harley94xl

harley94xl has 3 years experience and specializes in Open Heart Surgery.

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1. LUCKY! to have a job

   harley94xl replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I love to turn this comment around and tell them they are lucky to have prudent compentant nurses, or you wouldn't have a hospital. I have also come to the conclusion that its all about numbers. I work in an ICU in a smaller community hospital. It...

2. Anyone can get into Nursing.

   harley94xl replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

   if anyone can be a nurse, then, why do we have such a nursing shortage? If anyone can be a nurse, then, why do you need them? maybe we should all just leave the hospitals and nursing homes and everywhere that nurses work, because "anyone can be a n...

3. Ever have a patient comment on his lack of size?

   harley94xl replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Being a male nurse, I can't say I ever have run into that issue. But, with that being said, I have had female patients (older than I am) make comments about how good looking I am. :uhoh21: Oh well, I guess that is life sometimes when you are de...

4. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

   harley94xl replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have a comment or two here. I tell them right up front, your not the sickest person on the floor/unit (I work in CVU). I also tell them, if you want to get out of here and not go to some nursing home, you will do things for yourself. There are t...