Datnurse, you are a bottleneck to progress. Can you just listen and examine yourself instead of assuming someone else is being "too sensitive?" Maybe YOU are being too sensitive...
Well...no, I do not have another nurse on the other side with the same injuries as I do...are they telling you and not me? Grab another "nurse" to help you and stop being sexist. My spine doesn't tolerate a 400# pig any more than yours... Being male ...
From my perspective/experience, I can see through any BS and shirking of duties. I feel good about myself and my capabilities when they are appreciated and not taken for granted or used as an excuse for someone to be lazy and focus on their own comfo...
BonhamsGhost replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency
My sepsis is acting up Shaky arms And just to add- when did it become ok to allow the large amount of preg tests?? At my facility we supposedly "don't do preg tests," so some nurses try to encourage them to come up with a different CC! Of course we d...
BonhamsGhost replied to jwils's topic in Emergency
THIS is my burning question/concern presently. I am fighting tooth and nail for 3:1, but with our new facility and more rooms we are forced (by our RN peers, if you can believe it) to take 4:1. I cannot get my fellow RN's to Stand for 3:1 ratio, and ...
Really? Can you apply this rational to all minorities? Get out of the biz if you are treat unfairly? Did you re read your post? How about this? If you can't perform all the duties of the job, without sacrificing MY BACK, YOU get the H out of the biz...
BonhamsGhost replied to BonhamsGhost's topic in Men
Thanks for the reply, I DO get the math. It's pretty "telling" if you ask me. I am surprised daily at the sexism that is in nursing. I'm not young, I'm not naive, I just figured that maybe it would not be as bad as it is. Not that it's terrible, I do...
BonhamsGhost replied to BonhamsGhost's topic in Men
Well, good! Just wondering...throughout my entire Health System, which consists of 4 facilities, one of them being a large level 1 trauma center, I have not heard of a male RN getting the recognition/award. Not trying to stir anything up, just making...