John20

I worked at St. John Main for a couple years. No complaints from me. If anything they didn't fire people who needed to be fired, like about 33% of their PCTs who's work ethics were TERRIBLE.

No. Enjoy life before you go senile.

I didn't do any reading at all the 2nd year and ended up with all B's or higher. But I'm really smart.

Who cares? You are waaaaaaay overly hung up on this issue. Actually you sound really weird.

Disimpacting bowels and missing on attempts at ABGs. No honestly I like the fast pace. I like not knowing what I'm going to see. And I also like not having the same patients for the entire shift as we send them home or to the floor as quick as poss...

They use you as a colonoscopy practice dummy for residents. Then they hang you.

Hahaha! What? Since female nurses are known to be demure ladies who only speak when spoken to, I'll handle this for them. They worshop male nurses as father figures that lead them. What are you trying to ask?

Testicular cancer highest risk group is teen to 35 in males. A testicular exam is important but even more important is teaching the boys to do their own every month. Nobody knows what their testicles feel like better than a teenage boy(trust me, I ...

I am boarderline emotionless at work. Which is a step up from many nurses who are downright hostile with patients who don't behave in the manner in which the nurse expects them to. What I am is competent and professional. I take pride in my assess...

Don't listen to the myth that you can't get into nursing for the money. I got into it only for the money and job security and have been doing it well for years. Never even considered nursing until I was getting pushed out of a 9 year job in busines...

Did I just read someone BRAGGING about Amway being from Michigan? Anyone who knows anything about that legalized pyramid scheme is ashamed of it not bragging about it.

I'm an RN and I couldn't care less who(PCT, RCA, IBM, ATT, USA, ect) calls themselves a "nurse". And in fact I consider LPNs to be "nurses". Oh no! The humanity! As long as I'm still paid what I'm paid, whatever.

How's the pay compared to local hospitals?

Sorry to hear about your troubles. Don't take the lack of loyalty personally. We are all expendable no matter what position we have. That's the nature of business. Any new position you get will boot you just as quick if the budget has to be cut.

You cannot discharge a patient until his/her ETOH level is below the legal limit. In fact they can't even sign out AMA until ETOH is below the legal limit(although they won't need to because we boot them out the door as soon as they are beneath .08)...

I think you are thinking and worrying too hard. I feel like I have gotten favored treatment as a male nurse from management and coworkers. They all seem to like working with males. I think the fact that when one of my coworkers starts trashing ano...

Huh? What are you talking about? Oh, that stuff they forced down my throat in school that I didn't see on the NCLEX or in a hospital since. Couldn't help you if I tried. Sorry about that.

People can't change their skin color it's who they are. Obese people can change their weight. That comparison made no sense and is insulting to people who have been the victim of racism.

Can't help those who don't help themselves. Lose weight or get diabetes, decrease your quality of life, and/or DIE earlier. Isn't that enough motivation? Isn't that reason enough to make managing weight one of the defining priorities in your life...

"Its the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with. I come from a family of foodies and fatties but like the Dr said "genetics don't prepare your meals" ' Amen. I'm tired of our society constantly making excuses for everything they fail at. Losing w...

Insert a few foleys and they won't bother you anymore. In fact you'll get a little high/rush when you see that "liquid gold" return coming through the tube. Personally I like foleys because of the instant gratification.

Dumb. We're just RNs, nobody is that impressed.

You say the dog isn't doing any harm and is well behaved? Then who cares if they are "getting away with something". Why do some, actually more like a lot, of people in our field feel the need to control everything? Control freaks always lose in the...

Haha. MEOOW..HISS....SCRATCH!

All this time talking, you could have been grooming. Then I, in all my stallionhood, might want you. Anyways, I better check on my wife in the kitchen to make sure she isn't wearing any socks or shoes.