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  1. Guys, how should I handle this?

    jov replied to jov's topic in Male Nursing Students

    whoa dfarr! looks like you jumped in on the end of these posts. As OP, I never said it offended me. In fact, I said I'm not a prude. The issue we were discussing was professionalism in the face of...

  2. Guys, how should I handle this?

    jov replied to jov's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Interesting. Mostly what the guys are telling me is it is a way to release stress. Here's another slant on it though... what about their risk for a sexual harassment charge? I mean in the future on...

  3. Nursing Student Divorce Rate?

    jov replied to ibmaryann's topic in General Students

    just because 50% of marriages end in divorce, it does not mean that 50% of people getting married will divorce. Remember your Research Class? A skew in the data comes from those who marry twice,...

  4. NIU Nursing Students

    jov replied to kristen3g3tp8's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I did not have any of those teachers except Rosenberg. I believe Lash has quite an accent. That's all I know. Rosenberg is wonderful. She is a younger NP and quite fun to have as an instructor. The...

  5. Uniforms...

    jov replied to irwin's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Our school **used** to have the white uniform thing going, despite the fact that 99% of nurses wear scrubs to work. It was this horrible bandmaster poplin and the guys looked like **orderlies** in...

  6. Guys, how should I handle this?

    jov replied to jov's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Great comments, guys...although my question was what should I do about it? My conclusion is...

  7. NIU Nursing Students

    jov replied to kristen3g3tp8's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Overall, I have been satisfied with the instructors respecting students as learners. Again, mean-Judy was the one I took issue with. I remember one day in class, she (after reaming out the entire...

  8. Please just stop...VENT

    jov replied to irwin's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Interesting...the comments about the "older students" being the ones that argue with instructors, argue with nurses and medics, etc. I **guess** I qualify as an older female student (47, ya think?)...

  9. NIU Nursing Students

    jov replied to kristen3g3tp8's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Kindred used to be THE Clinical to have, because its a long term care facility for head injury, etc. patients. Lots of patients on vents, almost all unconscious, lots of Foleys, etc. Also it used to...

  10. Student Nurse Organizations?

    jov replied to ibmaryann's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    one of the reasons why nursing isn't a stronger force in the labor market is because we don't stick together. Nursing organizations help achieve that goal, except there are two darn many of them. At...

  11. Help Please!!!!!!!!

    jov replied to VIDASH1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You will succeed becuz you have to. Just get on the escalator and don't get

  12. How does a person fail clinical?

    jov replied to Dratz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We had clinical where some students got C's. And they were NOT happy. This time around, I intend to ask the clinical instructor exactly what "A-behavior" looks like, i.e. how do I get a superior...

  13. You know you're a nursing student when...

    jov replied to Megsd's topic in General Students

    When you get a note that "Judy is in TX," and you think she is in treatment, not in

  14. NIU Nursing Students

    jov replied to kristen3g3tp8's topic in Illinois Nursing

    the first six weeks are the hardest. You're kind of in shock. Our patho was very straight forward about what would be on the test. The best thing to do is know the material forward, backwards, inside...

  15. Do you ever have patients that you know?

    jov replied to Lurksalot's topic in Emergency

    Here's a story for you... years ago I worked at the County Coroner's office as an inquest secretary. One of our deputies was a retired RN. She got the call to go to the ER at the hospital near her...

  16. NIU Nursing Students

    jov replied to kristen3g3tp8's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I am going back for my third semester. Any questions in