“Judith (“Ski”) Lower, RN, MSN, CCRN, CNRN, is retired nurse manager of the neurocritical care unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Now a consultant and lecturer, she serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses” (Lower). Lower wrote the article, “Brace Yourself Here Comes Generation Y”, based on the technological benefits Generation Y brings to the nursing career. Lower states that Generation Y in has been “making suggestions during the developmental and piloting phases of technology projects, they can help make the workplace better and more technologically advanced.” This is very beneficial to healthcare providers all over the world. If Generation Y can make such a big difference in the healthcare industry why haven’t they? Lower expresses the idea that Generation Y is inexperienced and incapable of learning from older nurses “because they grew up with the Internet and are completely at ease with the online universe, they may have more current facts than their instructors.” (Lower). Lower expresses the concerns of “Author, speaker, and innovative educator Michele Deck.” According to Lower, Deck “emphasizes that Generation Y is a TV generation used to getting information in snippets, with commercial breaks at least every 10 minutes. In teaching sessions, she suggests giving Y’ers a mini-break every 15 minutes by having them do something unexpected—stand up, tell a joke, get a reward (such as a piece of candy for a correct answer), hear a drum roll, or use a secret word.” Knowing that Generation Y’s way of learning has been completely altered by the advancement of technology it worries me for the fact that it may also have an effect in our health. I have taken into consideration that these advancements may have both positive and negative effects but I would like to learn why Lower would be more interested in the benefits of the generation as a whole rather than their inexperience and the possible side effects in the health of the members of Generation Y.
I agree with Lower in that Generation Y may be unprepared in the health industry working with “schedules [that] will resemble those of their earlier years, when parents and schools “protected” them. They’re used to having flexible rules and taking part in decisions about their schedules (among other things). They want schedules that allow time for “life” and family.” Having fun and having personal time for “‘life’ and family” are aspects of life that Generation Y has been taught to value (Lower). With the comprehension that being a nurse is not only competitive but a tough career to start with is something that Generation Y nurses need to find a way to cope with this highly demanding and inflexible career. Generation Y has put into perspective that they have a lot to offer not only in the knowledge of basics in technology but with their competitive and refreshing high achieving attitudes. I personally choose this article because it was interesting for a nurse to take so much time to write this piece based on the generation that will make the world a better place through the nursing industry. I personally am a pre-nursing major and am very pleased with the way Lower has analyzed my generation not only as a generation but also as a group of people that have more to offer than in previous years. I would like to further analyze the other things that Lower stated in her article and discuss that she is not just a nurse but also an unbiased observer of Generation Y.
Works Cited
Lower, J. "Brace yourself: here comes Generation Y." Critical Care Nurse 28.5 (2008): 80. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 23 Mar. 2011.
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