nursemike ASN, RN

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    Is Nursing School more difficult than working?

    nursemike replied to Diahni's topic in General Nursing

    Tweety's advice was probably best, but all through orientation, one of my classmates and I used to laugh, "Hey--remember when we thought nursing school was hard?" But, as others have noted, much less...
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    Male Nurses/female Patients

    nursemike replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    Thank you. I think much of my "gift" goes back to my "non-threatening" post. Being a little older may give me a little authority over the younger ones, but generally seems to make me seem less...
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    Male Nurses/female Patients

    nursemike replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    I don't see this as a matter of gender as much of taking advantage of our various strengths and working around our various weaknesses. Some of the women I work with are bigger than I am, and strong....
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    Male Nurses/female Patients

    nursemike replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm privileged to work with a very good group of nurses, including some with 20 or even 30 years experience. I'm more than willing to lend my back if I can borrow their brains. Our neuro/neurosurg...
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    3rd Week of Orientation - now planning of quitting the job...

    nursemike replied to firefox828's topic in General Nursing

    :smiley_aa Good for you! And just think--in a couple more weeks, you'll be precepting someone! (Just kidding--but that first year really does fly
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    Bad, Bad Incident. Can you refuse to work a particular unit?

    nursemike replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    My school gave--I mean, sold--each of us a copy of the Nurse Practice Act for our state. I would imagine most states have them available--you might check the campus bookstore at the nearest school of...
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    Male Nurses/female Patients

    nursemike replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    One other thought to any studdly young dudes reading this thread is that getting older, gaining some weight, and losing some hair seems to make one less threatening to female
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    Male Nurses/female Patients

    nursemike replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    I seem to get consistently lower BPs when they're done by a female. I think it's more comforting, being touched by a female, but it could simply be that the female nurses and aides who've taken my...
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    Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

    nursemike replied to Raymond CA's topic in Men in Nursing

    So, at least we have that much in common with female
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    I need some serious and honest advice please, regarding fibromyalgia and methadone

    nursemike replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    There are good reasons doctors and nurses don't treat their own family members! Despite some good advice, here, about stepping back from the problem and not accepting responsibility for things you...
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    Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

    nursemike replied to Raymond CA's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've swung back to my view that the differences between male brains and female brains, though real enough, are much less significant than the differences between any two brains, regardless of gender....
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    My first few days, as a new RN

    nursemike replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't have to be like that. My maximum patient load is 5-6, and while that does keep me busy, it can be done. I work 3-12s on nights, and while I'm pretty tired by the end of the third, I don't...
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    I am a nurse, but I dream of....

    nursemike replied to Elisheva's topic in General Nursing

    *being a professional wildlife photographer *starting a cat ranch *interstellar travel *building my own rally car and driving in the
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    New grad just got fired

    nursemike replied to rn2day's topic in General Nursing

    Well said! After 15 mos. in nursing, I find that I'm still a bit swamped, only now I'm hustling to do things that a year ago I didn't even know I needed to do. The transition from nursing school to...
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    Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

    nursemike replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a relative with many years' experience who used to complain about "them" trying to force out the older nurses because they get paid more, and also that new grads were making nearly as much as...
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    Change title of "Nurse"?

    nursemike replied to AKell388's topic in Men in Nursing

    Never met a tangent I didn't run off on...I've been having similar thoughts, though not as far as an article or teaching. The reports between watches remind me of our report, and the "official...
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    Change title of "Nurse"?

    nursemike replied to AKell388's topic in Men in Nursing

    There were a lot of objections to "male nurse" on a previous thread, and a lot of cute responses. I especially liked the one that went something like, "Oh, I take care of females, too." That said, it...
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    Change title of "Nurse"?

    nursemike replied to AKell388's topic in Men in Nursing

    Ok, I wanna change my vote: Supreme Commander has a sort of ring about it. This would only be for male nurses, right? Because I'm a second-year nurse (who'da thunk it!) working with a number of 10,...
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    Ooooooooh, I am SO ticked off right now!!!

    nursemike replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Although I'm all for a degree of forebearance toward colleagues who may be having a bad day, the healthcare industry will never be healthy until more of us understand that rudeness toward others does...
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    Change title of "Nurse"?

    nursemike replied to AKell388's topic in Men in Nursing

    Not bad at all. I've lately been reading Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander novels, wherein the postscript RN signifiies "Royal Navy." Hmmm. "Hello, I'm Mike, and I'll be your Master and...
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    Change title of "Nurse"?

    nursemike replied to AKell388's topic in Men in Nursing

    It is my humble opinion that cats are the manliest of all housepets. My old tomcat likes to sleep all day, prowl, hunt, and in his younger days, chase--er, female cats all night. If he drank beer, we...
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    Male Nurses/female Patients

    nursemike replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    As much as I would deplore the notion of palming off work on female colleagues because it made me uncomfortable, I cannot feel offended if a female patient asks for a female to assist with toileting,...
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    You know you work nights when.......

    nursemike replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is more competition for day shift positions, but my unit just hired a bunch of new nurses, GNs and RNs, and several of them got days. A lot of us simply prefer the dark side. For me, days...
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    Your State,your Isp,your Faciltiy!

    nursemike replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in General Nursing

    AlthoughI take privacy rights very seriously and am deeply concerned by what appears to me unlawful surveillance of what have traditionally been private modes of communication--the mail and...
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    Male Nurses/female Patients

    nursemike replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think it's important not to read too much into a patient asking for a female. It has happened to me a couple of times that a female patient was willing for me to do everything but bath and bedpan,...