ssi9699

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1. Rather work with men or women?

   ssi9699 replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

   well thank you,posters for illustrating the differences between men and women. Once again, we are talking about men who are nurses, not working with men in any possible context including college. Men who choose nursing are, with few exceptions, diff...

2. Rather work with men or women?

   ssi9699 replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

   sorry, IMO, less drama with straight men generally. Note: IMO. And as for me,personally, over the years when I have seen certain names on the schedule with me, I really look forward to that day. Many other days turned out to be terrific, but when y...

3. Rather work with men or women?

   ssi9699 replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting discussion. I'm fascinated that so many deny that it is inherent human nature that people are judged and stereotyped. Oh come on...you mean to tell me you don't remember how differently you were treated when you were 23 and weighed 120 ...

4. high school students Intro to Nursing program wanted!

   ssi9699 replied to ssi9699's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks to all who have shared local program info so far. I feel getting teens to consider nursing is very important in the long run for nursing. We know of many colleagues who went to college for this or that, or worked in different fields and the...

5. Remicade Infusion Guidelines/experiences

   ssi9699 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Occasionally we transfuse Remicade, usually for arthritis or Crohn's in my new department. I tried to look up the policy on infusion when I discovered there isn't any. We make a big deal about these infusions; they have an appointment, are admitted...

6. high school students Intro to Nursing program wanted!

   ssi9699 replied to ssi9699's topic in General Nursing

   Well had the opportunity to talk with the hospital CEO and brought up this very topic! We are going to talk again about this and I still need MORE ideas on how we nurses can introduce the field of nursing in a positive way to high schoolers. Someth...

7. Private Office Pay for RN's

   ssi9699 replied to babyrn1301's topic in Ambulatory

   I have worked as a solo nurse in a very busy single-doc practice in OH. In 1992 I was paid $18/hr. Was offered a position in 2005 to be RN for one doc in a 10-12 doc practice for $15/hr in VA. Was offered a solo RN job for a solo specialty practic...

8. man holding wife still during epidural dies!

   ssi9699 replied to smk1's topic in Ob/Gyn

   interesting we base our responses on the type of nursing we know, still amazed that it is done any other way. My experience in two vastly different hospitals in two areas of the country were the same. Time for an epidural? The deal is the family le...

9. high school students Intro to Nursing program wanted!

   ssi9699 replied to ssi9699's topic in General Nursing

   I would love to see a shadowing program where a nurse would spend a day with a high school student taking them around to various areas, standing in the background with them and observing while explaining the basics of what was going on, i.e. a brief ...

10. high school students Intro to Nursing program wanted!

    ssi9699 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has a nice summer program for 3rd year BSN students to introduce them to nursing. The big oversight, IMO, is we do nothing in this area to introduce nursing to high school students as a possible career. To me, when these kids are lookin...

11. PreAdmission Testing: who tells which home meds to take preop?

    ssi9699 replied to ssi9699's topic in Ambulatory

    "In all honesty, there are not that many drugs that will cause a case to be cancelled if the patient took them that morning. The big ones will be the blood thinners, possibly some antihypertensives, and the diabetic meds." Heart ICU and ceecel.dee: ...

12. PreAdmission Testing: who tells which home meds to take preop?

    ssi9699 posted a topic in Ambulatory

    In the PAT department I am orienting in, there are vague guidelines on our printed brochure the patient gets that state the patient should be NPO after MN day of surgery, but take their heart or BP meds that morning with a small sip of water. The "u...

13. Who is/did go to Nursing School for freedom from a spouse?

    ssi9699 replied to grinnurse's topic in General Students

    Grinnurse, Thank you for having the courage to start this thread. I'm sure these issues been something you have been rehashing in your mind for years. I feel I have no real friends I could talk to about a similar situation because he has controll...

14. Guidance re "losing skills" and esoteric specialties

    ssi9699 replied to humglum's topic in Career Support

    indbletrble, an amazingly excellent analysis. In my recent job interviews where I was applying for positions totally different than my area of expertise, I was struck by how the skills for the new job(s) were so similar to the ones for the rest of m...

15. How can you say you're not paid well?

    ssi9699 replied to malusport's topic in Emergency

    I find it frustrating when I talk to friends in other fields who continue to improve their standard of living as a reward for hard work, continuing education, loyalty, ingenuity, etc. They get paid to come in for meetings and inservices, they can't ...