nursemike ASN, RN

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    Does anyone love their job?

    nursemike replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, it can be very like a picnic, but you do have to be careful to remember which hand is holding the
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    Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    nursemike replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    Links, Man, where are the links? Uh, if you aren't a man, please ignore this post. But, seriously folks, I like many of the traditional associations with the title "nurse." Of all the things I've...
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    written up already!

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

    I've had one incident report about a patient under my care since becoming a nurse (about six months, now) and I wrote it. Patient fell out of bed, and pulled a Foley on the way. Ouch! I don't say I...
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    When is everybody starting work and what unit?

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

    My facility uses a 2 week pay period, so 1.0 FTE (full time equivalents) = 80 hours every two weeks. 0.9=72hr/pay period. Or to go by the week, 1.0=40hrs, 0.9=36hrs, etc. Multiply the fraction times...
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    attitudes of male and female patients towards male nursing students

    nursemike replied to Jhanez_k2p's topic in Men in Nursing

    Off-topic? You wanna talk off-topic? I haven't actually researched this since back in the 70's, but it's my understanding that most gay men are in fact construction workers, firefighters, police...
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    attitudes of male and female patients towards male nursing students

    nursemike replied to Jhanez_k2p's topic in Men in Nursing

    Didn't mean to offend anyone, or perpetuate stereotypes. Also didn't mean to suggest that anyone should pretend to be something they aren't. The only thing I've noticed that pretty much all gay men...
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    attitudes of male and female patients towards male nursing students

    nursemike replied to Jhanez_k2p's topic in Men in Nursing

    I haven't run into either of these situations nearly as much as I thought I might. I've had two patients ask for a female nurse, and in both cases I think they might have been okay with a more...
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    Dayshift vs. Nighshift

    nursemike replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think my natural clock runs for 3p-11p shift, so 7p-7a hasn't been too bad an adjustment. Some days I don't sleep as well as I'd like, but those are rare. If I have to be up at 7a, getting to...
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    As a male in nursing, how has it impacted your perspective outside of work?

    nursemike replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    This is an interesting topic I hadn't thought to much about. I agree it could apply regardless of gender, though I think it has affected me as a male, as well. I don't think I would say I've changed a...
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    Does anyone love their job?

    nursemike replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I sort of have this, too. I'm harried and flustered and still charting an hour past my shift fairly often, but I'm just coming up on 6 mos. as a nurse. I fully expect to get more efficient as I gain...
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    Male interested in nursing - need help

    nursemike replied to voiddweller's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that CNA experience is a great benefit to nursing students, but I don't know that it will help you get into school. You could cite it in an essay or interview as an example of your commitment...
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    Insight for a newbie

    nursemike replied to sbhatt_newbie's topic in General Nursing

    Can't do better answering most of your questions, but since I'm pretty new to nursing myself, I wanted to put in my two cents: nursing school is hard work, and working as a nurse is harder. I can't...
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    Faith Hill makes fun of nurses!

    nursemike replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    at the risk of getting serious a moment, i really endorse the idea of nursing as both an art and a science. you can learn a lot of the science from textbooks, but it reminds me a lot of my former...
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    Faith Hill makes fun of nurses!

    nursemike replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Gotta love Rondstadt, who sings Hank Williams and Puccini. I'm a big fan of Emmylou Harris, too. Not to impressed with Faith or Shania, but either of them could ride in my truck. If I had one. As...
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    attitudes of male and female patients towards male nursing students

    nursemike replied to Jhanez_k2p's topic in Men in Nursing

    That does make sense, although I'd have to say my male doc was about as gentle as it's possible to be. Wasn't a painful experience--just
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    Newbie

    nursemike replied to yemibaby's topic in General Nursing

    Maryland has a lot of good schools. Many community colleges offer an Associates degree in nursing, while state colleges and universities tend to offer BSN's (Bachelor of Science in Nursing). I can't...
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    Faith Hill makes fun of nurses!

    nursemike replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that's it! I've had it. I'm sick of people belittling our profession. I'm gonna go learn to drive big rigs. Or
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    Discrimination Against Men in Nursing

    nursemike replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Men in Nursing

    On the other hand, you don't see a lot of black hockey players, either. I think it is probable that many men are culturally predisposed against nursing. I don't believe it is the responsibility of...
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    Kiddie Time!

    nursemike posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had an interesting night, last night. There was some snow in our area, so there may have been several call offs, or it may just have been through my Nurse Manager's sometimes whimsical sense of...
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    Kiddie Time!

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

    In point of fact, you're quite right. I've been a grown man for several years, now, and I freely undertook the duties and responsibilities of a Registered Nurse when I applied for my license and took...
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    Feeling guilty about poor practice

    nursemike replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    When my Dad was teaching me to be a carpenter, one very good lesson he taught me was that if you start off doing quality work, you'll get faster with practice, but if you start off working as fast as...
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    Who else has to work Thanksgiving?

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

    Off today--don't know how that happened. I will be working Christmas and New Years, but that's okay. The holiday pay is nice, and even when I'm off, I'm a pretty easy touch to pick up holidays for...
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    Kiddie Time!

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

    I suppose a lot of nurses with seniority prefer days. I hadn't noticed so much because I work weekends plus one weekday, and on weekends there are several experienced nurses who simply prefer nights....
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    Being Non-judgemental

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

    Lovely post, and to the OP, kudos for not venting to your co-workers. It's good to have a mentor you can discuss these feelings with, but too often, people just rant, and it adds to an environment of...
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    I'm so ashamed...

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

    Last night I covered an LPN who had a patient seizing due to ETOH withdrawl. Our floor has an epilepsy monitoring unit, so seizures aren't new to most of us, but I couldn't help remembering this...