jewishhatmaker

what the heck...I killed the thread? I was just trying to make new friends! :)

I am hoping to go into peds when I graduate nursing school (still have 2 years+ haven't applied yet). I am the 2nd oldest out of a family with 10 kids so I have 6 younger sisters and 2 yuonger brothers. It was amazing to grow up with so many siblings and I love working with kids. I think I would like to give peds a shot maybe in Kansas City at the children's hospital up there. The hospital I work at now has NO peds cases but I enjoy working with adults too:)

A great nurse up on the med surg floor has hair just like that. A redhead. He is a fantastic nurse and I've never noticed his hair other than...oh he has long hair. :)

I don't think i was hired specifically because I was a "guy" but back when i was a patient transporter/ PCT II in POCU/PACU they definitely used my muscles ALL the time. Lifting 400 pound patients, etc.

My wife bought me a Tungsten Carbide wedding band so I can wear it at work:) It is nearly indestructible and never needs polished! If I were you I'd wear the ring around your neck if you want to show it off:) congratz!

Don't let the patients get you down! And don't let them slander your name or keep you from helping others by staying in the nursing field. Inform your supervisor that "yes, we do need to talk" and do some research to bring with you when you go talk to her. It is her responsiblity(the hospitals) to protect you if you are accused and to protect you FROM being accused. I know you are short on staff and these things are going to happen but you should not have to talk to detectives and be investigated like you are a criminal. You need to take steps (and the hospital needs to as well) to protect yourself. If you look bad= hospital looks bad so the administration at your hospital should be informed immediately. If your supervisor is not protecting you then you need to go up the chain of command. I'm sure it will all work out please update us as to what happens!

I got called Doctor a lot when I was a transporter/PCT II in POCU/PACU. Sometimes they were heavily sedated and waking up/confused so you just ignore it. I do of course deny it when they are awake:) I would suppose I get it so much because I am one of the only males working in that area besides the doctors and a few male crna's/surg nurses. Also, I am very very confident and answer all questions promptly, take great care of them, and explain to them everything that is going on. Man, I loved that job. It made me switch careers to nursing:)

I can honestly say that the reason I am pursuing the nursing career path is because I want to help people. I was all lined up to start my sophomore year with 6 business classes already paid for at a college in Missouri when I just missed my fiancee too much so I turned around and came home and figured out that as an 18 year old I needed money to marry her. So her dad who is the director of surgery at a hospital here told me to apply for a job. So I did and got in as a transporter in POCU/PACU. It was the most amazing 3 months of my life. I loved every minute of it. I got my HUC and PCT II certification and it was really fun. I had a bad experience with my boss (she hated me because her boss was the director and now he is my father-in-law and she was insecure and thought I was telling on her or something...she was crazy...) and she would publicly and privately harass me and tell me I was bringing the department down and such things. She would randomly take me into her office and accuse me of lying about the other nurses milking the clock and just make things up. So I transfered to another department with a better paying job and although it is no longer patient care (surgical supply coordinator) I am at least getting a little experience even though it stinks not getting to take care of people. I'm applying for nursing school in the spring or next fall and i'm currently finishing up the pre-req's. My wife and I both decided that we wanted to live our lives glorifying God and whatever we do we DO NOT want to live the American dream and just money money money. We both work part time right now and no we don't have much money but we have a few friends, we have our family, i'm not in much debt with school, I have my little motorcycle, we have God, we have each other, and we're going to make a difference in this world. Whatsoever you do unto the least of these my brethren, you do unto me.” Matthew 25:40

As a male nursing student I realize that there are different stereotypes that we will have to deal with. I am 20 years old, and recently married the love of my life, my best friend and now my wife:) She is amazing. If someone asks me if I have a girlfriend or wife I am sure that if they are asking me at the appropriate time I will tell them, "yes, I am happily married." But if I do not wish to reveal that to them for whatever reason that is my choice as well. My personal beliefs (which effect every part of my life) may or may not agree with the gay lifestyle but it is still not my place to judge others. I have been working in a hospital for over a year now and I work with several gay men and women and I have found them all to be just as competent as the next person at their jobs. If you are competent at your job I do not care about your sexual orientation. My personal beliefs about whether it is wrong or right do not mean that I have a right to judge you. That is not up to me and should have no bearing on how I treat you at work.

I pass out with needles as well. I am not yet accepted into nursing school and I did not pass out on my last TB test so I'm hoping that this past year working in the hospital has desensitized me:D

My mum bought me some cheapo crocs after I found that i couldn't walk without extreme pain after my first 3 days of work at the hospital as a patient transporter...i had been wearing brand new reebok basketball shoes. Crocs rock I have been wearing them everyday for a year now. (same pair)

This is how it is at my hospital in Wichita, KS. Most of the nurses wear a combination of the light blue/white colors. White pants with blue top or any combination. Or all blue is popular. Don't see all white much.

post-op rocks! you'll love it:d

I wish both of you the best and hope that it all works out for you! Just like you guys when I get done with nursing school I'm hoping I don't get stuck in a hospital living the "American Dream" just working all the time. I would rather work in a different atmosphere or use my nursing skills as a missionary to another country or sometihng like that. Good Providence!

I work in Surgery at St. Joseph, but not as an RN. I am the Surgical Supply Distribution Coordinator. I work closely with all of the Surgery Staff and they are good people that know what they are doing. It sounds to me like you expected nursing to be easier than it was for you. Yes, there are some "easy" nursing jobs, but nursing is mostly hard work. A large number of hospitals across the country are understaffed and Wichita hospitals are no different. I would advise you to either reconsider your spot in health professions or buckle down and face the fact that nursing is going to be really hard work...and just enjoy it! I should hope that you would apply at a few places around Wichita and hope that someone will take a chance on you. Just realize that although it is hard work it is not about you or me, it is about the patients! p.s. I would search Careerbuilder.com or a similar site and follow up on all of the misc nursing positions open at nursing homes, doctor's offices, etc. Good providence!