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  1. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    nursenow replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If you and I were on break from class and you were telling me who was gay, you would say the five black guys are gay. Is that discrimination? No. If you were telling another classmate I was gay, you...

  2. how many use the line when giving shots to women?

    nursenow replied to ItsTheDude's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Dude, do yourself a favor and stop saying that. It is only a matter of time before it bites you in the ass. It's not

  3. male nurse haircut rules

    nursenow replied to albert6jed's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I just whatched a movie on TV (Brad Pitt/Robert Redford)and the nurses were wearing weird looking long pointed face maskes. For sure a beard would have fit in them. they were playing medical...

  4. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    nursenow replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I think the point is there are 5 gay guys and three straight guys in his class? Thats an intersting ratio. I doubt it is typical. I know it was not typical for my class. Yes, we did talk about it in...

  5. male nurse haircut rules

    nursenow replied to albert6jed's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I live in NorCal, where the old hippies go to die, and I remember when I was considering becoming a Radtech I had to do 100 volunteer hours in a local hospital x-ray center as required by the JC I was...

  6. how many use the line when giving shots to women?

    nursenow replied to ItsTheDude's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I never tell a patient not to worry because it is a natural thing to worry, it is a waste of time because they are going to worry anyway and it just comes between you and your patient(they feel they...

  7. male nurse haircut rules

    nursenow replied to albert6jed's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Requiring men to wear "neatly trimmed mustaches" wouldnt fly if someone were to challeng it unless there were specifics in writing. "Neatly trimmed" is subjective. At my school the only thing with...

  8. Highest paying LVN job??

    nursenow replied to nursecrickett's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ok. I know it is a year after that post but, it IS ok to be a nurse for the money. Just like being a Doctor, mechanic, policeman, and any other job. The idea that you have to starve to be a caregiver...

  9. male nurse haircut rules

    nursenow replied to albert6jed's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Exactly just how does a "professional" dress and wear their hair? I am an old guy and I remember this being the discussion back in the seventies but I thought we had gotten past all that. Kind of like...

  10. do you work 8's or 12's in you LTC, and do the managers work 8's?

    nursenow replied to 4treasures's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The floor nurses, PTs, CNAs... are the only people working 8 hrs at my SNF/LTC/Mental health facility. The administrator, DON,ADON, DSD and everyone else in the offices might work 8 minimum but often...

  11. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    nursenow replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    You expected male nurses to be gay? Thats intersting. A gay guy stereotyping gay guys? Or straight guys? Or nurses? Man! I just confused myself! I think that stereotype comes from when society...

  12. Male nurse career advice

    nursenow replied to piscesguy's topic in Men in Nursing

    When I was alot younger I had problems getting along with management also. I thought it was because I was just not a "conformist". As I look back I now know it was because I had poor people skills and...

  13. nurses writing their own orders

    nursenow replied to elizabethaRN's topic in General Nursing

    If we send a fax asking for permission to write a TO that makes it a FO(fax order) If he signs that fax there is no reason to right a TO. You just got his permission via fax. We then write the order...

  14. nurses writing their own orders

    nursenow replied to elizabethaRN's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a great idea but I wonder if the MD is sticking their neck out by putting that in the form of a written record? Technicaly we are supposed to get an order each time because the MD is...

  15. nurses writing their own orders

    nursenow replied to elizabethaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, I dont call to get an order for a late finger stick either. I do know that if we think we need to do a finger stick on a patient we can do it without an order and call it first aid and then tell...

  16. nurses writing their own orders

    nursenow replied to elizabethaRN's topic in General Nursing

    No apology needed. If you read back to the types of orders we write you will see it is not much of a risk at all. Cant really hurt someone by putting Calmoseptine on a stage 1, or Nystatin powder on...

  17. nurses writing their own orders

    nursenow replied to elizabethaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in SNF and that is a very accepted practice, depending on the doctor and the order. We write T.O.s regularly for minor treatments(calmoseptine, dry dresings, monitoring and recording O2 levels,...

  18. your very first patient death.....

    nursenow replied to ndynrs's topic in General Nursing

    I work SNF and remember my first death. I looked at a DNR patient one evening and thought he might be close. I stepped out of the room for a moment, came back in and put my hand on his shoulder. He...

  19. What can I do (new grad)

    nursenow replied to vnur25's topic in California Nursing

    In this economy the main question to ask is: Do I get a

  20. What can I do (new grad)

    nursenow replied to vnur25's topic in California Nursing

    After a year of not finding a job why would you NOT go to a nursing home? Sure beats unempoyment and no experience at all. Sorry if I sound rude, just

  21. New male LVN

    nursenow replied to dalbert's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It is my understanding that they are phasing out LVNs because an RN is legaly allowed to have a certain number of patients to take care of. If an LVN is working under an RN, the LVNs patients count as...

  22. LVN Salaries... California

    nursenow replied to CaliNrse's topic in California Nursing

    I am always amused when I read posts in which people assume that because they dont get paid well where they live that no one else does. I promised myself I would no longer reply to those kinds of...

  23. LVN help

    nursenow replied to oOoDRAGOONoOo's topic in California Nursing

    In 2007 Redlands Adult School cost 3000. You had to take two very affordable classes from them(math,Med Terminology) then you were allowed to apply to the LVN school. 18 months long. A big thing...

  24. California's 2009 New Grad RN Program- Who's hiring right now?

    nursenow replied to piscesmama's topic in California Nursing

    this week I heard another LTC/SNF in my area has quit hiring LVNs and only hires new grad RNs at LVN pay scale. thats two so far. not good for rns or lvns. the schools are cranking out so many...

  25. Narc Count

    nursenow replied to bdbrdb's topic in General Nursing

    I guess thats possible but how do they hide the entire MAR? They have to sign there also for any meds, vitamins... do they steal a whole page listing many meds also? You dont just sign the Narcitc...