E.niles

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1. Army nursing or Air force nursing?

   E.niles replied to bikes4fun's topic in Government

   I don't want to make things hard for you, but if you really want an interesting career consider the Navy Reserve Nurse Corps. I was a combat engineer for 22 years and served with all types of units during the war and on varrious deployments and the o...

2. Teachers fueling the "my degree is better than your degree" problem

   E.niles replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

   In Fla all credits from an ASN received from a public college transfer directly to a BSN from a public University, which is nice since my hospital is paying for most of my classes.

3. The Purpose Of Pain Clinics

   E.niles replied to TheCommuter's topic in Pain

   @grntea thanks for a highly informative post.

4. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

   E.niles replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Safety

   thank you

5. Would you be scared of 6 foot 3 male nurse.

   E.niles replied to mumbojumbo's topic in Men

   the majority of the male nurses where I work are in the 6' range and the patient's don't seem to mind at all. In fact at 6'2" and 200 pounds I thought I would stick out, but I pretty much look average around here.

6. Check your manliness at the door...

   E.niles replied to guest042302019's topic in Male Students

   I would never want to work with you. This article makes you sound like you have some emotional issues that make you desperate for approval. I am assuming that you are a younger person because a lot of the sins you try to pin on men are actually equal...

7. Welcome to the ICU

   E.niles replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   I am printing this out and hanging it on my mirror! It seems to be the kind of advice a guy likes me needs to carry with him everyday and everywhere, not just into the unit for my first days. Thanks Ruby your my kind of nurse

8. Is it possible to be too emotional for nursing?

   E.niles replied to emilyleigh's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Aren't tears pretty close chemically to NS anyway? A nurse without emotions is probably burned out anyway. You can learn how to control your emotions and release them at the appropriate time. Most importantly of all not all emotions are negative and ...

9. Ethical Exam Question

   E.niles replied to oschaus's topic in General Students

   wow the rationals and explanations in this thread are awesome. I hope I can carry them with me like a little voice in my head as I complete school. Thanks guys