NexLvlDad

Sonitmeter also bugs me. I get irritated slightly when I hear "orientate" used as a verb as opposed to orient or orientated as opposed to oriented as an adjective. Very unprofessional IMO.

GI bleeder

Conventional wisdom says wear a suit.

I would like to think nursing is more resilient than to be undone by a sexy waitress gimmick at a grill. Are they hot?

Money, I was promised a bonus in the Army, promotion also promised in the Army, an indoor job in the Army and an assignment with women in the Army. That is what got the 23 year old version of me into nursing. No calling or inspiration from a clinician or internal desire to save humanity. I've grown up some since then.

Just out of curiosity, what could be some alternate names for "nurse"?

One when I showed up to work, I walked in on a conversation taking place by nurses who were discussing who were the more endowed male patients they took care of in the past and were gesturing why.

Hi handsome

There wouldn't be so much sea-foam green used to paint nurses' lounges or other pastel colors.

I think in Europe there are such practitioners.

Buffalo wings on the way, pass me that cold one. Who here is sick of sea-foam green and other pastel colors painted on hospital walls?

Ecco slip ons, but I don't work at the bedside anymore.

Maybe being around women during work is good for him. He will have to decide. Sometimes men in nursing are ignored because women who have been married for a number of years become conditioned to hear what comes out of a man's mouth as white noise.

When upon your evaluation you are told you are assertive and that shouldn't be taken as a compliment.

I heard one way to find out sooner if you've passed the NCLEX is to g to your state board's web site as if to file a grievance against a nurse. In my state, it generates a list of all those who hold a nursing license. Apparently the individuals who pass have their names immediately populating on the state boards' databases. Don't file the grievance on yourself.