I'm a male nurse(RN) new nurse, I allways take a female into room with me, but usually don't have a problem with women saying no but do give them the option.
I'm a nursing student and I'm married to a 30 year veteran of the nursing field. WHY don't nurses develop and join a union so that they would have decent retirement and medical benefits, WHY ANY ANSWERS OUT THERE? Dave5000
I just got my pda for xmas, a palm tungsten, and immediately downloaded Davis drug manual I LOVE IT. It is going to make clinicals so much easier when the instructor says know these drugs on your patient before you can pass meds to them. Dave 5000:an...
:angryfireI'm with danh3190 I'm 57 and I'm older than allmost all the instructors. In my class were down to two males left , myself and a young man 22. and I'm the oldest. good luck to all of you I keep saying it will be over some day. Dave 5000
:angryfireI agree with 2benurse w7kids If you can get it to make school easier great I'm getting one within the next week, I asked everyone on my xmas list to get me a gift certificate at circuit city, so I could buy one, it beats the stupid gifts I...
dave5000 replied to Brian 77's topic in Male Students
I'm lucky in the fact that my wife of 35 years who I put through nursing school 30 years ago is now paying for me to finish school. Good luck see if you can get a job as a CNA on the graveyard shift you can study at the same time your working you mak...
i'll be 57 when I graduate from concorde in ca. and two months later I will be 58. heck I'm older than allmost all the teachers. I spent the last 40 some years as a chef. Dave5000
My school has the same procedure that we have to pass or fail, So far I'VE NOT BEEN OVERLY IMPRESSED with ERI. we will see some where down the road whether its beneficial to us as nurses. Dave 5000
Were lucky in the fact we get to give all our shots to each other before we go out and attack the public in our clinicals. But as a nursing student I can relate to the two big endeavors which are, your first shot and your first med. Good luck it get...
i posted just below you 50% of my class want to be rn's but the wait is so long so they have discovered that they can get in rn program faster as a lvn so thats the route their going
Well I just joined the site last week and I love being able to talk to other students. I'm a 57 year old chef with 43 years in food service. Alas I had a accident and can't stand in one spot in a kitchen for 10 to 12 hours a day so My wife somehow t...
dave5000 replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Students
good evening Jared, sounds like you have the same program I'm in when it comes to uniforms except I'm bright blue. It seems like everywhere we go we stand out like a sore thumb, well i've got to go back to studying it's a all nighter due to a 140 que...
dave5000 replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Students
At my school were required to wear blue scrubs during theory and all white during clinicals but at all times we have to wear white shoes which I hate, cant wait till graduation in august of o8 to change the scrubs and shoes.