whitecd2000

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1. "Medic" to replace the term "nurse"

   whitecd2000 replied to stevea's topic in General Nursing

   Who was that person, talking about medical assistant and such; and, where does he get off referring to nurses as "she"? I believe the people butting in are not nurses, for if they were, they would understand what it means to be a nurse and the educat...

2. "Medic" to replace the term "nurse"

   whitecd2000 replied to stevea's topic in General Nursing

   Are you kidding? I was a medic in the military and that designation meant you were somewhere between a novice technician to a paramedic. When I progressed my training to the level of nursing I left the term medic behind. I don't care if some think th...

3. Current issues with Nursing today...

   whitecd2000 replied to Carla25's topic in Student Assist

   Scattycarrot, You present an interesting question regarding the types of people drawn to nursing. I never doubted that people are drawn because they want to serve others (for the most part, anyway), but do we, as nurses, set aside our own needs to pr...