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  1. Do You Tell EVERYONE You Are a Nurse?

    fins replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I don't trumpet the fact that I'm a nurse, but "what do you do" is a pretty common conversation piece. When I get asked for casual medical advice, I play the "ignorant outside my specialty" gambit....

  2. Special treament of a patient with money

    fins replied to jbp0529's topic in General Nursing

    It's a shame that this woman is a demanding princess, but just for once I'm going to cut the administration types a break. Do you think that they ENJOY ramming their noses up the butt of this PIA?...

  3. nursing shortage?

    fins replied to ilmbg's topic in General Nursing

    There are several reasons why nursing doesn't follow a simple supply and demand curve. First and foremost, most competition for nurses is fairly local. That is, most nurses aren't as willing to move a...

  4. Why do Male Nurses Complain about Scrub Color & other Inconsequential Issues?

    fins replied to AmaurosisFugax's topic in Men in Nursing

    Wow, I must be tired. When I first read this, I thought UK was United Kingdom (probably because I was just reading a post from a nurse in the UK.) And I was thinking "if they have scrubs with British...

  5. Heroic measures on a full DNR pt?

    fins replied to jbp0529's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a neuro ICU, so I share your frustration with futile measures at end of life. I have someone with a GCS of 4 and a CT that's more blood than brain, but the family wants everything done...

  6. EEK! There's a MAN in my room!

    fins replied to abooker's topic in General Nursing

    Patients can do whatever they want - that's not the issue. They can ask for all white nurses; they can ask for all female nurses. And you're right, they're not going to get sued. It's the hospital...

  7. EEK! There's a MAN in my room!

    fins replied to abooker's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe a patient has a reason that they don't want to be cared for by an African-American. Maybe the patient has a reason not to be cared for by somebody gay. The point isn't whether or not there's a...

  8. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    fins replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OK, I think that WAY too many people have watched the Mad Max films. Take a look at the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. This is a pretty good model for a worst-case pandemic. Transmission rates of up to...

  9. Do you get extra work cause your bilingual?

    fins replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I can sympathize. My wife speaks fluent Spanish, and she's a social worker. When she took her last job, the salary was X. She tried to negotiate a slightly higher salary, based on her bilingual...

  10. What would you change about your scrubs?

    fins replied to daisygirl_001's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My pet peeve is the way that tops hang. I carry a lot of stuff in the pockets of my scrub tops (PDA, pen, sharpie, scissors, hemostat, penlight) and as a result, the back edge of the neckline pushes...

  11. The Great Double Standard?

    fins replied to Doog's topic in Men in Nursing

    And here's the problem. As long as a double standard is allowed to endure based on gender, it's going to remain difficult to get men into nursing in any serious numbers, and men's careers are going to...

  12. Am I too old to go to nursing school and into a nursing career?

    fins replied to is58tooold's topic in General Nursing

    If you're doing it for personal fulfillment, go ahead and do it. However, if you're asking if it's a financially smart move, the answer is probably no. You don't have enough of a working career left...

  13. 2 men vs 2 women working together in a CCU

    fins replied to icunurse2007's topic in General Nursing

    Plus, be sure that you don't have two minority nurses on at the same time, just in case some poor old lady would only feel comfortable with a white nurse. Oh, and make sure that you don't have two gay...

  14. The Great Double Standard?

    fins replied to Doog's topic in Men in Nursing

    "I think we can agree that the patient's desires come out on top regardless of how reasonable we (the nursing staff) might view that request. Even if it bucks the current zeit geist for gender...

  15. Advise please...How the heck do I get OUT of pts room????

    fins replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    Respond to something they've said, while walking out the door. Whatever you say, make it long enough so that you can get out of the room while saying it, so you're not walking out while they're...

  16. Work Commitment for Thomas Jefferson FACT Program scholarship

    fins replied to bailey728's topic in Nursing Career

    When I was in, you chose your hospital beforehand - you didn't have to wait and see which hospital you were assigned to. I don't think I was treated any differently because I came from a one-year...

  17. Work Commitment for Thomas Jefferson FACT Program scholarship

    fins replied to bailey728's topic in Nursing Career

    I graduated from the FACT program, and took the scholarship. The details of it seem to change a little bit from year to year, but basically if you're going to be working at Jeff, then you apply for...

  18. "I don't want to clean up dirt!"

    fins replied to narcissistic's topic in General Nursing

    "Sorry but I don't want to clean up dirt." Is he wrong? If someone absolutely, positively isn't willing to clean up someone else's bowel movements, then he shouldn't be a nurse, because like it or not...

  19. Effect of the Draft.

    fins replied to Gottago's topic in Government, Military

    The draft is for enlisted personnel, not officers, and nurses are officers in the military, so it wouldn't likely have any effect on nurses. Of course, there's also no chance of a revival of the...

  20. Scrubs salesman can't take me seriously

    fins replied to RNDude's topic in Men in Nursing

    I don't suppose that the owner expressed himself very well, but it's probably an inventory thing for him. There are a lot of small scrub shops, and they run pretty close to the edge, profit-wise. They...

  21. Firing Spree

    fins replied to busy-bee's topic in General Nursing

    "I pretty much go by the book, so I am not toooo worried about losing my job. But could anyone share what happens when a facility is about ready to shut down. " I'm sorry, but I think you're being...

  22. Dress for interview

    fins replied to Jaguar700's topic in Men in Nursing

    Wear a suit. There isn't anybody who won't hire you because you wore a suit instead of a polo shirt, but I guarantee you that there are people who won't hire you if you don't wear a suit to the...

  23. No Child Carseat = Child Endangerment = Call to Police?

    fins replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    On the other hand, What about people who aren't getting into a car? I work downtown in a major city. The buses don't have seatbelts, the subways, trains, and trolleys don't' have seatbelts, and...

  24. "Garbled" Speech - How to Describe?

    fins replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    I would suggest using the term mumbling. If you say that, people know what you mean, whereas there are any number of ways that speech can be

  25. Normal interview questions/process?

    fins replied to TallRNBB's topic in Men in Nursing

    The other thing that you want to consider is that maybe the interviewer KNEW that she was asking questions way out of the scope of your knowledge. Sometimes people ask questions like that, not to...