NurseTomasAZ

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1. Inappropriate nurses?

   NurseTomasAZ replied to hgraves64's topic in Relations

   There's something you're not telling us, Float Nurse. Something self-serving, I'd bet a paycheck. Please learn better teamwork, for your patients' sake, and maybe a little humility, too. I can think of several reasons why your fellow nurse wanted ...

2. What's special about male nurses?

   NurseTomasAZ replied to GBS_Fan's topic in General Nursing

   i'm halfway through nursing school, working as an lpn in a lt care facility. this being arizona, about 1/4 of the nurses here are male -- i know that ratio is higher in critical care and surgury, but, i yam where i yam at this current stage in my ed...

3. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

   NurseTomasAZ replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

   It's legal in my state -- AZ. I'm a new LPN, 2/3 of the way through an RN program, and I attended the inservice today. I'm also very glad to be reading up on the topic on today's boards. Despite the fact that I know, respect, and approve of the t...

4. Being a man in the field

   NurseTomasAZ replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Students

   Hey Nurses, I'm one of three men in a small town junior college RN program, that totals eleven, in Arizona. We're also a rather old group -- this is the second career for most of us, and the median age is 40! So far, there haven't really been ANY a...

5. How did you guys realize that nursing was for you?

   NurseTomasAZ replied to afa2352's topic in Male Students

   Hey all, At age 40 I took some time off work to help take care of a close friend who was dying of lung cancer. The hospice nurse noticed that I had more than just a casual curiosity about the disease process, the nursing techniques, and healthc...