Beowoulf

Latest Activity

1. disallusioned with nursing! psych new grad

   Beowoulf replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

   In my psych ward, we carry a max of 7 pts. If they try to saddle us with more, we ALL immediately fill out a dangerous work conditions form. These forms state that we evaluate the situation to be dangerous and will not be responsible for catastroph...

2. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   Beowoulf replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   "And people in hell want ice water..."

3. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

   Beowoulf replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

   One of my favorite sayings is: "What gets done (and how fast) is directly related to who is being inconvenienced." It's NURSES who are being inconvenienced ... inconvenience a "higher up" and watch how fast things change....

4. Who believes instructors can be out to get you?

   Beowoulf replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Students

   You better believe it happens, baby! I just graduated at 52 and was, at times, old enough to be my nurse preceptors' father. I refused to act like the traditional inferior "kid" student and it caused lots of problems. In one evaluation, the head nurs...

5. From Maine

   Beowoulf replied to acadia's topic in Maine

   Hi Maine folks (and those who love them)! I'm male and in my early 50's. I lived in Maine most of my life. In May, I finished a direct entry Master of Nursing program in Montreal and am working full time as a psych nurse in one of the big hospitals. ...

6. Change title of "Nurse"?

   Beowoulf replied to AKell388's topic in Men

   i'm not sure what the latest stats are, but i know that here in canada there is a terrible nurse shortage. i'm pretty sure it is still that way in the states, too. an over-worked, under-paid, under-appreciated nurse (or entire staff of nurses) is no...

7. Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

   Beowoulf replied to Raymond CA's topic in Men

   many studies (see: chung, 2000; paterson, tschitkota, crawford, et al., 1995; kelly, shoemaker & steele, 1994; villeneuve, 1994) have looked into the possibility that what nursing professors (who are mostly female) unconsciously mean when they sa...

8. Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

   Beowoulf replied to Raymond CA's topic in Men

   Using stereotypical images (macho men) to undo other stereotypical images (male nurses must be girly-men) is just sad. Plain old sad.

9. Change title of "Nurse"?

   Beowoulf replied to AKell388's topic in Men

   i think the word we finally settled on with regard to the lowly janitor is "custodian" .. precisely because the word "janitor" came to mean "low, unskilled, looked-down-upon person." (e.g. "your father is a janitor!") "custodian" is a kinder, more se...

10. Change title of "Nurse"?

    Beowoulf replied to AKell388's topic in Men

    That topic was one of the discussion questions at the end of the 90 minutes. No consensus could be reached. Maybe the ANA or CNA could take it up at their next national conventions! Then the ANA would be the A?A ...

11. Change title of "Nurse"?

    Beowoulf replied to AKell388's topic in Men

    i wish i could share with you the 90 minute presentation i did in a seminar for my master in nursing degree entitled gender issues in nursing. a major conclusion was that the name needed to change for the benefit of both male and female nurses. desp...

12. Sleepless in Quebec

    Beowoulf posted a topic in NCLEX

    Hi.... An American here who just graduated from a direct entry Masters program in Quebec. The next "board" exam for Quebec is in Mid-September. Due to the fact that Quebec has to keep hammering home how DIFFERENT they are, the test here in Quebec is...

13. APA Paper Formatting - Anyone using commercial templates?

    Beowoulf replied to rosendalemj's topic in Post Graduate

    Check this out. Most of my MScN (A) class uses it. http://www.journeyed.com/itemDetail.asp?T1=81782773

14. Direct Entry Master's Program - HELP!

    Beowoulf posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am about to begin my last of 3 years in a direct entry master's program at a very prestigious Canadian university. Direct entry means that they take people with BAs in other fields and "fast track" them into nursing. The idea is that the nursing fi...

15. Best PDA for new SRNA student

    Beowoulf replied to suzanne4's topic in CRNA

    Take a look at the Tungsten C .. Keyboard on the bottom of the unit is MOST handy. I use mine many times each day.