MR.PICURN

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1. Reporting unethical behavoir

   MR.PICURN replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

   Chain of command is always the best course of action. Unless the problem starts at the top. Then my only question would be can the Union......Providing that you have one, help you. Alot of complaints are opinion based rather than fact based. The burd...

2. Male Nurses.

   MR.PICURN replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in General Nursing

   Ending my last post the way that I did was more for effect than anything............... What I did'nt say about my wife making less with more experience was that she no longer works in a hopital, which pays more than say does a local county treatment...

3. Male Nurses.

   MR.PICURN replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a 5'10 200 (+) something pound male nurse who works in PICU. I often here the female nurses say how nice it is to have a big (no real emphasis on big) strong man around the unit who happens to also be a nurse. The patient and the parents often sa...

4. Male Nurses.

   MR.PICURN replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a relatively new nurse, married to a nurse of 12+ years experience. I currently make more money than does she but then again it's most likely due to the fact she works for the health dept. where I work in the hospital. If she chose to go back to ...

5. Two Week Probation?or impending doom

   MR.PICURN replied to MR.PICURN's topic in PICU

   So far so good. No axe has fallen yet. I started getting called off of work as did many other nurses due to low senses. But I have not heard anything negative so far. I've been putting more effort to get my work done faster so that I could ask others...

6. Two Week Probation?or impending doom

   MR.PICURN replied to MR.PICURN's topic in PICU

   Thanks for the words of advice and encouragement. I will definately put my best foot forward. At the end of the next two weeks if the worst case senario happens then at least I'll know that I did everything I possibly could to make it work. I'm tryin...

7. Two Week Probation?or impending doom

   MR.PICURN posted a topic in PICU

   Help! I just had my first talking to by the assistant/acting unit manager about my job performance and a perceived job unhappiness. I've just been told that I have two weeks to improve or else. My co-workers and or charge nurse seems to think ...

8. Advice for ED Tech

   MR.PICURN replied to alet3ff's topic in Emergency

   Ed, Like you I started out being trained in pre hospital medicine. I got to the intermediate level on my way to paramedic. Then I got a job at one of the local area hospitals and transported patients for radiology for a year while waiting for a job o...

9. NICU to the PICU :(

   MR.PICURN replied to Brownbetty's topic in NICU

   Brownbetty, I know what you mean about having to float and not be crossed trained. I am new to the PICU but was informed that there will come a day that I will have to float to the NICU. Fortunately like NICU Momma said the facility I work for has a ...

10. New student advice...please!

    MR.PICURN replied to rnnurse2b's topic in General Students

    My advise to anyone just starting down the road to nursing school would be to take all non science classes first, then take your biology, micro, chem, and Anatomy/Physiology so that when you get to nursing school its all fresh in your mind.......It w...

11. Good News

    MR.PICURN replied to EXOTIC NURSE's topic in PICU

    Congrates on your new job..... How are you liking it so far:nurse: