Ashley Kay, this is an excellent post. And you can be proud already, even as a student, in that you can see the evil in front of you. If you don't want to become evil, you won't become evil. Just...
The truth is that nursing is struggling to find it's professional identity because for the longest time it was, and still is, dominated by women, and women have for most of history, been considered...
A nurse is probably not going to be able to do his job well if he is not compassionate. A doctor can easily do her job if she lacks compassion. A battleaxe nurse, is not fulfilling her role as a...
Hey pal, I appreciate the agreement we have on some things, but this one isn't it. For instance, I agree that NPs are not nurse assistants; they are physician assistants who used to be nurses. Since...
this thread is way defensive. "methinks...doth protest too much." be careful when you say your job is to diagnose patients. why do you think this is defensive. the string is about what makes a nurse...
I have been online in debate groups for years and this is the most advanced newsgroup software, I've encountered. I wish I had known about this place sooner. I am a male nurse. I just finished school,...
Hoolahan, H: Whoa, I sense some hostility toward an uppity NP perhaps? Maybe you should print this out and leave it in her mailbox. P: Then you're mistaken. I have no issues with any NP. But an NP is...
Nursing is a profession. It's considered a professional occupation, or at least the registered nurse is considered as such. If you wan't respect from doctors, give it up. They aren't even in our...