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Lucky me, had a patient that comes down from a step down floor, with a temp of 91(report given to me the nurse only took an axillary!, and failed to take a rectal after 4 hours) But that is another story! Anyways transferred down hooked up to a zoll and Cardiac monitor, intubated on diprivan,levophed and dopamine and still unpredicatble to sedate fully due to blood pressure, drawing blood jerked and bang hit in my thumb dirty needle through my glove HIV and Hep C +, went to the ER they werent concerned drew some blood . No prophylaxis offered follow up in employee health. What are people thoughts on this?

I am a male nurse and have been out of school several years. While I was in school, I had witnessed some females expressing emotion for grade consideration on three accounts and it worked how I have no idea. I also did find a few instructors "man haters" or I guess you could call them that. They were not receptive to the "male" as a nurse would use "she" "her" pronouns in abundance. Most guys didnt care but when this was obvious in their distribution of assignments comments and otherwise some approached the instructor and asked to be objectively reviewed. I even had an instructor in my maternity class fail 3 out of 4 males, coincidence? On the otherside, I had alot of support from other instructors and found respect and the like guess different people in all worlds either business or healthcare. It is a chosen profession deal with the differences they will change in time. In the fields of the hospital different diciplines react differently so it hard to say why and what. But from my experience I find OR, ER, ICU, Acute & Chronic Dialysis, Psychiatry, Addiction medicine, to be areas of specialty where intelligence supercedes your gender. Why this is the case Depends on the conversations and professionalism. Having a previous military experience, I dont believe in patterned scrubs(pediatric OK) and find this dumbs down the nurse(hey thats a good thread) and I am digressing, Stay in school finish don't be bitter, things will change it just takes time. hell before people assumed you were gay as a male nurse. Today it isn't assumed as much. Still questioned though lol. See Change.

I also work acutes as well as chronics. We cover 5 hospitals,im on call once a week we do not mix bicarb etc we have techs for that we set up the machince etc I do 8 hour shifts, i also fill in nocturnal which is a 10 hour shift. pay sucks 22.00 though noc shift is differential 3.00 Kind of bored with it, same ole

The rational of bevel up bevel down has been discussed for many years. Generally in a fistular bevel up works best however in a graft depending on the access level and location sometimes bevel down is indicated, Generally I find bevel up to be best as less trauma especially venous.