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  1. How can I be assertive when it comes....

    malenurse1 replied to Rivs's topic in Men in Nursing

    Here is my 2 cents. Just continue to ignore the drama queens ... female OR male. You will run into both. Focus on doing your job and taking care of your patients. Take it from another new Nurse...

  2. I passed my nursing boards!

    malenurse1 posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    Hi Gentlemen! We can now add a new RN to the profession! I took my NCLEX-RN on Tuesday morning. When I left the testing site I felt okay about how I did. I had 75 questions and it seemed to be...

  3. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    malenurse1 replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about "Alcohol makes you feel better". When I teach others to perform venipuncture I encourage them to use the alcohol to help thier finger glide over the

  4. I passed my nursing boards!

    malenurse1 replied to malenurse1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Thanks everyone! It feels great to be a part of this wonderful

  5. Nursing..THE GOOD & BAD as Male

    malenurse1 replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men in Nursing

    Thanks Thunderwiolf for putting out the flames on what was a good

  6. Nursing..THE GOOD & BAD as Male

    malenurse1 replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think that we need to keep in mind that as with any profession/career path, there are men and women who are going to treat members of the opposite gender poorly. Yes, that includes Nursing. I have...

  7. Military Nursing, what do you think or know?

    malenurse1 replied to BBingSN79's topic in Men in Nursing

    As an Air Force veteran, I say go for it! I often find myself missing the service and wishing that at 40 I wasn't too old to go back. There is a special connection that you develop with other...

  8. Men in Nursing Journal

    malenurse1 replied to rogramjet's topic in Men in Nursing

    I would be interested in that as well,

  9. Caught in the middle

    malenurse1 replied to Marchantia's topic in Men in Nursing

    What perfect advice Tweety! I couldn't have said it better

  10. This is Serious.....Please Read!!!

    malenurse1 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Boy, am I glad I saw this!!! I will avoid bedtime at all costs!!! lmao thanks

  11. Add to the story....

    malenurse1 replied to bassRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    ...had a V8! Now I'm gonna have

  12. Add to the story....

    malenurse1 replied to bassRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    ...cofee enemas until clear. Then they

  13. Looking like a Nurse

    malenurse1 replied to loserboy's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am 6', 225. I have a mustache and during the winter I usually grow the goatee (it gets cold here in Wisconsin!) I must admitt that I have had a few patients look me up and down, but I can also...

  14. You know its going to be a bad shift when...

    malenurse1 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in Nursing Humor

    - When you walk up to the employee entrance and 2 nurses from the previous shift are out there smoking and they say "turn around and RUN, you don't want to be here!" - You get report that OB is taking...

  15. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    malenurse1 replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    You said it Dave!!! I say be proud to be called a Nurse! I

  16. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    malenurse1 replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am proud to be nurse! On weekends I help out a friend with his race car at a local track. This 14 yo boy walks over to our hauler holding a paper towel to his nose that had obviously been bleeding...

  17. Premature man-o-pause

    malenurse1 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I was reading the H&P of a pt who is a 48 yo male admitted with a SBO, esophageal Ca w/extensive METS. I must tell you that this is someone who was born a male. You will see why this is...

  18. What's the funniest thing you've heard a patient say?

    malenurse1 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Nursing Humor

    Unfortunately this doesn't just happen in LTC or Psych ... I work on a med/surg unit and we have this happen more often than you might think. It is mostly the people who are going through AWA's, they...

  19. Husband wants to try nursing at 44

    malenurse1 replied to mstigerlily's topic in Men in Nursing

    Why the assumption that he would just leave his kids hanging? Is this what society has come too, the assumption that ALL divorced men are just out to abandon their responsibility? This makes me...

  20. Husband wants to try nursing at 44

    malenurse1 replied to mstigerlily's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hi Melissa! I say he should go for it if that is what he truely wants! I just turned 40 in April and I graduate this December! I agree with the need for us middle-agers to be physically fit prior...

  21. What's the funniest thing you've heard a patient say?

    malenurse1 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Nursing Humor

    Last night I had a patient with left leg cellulitis ask me if he was invisible ... I figured it was just the PCA talking, then I found out that the physician suspects that he may be schizophrenic! I...

  22. Why "male nurses" instead of "men in nursing"?

    malenurse1 replied to JDCPhD's topic in Men in Nursing

    I used to get upset when someone used the term male nurse. I thought about for a while and I decided that some things are slow to change and being a male if what has historically been a female...

  23. Where do you buy your scrubs?

    malenurse1 replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Men in Nursing

    I use Jasco and Allhearts both are pretty good. We had a uniform sales place come to our hospital a couple of weeks ago and when I went down to look, I had to comment out loud that all they had was...

  24. OB Clinicals

    malenurse1 replied to carolynd's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well, here is my two cents ... I have mixed feelings about my OB rotation. Going into the rotation I had already had the priveledge of witnessing a couple of births as well as assisting with my...

  25. the Address on Public Health Warnings

    malenurse1 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: HA HA HA!!! I love it ... Just don't tell my wife! :chair: