joechess

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1. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

   joechess replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Hunt

   I, as well as the other nurse managers at the hospital where I am employed, try to be sensitive to people who have less privileged backgrounds, who may be impecunious (broke), who may be very nervous, etc. but I have had to interview nurse and CNA ca...

2. overworked and exhausted

   joechess replied to melisgood's topic in General Nursing

   If you are an hourly employee, it is reasonable to expect to be paid extra if you have to stay over your scheduled hours. Are you covered for liability for anything you do when you have punched out? I could be wrong, but I think that if mgt is aware ...

3. Want To Be A Nurse, But

   joechess replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

   I want to be a nurse but as a male student, I don't feel that I should have to do female care or perform procedures on female areas. When I was in school, I had go to the clinical site extra early to search the charts for a female patient who was a c...

4. male nurses refusing to do certain treatments?

   joechess replied to picurn10's topic in General Nursing

   As a male nurse, I find it difficult to believe that male students feel that they can refuse to perform procedures that they consider "icky" and that instructors will excuse male students from working on females. During my clinical rotations I had f...