jethrosledgarden

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1. Got a new pricey stethescope and it's no good!

   jethrosledgarden replied to ShineyNickelRN's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I think for most purposes you don't need a fancy or expensive stethoscope. I'm basing that on my personal experience of buying a $60 stethoscope before starting school! Many times in clinicals if patients are on contact precautions you'll have to use...

2. Do men and women go into nursing for different reasons?

   jethrosledgarden replied to European's topic in Men

   how can you say your motivation is an altruistic desire to help people if you won't do it unless your paid? it is a rewarding job on many levels and it is nice to get paid for it. I was really just playing devils advocate. Didn't mean to offend anyon...

3. Do men and women go into nursing for different reasons?

   jethrosledgarden replied to European's topic in Men

   ‎"to help people" or "i was called to it" really is a trite answer..if you wanted to help someone you could volunteer at a soup kitchen or start a charity or help an old lady cross the street...what about the broad generalist education we get on ...

4. Nursing positions deeply embedded in science

   jethrosledgarden replied to DGabe24's topic in General Nursing

   I am a pathophys nut and in school it would drive me crazy when professors would not delve a bit more into it. They would say, "you are going to be nurses, not doctors. You don't need to know all the pathophys." Well just like you I am someone who h...

5. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

   jethrosledgarden replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

   Very good point! Im not sure it is meant to be disrespectful but I see that it can totally come off that way. I think a student of any profession feels they are at the bottom of a ladder that they want to get to the top of, and are full of grandiose ...

6. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

   jethrosledgarden replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

   I was definitely one of those students talking about becoming an NP or CRNA! I also am not thrilled about the AACN's recommendation for Doctorate by 2015--but not because I am adverse to furthering my education. The issue I have from the programs I'v...