callmekipling

callmekipling has 2 years experience and specializes in Med Surg, Ortho, Tele, ICU, Hospice.

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1. Guys- what made you want to become a nurse?

   callmekipling replied to glamgalRN's topic in Men

   I picked it at random... or so it felt. I was in the process of dropping out of a Music Education program, and one of my frat brothers (yeah so dont ask why I dropped out, ahem) mentioned he made good money as a CNA. And then I became an EMT, and th...

2. Guy's ,have you been told this...

   callmekipling replied to James Garrity's topic in Men

   You will be a gofer. I sure am. You will help lift heavy people. To quote eddie vedder.. it's evolution, baby! Whether you are "just" a gofer or "just" a lifter depends, quite frankly, on your willingness to stand up for yourself.

3. Fat guy .... Small gloves ...

   callmekipling replied to CynicallyVexed's topic in Humor

   Hey, some of us fill out a large okay There is one ICU doc where I work who has really huge hands, like ironworker big. He has to go to supply and draw out his own XL gloves. Poor guy, it's a running gag with him, and it seems to come up whenever ...

4. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

   callmekipling replied to scaredofshots's topic in Humor

   I like to play the straight man. "Good to meet you, sorry it's here" is my favorite opener. As a tech - "They don't let me play with anything fun, but if you need a soda or something I'm well qualified to get it." LOL's come in with bruising/ raccoon...

5. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

   callmekipling replied to Moogie's topic in Humor

   I always get a kick out of people asking me for health advice. "My ears and my nose have been hurting so bad" "yeah, you should see an ear, nose and throat doctor" "but how do I know if its bad enough?" "is it bad enough to call a doctor for?" (in co...

6. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

   callmekipling replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

   Forgive me if this is too brief a treatment of a very involved question, but - I think it depends on what your goals are as a nurse, your philosophy and the field in which you practice. Realize you are working in an imperfect medium, with imperfect c...

7. Lack of respect for nurses

   callmekipling replied to nicuRN2007's topic in General Nursing

   I have had this happen to me. I prefer to say, and you may quote me on this:smokin: "The details are technical and boring to someone uninvolved in the field.. Needless to say it's more involved than you may think." And then maybe wow them with a ...

8. "Ah, there's no shame in that"

   callmekipling replied to C. Thinking's topic in Male Students

   artless, but a compliment. maybe Yogi Bera is still floating around whispering in people's ears. Uncondensed, it would read, "I think it's a respectable profession though I bet you get laughed at by other people." Just grin, and don't make excuses.

9. What kind of nurse are you?

   callmekipling replied to BroadwayRN's topic in General Nursing

   Did you know your managers are *required* to find room for improvement in your eval? True story. If that's all s/he's got to say about you in the negative, I'd say you're pretty awesome. I mean, that's culture today. If you can do it well, maybe y...

10. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    callmekipling replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

    Aahahahaha! happened to me once. Of course I'm a tech, I don't talk much to attendings (I know the house docs, but who's gonna drop THEIR names?) So a little old lady came in insisting she knew such-and-such CEO of our company... I could honestly ...

11. Staff female nurses flirting and much more...

    callmekipling replied to Age1's topic in Male Students

    From "The Modern Gentleman" by Mollod and Tesauro - a really great read, by the way, one that I cannot recommend enough. The passage begins on page 70.

12. Domestic Violence in LTC

    callmekipling replied to gardie's topic in General Nursing

    I think domestic violence falls generally under elder abuse for most LTC settings. I have to say, the only domestic abuse I've ever witnessed was verbal and addressed towards a deaf demented woman. I don't even know if that counts.

13. 3 males out of a class of 30, anyone else feel overpowered?

    callmekipling replied to baedwards4's topic in Male Students

    classically it's referred to as a "great big s-- eating grin" you may find yourself having this reaction I'm one among maybe five or six guys in a class of about a hundred. We're all being broken up for asmt lab. My advice to the bros. here would ...

14. A "chick's" perspective on Men in Nursing

    callmekipling replied to KimmbaFNP's topic in Male Students

    pat if you're taking a pretty nurse type there, getting emotional may be just the thing.. tell her about your deep and abiding inner pain they eat that up! i'm kidding, but hopefully dealing with people at their most vulnerable all the time she wo...

15. any of you do any weightlifting/powerlifting/bodybuilding?

    callmekipling replied to tronix304's topic in Male Students

    YEA SON I'm a heavy hitter myself, 6 ft 0 in shoes, 230lb. Bench 315, squat 425 deadlift 480. Do I wish I didn't have a pooched out gut? sure, but all the crunches in the world won't save me :chuckle besides, it's not supposed to be about how you lo...