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  1. Nursing and sexual orientation

    bearscrubs75 replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    I really appreciate the words of encouragement and support some of you have offered me here. However, at the end of the day, I need to earn a paycheck. It's really none of anyone's business who sleeps...

  2. Advice for a new CNA relocating...

    bearscrubs75 replied to Resonant Dissonance's topic in General Nursing

    Did you ever consider New Mexico? If you move to Albuquerque and establish residency, you can attend Central New Mexico Community college RN program for free!! I'm attending Santa Fe Community College...

  3. Nursing and sexual orientation

    bearscrubs75 replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    Some had suggested I be honest about being a gay man at work and not lie about a phantom woman haunting the wings just to avoid negativity and harrassment. "To thine own self be true..." And that is,...

  4. Nursing and sexual orientation

    bearscrubs75 replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a gay man. In every single healthcare facility I've ever worked at in this country, I've observed, heard, and experienced discrimination based on my orientation or perceptions of my orientation....

  5. How is 2010 treating new RN graduates?

    bearscrubs75 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will be graduating from nursing school shortly. I was curious if the job market for RNs who want to work in hospitals (not LTC facilities :)) has improved in 2010. Someone told me to find an area...

  6. Which hospitals in ABQ or SF (NM) are gay-friendly?

    bearscrubs75 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi there. I will graduate from nursing school soon (2-yr., ADN) and will begin looking for employment in the Albuquerque-Santa Fe area. While I was in school, I didn't volunteer personal information...

  7. Which hospitals in ABQ or SF (NM) are gay-friendly?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    I would go to Santa Fe or Taos before EP or Las Cruces, but who knows? I may not be able to be that selective. Right now I'm a tech/CNA at ______ Hospital here in ABQ. It's "ok" but I'm not thrilled....

  8. Which hospitals in ABQ or SF (NM) are gay-friendly?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    Hi AXIDRN. So, what did you do? If I can't find employment anywhere in New Mexico, I'm heading up to Alaska. A lot of nurses can't handle the long, sub-zero winters but I sure can. I'm a "resilient"...

  9. How is 2010 treating new RN graduates?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    Providence hospitals in Alaska is hiring too guys. I love it up there but the winters are

  10. Inhumane Treatments

    bearscrubs75 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    J.silverstein, I was under the impression that the patient in question was unable to advocate for herself. I imagine most oriented patients would decline an invasive procedue without proper...

  11. Inhumane Treatments

    bearscrubs75 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Well, J.silverstein, I would have raised all kinds of hell and probably gotten disciplined for it. And then I would have started writing letters until an investigation occurred. In short, I would do...

  12. Inhumane Treatments

    bearscrubs75 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I'm (almost) a new grad and haven't had any experience with situations like this yet. Hypothetically, couldn't the RN have advocated for her patient better? Couldn't she have pulled in the charge...

  13. How is 2010 treating new RN graduates?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    Folks, a lot of these posts are

  14. How is 2010 treating new RN graduates?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa! I never wrote that certain people don't belong in nursing. And I wasn't pushed into a liberal arts education by my family either. I selected it myself. I decided to pursue nursing when a good...

  15. How is 2010 treating new RN graduates?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    Nursejoed, I was (kind of) being ironic. I was also being intentionally melodramatic which, linguistically speaking, is slightly different. I graduated from college in 2000 with a bachelor's in...

  16. How is 2010 treating new RN graduates?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like a mixed bag for sure. The RN who wishes he/she had gone to culinary school: my father was a chef and it's a horrible career (lousy pay, long, long hours, restaurant DRAMA). Chin up:...

  17. New RN who may lose her Med Surg job

    bearscrubs75 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there. I worked on a general medical floor for almost three years. It was/is considered the most demanding, busiest, exhausting floor in our hospital. Many of our newly minted med-surg RNs were...

  18. How is 2010 treating new RN graduates?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    Shannon, First, congratulations on becoming a new RN! And (WOW!) getting a hospital job so soon. Who knows, maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel, and us thirtysomething GenXrs will be passed...

  19. Which hospitals in ABQ or SF (NM) are gay-friendly?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    I'm already here. I went to school here. Well thanks for being open-minded and supportive. I just need to find out where people like yourself are employed and apply there. I've lived in very liberal...

  20. I can't take it anymore!

    bearscrubs75 replied to shortsuzy87's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there. I read your post. I agree with the other folks that you should give a formal written notice, stick it out for two weeks, then make like a tree and get the hell out of there. Honestly, where...