Mookie427

Mookie427 specializes in Trauma/Telemetry; MICU.

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1. Will you add your patient in facebook?

   Mookie427 replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

   Call me a 19th century person living in the 21st century.. but I have not, will not and never will go on Myspace, nor Facebook. In the age where employers check these things prior to getting a job, I do not want my business, known to a prospective c...

2. How much is school costing you?

   Mookie427 replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

   I wish that my schooling cost only $20,000. I returned to nursing school into an accelerated BSN program and because my undergraduate credits were both older than 10 years, AND from another country's university system, only 5 colleges would accept an...

3. Nursing Me Black

   Mookie427 replied to NurseThis21's topic in General Nursing

   I'll title mine "Nursing Me White" Stop playing the 'race card' and get on with your life and career. Do you think discrimination is a 'black' owned thing? Try being the only Caucasian and male on a floor of Black, Jamaican and Haitian female nurses....

4. Silly question--what to wear for class

   Mookie427 replied to knittingmonster's topic in General Students

   I went to nursing school in South Florida, having lived my entire life before in Northern Europe and NYC. I walked around the campus prior to my first day of class, and looked at the attire of the student body. The norm was shorts, polo or tee shir...

5. Parents at Orientation

   Mookie427 replied to lak20019's topic in General Students

   Someone needs to have that umbilical cord cut already. If you will be living at home while going to school (i'll pray for you dear.... this is just the beginning of your mother's interference in your school life), she'll want to know every second of...

6. How old is too old?!?!?

   Mookie427 replied to Amy Married to Art's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I went to Nursing School at 47 when the market dried up for systems analysts. I had a masters in Biology, and even though they were over 25 yrs old and from foreign universities in Holland, 4 schools in Florida and 1 in NYC allowed such old credits. ...

7. Absolutely FURIOUS!!!!

   Mookie427 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   Congrats.. but nail the asses of the hospital and the one that slandered you.

8. Advantage for Speaking Spanish?

   Mookie427 replied to Multicollinearity's topic in Arizona

   Try looking into a medical-Spanish class to make you more marketable, if your geographic area warrents such. I grew up in The Netherlands where mandatory language knowlegde of at least 2 other languages was required. English was one and i opted for S...

9. Absolutely FURIOUS!!!!

   Mookie427 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   Eeven tho you did get the job you need to find a labor relations lawyer in your area and call them. In most instances, they will give you a consultation for free and determine if there is a case. Take the OFFENSE and begin action now. It is disgracef...

10. Those nursing students that just don't seem to "get it"

    Mookie427 replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Students

    Dont forget to let your professor of your experience. Maybe in the future, she (he) will not pass the buck onto you to weed out the losers who do not belong in this profession.

11. My God, these family members!!

    Mookie427 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Relations

    RNperdiem MUST live in a fantasy world where one can 'limit' and control the visiting hours. In my Medical ICU, the nurse manager just increased the amount of hours to allow the family in. As a teaching hospital, we have all levels of MD's at bedside...

12. Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse Part 2

    Mookie427 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I was born in The Netherlands to American parernts, which afforded me automatic citizenship. I carried dual citizenship and remained in Holland through college, then moved to America to work in the Financial Industry. Finally after finishing and be...

13. Those nursing students that just don't seem to "get it"

    Mookie427 replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Students

    This student sounds as if he needs everything spelled out for him, has gotten thru on the backs of others and expects the same in nursing school.... You seem to understand and grasp time frames and when assignments are due. Give him a friendly 'nud...

14. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    Mookie427 replied to jalvino1's topic in Relations

    Mookie is very satisfied with the line of work HE does (RubyVee - im a male nurse - a growing species in the field). And thank you RubyVee for seeing a point of view shared by many nurses but are afraid to say. For then we are NAY sayers.. What i v...

15. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    Mookie427 replied to jalvino1's topic in Relations

    If the doctors had to put up with the Customer Service crap that the nurses must abide by, there would be a revolution. Remember, to the hospitals the DOCTOR is the MONEY MAKER while the NURSE is the MONEY TAKER :angryfire. No wonder all the younger ...