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1. Professional nurses. What is it?

   braddah replied to braddah's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks so much for your responses!!!!!! It's what im going to use to write my essay. Really good insights here! In class our Professor was challenging us with the same questions: Whats the difference...

2. Professional nurses. What is it?

   braddah replied to braddah's topic in General Nursing

   ok maybe i need to clarify. the scenario went a bit like this: we were looking in a newspaper and we found adverts for cleaners and professional cleaners what is the difference between the two? same...

3. Professional nurses. What is it?

   braddah posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello fellow nurses, here's a simple question (i think): what is the difference (if any) between a nurse and a professional nurse (RN). Please exclude the obvious fact that one has a qualification and...

4. Who HATES the term MURSE?

   braddah replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in Men in Nursing

   HAHAHAHAHA murse! Hey brotha!! Yeah i heard of murses! but here in our school we refer them to 'the world without nurses- your left with murses i.e. medical doctors that have to be nurses as well' as...

5. Nurses on strike-is it even possible?

   braddah replied to braddah's topic in General Nursing

   Amen sister! Unless your private but then not everyone is lucky to get private healthcare. Argh! I just want better work conditions! In the USA you have magnet hospitals? sorry if I got that wrong its...

6. Being a preceptor blows

   braddah replied to RoyalNurse's topic in General Nursing

   I fully agree! Its better to have a preceptor that gives back constructive criticisms rather than criticizes! Understanding is a must too! The clinical lecturer that I liked the most had the...

7. I Need RN Opinions Please.

   braddah replied to hannahmarie's topic in General Nursing

   Plenty of time sister!! I been dating my partner for awhile now while studying. I think it would be hard to be in a relationship while studying rather than when your working. If your course is...

8. What's the most and least stressful field of nursing?

   braddah replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

   oh and least stressfull..common now..it would be nurse educator LOL thats gotta be less stressful i think? Anyways, the NE on our ward does nothing but 'research' and 'teaches' nurses LOL i want his...

9. What's the most and least stressful field of nursing?

   braddah replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

   mental health! it's only rewarding when you see the clients recover! but thats like one person in a million! It appears to be less fulfilling like general medical or surgical where most of the time...

10. Nurses on strike-is it even possible?

    braddah replied to braddah's topic in General Nursing

    Hello again, No Im from New Zealand and our lecturer was genuinely surprised with our response! I could still see her face it was like we hit her with a mountain because she wasn't expecting such an...

11. Nurses on strike-is it even possible?

    braddah posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, This a quick thread and was wondering if I can get an international perspective on nurses on strike. In class we were learning about management and the lecturer (who wasn't an RN but worked as...

12. Education vs Experience

    braddah replied to Airforce1's topic in General Nursing

    Hye Airforce1, It's real sad to read some of these posts! The bullies on here are registered nurses? What happened to caring and understanding? Clearly you had a problem but I don't believe blasting...

13. Caring too much - does it make you cynical?

    braddah replied to braddah's topic in General Nursing

    hey, im just reading through all of these comments and yes i do sometimes get cynical with patients BUT i remember they are sick and are most probably not like that when they are well and with that...

14. Caring too much - does it make you cynical?

    braddah replied to braddah's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for

15. Caring too much - does it make you cynical?

    braddah replied to braddah's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks much! I will start talking to my professors and other class mates about how they coping with it. Yea, I agree, I better get this sorted because the last thing I want is this to affect my...