I find that as a man in nursing, I encounter a lot of sexism from my female coworkers. When I am doing my shift in labor and delivery I'm always called out of my patient's room if one of the nurses wants help with lifting heavy patients or things and...
I'm uncomfortable qualifying certain annoying conversations as being of "female coworkers." Although OP, I understand your sense of alienation when the topic of conversations are about clothes and boyfriends (and I don't mean this to be stereotypical...
One of my nursing friends new to the profession recently said that nurses were among the most unpleasant, rude individuals she ever had the displeasure of encountering, and I was disappointed to only be able to argue that that was not true of all nur...
I've noticed that bullying seems to be more prevalent in the OR than in other areas of nursing where I've worked or observed. And if not bullying, then plain rudeness and disrespect. The perpetrators of such behavior in my facility have been the olde...
I'm not surprised that you've heard about surgery what you've heard. It's an area you either love or you hate and you figure it out fast. I started in labor and delivery and I've just completed cross training in the OR and have been circulating on g...
I have an ADN and I have been working labor and delivery for the past 5 months and am completing cross training in the OR next week. I've had prior experience in family practice, which I absolutely loved, unfortunately the money in a family practice ...
The bill is not the point; it's just an unfortunate part of the situation. The point is my medical chart was accessed by a provider who had nothing to do with my care. I don't feel like that was right or in keeping with HIPAA standards. Can you expla...
Unfortunately, that is the situation in Memphis and surrounding areas like North MS. What jobs there are, I can't tell you how many of them I see that require anywhere from 6 months to 3 or 4 years experience - minimum. I'm in a similar boat as my e...
I need some perspective on a situation that occurred recently please! Until recently, I worked in a NP owned clinic. There were 2 NPs in the practice, one of whom is the owner while the other is just employed there. For over a year now, my healthcar...