Bill E. Rubin

Bill E. Rubin

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  1. All White Uniform Dress Code?!!

    Bill E. Rubin replied to keludtke's topic in General Nursing

    amen to that. i still add that such policy is also dismissive to male nurses. it tries to recreate an image of nursing that is some hollywood female image. personally, i find the image demeaning to...

  2. All White Uniform Dress Code?!!

    Bill E. Rubin replied to keludtke's topic in General Nursing

    The trouble with all-white uniforms is that, if you're a male nurse, you look like a short-order cook. I'm a 6'1" tall and over 200 lbs, and if I wear white, the patients will think that they're...

  3. what shoes do you wear...

    Bill E. Rubin replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wear New Balance walking shoes... there's a NB outlet here in Boston and I got them from the closeouts section (they were the previous year's model)... paid like 25 dollars for them and they fit...

  4. Nurses have the right to give and recieve information as a professional right?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to bluekermode's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, mhr. Seeing stuff like this really makes me appreciate my unit. The internet is just there at the nurse's station as well as in the nurse's lounge. We're treated like adults. Of course when...

  5. Med Surg Question

    Bill E. Rubin replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

    Hi Kuklara, Med-Surg nurses can work in a number of environments (even community nursing). Med-surg in a hospital setting is your floor nurse generalist. I work as a PCA (nurse's aide) on a med-surg...

  6. Roll Call

    Bill E. Rubin replied to Tweety's topic in Men in Nursing

    Karl here, age 45 (soon to be 46!) and almost finished with my third semester of an accelerated BSN program at Curry College which is near Boston. I graduate, God willing, in May of 2008. First degree...

  7. I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    Bill E. Rubin replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    I was a software engineer for 20 years before entering my accelerated BSN program... and now I have three weeks until this semester ends and 172 days until my pinning ceremony.

  8. Accelerated BSN Programs

    Bill E. Rubin replied to CTGuy's topic in General Nursing

    Additional information to update the Massachusetts list... The MGH Institute of Health Professions now offers one (http://www.mghihp.edu/nursing/entrylevel/bsn.html) and Simmons college is women only...

  9. New Addition to MGH?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to DolphinRN84's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I came across this about the B3C on a fundraising site for MGH:

  10. Curious female here! :)

    Bill E. Rubin replied to ltmja's topic in Men in Nursing

    Good points. I didn't go into it for the money, though the fact that there was enough money in it to support myself (I hope) was a prerequisite. I'm still working as a PCA (aide) while finishing...

  11. Anyone sporting a beard?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I was just told I needed to use a PAPR. It didn't occur to me that other hospitals may not offer them. I guess I'm lucky. I would really hate to have to shave off my

  12. Anyone sporting a beard?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have a beard and shoulder-length hair that I keep back in a ponytail. I do keep the beard closely cropped. Nobody has said anything about either my hair or my beard. My wife likes me that way as do...

  13. what are the guys' reasons to become a nurse?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to joanaRN's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hey, Reno, what did you do before you decided to go into Nursing? I have been a software engineer for 20 years and what you say is one of my reasons as

  14. male nurse haircut rules

    Bill E. Rubin replied to albert6jed's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I think that the way you present yourself, regardless of hair, tattoos, etc carries a lot of weight. I have shoulder-length hair that I wear back in a ponytail when I'm working (I work as a PCA --...

  15. How do you get motivated to exercise after work?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I get my exercise by bicycling to the hospital where I work as a PCA. Otherwise, I'd have very little time to do it what with nursing school (which I also bike to, weather permitting). Unfortunately,...

  16. Thanks to the guys here

    Bill E. Rubin replied to JailRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    What a story! I'm so very sorry to hear your loss. Thanks for sharing it with us and for your grace in the face of such thing

  17. Husband wants to try nursing at 44

    Bill E. Rubin replied to mstigerlily's topic in Men in Nursing

    Has anybody ever heard from the OP about her husband's progress? I too am a second career nurse who came from a 20 year software career... I'm in an accelerated 2nd BS program and will graduate (with...

  18. Male nurse looks

    Bill E. Rubin replied to albert6jed's topic in Men in Nursing

    As a software engineer for 20 years, I have been accepted with my long hair, beard and earring (I realize that having just one earring these days is a fashion faux pas, but the hassle and infection I...

  19. The Great Double Standard?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to Doog's topic in Men in Nursing

    I haven't experienced too much of this... I'm a male nursing student working as a PCA on a med surg floor (same place I did my first clinical rotation). The staff doesn't ever have a problem with me...

  20. Prioritizing AM care (longish)

    Bill E. Rubin replied to kanzi monkey's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nursing student working as a PCA on a floor with 19 beds and usually 2 PCA's. I'm new to this job and not very efficient with patient bathing and am usually assigned the patients who need the...

  21. What's Boston like?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to MovingRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Actually the suburbs near the city tend to be more expensive than some of the neighborhoods in the city like Roslindale (where I live) or other pretty safe neighborhoods like Allston/Brighton or Hyde...

  22. What's Boston like?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to MovingRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Just for some balance, I thought I'd chime in with my opinion. There's no doubt that Boston is an expensive place to live, but if you like to live in a city like this, other locations with similar...

  23. RN-MSN programs??

    Bill E. Rubin replied to Alert&Orientedx0's topic in General Nursing

    The Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions has such a program... I don't know where the OP is from or whether this helps.... but there must be others like it:...

  24. Who else is in Curry Accel for Jan'07?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to sumdae's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hey sumdae, I know who you are, but I don't recognize you tcpmom. I am a classmate of yours (assuming you are both in the current

  25. Any students out there dating veteran RNs?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to misterniftypants's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Have you told her this? She might not know how she's making you