nursemike ASN, RN

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    Did your dating life improve when becoming a male nurse?

    nursemike replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in Men in Nursing

    My first try at college, my friends and I all noticed how many great girls you would see hanging out with appalling guys. My friends all said, "Oh, the injustice!" I said, "Well, hell, I'm as big a...
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    Toileting: is it really necessary?

    nursemike replied to nursemike's topic in Men in Nursing

    Had a year off on medical disability, now starting to get back into the swing a bit and loving it way too much to retire. But, yeah--part of how i know I'm back is that I have enough energy to gripe...
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    Toileting: is it really necessary?

    nursemike replied to nursemike's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think I started out just meaning to grumble about why it's sometimes not so easy to find a female to help a female patient, because it seems like it ought to be the easiest thing in the world, at...
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    What do you wear under your scrub pants in winter?

    nursemike replied to vspaniel's topic in General Nursing

    Goosebumps.
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    Caring for mother affecting my career

    nursemike replied to imenid37's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry for your hard times. It's a brutal truth that they won't last forever. Not that the next logical phase is anything to look forward to either. But you will get your life back, in due time,...
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    To late to start?

    nursemike replied to Mburciaga's topic in Men in Nursing

    It is, indeed, good to learn new things. For the 25 years spent doing home improvements, nursing was the farthest thing from my mind. Now it's a very important part of my life. Plus, my co-workers got...
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    New RN, terrified of codes and emergencies

    nursemike replied to Dd04321's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I was being a butthead. My participation was entirely passive. Pretty much everything I did up to and during my heart attack was wrong. Just trying to take some undeserved credit for still...
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    New RN, terrified of codes and emergencies

    nursemike replied to Dd04321's topic in General Nursing

    In my three most recent codes, I was the patient. Thanks to my ACLS training, I knew just what to do. I've had no permanent major deficits, so I guess I agree with you, but also a little with Richard....
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    Trouble adjusting to my new unit

    nursemike replied to Melanin's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me like you're handling things about as well as you can, but it isn't hard to foresee the need for a serious talk in the near future. Taking your account at face value, it sounds like the...
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    To late to start?

    nursemike replied to Mburciaga's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well...there's all dead, and there's mostly dead. Mostly dead still isn't too late. Hello, my name is Inigo
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    To late to start?

    nursemike replied to Mburciaga's topic in Men in Nursing

    I graduated with my ASN at
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    Why nurses don't want to talk to a ward psychologist?

    nursemike replied to manjar's topic in General Nursing

    If the CEO of your system looks at your chart s/he can be sentenced to six years in Federal prison. I'm pretty sure your PCP needs your permission to access your psychiatric chart. If you're saying...
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    Why nurses don't want to talk to a ward psychologist?

    nursemike replied to manjar's topic in General Nursing

    Your employer and insurer can see billing info. If they're looking at your chart, it's a Federal
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    Why nurses don't want to talk to a ward psychologist?

    nursemike replied to manjar's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is highly commendable of the OP to offer this service, but I'm not surprised not many take advantage of it. I was very open with my coworkers when I started taking an antidepressant, but...
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    Fired from my first RN job after only 2 weeks.

    nursemike replied to Mountainrnbsn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't mean to be contentious. I think we're more in agreement than not. I agree that nursing school doesn't entirely prepare new grads--the closest I've seen to a new nurse who hit the floor running...
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    New nurse assistant but already want to quit

    nursemike replied to amz93's topic in General Nursing

    I think you might be prudent to give some honest thought to why you hate your job. Nurse assistant is a tough, tough job in the best of circumstances, but not every circumstance is equal. If more...
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    Fired from my first RN job after only 2 weeks.

    nursemike replied to Mountainrnbsn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You hear now and then that the nurses who made the best grades in school don't make the best nurses. In some cases, it's true, but I don't really see a correlation. You can make just passing grades...
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    MEN, dont come into nursing

    nursemike replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Men in Nursing

    Even an old fart can enjoy the
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    Fired from my first RN job after only 2 weeks.

    nursemike replied to Mountainrnbsn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do not panic. As others have said, you're lucky not to have gotten stuck in this mess. "Don't have time to teach new nurses?" That's a director who'll be looking for a new job, soon. Two things about...
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    Head to Toe Assessment

    nursemike replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Students

    One hectic night, early in my career, I told my charge nurse that the only way I could get my assessments done would be to assess another system each time I put a patient back in bed, then stitch them...
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    Head to Toe Assessment

    nursemike replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Students

    I've been practicing for 12 years. I still find your Rules of 3 a useful tool. Being succinct has never been my strong
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    Patient's "right" to abuse nurses...I need your opinion

    nursemike replied to MsNewbee's topic in General Nursing

    No one has a right to abuse you. But I think we need to be a little careful about what constitutes abuse. Being struck is battery--a criminal offense that should be prosecuted (except in the few cases...
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    MEN, dont come into nursing

    nursemike replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've heard and read, here and there, that men are sometimes to prone to conflate what we do with who we are. I think I get that, but I've come to feel a nurse may not be who I am, but it is what I am....
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    A Change of Heart

    nursemike posted a topic in General Nursing

    April 18, 2016, I began my third of three 12-hour night shifts, but I didn't finish it. Sometime after midnight, I felt a dull, but fairly strong pain under my sternum, which I first attributed to the...
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    Refusing to change/toilet pts

    nursemike replied to ShockMe's topic in General Nursing

    Looking back through this thread, it occurs to me that I didn't really answer the OP's question. Like a lot of others, I got a bit defensive, and as I am sure is true of many others, part of the...