mbkrn

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1. Racial Refusals In Nursing

   mbkrn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Relations

   The more things change, the more they stay the same...sad that for all the advances we've made we still are stuck in a "racial rut". I started out as a Jr Nurse Aide while in high school. While I was making beds in a 4-bed room, one of the patients p...

2. Do You Like Being A School Nurse?

   mbkrn replied to Jules0612's topic in School

   After close to 30 years in a hospital setting (floor nursing, human resources, lastly out-patient clinic) I became a school nurse. I was used to not working weekends/nights/holidays and already vested so I was able to take a hit financially. I was f...

3. Do you play music in your office?

   mbkrn replied to 100kids's topic in School

   Definitely! I have a radio that I keep near my desk and it plays 99% of the time. It's like white noise most of the time, but helps the day move along and I can stay on top of the news as well...

4. Mistakes Are Inevitable: No One Is Perfect.

   mbkrn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Professionalism

   Thank you, thank you, thank you...."If you're smart you will learn something new every day of your career, and if you're very, very smart you'll learn how to handle those moments when you've been very, very stupid" is my new mantra! I applaud your ho...

5. I Ask For "Nothing".

   mbkrn replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for putting it out there! I've always felt that I get paid to do what I love to do (thanks, enough). Like you, no one forced me into nursing it was my choice. After countless "gifts" over the years (an emory board come to mind...) the one "...

6. Summer Vacation and Unemployment?

   mbkrn replied to squidbilly's topic in School

   Congratulations on becoming a school nurse! For me, summer means camp nursing. This will be my 10th year as a camp nurse (at the same camp, by the way). I was fortunate when I was first hired, to have part of my terms of employment include free camp ...