alfa-sierra BSN, RN

You must ask for preceptor #2 for several reasons:1) you have all the right to be assertive. This is a crucial stage that will shape your career for the future. Maximize your learning potential with your collegial, respectful, professional second pre...

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As a travel nurse applying for a new job I've been told by the Agency recruiting me that the expenses of the pre-employment physical exam (inclusive Chest XRays to rule out TB, since I am PPD reactive) are mine to bear. In 17 years of nursing my emp...

What if the Quantiferon is positive? Does it differentiate between active TB and non-active? Thanks.

Thanks for your reply. Once or twice I did a physical on my dime. It was however rejected by a new employer. because they wanted the results on the company stationary and format. But they paid for the new physical of course. As for the Quantiferon b...

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It could very well be a decision made by a low rank bureaucrat. I would try to speak to the Manager or DON . They should be able to see the big picture. Hopefully. If you get no honorable recourse I'd like to know the name of that facility and depart...

DISCLAIMER- Just for the record: that is not my belief or conviction that men in nursing lack compassion. Quite the contrary. I was paraphrasing another debater.

It is hard to conceive that any sound minded policy maker in this day and age would commit to ink that sort of unlawful discrimination in their P&P!! But I believe that there are still a lot of people out there that will try to get away with ine...

I do not agree with higher pay exclusively for men as an incentive to bring men into nursing. As for bringing women into coal mining the incentives ought to be acceptance and respect which of course precludes lesser pay than men for the same work.

Well Said! Thank you.

No, not exactly. It's not that simple. People go where they feel welcomed, valued and respected regardless of gender, age, race, etc, etc. If a gender has not been historically well received in certain professions that became gender bullwarts (eg: fi...

For the most part men lack compassion??!!! That is another example of outrageous and insulting stereotyping...In more than 20 years of nursing I did not find a shred of evidence to support that. We are threading on quicksands here on this topic. I se...

Ah, you deduced!!! Twice as much?! Highly improbable if I may say. You must make allowances for the "male bragadoccio syndrome" very prevalent among insecure male breadwiners...

I have been in the nursing frontlines for 20+ years (male RN, BSN) and have yet to meet a female RN that made less money than a male counterpart for the same work and specialty. In fact, in Psychiatry male nurses are often compelled to take more risk...

Very good question. I am specifically interested in PSYCH travel assignments. I found very useful to Google the name of the facility and add to the search words like "deficiencies at" or " Complaints". With troubled hospitals I always find links to s...

Hear, hear!. Insightful. Kudos to you, Embassador of Good Will. We need more nurses like you.

Please do not miss the obvious: HOSPITALity-HOSPIce-HOSPITAL. You see? Can you connect? It's not only semantics. Yes, we are indeed in the Service industry, yes we ought to be in the Hospitality business as we welcome and treat our patients/ clients/...

The nurse could- with a little sense of humor- have paraphrased an old Calvin Klein commercial ("...when you look good, we look good!") and said " when you are happy, we are happy!" and thus deflected what might have felt like a patient's impropriety...

Passing judgment is counterproductive: doesn't promote healing and some patients will pick up on those vibes. You ask for helpful links. Google "Motivational Interviewing" for a different approach. It requires some finesse, and practice. MI takes ti...

Thank you for standing up not only for yourself but, implicitly, for the entire nursing profession. And by that I mean the class of self-respecting, confident, assertive, autonomous and yes, even iconoclastic nurses. As for the sanctimony of your cri...

Yes, only 5 trucks instead of 20. Yet, 5 trucks may be compensatorily overloaded and the total load still be close to what 20 normally loaded trucks would carry. That may explain why the blood drawn looked so thick and dark- more O2 clinging to fewer...

as a person, as a humanist, as an experienced rn with management time i found your posting less than inspiring. i got several hints from your posting about where the real arrogance might be. were you supplying us with an example of a nurse- yourself-...

As a person, as a humanist, as an experienced RN with management time I found your posting less than inspiring. I got several hints from your posting about where the real arrogance might be. Were you supplying us with an example of a nurse- yourself-...

Thanks for your posting. I want to offer some comments because I see nowadays in our specialty a lot of chaff mixed with the wheat and a lot of wolf wearing lambskin. First red flag: "we have physical altercations often". There is a nationwide standa...