Lupan

Lupan

med/surg; LTC.....LPN, RN, DON; TCU

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  1. Do you guys see a lot of people saying they are nursing students....

    Lupan replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    I work with several pre-req nursing students and 2nd semester nursing students. I don't really have a problem with what they call themselves EXCEPT when the students attempt to act like nurses and...

  2. Patients and the race card

    Lupan replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was looking at some of the responses and I would like to make a statement. As a Native American/Anglo male nurse I find it amusing some of the things I hear. 1 DON refered to me as "the tan white...

  3. Nursing Career Questions

    Lupan replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    I have an EMS background so nursing was easy. The good points are stable pay and hours ( in LTC ), self worth, getting to meet some of the most interesting people in the world, the medical community,...

  4. Is it to late for me to become a Nurse?

    Lupan replied to louis345's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you can dream it, you can do it. If you want it bad enough you can get it!! Don't let others decide for you. Being a male nurse is great and you will be suprised that a weak stomach goes away. AND...

  5. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    Lupan replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been in positions where pts thought that the CNAs and MAs were their nurses and I couldn't be their nurse because I was a man. I have also seen CNAs and MAs and CMAs ID themselves as nurses as...

  6. Texas: Methodist Hospital Moves To Hire Only RNS' with BS degree

    Lupan replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Ah here we go again!! That infamous Atkins study was about staffing/pt ratios not AD versus BSN. And don't we all take the same board exam?? On that note let's say ADs pass the same exam as BSNs and...

  7. Time to call a duck a duck?

    Lupan replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I once worked with an RN that had over 20 years at bedside. She gave me a piece of advise when I first entered nursing. "Nurses are their own worst enemy". Everyone wants to protect their pie but...

  8. How do you wash your scrubs?

    Lupan replied to gumby1411's topic in General Students

    Years ago while attending an EMS training class for BIO hazards and NBC warefare we learned of a magical solution to wash our uniforms in. Anti Bacterial DISHSOAP with CITRUS OIL. I have used it on...

  9. The Great Emergency Prank War

    Lupan replied to murphyle's topic in Nursing Humor

    One time at halloween I took a rubber zombie and put it in a bed. Everyone got a kick out of it because I told no one except there was a new resident in room #310. At one hospital we tied a sleeping...

  10. Attractive Students Being Hired First

    Lupan replied to bioniclewoman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If some nurse gets hired because of looks so be it. My experience is that they live to regret such hiring policies. In rural areas it don't take long for the word to get out and the backlash can be...

  11. Why do many nurses look down on LTC?

    Lupan replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC has challenges that I didn't find at the hospital and vice-versa. I really feel that the issue is more on a level of I am better than you plus the rep of nursing homes hasn't been the best in the...

  12. A Wardrobe Malfunction, or Why Not to Wear A Halloween Costume to Work

    Lupan replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I can see the whole event!! It is better than the time of monster movies on halloween and working that night. Needed the

  13. sex in the work place...really?

    Lupan replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry to upset the apple cart folks. Some of the female professors hit on us male students or flirted extensively with

  14. sex in the work place...really?

    Lupan replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry tejas but they were mostly the female

  15. sex in the work place...really?

    Lupan replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At the hospital where I use to work seperated the couples when caught by unit assignments or day and night shift assignments. They really didn't want to fire people because of possible backlash. I...

  16. You know you're Old School when...

    Lupan replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks P RN. I have one that was doomed for the dumpground that I rescued when I was an EMT/FF. We had just got our new hare traction splints. I lost the bag of triangle bandages that went with it. My...

  17. sex in the work place...really?

    Lupan replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Years ago a friend of mine had relations with a nurse on a transfer in the back of an ambulance. I was on duty when They got back and could feel something was up. City hall got a report because they...

  18. You know you're Old School when...

    Lupan replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I have fond memories of the "tips" my mom and grandmother exchanged about how to keep their uniforms "acceptable". I iron my scrubs and my female co-workers find it hard to believe that I do my own...

  19. You know you're Old School when...

    Lupan replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    This was pre Sager and Hare splints were just coming out! It outlined the leg and you used bandages to support the leg and apply traction. You flipped the leather covered circle for the right or left...

  20. You know you're Old School when...

    Lupan replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Being in the medical profession for over 30 years and a third generation nurse its like hearing the stories from my mom and grandmother. In 1979 latex gloves were seldom used and what was the name of...

  21. Why do many nurses look down on LTC?

    Lupan replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I also believe that the clinical experiences determine the attitude of many nurses. Some of my classmates were totally upset with the LTC and even after several years still view all LTC nurses as...

  22. Why do many nurses look down on LTC?

    Lupan replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have almost 15 years in LTC and I put myself through LPN school working as a CNA. Being a single male nurse in the rural setting here in New Mexico LTC offers stable employment. The local hospitals...

  23. mandatory bsn??

    Lupan replied to RNOkie's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    BSN requirements are based mostly on the Atkins study which was about pt to nurse ratios not pt to BSN ratios. Here in New Mexico this comes up and nurses with research behind them and the local...

  24. A Wardrobe Malfunction, or Why Not to Wear A Halloween Costume to Work

    Lupan replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Hahahahaha. I bet he remembers that till........... I once wore the clothes to work that I wore working horses except for the "cowboy hat" for Halloween. One ALZ pt chased me all night long saying...

  25. Double Standard with Sexual Harassment

    Lupan replied to NeuroNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    My problem is the double standard that I have found in this area. In the facility where I work females are open about this double standard. They openly joke about "size" and other items of this nature...