kenmill

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1. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

   kenmill replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

   If I was not getting paid overtime pay for working extra hours, then it would be a cold day in hell for me to work one second more than I am scheduled. It will be interesting to see how the hospitals in my area will handle this problem. There are a...

2. Nurses caps!

   kenmill replied to FERTMYRTOBRN's topic in General Nursing

   As far as Nurses' caps are concerned, I just graduated from an R.N. program and our school no longer issues caps at graduation, besides....being a male, I would be kinda' embarassed to wear a nurses' cap to work:chuckle

3. Where are the men?

   kenmill replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

   I just graduated from an ADN program in Mich. I was one of 3 male students out of 40...talk about being outnumbered! Our instructors were pretty good at not using the pronoun "she" or "her" when speaking about nursing in general. Now that I am wo...

4. Grading Scale For Your Nursing Program........

   kenmill replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   I for one am thankful that our program has such high standards (anything below 76% is failing). The way I look at it is who do I want caring for me or a member of my family, a nurse that barely passed with a low score, or one who passed un the upper...

5. Grading Scale For Your Nursing Program........

   kenmill replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   I am attending Monroe County Community College's ADN program in Monroe, Michigan. Our's is a limited space program, and you have to met the tough screening criteria before being admitted to the program. The grading scale is pretty tough to keep up ...

6. What color was your student uniform?

   kenmill replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I am a nursing student. We're pretty lucky, thanks to previous graduating class complaints. We used to have to wear all white, which in their complaint were never thick enough to hide your underwear. Now we wear dark wine/burgandy scrubs. The onl...