I found out my hospital will hire one of its own nursing students as a NA after passing the first 2 of the 6 RN courses (quarters). Figure I may as well take the CNA exam and make $1.55/hr more. Then...
anonymurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor
An instructor story: A pt had cleaned her breakfast plate and my instructor asked how she liked it. She said "It was good, all except for that Kentucky
I'm the only guy in the class, a crusty 52 y/o sarge with a buzz cut making it on the GI Bill and working security weekends. I went the (more expensive) diploma route 'cause I have zero healthcare...
Bummer. They said they won't give me a hat. Not that there's a bobby pin made that would nail it to my buzz, but hell, they make superglue, don't they? BTW, what's the reg on pins? Do you get to wear...
anonymurse replied to PrisonrNurs's topic in Men in Nursing
I'm still a student, heck, just started and already felt the heat. But 1 of the 2 most promising pieces of advice I've gotten was simply this: "Nurses aren't very nice to nurses." So it's my decision...
More basic than earning potential of different approaches is individual educational need. I'm in a hospital diploma program 'cause I have no health care experience and need as much clinical time as I...
Male Dress: I didn't feel an authoritative getup would be appropriate, so I wore a blue blazer, light slate blue shirt (non-button-down), khaki pleated dockers, brown wing-tip suede shoes, and a rep...