conuan61

conuan61 has 25 years experience and specializes in Anesthesia and Critical Care.

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1. Bad Boys, Nice Guys and Real Men™

   conuan61 replied to johny1's topic in Men

   Nicely said everyone! We need to start looking less at "how" each gender reacts and try to understand (every single day of our lives) that everyone...male or female...is an individual and reacts according to his or her past experiences...good or bad....

2. Surviving Life during CRNA School

   conuan61 replied to wanttobecrna123's topic in SRNA

   You will have time for life :) But...make no mistake...it is one of the most grueling things you will ever do. Most programs have some aspect of heavy didactic work in the beginning and that usually tapers off gradually to more focused clinical resid...

3. HX of the Cap, Pin and Lamp......

   conuan61 replied to atina's topic in General Nursing

   Nope...it is a tradition. It is no more outdated than the Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians. I personally like the tradition of the Nightingale Pledge...it is uniquely ours as nurses. It is not a binding legality, but a mere tradition of graduatio...

4. HX of the Cap, Pin and Lamp......

   conuan61 replied to atina's topic in General Nursing

   But we also need to stop "eating our young." One of the biggest complaints of students and recent graduates is how rude, uncaring, and unhelpful more experienced RNs are to them when they need help. I agree that spoonfeeding is not the answer, but re...

5. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

   conuan61 replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   "subee"...i have to stop this banter, but i have to say...your arguments are far from cogent also, except maybe in your own mind. i like to professionally spar as well as the next guy, but, just as your emoticons banging their heads on the wall show,...

6. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

   conuan61 replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   I agree totally poetnyouknowit...Suggesting a "new kind of nurse" with a different license is just fragmenting the system more than it already is...we have LPNs (LVNs), RNs with ADNs, Diplomas, BSNs, MSNs and PhDs, DNSc (DNS), and DNPs. That's all we...

7. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

   conuan61 replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   I have to say, it is always interesting what lengths nurses will go to to simply invalidate the professional roles of other nurses. I have been an RN for over 25 years. The first 8 years as a critical care RN and the last 17 years as a private practi...

8. Class Pins. Do You Like Yours?

   conuan61 replied to justjenn's topic in General Students

   Reddheadangel...I also collect a lot of vintage nursing "stuff" There was a calendar put out from RN in 1997 that had pins on every month and there respective school name, but that is all I know of. There is another collector of pins and other nursin...

9. Class Pins. Do You Like Yours?

   conuan61 replied to justjenn's topic in General Students

   I guess some of us "older nurses" (I've been out for 25 years) are just a little more sentimental. We too had to purchase our pins, pay clinical fees, pay for uniforms, and NCLEX exams, but we WANTED to buy that pin and wear it as a symbol of pride.....

10. How do you feel about wearing the nursing caps for pinning?

    conuan61 replied to MnemonicFanatic's topic in General Students

    WELL SAID justme1972...it only takes a few whiners to ruin an entirely beautiful tradition that has been observed for years...that Charleston ceremony is a great idea...I hope it never changes

11. Class Pins. Do You Like Yours?

    conuan61 replied to justjenn's topic in General Students

    Well said nursing student 19 and elkpark...glad to hear others feel the same way!

12. Class Pins. Do You Like Yours?

    conuan61 replied to justjenn's topic in General Students

    Come on guys...the pin is a symbol of all you went through to get where you are! No, it doesn't make you a better or worse practitioner, it doesn't get you more money or a better job. Just like your CLEAN, IRONED uniform or lab coat, CLEAN white shoe...