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1. Guys what made you chooose nursing

   POE replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men

   I like waking sometime in the afternoon, drinking coffee on my patio, catching the afternoon(5pm) news, and leisurely getting my day going. The moment I work through the doors its all Banzaibuckaroo, full tilt boogie until the very wee hours, when ...

2. Guys what made you chooose nursing

   POE replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men

   I can't speak for Ralph, but I work ER, nights exclusively, am an ADN, and bring down about 70-80k/yr. With 15yrs under my belt. Of course, thats in Louisiana...

3. Best Brand of Shoes

   POE replied to SwtTxLdy's topic in General Nursing

   I have worn just about everything a man can wear, but my choice for the past 5-6 years has been..Dr Scholl's !! They only cost 25$ @ Wal-Mart, have great support(gellin like a felon), and in 3-4 months I demote them to knockaround status. Then when ...

4. Guys what made you chooose nursing

   POE replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men

   Not to our faces! And we seem to be a stabilizing influence on MD's that have a rep for throwing things around and generally intimidating the girls. If they want to play that way, I would invite them to play basketball after work..REAL physical baske...

5. Upset!!! write up and patients marijuana

   POE replied to RNGINA's topic in Home Health

   Boy Howdy, what a hot button topic! If the powers that be knew in 1918 what they know now, maybe they would have promoted reefer as an incredibly safer alternative to the freshly outlawed ETOH. Organized crime kept from the tsunami of cash that part...

6. Guys what made you chooose nursing

   POE replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men

   I work the industry standard on 2, off 2, on 3; then off 2, on 2, off three now, but have worked 5 on,2 off, 2 on, 5 off, as well as 7 on, 7 off and the "Baylor Plan", where I worked Every fri/sat/sun and got a 6$/hr bonus to make up the difference. ...

7. Guys what made you chooose nursing

   POE replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men

   My factory job went to Singapore in the mideighties, and I didn't. While working as a manual laborer, a coworker related how his wifes' nurse pay was keeping them afloat. Until then I considered nurses in the same catagory as teachers(repected but wo...

8. please help

   POE replied to saudismith's topic in Informatics

   SaudiSmith, I feel ya. My bride and I spent a year in the Magic Kingdom2001-2002(yes, we were in Jeddah on 9/11). Loved the SCUBA, and shopping in Balad. If your hospital is KFSH I was there. The MD's were at that time mainly Canadians, with a Scot a...