CountyRat

CountyRat

Wilderness Medicine, ICU, Adult Ed.

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  1. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    CountyRat replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Paganoid writes, "That "naughty nurse" characterization really gets me steamed" Same by me, bro. Being thought of as gay never bothered me, it just made me chuckle. However, seeing my colleagues...

  2. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    CountyRat replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Paganoid wrote, "That "naughty nurse" characterization really gets me steamed!" Me too, bro. Being thought of as gay never bothered me. It just made me laugh and shrug my shoulders. However, the...

  3. Do you ever have a subject that you are just not able to grasp no matter what?

    CountyRat replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    old nurse and certified health educator here with a little advice: when you have trouble learning something, it is usually because you do not have a well developed general framework in which to...

  4. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    CountyRat replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    i think that the reason that men in nursing are sometimes stereotyped as gay, while women in medicine are not, derives from the common fantasy of nurses as sexually promiscuous (a prejudice rarely...

  5. putting urine on burns? has anyone ever heard of this?

    CountyRat replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    in an extreme situation (little or no potable water) urine might be useful for irrigating a contaminated wound (yes, it is usually sterile). re: burns, a flow of cool liquid can reduce the pain and...

  6. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    CountyRat replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would work. I have a wife and four children, and they have long understood my belief that nurses have a duty to respond to communitty-wide disasters. However, I would insist on having appropriate...

  7. Active Learning Strategy: The One-Minute Paper

    CountyRat replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Thank you, Vicky. I will use this. You can find more ideas along this line at

  8. Injections practice?

    CountyRat replied to NurseStudentHusband's topic in General Students

    Man up you big baby! My first injection was on myself: 0.5 ml normal saline, sterile, I.M. in the vastus medialus (arguably the safest I.M. site in the body). Piece o' cake. I've done more damage...

  9. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    CountyRat replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Tired MD makes good points. Of course medical training is more demanding than nursing training - at every level. Physicians are the most rigorously educated of health professionals; that is why they...

  10. How critical is chemistry to passing micro?

    CountyRat replied to SoCaliGirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Take the chem class. In fact, take as much basic science as you can. I promise that, when you enter practice, a solid background in science will make you a better nurse, often in ways you could never...

  11. Strange experience yesterday, feedback please...

    CountyRat replied to LovingLearning's topic in General Students

    Great job, LovingLearning! You did the right thing in a bizarre situation. Get used to it. Once you start practicing as an RN, you are going to find yourself in many situations in which there is no...

  12. For all pre-nursing students

    CountyRat replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It is called, "paying your dues;" taking night shifts, weekends, and holidays on a med-surg floor. This is common in all professions. You will spend a few years on the bottom of the totem pole,...

  13. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    CountyRat replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think, Silas, that you might be confusing academic credentials with licensure, as some others have. A doctor is a person who has earned a doctoral degree (MD, DO, OD, JD, PhD, PsyD, etc.) from a...

  14. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    CountyRat replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Actually, multicollinearity, it does. Could you be confusing licenses and degrees? A license is granted by a state, provincial, or territorial government, and allows the license holder to practice in...

  15. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    CountyRat replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I agree with you, doctor. Where I disagree is in Dr. Knope's speculation nurse will confuse patients by earning PhDs. As a practical matter, I have never heard a nurse with a PhD call herself doctor....

  16. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    CountyRat replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    What does Dr. Knope call psychologists and dentists with whom he has professional contact? Has their use of the title "doctor," based on their achievement of a doctoral degree in a subject other than...

  17. Am I too old to just be starting?

    CountyRat replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

    Too old? You're still a baby! Go for it,

  18. To Flu Shot or Not??

    CountyRat replied to nurseinprogress2010's topic in General Students

    df-lpn wrote: "i have taken the flu shot once and still ended up getting the flu later that winter." the flu vaccine does not make you "flu proof," it protects you from what epidemiologists think will...

  19. To Flu Shot or Not??

    CountyRat replied to nurseinprogress2010's topic in General Students

    "i remember the adverse reactions from swine flu vaccine during the late 70's or early 80's ? not sure exactly when, but do know that a great majority of people who received that vaccine became...

  20. Things people say coming out of anaesthetic

    CountyRat replied to frellyou's topic in General Nursing

    great stories! don't be embarrassed. people say weird things coming out of anesthesia because the anesthesia is impairing brain function. it is a myth that people show their “true selves” under...

  21. I hate nursing

    CountyRat replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Students

    you are not a terrible person; you are just not cut out to be a nurse. there is nothing wrong with that. most people are not cut out to be nurses, just as most people are not cut out to be...

  22. Nurse manhandled by doctor

    CountyRat replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    scrubby: get. a. lawyer! you are one brave woman. you are doing a great job handling this, and you have my admiration and respect. in your first two posts, you were a weak victim, but not any more....

  23. Nurse manhandled by doctor

    CountyRat replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you, Scrubby. You took action. I'm proud of you! Don't back down. This is a big deal. It is important that you continue. Please talk to a lawyer, but whatever you decide, you have a lot of...

  24. Nurse manhandled by doctor

    CountyRat replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

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  25. Nurse manhandled by doctor

    CountyRat replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    UK Cats Rule wrote, "When are the higher-ups at these facilities going to realize that just because someone has "MD" behind their name does NOT give them the right to belittle, demean, verbally, or,...