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This is a hard post to comment on. Firstly because I don't know you personally and this could've been posted in haste. But if these are your true feeling are you certain that bedside nursing is your true calling? I became a nurse to help those in need and I take pride in helping people. When they don't respond, well sure there is some disappointment and anger, but then I look at myself and figure out strategies to help that person see that their health is more important then anything else. If I succeed great and I will try my hardest to get to that success. If I am unsuccessful I use it as a learning tool to make my next interaction that much better. Sure people are less then caring sometimes and there are a select few that want nothing more then pity, but as a nurse you should be able to look past that and look for the good to help them heal. Compassion and caring are some of the most important things each of us can have as professional nurses and once that is lost its time to step back and re-evaluate your practices. We are given unreasonable time frames to perform miracles sometimes, but work with what you have and make the most of it.

Well I have tried the real expensive danskin's, they weren't all that comfy for me. Then I went to croc's, and didnt care for em. Now I have something called Nothinz and they are great.

If I remember correctly it took about 2 weeks to get my paper lisc but my name was on their website after 3 days or so.

1. In what ways was your educational experience more difficult or easier as a male student? I noticed while in school that being a male in a mostly female dominated area, that some instructors as well as staff at facilities we did clinicals at, males were accepted somewhat easier then females. I dont know why and didnt think it was fair to alot of my classmates, but I did the same work everyone else did. 2. What do you see as the barriers for male nurses in our profession? The only time I felt any type of barrier was during maternity clinicals, the patients, their husbands and myself were all a little nervous about the entire thing. 3. What do you see as the opportunities for male nurses in our profession? Opportunities are equal for both males and females in this profession. If you know your stuff, have the education and the personality, you can go anywhere in nursing. 4. What do you view as the value of increasing diversity in the nursing profession for health care? Value, well I dont knwo if there is anymore value with diversity, women in nursing are strong and well educated, the males entering the field can only compliment a field that has been dominated and built by females. 5. What do you think we can do as a profession and personally to increase diversity in nursing? Again, the diversity that is coming into nursing, is great, and I think that everyone can work together, continue their education and any transition will be smooth, after all it seems unlike most men women are alot more open to diversity and change, and accepting males into this profession with open arms.

Just google scrubs and you will come up with a bunch of good places, I have some places locally here in NY where I shop.

I must say working for a few months prior to taking the NCLEX made a big difference for me, working with drugs daily gives you a better opportunity to learn some of the more popular ones and I thought like I said it was a big help.

MIne also shut off at 76 when I took mine and I passed, back then. Best of luck!

Congrats!!!!

Congrats!!!!

Good question, here is a link that I found that might clear it up a little for ya. http://www.azhha.org/public/uploads/ACF62EA.pdf#search=%22hipaa%20%2B%20law%20enforcement%22

I work in an Open Heart ICU and our charge nurses always take an assignment. I dont think it deters the other duties that we have at all, charge is a little bit of extra work for a very little extra pay, but you know I think it is reasonable that the charge person takes an assignment.

I can only laugh about this comment, first off I dont care, if the person working with me is an ADN, BSN, MSN or for that fact a professor that taught me in school. YEs some know more then others and some use it better then others. But a nurse is a nurse, we are all a special breed and so this beacuse we love it or loved it at one time. I have heard banter about this law since I origianlly started nursing school back in 93 and 20 some years later and its still the same. IF it changes it shanges, we will all just have to deal with it and do what we have to. Now as far as the statement I quoted above, if you dont think that nurses are doing 80% of what MD's used to do, you ahvent been exposed to alot of different nursing opportunities. I wont say waht I do or dont do at work, but I can say that MD's encourage the nurses in our unit to be autonomous and take the bull by the horns. They know us and we know them and we watch out for each other. We do more now then ever before. Do we diagnosis, not on paper but if I call an MD or a PA for something, I usually tell them what I think it is and bam, I write an order for what I already gave. Enough said.

The way I felt about review classes was this, I will try on my own first and if I dont succeede then I will take a review class, but needless to say I passed on the first try just using review books, think I did somewhere in the neighborhood of 6000 questions prior to taking NCLEX.

Wow, thats bad, I work in a cancer center in WNY and we get 5 personal days the day you are hired (renewed yearly) and then earn 4 hours of sick time per pay period, it accrues up quickly.