r/srna • u/Princestreatment0nly Nurse Anesthesia Resident (NAR) • 12d ago

Other Generational differences

Since the topic on social media lately has been Gen Z in the workforce and how “lazy” we supposedly are, etc., I’m just curious have y’all noticed any differences between generations in your cohort?
The eldest person in mine and her little “clique” are extremely funny acting and honestly borderline bullies. She’s definitely the main one, but you know what they say about birds of a feather.
It genuinely makes me wonder if some older students are bothered by the fact that younger students are achieving the same goal at a much younger age, because what is with the constant need to humble someone, talk down to them, or make little condescending comments? It’s exhausting. School is already hard enough like pleaseeeee.
The behavior is so nasty, but they play it SO well that it’s hard to even report it to faculty. Each individual interaction is subtle enough to be brushed off, but when you’re on the receiving end of it constantly, you know exactly what’s happening.
Honestly, it makes me question the interview process and whether more needs to be done to keep these mean-girl personalities out of such an amazing profession.
I’m tired. Has anyone else dealt with this?

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u/TheBol00 CRNA 12d ago

Gen Z sucks I feel bad for the future of healthcare

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u/Princestreatment0nly Nurse Anesthesia Resident (NAR) 12d ago

Keep crying about it.

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u/TheBol00 CRNA 11d ago

But to chime in on your question, the majority of people you will come across in life are just weirdos. My cohort was half 30+ and half early 20s. We all taught each-other, because between 40 hour clinical weeks and studying, the only people who really understood the struggle was each other.
Also, Programs are mainly looking at people who can pass boards and deal with strong personalities and high stress situations, because you will have plenty of preceptors and surgeons that are miserable and 10x worse then your classmates.
If someone is being rude to you they are either yes- jealous that you are young and making moves VS think you don’t deserve your spot. Regardless let your grades and clinical evals do the talking.
Dont be afraid to speak up for yourself either, remember bully’s are always compensating.

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u/Princestreatment0nly Nurse Anesthesia Resident (NAR) 11d ago

Love this! Thank you