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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.

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Conventional wisdom says wear a suit.

Corporate business varies by your actual role and the organization. You can't generalize, at least as much as you can with bedside nursing since the same interpersonal dynamic seems to run through all the hospitals I've been to from coast to coast. M...

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 clinicia...

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.

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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.

No, the young are eaten, as well as the not so young.

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 p...

If an individual can pass the NCLEX and perform adequately, who cares if the individual holds a BSN, ADN or a diploma. I don't think nursing is such the disenfranchised profession in healthcare because the perception is that a nurse brings 1 year of ...

Why not? If she does it for me, that is, and if I weren't married, who cares what the profession is?

It helps to be 6 ft and 200 lbs. It also help to know what you are talking about.

Can't say that I ever cried at work.

When ever I was referred to as a male nurse, I simply replied stating: I don't work for the post office.

I was amongst the first groups to take the CAT format for the NCLEX. It was winter and we received about 4-5 ft of snow over night. I awoke noticing all the white outside my home so I called the Sylvan learning center where I was scheduled to take th...

I was not required nor expected to wear a cap. I did not buy nor feel the need to buy the pin. Last time I wore a cape, I was 7 years old and it was for halloween. I was Bat-Man!

What is valued more so than a masters in NI is actual experience on a system implementation. I'm not saying don't get your masters degree but if you want to get the most employment mileage out of it, coupling it with actual implementation experience,...