Lupan

Lupan specializes in med/surg; LTC.....LPN, RN, DON; TCU.

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1. Do you guys see a lot of people saying they are nursing students....

   Lupan replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

   I work with several pre-req nursing students and 2nd semester nursing students. I don't really have a problem with what they call themselves EXCEPT when the students attempt to act like nurses and answer or make comments on pt care. Sometimes they ta...

2. Patients and the race card

   Lupan replied to CanadaEh's topic in Relations

   I was looking at some of the responses and I would like to make a statement. As a Native American/Anglo male nurse I find it amusing some of the things I hear. 1 DON refered to me as "the tan white guy". 1 pt introduced me to her gay nephew because "...

3. Nursing Career Questions

   Lupan replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

   I have an EMS background so nursing was easy. The good points are stable pay and hours ( in LTC ), self worth, getting to meet some of the most interesting people in the world, the medical community, and lasting friendships. The bad things are nurses...

4. Is it to late for me to become a Nurse?

   Lupan replied to louis345's topic in Pre-Nursing

   If you can dream it, you can do it. If you want it bad enough you can get it!! Don't let others decide for you. Being a male nurse is great and you will be suprised that a weak stomach goes away. AND there are different areas of nursing so you can f...

5. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

   Lupan replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

   I have been in positions where pts thought that the CNAs and MAs were their nurses and I couldn't be their nurse because I was a man. I have also seen CNAs and MAs and CMAs ID themselves as nurses as well as nursing students call themselves nurses. I...

6. Texas: Methodist Hospital Moves To Hire Only RNS' with BS degree

   Lupan replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in ADN/BSN

   Ah here we go again!! That infamous Atkins study was about staffing/pt ratios not AD versus BSN. And don't we all take the same board exam?? On that note let's say ADs pass the same exam as BSNs and with less college hours. You could say with that ...

7. Time to call a duck a duck?

   Lupan replied to eriksoln's topic in Professionalism

   I once worked with an RN that had over 20 years at bedside. She gave me a piece of advise when I first entered nursing. "Nurses are their own worst enemy". Everyone wants to protect their pie but can't see that such behavior is self-limiting and dest...

8. How do you wash your scrubs?

   Lupan replied to gumby1411's topic in General Students

   Years ago while attending an EMS training class for BIO hazards and NBC warefare we learned of a magical solution to wash our uniforms in. Anti Bacterial DISHSOAP with CITRUS OIL. I have used it on everything from brain tissue to ETOH vomit. Yes it i...

9. The Great Emergency Prank War

   Lupan replied to murphyle's topic in Humor

   One time at halloween I took a rubber zombie and put it in a bed. Everyone got a kick out of it because I told no one except there was a new resident in room #310. At one hospital we tied a sleeping nurse to the bed with a sheet and then paged her. ...

10. Attractive Students Being Hired First

    Lupan replied to bioniclewoman's topic in New Nurse

    If some nurse gets hired because of looks so be it. My experience is that they live to regret such hiring policies. In rural areas it don't take long for the word to get out and the backlash can be very expensive. I worked with one supervisor that ga...

11. Why do many nurses look down on LTC?

    Lupan replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric

    LTC has challenges that I didn't find at the hospital and vice-versa. I really feel that the issue is more on a level of I am better than you plus the rep of nursing homes hasn't been the best in the past. In this area LTC offers better pay and job s...

12. A Wardrobe Malfunction, or Why Not to Wear A Halloween Costume to Work

    Lupan replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I can see the whole event!! It is better than the time of monster movies on halloween and working that night. Needed the laugh...............

13. sex in the work place...really?

    Lupan replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Relations

    Sorry to upset the apple cart folks. Some of the female professors hit on us male students or flirted extensively with us.

14. sex in the work place...really?

    Lupan replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Relations

    Sorry tejas but they were mostly the female professors.

15. You are part of the problem with healthcare today if...

    Lupan replied to 360joules's topic in General Nursing

    I came from EMS and moved over to nursing after 22 years and I agree with many comments made. It is amazing that in EMS/Fire Depart. admin types are still required to spend time in the field but in nursing once out of the trenches memories fade! As a...