tgedward

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1. New graduate RN! Difficulty finding a job!

   tgedward replied to Donnuh's topic in General Nursing

   Hello all. In the Birmingham, AL area, there are still plenty of RN positions open. The main factor in that is because, there are 6 hospitals in the area and a large medical school/teaching hospital...

2. Gloves and infection

   tgedward replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

   Same here. I ALWAYS wear gloves no matter

3. 2015 is it official? YES

   tgedward replied to HieuNgu1155's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Only the idea of a non physician wanting to be addressed as Dr from the patient. In the non hospital setting, I would not mind. There is no harm in telling the patient that you have a doctorate in...

4. 2015 is it official? YES

   tgedward replied to HieuNgu1155's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   The only reason I mentioned that the quality of care could be reduced is on the patient self care side. If the nurse is a doctor and the therapist is a doctor and so on and so on, the possibility of...

5. Wow- this is really funny.

   tgedward replied to Guest219794's topic in Men in Nursing

   I would tend to think that the gay to straight ratio would be the same as in most other professions. Except hairdressers and makeup artist.. and drag

6. Male Nurses straight cathing female patients

   tgedward replied to ptjones68's topic in Men in Nursing

   Once again the stigma of a male nurse working on female patients comes up. Medical professionals are just that, professionals. Either male or female, we need to get away from the gender based concepts...

7. 2015 is it official? YES

   tgedward replied to HieuNgu1155's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   As far as the titles used, I have a slight issue with nurses being called DR. near patients. I understand the hard work nurses have to undertake for their degree. However, I don't want patients to get...