nursemike ASN, RN

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    which would you rather work with male or female nurses?

    nursemike replied to fairness's topic in Men in Nursing

    So, I was at a restaurant, recently, and the waitress who brought my order apologized because another waitress had taken the fries that were to go with my meal, so they were making some more. I told...
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    Would you marry a female MD?

    nursemike replied to cgun101's topic in Men in Nursing

    So, my ex-future fiancee, a very pretty and very sweet neurology resident who you never minded paging as a brand-new nurse, because she never made you feel stupid, even when you were, finished up her...
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    Condom Catheter Crisis

    nursemike replied to abbaking's topic in Men in Nursing

    At least it was an external, rather than an internal catheter. Had to place a Foley, once, after his female nurse had tried unsuccessfully. Yet another advantage to being a male nurse, although by...
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    some younger male nurses.....

    nursemike replied to junebride's topic in Men in Nursing

    which is interesting, since most of the nurses who post on this board are women. but i don't entirely dispute the point. it does seem like a lot of women (not all, or hopefully even most, but many)...
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    some younger male nurses.....

    nursemike replied to junebride's topic in Men in Nursing

    While I don't condone the OP's apparent generalizations, she did say that she has nothing but love for the "older" male nurses, which is a sentiment I would be inclined to encourage in all young...
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    Perineal anxiety

    nursemike replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    ya got that
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    Perineal anxiety

    nursemike replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    I believe I read somewhere that the most common organism responsible for UTI's is E. coli. Kinda puts it in perspective. Those little rascals don't walk there on their own. But I should probably...
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    Perineal anxiety

    nursemike replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    You probably will, at first. Then again, that level of intimacy with a relative stranger of either gender seems a little unnatural. It's true, too, than women are a bit more anatomically...
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    Perineal anxiety

    nursemike replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm pretty confident my friend wasn't suggesting sexual contact, lone or otherwise. Can't really say what the fellow who told him had in mind. We took it to mean, put on your gloves, get over...
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    Perineal anxiety

    nursemike replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    I interpreted the advice to mean not to be afraid to touch it. Not to literally choke the life out of it. Like many other skills, if you approach it too gingerly, you won't be effective. (Old news...
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    Man Diff...

    nursemike replied to night_owl_504's topic in Men in Nursing

    Years ago, before I'd started nursing school, my job was a combination of pt transport and housekeeping--sort of an all-purpose slave. One evening I helped a nice lol reposition herself so she was...
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    Just took my NCLEX..Yikes :S

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

    Not wishing any bad luck on you, but I'd like to add that I know some excellent nurses who didn't pass on the first try. Hopefully you did, but if not, it's only a setback and by no means the end of...
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    Perineal anxiety

    nursemike replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    It's funny. I remember clearly that I was quite the fan of lady partss in my pre-nursing life, but these days the occassional member is kind of a relief. I'm sure glad I don't feel threatened by...
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    Reflections on the first year

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

    Good for you! The second year (and beyond) isn't necessarily a picnic--I sometimes find myself struggling to get things done that I once didn't even know I was supposed to be doing--but there is...
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    Perineal anxiety

    nursemike replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    A friend of mine worked as an aide while in NS and told me he was advised by a peer with military experience to "choke it like a chicken." Those words of wisdom have served both of us
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    some younger male nurses.....

    nursemike replied to junebride's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've sometimes thought that being a man in nursing entails a certain amount of "swimming upstream," even under the best of circumstances, so men may be a bit more apt to actively choose nursing,...
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    some younger male nurses.....

    nursemike replied to junebride's topic in Men in Nursing

    One of the units where I work has that sign posted on the door of the resident's conference room, only it says "If the nurses ain't happy..." Pretty good advice to up and coming young doctors, I...
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    One nurse where I work . . .

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

    My one night of filling in as an ad hoc mentor was pretty easy. I started out with an unbelieveably easy assignement, then picked up an orientee at eleven. So I gave her the more stable of my two...
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    Should boyfriend help me out?

    nursemike replied to QUEBEBRAN's topic in General Students

    I'm not quite that old, but I do know enough history to know that marrying for financial security was once perfectly normal and acceptable, before all this newfangled "falling in love" business came...
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    New Grad Overwhelmed

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

    I suppose there may be some new nurses who are so good, or so lucky, that they've never felt like running out the door, screaming. I've never met
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    Precepting new BSN grad/having trouble

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

    I suppose your facility has some policy against smacking orientees upside the head. Too bad. It might do her some good. Maybe she won't come back... The really sad part is, there are first year...
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    New Grad Overwhelmed

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

    1. You graduated from nursing school. 2. You passed NCLEX. 3. You have proven your ability to provide a minimum standard (albeit, at times, a bare minimum) of safe and appropriate care for your...
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    my techs are STILL walking all over me! help!

    nursemike replied to NPs4health's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If a tech refuses to do an appropriately delegated task, you could write an incident report. Much as I don't like extra paperwork, a few of those should get some attention. At my facility, an...
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    some younger male nurses.....

    nursemike replied to junebride's topic in Men in Nursing

    You can't argue with momma. Well, technically, I suppose you can, but you'll lose, because momma
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    some younger male nurses.....

    nursemike replied to junebride's topic in Men in Nursing

    Again, while there may be cases where this can be said, I'm not so sure it needs to be, in a field where so many young women are people one can be proud to know. I think there are a lot of fathers in...