Rustyhammer

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1. How do You deal with Man-Hating Female Nurses?

   Rustyhammer replied to PrisonrNurs's topic in Men in Nursing

   Currently I'm the only Man-Nurse where I work. Fortunately I haven't run into the problems you are having. I do wish for another guy to get hired. Sometimes the estrogen gets a bit thick.

2. kissing a pt/ resident

   Rustyhammer replied to Marti Ann's topic in Men in Nursing

   I have no problem with giving your residents a peck on the cheek. It will make their day. Some never get hugs and kisses if it weren't for the staff who in some cases are the only family they have....

3. Why "male nurses" instead of "men in nursing"?

   Rustyhammer replied to JDCPhD's topic in Men in Nursing

   I think things are changing. It used to tick me off when my mother in law would always introduce me and say "He is a male nurse". She always said it in a durrogitory (sp) tone. Now I hardly ever...

4. Two newbie questions

   Rustyhammer replied to zaggar's topic in Men in Nursing

   We didn't have to get naked in the classroom, we did it cause we wanted to. *kidding* You won't have anyproblems with your female pts. I've heard frequently that some prefer men. If you handle...

5. Roll Call

   Rustyhammer replied to Tweety's topic in Men in Nursing

   I think it's a great thing to have a man forum here. Here's a recent guy picture.

6. An Ethical Dilemma

   Rustyhammer replied to StudentRN_Sara's topic in Legal

   Not that I want to form a base for your thoughts but If I were the NP I'd send Mom out of the room for a bit to create a chance to talk to this pt. If you bring up to Mom that daughter might be Pg...

7. Anyone else having trouble using the commands when posting?

   Rustyhammer replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   We have a "bug" in the system and are working to get it fixed. In the meantime, use the "quick reply" box. Should be no problem. This is not contagious to anyones computer and is limited to the...

8. drawing blood

   Rustyhammer replied to stephera's topic in General Nursing

   I know how to draw blood but it's a rarity that I do it. We have the phlebs who come and do that. It's not that often that we start IV's even. IV team and all that. But if you do have to draw,...

9. Asn/bsn?

   Rustyhammer replied to dillinger's topic in General Nursing

   (sigh) There are many, many threads here that address this very issue. You might want to search some of these old threads for insight into this.

10. Baby born w/o a face..WOW!!

    Rustyhammer replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mean to pull the plug on this thread. Just voicing my thoughts. I know a bit about birth defects. After 20 years my heart is still broken.

11. Baby born w/o a face..WOW!!

    Rustyhammer replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really know if an amnio could pick up this syndrome or not. Is this not a neuro tube defect? I'm not suggesting anything but if these defects are know early enough in the pregnancy then the...

12. Baby born w/o a face..WOW!!

    Rustyhammer replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really know if an amnio could pick up this syndrome or not. Is this not a neuro tube defect? I'm not suggesting anything but if these defects are know early enough in the pregnancy then the...

13. Baby born w/o a face..WOW!!

    Rustyhammer replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    This is why an amniocentesis is always a good idea. very sad situation.

14. Baby born w/o a face..WOW!!

    Rustyhammer replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    This is why an amniocentesis is always a good idea. very sad situation.

15. Working on Christmas

    Rustyhammer replied to HoustonRN04's topic in General Nursing

    Morphene IVP?Just kidding... I like the guitar idea. Also you might consider just telling them Merry Christmas and dress in your best christmas scrubs and a Santa hat.