If you are unwell to travel to placements?

I'm on a nursing course...got a girl who has reduced lung capacity AND DONT WE KNOW it😤 Says she can only go to the nearest hospitals. Bearing in mind they all within 10 miles of each other and easy transport. She says she can do this as her mum is a GP. She is an attention seeking nightmare!. Can she choose her placements? Is it fair as the rest can't choose? Apart from anything else is she fit enough to do course if she's going to call the sickcard , when she doesn't get placements she wants?hope they see through her. I have to spend three tedious years listening to this 💩

I'm on a nursing course...got a girl who has reduced lung capacity AND DONT WE KNOW it😤 Says she can only go to the nearest hospitals. Bearing in mind they all within 10 miles of each other and easy transport. She says she can do this as her mum is a GP. She is an attention seeking nightmare!. Can she choose her placements? Is it fair as the rest can't choose? Apart from anything else is she fit enough to do course if she's going to call the sickcard , when she doesn't get placements she wants?hope they see through her. I have to spend three tedious years listening to this 💩

I'm on a nursing course...got a girl who has reduced lung capacity AND DONT WE KNOW it😤 Says she can only go to the nearest hospitals. Bearing in mind they all within 10 miles of each other and easy transport. She says she can do this as her mum is a GP. She is an attention seeking nightmare!. Can she choose her placements? Is it fair as the rest can't choose? Apart from anything else is she fit enough to do course if she's going to call the sickcard , when she doesn't get placements she wants?hope they see through her. I have to spend three tedious years listening to this 💩

I'm on a nursing course...got a girl who has reduced lung capacity AND DONT WE KNOW it😤 Says she can only go to the nearest hospitals. Bearing in mind they all within 10 miles of each other and easy transport. She says she can do this as her mum is a GP. She is an attention seeking nightmare!. Can she choose her placements? Is it fair as the rest can't choose? Apart from anything else is she fit enough to do course if she's going to call the sickcard , when she doesn't get placements she wants?hope they see through her. I have to spend three tedious years listening to this 💩

Will you be this judgmental about patients with unseen illnesses?

I wanted to come back to this again, as my first comment was rather glib (I was feeding my kids at the time).

You've made these comments about a fellow student publicly on the internet. How would you feel if you were this student you're talking about her reading these comments? That your classmates think you use your disability to make yourself an "attention seeking nightmare". What do you think would happen if you were overheard making these comments about a patient? It'd be seen as a fitness to practice issue, and quite rightly so.

As for fairness, well, if she has an illness or disability covered by the equality act, then, yes, it is fair and if your university wasn't making reasonable adjustments for her to be able to attend placement, they'd be breaking the law. You should take this as a positive, as your university is clearly flexible for those who need it, so if you find yourself in a situation where you might be stuck with attending a specific placement, chances are they'll be more helpful than other universities.

You're not the first person to make comments like this about a colleague, nurses are notorious for behaviour like this towards their colleagues, it's known in the literature as a form of "lateral violence". People are isolated, made to feel like outcasts and are even hounded from their jobs because of rumours, failing to fit into the clique, or as in this instance, for having an unseen disability, which makes others jealous as they think the individual is getting favourable treatment. I'm sure she'd gladly prefer to be healthy and have to travel to placements than to have to cope with an illness. Meanwhile, whilst all this infighting is going on, the government are attacking our pay and working conditions. We should be standing together as a profession and fighting against them, but for some insane reason, nurses would rather attack each other.

I get everything you are saying I really do. Again the point is missed. Everyone should be equal of course, however as you will be aware this is taken advantage of. I have an aunt who works HR traveling around hospitals assessing these disabilities. Who happens to be an x nurse. So I'm not being unfair. Yes we need to band together, and I mentioned no specific details so actually haven't done anything wrong. Maybe I've hit a nerve it was an observation. I guess I've always thought you need to be fit to do your job when caring for others. The disability act is a great thing. i wonder where it leaves the able amongst students🤔

I'm on a nursing course...got a girl who has reduced lung capacity AND DONT WE KNOW it😤 Says she can only go to the nearest hospitals. Bearing in mind they all within 10 miles of each other and easy transport. She says she can do this as her mum is a GP. She is an attention seeking nightmare!. Can she choose her placements? Is it fair as the rest can't choose? Apart from anything else is she fit enough to do course if she's going to call the sickcard , when she doesn't get placements she wants?hope they see through her. I have to spend three tedious years listening to this 💩

I'm on a nursing course...got a girl who has reduced lung capacity AND DONT WE KNOW it😤 Says she can only go to the nearest hospitals. Bearing in mind they all within 10 miles of each other and easy transport. She says she can do this as her mum is a GP. She is an attention seeking nightmare!. Can she choose her placements? Is it fair as the rest can't choose? Apart from anything else is she fit enough to do course if she's going to call the sickcard , when she doesn't get placements she wants?hope they see through her. I have to spend three tedious years listening to this 💩

I get everything you are saying I really do. Again the point is missed. Everyone should be equal of course, however as you will be aware this is taken advantage of. I have an aunt who works HR traveling around hospitals assessing these disabilities. Who happens to be an x nurse. So I'm not being unfair. Yes we need to band together, and I mentioned no specific details so actually haven't done anything wrong. Maybe I've hit a nerve it was an observation. I guess I've always thought you need to be fit to do your job when caring for others. The disability act is a great thing. i wonder where it leaves the able amongst students🤔

It's funny how sensitive are some people. She talked about a fellow student and a future colleague that skips the rules. Taking advantage of her mum who is GP. Since she is not fit for placements, she should drop out and leave space for others who want to do the job. Totally agree with the topic starter. Being a good professional doesn't necessarily mean being a sucker.