Its a tight market in most parts of the country right now, the Shortage started about 10 years ago and schools have steadily been churning students out with new programs opening all the time. If you...
You might want to think about relocating, The hospital system I work for hires new Grad's or any RN with less than 1 year experience into a residency program called Versant. They have a website...
head3rd replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Nursing Humor
While I'm a new Nurse, years as an Paramedic have made me old in medicine, I love grossing out the young nurses I work with at night by heating up my food in an emesis basin or making tea in a urinal....
It is true there are quotas to be filled, in Nursing males are a minority. When I graduated I knew of 10 guys that all applied to the same residency and we were all hired. We made up 20% of the new...
head3rd replied to LorderrorproneRN's topic in Men in Nursing
As the only male nurse on the night shift on my unit, I want the females to treat me as a peer and not an outsider. Luckily I guess the ladies I work with are all very cool. I found it funny that...
I think its funny I get assigned Pt's that the last shift say were a nightmare and after explaining to the Pt how "we" will be managing their care, its usually smooth sailing. Problem Pt's seem to be...
head3rd replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Men in Nursing
So True, it happens all the time, my last shift I had a patient calling me Doc all night, I kept telling him I was his nurse but he just kept at it. Finally he said you should be the Doctor you are...
Get a job at a local hospital as an CA/Tech/whatever they call it in your area. That way you will be seen by the people in charge of hiring GN candidates for that unit. When I graduated my facility...
I would have gone with gray personally, all through nursing school our uniform color was light Teal, wasn't a fan but hey, they man makes the clothes not the other way
Every Nurse I work with has something that grosses them out, Poo, snot, vomit etc. They all work through it when they have to. It also depends on where in Nursing you end up. ICU, Med/Surg, Nursing...
head3rd replied to Hands&Feet's topic in Neurological
Thats awesome to hear, I work on a Neuro unit and love it, My best days are when I come back after 3 or 4 days off and see that pain in the A** patient that was combative, pulling lines every 10 min,...
head3rd replied to Canadian eh?'s topic in Men in Nursing
Good pay after a few years Always a job once you get your 1st one Go home most days knowing you made a difference in someones life So many options with a few years experience....hospitals, home...
If you are choosing based on finding if you really want to work in OB vs Med/surg, I would go OB. A coworker of mine thought all through school that she wanted pediatrics, after her preceptorship she...
That is crazy, female nurses can take care of male patients alone but not the other way around. If you violated policy and just did it, you would lose in court as you knew the policy. If on the other...