experienced nurses. Good grief, they're going to be taking the reins some day so we can retire. Give them a break.Some new nurses do need to lighten up a bit, but I think you are overgeneralizing. We're all needed out there.

When it's my turn to be a probie again can you be my preceptor because you have my kind of humor.

Quote from OCNRN63Who in the world calls new nurses "probies?" That's straight out of those old books like "Sue Barton, Student Nurse." I have never heard anyone use that term IRL, and I've been out of school 25 years. It seems kind of disrespectful, if you ask me. New nurses are your colleagues, just as valuable as experienced nurses. Good grief, they're going to be taking the reins some day so we can retire. Give them a break.Some new nurses do need to lighten up a bit, but I think you are overgeneralizing. We're all needed out there.

OP... I get what you're saying & tend to have the same feelings that I must laugh or I may crack.But, not everyone does get it & I'm not so certain that it just a lack of experience. Some people are just wrapped tighter than others. I say to each his own.

probie is a firefighters term for a newbie call it what you want - the point is that newbies/probies are too uptight in my opinion Yes, to whomever suggested that the term probie is disresprectful - get real

I don't have an issue with laughing about pt. situations; we all need to decompress, and nurses often have a "black sense of humor."I do take issue with using negative terms to refer to co-workers. Calling a new nurse a "probie" is a belittling term. A new RN is still an RN. She/He is not a "probationer," or whatever you want to call her/him. Being a new nurse is stressful enough without having co-workers using terminology that demeans.And people ask why older nurses "eat their young." To me, this is an example of it.

Quote from OCNRN63Who in the world calls new nurses "probies?" That's straight out of those old books like "Sue Barton, Student Nurse." I have never heard anyone use that term IRL, and I've been out of school 25 years. It seems kind of disrespectful, if you ask me. New nurses are your colleagues, just as valuable as experienced nurses. Good grief, they're going to be taking the reins some day so we can retire. Give them a break.Some new nurses do need to lighten up a bit, but I think you are overgeneralizing. We're all needed out there.

Quote from abbakingprobie is a firefighters term for a newbie call it what you want - the point is that newbies/probies are too uptight in my opinion Yes, to whomever suggested that the term probie is disresprectful - get real

I can take a joke and im only 4 months in maybe its an isolated case. I do think that people can get sensitive about drug jokes because of the huge problem of drug diversion out there. It doesn't bother me.. but it took me a bit to feel out the culture. they will get there.

LMAO @ the Lohan milkshake.........Very funny!!!!

What the hell is a probie ?