nursemike ASN, RN

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    Ctr Nsg Advocacy: Nurses upset over Univ of Alberta medical students "Medshow"

    nursemike replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, Brother Nurse. Damn, that sounds good, doesn't
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    About to give up on being a nurse

    nursemike replied to Lorel's topic in General Nursing

    I truly sympathize with your situation. I don't mean this to sound like "tough love," because I don't have enough answers to offer that, but I feel I have to mention that the Lord has shown me that...
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    Ctr Nsg Advocacy: Nurses upset over Univ of Alberta medical students "Medshow"

    nursemike replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wrote a letter. In seven years that I've worked in healthcare, including the last two as a nursing student, and three weeks (wheew!) of orientation as a graduate nurse, the women I work with have...
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    About to give up on being a nurse

    nursemike replied to Lorel's topic in General Nursing

    I can't measure how motivated you are, so I can't say whether you should or should not give up. Nursing school is very demanding--moreso than many other programs, it appears. I was making straight...
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    Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    nursemike replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly don't dispute the importance of providing food and shelter for one's cats. I have long understood that if you go to bed with a hungry dog, you wake up with a hungry dog, but if you go to...
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    Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    nursemike replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    I find it interesting that I've seen several posts here and there by people who've decided they don't like nursing and want to do something else--as you say, it isn't for everyone--yet they still post...
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    Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    nursemike replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I kind of think the point of the debate is that some male potential nurses are sufficiently put-off by the title to choose another profession. I think what we traditionalists are saying is...
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    newbie

    nursemike replied to readytobeRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    It is a rough road. Many of my classmates, including me, felt like giving up at some point. I don't mean gave it a passing thought--I mean seriously contemplated quitting. I don't think everyone...
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    Question about career change...

    nursemike replied to MaleRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Generally, an ADN plus a non-nursing bachelors does not equal a BSN. He'll have the same options as any other ADN, but fewer than BSNs in some venues. My hospital, for example, requires at least a...
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    Is 40k/yr reasonable?

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

    I was working 48 hrs per 2 week pay period through school, @ about $10/hr. Sunday 7p-7a, I made as much as I was making in 2 weeks. Wow. I'll be making about 42K/yr working three 12-hr shifts. Get...
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    Epocrates PDA software

    nursemike replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    I have their free drug guide. It's not bad. I also have several programs I bought from Skyscape, including the Davis Drug Guide 2004. I'm seriously considering signing up for the full version from...
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    Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    nursemike replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    pay for paramedics is pretty sad around here, too. I was making more as an orderly/housekeeper than some places offer medics to start. lots of VFDs in our area, I guess. but if I were a younger man,...
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    Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    nursemike replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    Did you start as a paramedic? I wouldn't feel right about any title that seemed to claim that credential--I'm not trained to do extractions or to work with quite the same level of autonomy as a...
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    Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    nursemike replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    I don't for a moment deny that opportunities and pay scales for LPNs are more limited than for RNs. I do know some LPNs who are content with their positions and their incomes, and others who are...
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    Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    nursemike replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I believe I read somewhere that the word comes from the Latin for nurturing, which could include breastfeeding, but wouldn't necessarily be limited to it. I noticed in maternity class that...
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    Feeling like I'm a lousy nurse (rant)

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

    I am one of about 5 preceptees on my unit. A couple are total newbies, 1 did an externship there, and one did clinicals there. I've worked there several years as a UAP, but I'm a total novice as a...
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    Feeling like I'm a lousy nurse (rant)

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

    I, too, am an appallingly bad nurse, beginning my second week of orientation on the floor. I start my first night shift in three hours. I'm usually a night-owl, but I suppose tonight I'll crash and...
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    I Passed!!!! I Am Now An Rn!!!!!!!

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

    Congratulations. Can't wait to join
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    Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    nursemike replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    Nah--I'm from Mars, and I still know better. That was clearly never-been-smacked-by-an-LPN language. But I agree, it was probably well-intended, and it sounds like his wife has given him a quick...
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    Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    nursemike replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have no problem at all with "nurse," and I'm not offended by "male nurse." I don't refer to myself as a male nurse, since I'm way too ugly to be mistaken for a female, but most of the time I hear...
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    Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    nursemike replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of the older nurses (i.e. my age) I work with thought I should go into computers or real estate or pretty much anything but nursing, but most have been very supportive. I live with my father,...
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    Family objections to your career

    nursemike replied to njxcrush18's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm sorry you've had to go through this. I pity your father, who is losing more than you are, and doesn't even know it. He ought to be proud of you. I spent the first half of my working life...
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    Males as Nurses

    nursemike replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men in Nursing

    Don't sweat it,
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    YAY! Thank you for listening to my suggestion!

    nursemike replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ditto! This has been such a great resource through school, and I'm really looking forward to comparing
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    Let's introduce ourselves...

    nursemike replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    my unit has an emu, too. kind of a funny world, where a nurse is pleased that a patient is