ccunurseboy

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1. **Alert**Our Right to Privacy as nurses???

   ccunurseboy replied to bchboy's topic in General Nursing

   In Indiana, not only will they hand out your street address and date of birth, but they make money from it, too! (they charge $1.00-$2.04 per record... see: http://www.in.gov/ai/appfiles/hpb-mlvs/ or if you wanted to stalk each and every nurse in th...

2. Why so few LPN Programs in Indiana?

   ccunurseboy replied to tonicareer's topic in Indiana

   The reason you're seeing fewer LPN programs around is (or so I'm told) due to the "Magnet Status" Initiative... which in part eliminates the LPN in the hospital setting. There are still some good programs around, and I've heard that some places that...

3. how much Indiana nurses make

   ccunurseboy replied to nurseluv9's topic in Indiana

   I'm in northeastern Indiana... New nurses fresh out of school start here at $17 and change. We top out at 29. If you're willing to drive a few extra minutes, just across the border in southern Michigan, most places are starting at $20+ with about ...

4. Bad experience as Paramedic intern

   ccunurseboy replied to daveman's topic in Men

   Man... sounds like you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Having been through both Paramedic and Nursing school, I can tell you that, for whatever reason, My clinical experience as a Paramedic student was MUCH better than when I was in nurs...

5. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

   ccunurseboy replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men

   Yep... stereotype all the way here. CCU and ER.

6. Womens interest in male nurses

   ccunurseboy replied to johny1's topic in Men

   Heh... great thread. I've noticed that when girls find out I'm a nurse the first thing they tend to do is try to figure out if I'm gay... some are more subtle than others... sometimes I'll be as ambiguous as possible... just to see how long they'...

7. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   ccunurseboy replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   When I graduated from high school nursing never even crossed my mind... not a very "manly" job. I was looking at becoming an M.D., but at the time, it seemed like too much time and money. Wound up as a medic for 6 years, burnt out and got out. Got...

8. New RN with some computer experience...

   ccunurseboy replied to nursedude1's topic in Informatics

   You might want to look into the IT or IS departments at the hospital where you work... I know where I work, IT/IS is seperate from informatics... with your BS in CompSci, you'd be well suited for a senior analyst position... these are the guys that...