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1. Name one of your favorite things about being a male nurse.

   flmd replied to DatMurse's topic in Men

   Serious answer: 1. More respect from Doctors, family members, pt's, PA's, NP's, management, etc. - I am never disrespected or talked down to by anyone that I work with. 2. Makes the unit life easier with me helping with lifting, ambulating, restra...

2. How do people feel about male nurses?

   flmd replied to Natgurad's topic in Men

   I have not found this to be true in my experience. My backround: 3 years of experience as a ADN working on 3 units; 1 was a combined med/tele floor (took just about any kind of pt), 2nd was a seasonal tele overflow unit (mostly everything again), and...

3. New job...daily essentials?

   flmd replied to danielle vines's topic in New Nurse

   I'd like to know this as well.

4. Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

   flmd replied to flmd's topic in Disabilities

   Thanks for sharing. It's nice to know that there are others out there that have overcome this. The balance thing I'm not so much worried about although I can see how that is probably going to be really inconvenient...it's the possibility of facial pa...

5. Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

   flmd replied to flmd's topic in Disabilities

   !! This is exactly what I was hoping to hear. It's really relieving to hear that there is someone out there who had the exact same problem and operation and went on to become a nurse. Thanks for sharing this with me. The future doesn't look so gloomy...

6. Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

   flmd replied to flmd's topic in Disabilities

   Wow that's awesome. I'm not sure how well an electronic stethoscope would help me, considering my auditory nerve gets cut during the surgery, but your story is really inspiring. I feel a lot better now knowing that there are people out there with HOH...

7. Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

   flmd replied to flmd's topic in Disabilities

   Great. That's awesome to hear (pun intended). Now I just hope I don't have long term balance issues or facial paralysis as complications of the surgery that sometimes happens with this type of surgery. I have a feeling those types of issues would b...

8. Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

   flmd replied to flmd's topic in Disabilities

   Thanks for the responses. Do you have to use a specialty stethoscope SuesquatchRN? When I talked with the director of our nursing program and the reason why I had to withdraw for the semester, she mentioned that there was a person at the college wh...

9. Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

   flmd posted a topic in Disabilities

   Hey everyone, I'm a 1st year nursing student and I had to drop out of this falls semester (med/surg). The reason for this is that I'm having brain surgery next week to remove a large acoustic neuroma...a benign tumor that has been causing me hearing ...