Bill E. Rubin

Bill E. Rubin

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  1. Pump This Forum Up!!!

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

    See, we pumped it up a litle bit.

  2. Where do you give your heparin?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    .... unless the patient has had abdominal surgery in which case I've given it in the tissue under the arm (the fatty area under the

  3. which would you rather work with male or female nurses?

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

    Interesting insights all... I too come from a male-dominated engineering background and I have one observation: the presence of women in a male-dominated workforce has a civilizing effect on the...

  4. Pump This Forum Up!!!

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

    Well hello there Fairness. Was there something in particular you wanted to talk

  5. I NEED something to wear.

    Bill E. Rubin replied to chanpaal15's topic in Men in Nursing

    Maybe because I'm new at this, I haven't tired of basic solids yet... I've discovered the joy of Aviator scrubs recently and love them (though the material doesn't breathe quite as well as my White...

  6. New Grad Male Nurses: Anyone having trouble finding a job?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to sunset357's topic in Men in Nursing

    It does vary from state to state and year to year. This year is a particularly tough year in the Boston area for new grads to find jobs. As soon as you can, get a job as a CNA/PCA/PCT (or whatever the...

  7. What's Boston like?

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

    Hey Rozzie neighbor! And NurseKatie in Hyde Park too! We have ourselves a little neighborhood block party here!

  8. Perineal anxiety

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

    I agree with others who pointed out that whenever possible, I suggest patients do their own peri care. Those who are unable to are usually not too upset with me when I do male or female. I let them...

  9. You know you're a male RN when......

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

    Bloody 5 minute editing rule.... I wanted to add to the above post that I have heard from patients about nurses who have shirked their duties while giving an inordinate attention to a game on tv....

  10. You know you're a male RN when......

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

    After working as the only male among the nursing/PCA staff on a unit for a year, the number of times I found two boxes of smalls and one medium (or vice versa) as I reached over to put on a pair of...

  11. You know you're a male RN when......

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

    Don't know if this has been quoted already (there are many pages to this thread!!) but I had to laugh out loud at this. The soap dispenser in the bathroom in the staff lounge is right over the toilet,...

  12. Stopped at 75

    Bill E. Rubin replied to qtpnai03's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The fact that the questions were hard is a good thing. Read this... perhaps it will ease your anxiety a bit:

  13. Roxbury community college

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

    Yes, I agree with Nurseismade. I took my prereq's at RCC before attending Curry College, though many of my classmates went on to get their ASN from RCC. My experience there was that RCC probably has...

  14. Stop Foreign Nurses

    Bill E. Rubin replied to StopForeignNurses's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have more of a middle-ground opinion about this. To the foreign-born nurses who choose to come here, immigrate and work, I say, bravo and good luck! Many people immigrate from other countries in...

  15. Shortage of instructors = waiting?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to fUsi0n86's topic in General Nursing

    I think part of the "day shift and no holiday" issue with clinicals isn't just that students are unwilling. Since instructors don't get paid as much as nurses by the bedside, one of the big reasons...

  16. Worried about Cdiff?

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

    While I am very careful with C-diff patients and follow precaution guidelines to a "T", I have yet to meet a healthy person infected by it. It is part of the normal flora in your intestines and is...

  17. Vent! Mass. Board of Nursing ripoff

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

    In further conversation with someone at the Mass. BON, it seems that I still get screwed both in terms of pay and CEU's. It is true that you don't have to show evidence of CEU's for your first...

  18. Vent! Mass. Board of Nursing ripoff

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

    Thanks for that clarification. It still seems unfair, but I will get over it

  19. Why is it so hard?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to Awesome3's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly the reason. As much of a nursing shortage as there is, the nursing educator shortage is vastly more

  20. Illinois License-what next?

    Bill E. Rubin replied to fournee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Belated Congratulations! I'm so glad to hear you

  21. Calling all nursing theory Advocates!

    Bill E. Rubin replied to grammieof3's topic in General Nursing

    You might also look upthe following nurse theorists and their theories and see what you find (you may find something Googling them): Florence Nightingale Jean Watson (caring theory) Madeleine...

  22. How strict is/was your nursing school concerning your appearance?

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

    I imagine that what people are used to varies from location to location. Fortunately for me, expectations were reasonable. We had our clinical uniforms (scrubs with school logo) and were expected to...

  23. Where to buy all white shoes?

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

    I got mine at the New Balance outlet in Brighton ("walking" shoes)... the first pair I got from the clearance rack and paid something like $25 for them. The other pair I got from the regular racks and...

  24. Question about nursing and 12 hours shifts.

    Bill E. Rubin replied to timn420's topic in Men in Nursing

    In Boston, you start at approximately 28 bucks an hour plus differentials. I know of people who make considerably more than that after they get some experience

  25. A Nursing Career Over 50

    Bill E. Rubin replied to m9791l's topic in Men in Nursing

    There was a woman in my class at Curry College's accelerated program who started at age 55. Check out this article from a recent Curry ACCEL grad who was in a similar situation to you:...