wcbembe

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1. Negotiating Weekly Hotel Rates

   wcbembe replied to wcbembe's topic in Travel

   Thanks to NedRN, Dassit82, and wayemika for the advice. All great ideas I hadn't thought about before. I'm going to look into those possibilities. Much

2. Negotiating Weekly Hotel Rates

   wcbembe posted a topic in Travel

   Hi everyone, I'm going to start my first travel gig in December and it's about two hours from my home. I want to negotiate a cheap rate at a hotel with suites and am looking for advice. Should I go to...

3. Are men not as neat as women nurses?

   wcbembe replied to LVN_Soon2Be's topic in Men in Nursing

   Oh. My. God. Are you serious? Women nurses are like little pigs. At the beginning of each shift I go into our break room and it looks like the basement of a frat house after a keg party. Doughnut...

4. From construction to nursing, has it been done?

   wcbembe replied to jerc47's topic in Men in Nursing

   Dude, just do it. I'm 46 and finishing my first year at the hospital where I work. I enjoy every day I go to work, even the most stressful, long, ***** shifts. When I went to nursing school I felt the...

5. urgent need some out there to take care of tis question

   wcbembe replied to UcheAnyiam's topic in Male Nursing Students

   Hi barcode, no disrespect here...But I think that's EXACTLY what the OP wants -- to have someone give him the answer. A long, long time ago, when I was in nursing school in 2011, we had to rely on...

6. Undershirt

   wcbembe replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Men in Nursing

   Yo hairy dude, wear the undershirt. Nobody wants to see your chest pubes. As for laundry, consider it the cost of doing business. If you worked in an office and wore a suit every day, then you'd have...

7. Why does giving report have to be the worst part of my shift

   wcbembe replied to wcbembe's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thanks everyone for the comments. I agree with all. To BaileyRN, what you described is EXACTLY how it is with this rude nurse. Thanks for writing

8. Why does giving report have to be the worst part of my shift

   wcbembe posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I've been a nurse in my hospital for about six months and still dread giving report at shift change. This morning I finished my third night shift in a row. It was a tough three days, but the last...

9. June 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   wcbembe replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

   Maybe now I can finally hear those lung

10. A new grad numbers game... just curious!

    wcbembe replied to calivianya's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    1. Three hospitals. 2. Out of the three, two were new-grad programs and one was a job on the floor that I did my practicum before graduating with my ADN. 3. I never heard back from one of the new-grad...

11. "what male nurses do" poster

    wcbembe replied to Brian's topic in Men in Nursing

    Awesome

12. Why a Nurse?

    wcbembe replied to Ant24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    1) WHY NURSING? Nursing is my second career. My first was editing/writing and I decided that I needed to be engaged with people on a different, personal, daily level. I got my ADN in December 2012,...

13. Should I take a phlebotomy class?

    wcbembe posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone, I'm in my RN program and am about to enter the Advanced/Cardiac class. My college also offers a non-degree phlebotomy program that's not based on credits, but instead is classified as a...

14. New Male Nurse

    wcbembe replied to Leobear73's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hey Mike, I'm a 44 year-old gay man who is really close to finishing my associate's degree RN program. I'll probably sit for the NCLEX in December. Everything you said in your post is exactly what I...

15. Nursing School - 30 - Starting a family HELP

    wcbembe replied to ilovecoffee81's topic in General Students

    Hi, My humble advice? Stay in the 90K job for another year (or two) and bank away cash to go toward a nursing program in a STATE school (not a private school). Meanwhile, get all of your prerequisites...