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Just a thought here. A nurse is also objective, open minded, affable, and able to participate in active thought provoking conversation without sounding overly opinionated.There is usually no period, or ending of discussion on open discussions. Competence is spelled with an "E", that would be a period, end of discussion.Thanks for your input!

Ok fellow nurses..here we go... I am Scrubs..the meek..the humble..the gay...the 4.0 GPA BSNRN with a twist..Uh oh...I'm outed....yupper..I yam.....maybe I can throw a little light on all this jazz..First, let me say I am a female..a pretty and feminine female who has no outward (no pun intended) signs of my sexual preference. To get quite honest and serious about all this (insecure?) hoopla..most of the guys i.e. male nurses, that I have worked with are straight and married...years ago, before the neanderthal mentality allowed men to do whatever they wanted, men who entered the profession were often the softer variety and the creative souls who ventured into a once "female realm". Times have sooo changed! I work all over the US in agency, and there are tons of men in the field. Big, brawney , masculine, short ones, tall ones, big ones small ones...some with beards, some with tattoos, some with very gentle "limp wristed" behaviors. Never, have I run into an educated man who was worried about people thinking he was gay or not. Especially one with a nice wife and marriage. My question would have to be, WHY does it matter to you so much? There must be some underlying issue if it means that much for you to ask publically. Having said that, I should also assure you, that even if....even IF, someone thought so...it ain't all that bad....I would rather wear the tag of "gay" then "murderer" or "liar" or "narrow minded prejudiced A-hole". Carry on dude, and just don't wear a pink feather boa with your uniform, and everything should be just fine! OH! did you notice these little kissing icons look alike? Hmmmmm...... :kiss Scrubs

Shouldn't you be thinkin about handwashing and care plans right about now? Geeze Louise...or Louie..or...Polyanna....We as nurses are supposed to be the utmost gracious hosts to all humans and their malady..Who gives a rat's glute if anyone male or female is whatever they may be? You need to stop concentrating on whatever that silly issue is about, and get going on your DSMIV reading! As for me, if your wearing a "nurse" tag, that's the only tag I'm caring about....gitcha coffee and git on the floor! :kiss Scrubs

I suppose I would truly like to go somewhere in Florida, where the sun is shining and there is no ice! Here in RI, we are terribly understaffed and have no new ratio system in place (yet). I'm thinking it must be similar everywhere but at least if the weather is nice, it makes it all seem a little easier. Lately, I've had to shiver and scrape my windshield after a 3-11 shift which is brutal. Any further insights would be most welcome:)

Hi everyone! Gee, I was in a Rhode Island forum and nobody goes there! Anyway, I've got tons of experience and years of nursing under my belt and here in Rhody, the weather just blows (pun intended).Ive been contemplating travel, but am mostly fearful of where a person ends up staying?(I'm a lady damn it) Having worked pools and agencies ,I'm assertive and unafraid of the facilities...it's the neighborhoods and places we are supposed to live at ,any advice? Horror stories? Happy endings? Don't ya get lonesome? Thanks!

Thank you Jnette! You know? I totally agree about the injustice re: the elderly. Years ago, when I started on this long nursing journey, i did it sort of as a "calling". I gave my patients exceptional care and backrubs and foot soaks were part of our daily care routine. Now? I'm lucky to find enough time to change the dressings on most of their poor feet and backsides! Never ever enough CNA's, never enough time to get meds out, give proper fluids (proper fluids????) and not even time to sit and hold a dying patients hand. It makes me shudder to think what it will all be like in our later years.I see here in RI and Mass, huge corporations getting fatter and richer and not a thought goes out about the human aspect of the "business". I was recently told, by a DON, that " this is business, it's the way it is". I am sooooooo over it.And to try and teach the staff about basic basic necessity is a joke. They are running ragged, and just apathetic. This is in our hospitals too......move em in...move em out. The types of pt.s we are receiving on our skilled units in NH's now are ICU step down cases with Pic's, fresh post op turp's, and unbelievable MRSA, STAPH, etc etc. Some of these folks have continuous IV's, TPN, J-tubes, multi decubes, etc. And I am the only nurse on 3-11 with 4 cna's. It cannot be done...it just cannot be done.....but, where do I go fom here? I would love to work in OB....but here in RI and Mass...I am "just" an LPN. Go figure! OK, thanks for your welcome! I will talk to you all later gators!:)

Just saying hello to alL:p I am an LPN here in RI and have 29 years exp. It all has been worth it but lately, I wish to work anywhere other than charge nurse in a nursing home! Been to hospitals, homes, home care, corrections,detox etc etc..you name it, it's in there, like Ragu :chuckle Anyone have an interesting position they'de like to share? Thanks guys and gals! Scrubs