greystoke

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1. WHY are nurses so catty??

   greystoke replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Relations

   Finally, someone who tells it like it is....And I agree with you 100%. For some reason there are people out there that think it makes them look good to "run to the boss", and spill their guts before they get the total picture... I have always been th...

2. Is LPN school hard?

   greystoke replied to Godswill's topic in General Students

   The hardest part in nursing school for me were the tests. You have to answer multiple, multiple choice questions, where all answers were correct but you had to decide which answer was the MOST correct. We started out with 60 students and graduated...

3. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

   greystoke replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Career Support

   As I expected there are always those who do not see the point...that's fine. But after 20yrs of nursing I have seen time after time when my female nurse manager has bowed down to upper administration without a fight only to tell me later that what t...

4. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

   greystoke replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Career Support

   I'm not a sexist but let's face it. If men outnumbered women in the field I would venture to say that there would be fewer slams from administration. Men would tend to stand more firm on issues and support their staff and put up with less, shall w...

5. My fear of nursing..

   greystoke replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men

   You are right...The night shift is the hardest. An article I read a few years ago stated that there is a 40% higher mortality rate for those who do the night shift for extended periods of time. Makes sense. The body was built to sleep at night. After...