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Again I'm sorry I was just somewhat shocked by the nature of your question. I was in no way personally attacking you and that was a funny joke that SOME and i know not ALL would find humerous. Again Good luck.

Im not im sorry i was making a joke and not saying you personally were crazy but i can see where it wouldn't be funny to some. I hope you find you answer here and good luck with nursing pre-reqs !:)

Well just so you know IT IS PERSONAL CHOICE. Patients have the right to refuse care, meds, AND some CRAZY person trying to shave there pubes..... :eek::eek::eek:

Wow i dont think you should go into this field with that mindset. Ive NEVER seen or heard of any nurse getting assigned to another patient due to male genitals....As far as shaving them probably wont be necessary depending what you specialize their could be certain circumstances. As far as this economy you may have to work in LTC at some point in which you will see/deal with male or female privates regularly, what if a male pt had a severe rash there? YOU as the nurse would have to asses it and put on cream if it was medicated. I think you should think long about this as a nurse you WILL have time were you will need to clean males up, with todays hospital staffing their isnt always going to be aides to help. If you refuse to do that, it may be neglect if you leave a soiled patient, you can count on having males on a regular basis. As far as you fiancee, he wont have any say in your potential assignments and if he is insecure about you MEDICALLY treating a male patient and your siding with him i think maybe you should look for another career, my husband is mature and understands that its my job and it is not in ANY way sexual when i deal with male patients, i think maybe your man lacks proper understanding on the nurses duties. I HAVE NEVER EVER seen accommodations for female nurses made to avoid male privates, married single or male your here to do the job and will not get PREFERENCE b/c your engaged or married. I think anyone would probably LOL at that and think you were kidding if you seriously asked. Im kind of shocked it seems as though your really naive about potential job duties, PLEASE do some research about expected duties as a potential nurse and when you ask questions on here. I dont know about anyone else but im almost OFFENDED. As a married female i wouldn't dream of refusing a patient care because of their gender and expect to let one of the single females/males people to do it.

man oooo man this would be were a catheter would save some lives lol....but really ive been here and my DON always said check the care plan...if it says toilet every 2hrs try to do it every 2 hours....even if the Res is freaking out for the first few days this in my experience has always helped even though its time consuming, hard and not a generally pleasant exp. Its not like you cant neglect all your other residents b/c one is super needy. Its a freaking catch 22!! lol

I AGREE with the OP!! I became a CNA at 17 and graduated early, i can remember girls my age laughing at me and saying i had to wipe a** and they would make fun of my job, cheapo car i paid for along with my "brick" of a cell phone i bought and paid for myself. It was hard and i cryed myself to sleep many nights but now im 20 with a BS in BIO with a 3.9 and start PA school in Jan, they are living at home with kids that their parents rais and support, i work in the local ED and cant help but LOL when i see them in there with the friends after a drinking all night, and "I" the ass-wiper give them their IV. No matter how much money i have my children will never get handed things and will be expected to work for things they want. Its like people in my gen have EVERYTHING handed to them, they have kids and they expect their parents to take care of them and they do! I agree parents have a lot to do with it. It's sad to say the least....*SIGH* lol..i totally see where to OP is coming from!

Honestly if your in the medical field it DOES happen a lot whether it be big or small, Hell i've had patients request someone different because my smiling and cheerful demeanor made them think i was incapable of my job and less intelligent. It's just the nature of this work. And again no offense but if a nurse came at me with spelling errors like yours i wouldn't let her touch me or administer and meds of ANY sort. People who appear to be uneducated in nursing do get discriminated against...it saves lives. I would do some soul searching if i were you. Seems as if you have alot of things to work on before taking the plunge into becoming a nurse. Its not about you and getting your feelers hurt its about the patients and their safety bottom line. Being discriminated should be the last thing on your mind if you honestly want to go into this line of work in my opinion. Have a open mind and heart and don't **** AN off they can be your greatest resource.

I'm in no way trying to personally attack you but i think if you checked your spelling so that it was correct and realized that calling a patient "patience" is a huge error and makes it hard for medical pro's to take your thread seriously you would probably yield some more helpful and realistic opinions and info on the question your asking. Good luck and as far as your question goes If your expecting not to be discriminated you would be mistaken i guarantee you at one point or another whether it be patients, co-workers , or family's of PTs you will be. Take it with a grain of salt and be as professional and ethical as possible, and remember it happens to every body at some point and realistically not everyone will like you and it happens to us all.

I also think you should get some health care experience under your belt. If you complete a nursing program and have experience in the field it will set you apart from other new grads that don't. Think of getting a nursing job a competition that starts in pre-reqs. Have to most things you can under your belt that would set you apart from the thousands of other grads and be 100% willing to take any job (i.e. Im a new RN grad and will only work in a hospital in the ED) Alot of new grads think like that and eventually give up and lower there standards to gain experience and find that they get results faster. Be humble and have a open heart and open mind, that to me is what being in health care is all about. Don't be a know it all student no one likes those. You may have all the A's in the world but they will not make people like you. Just remember this site isn't just for venting its also a network of highly intelligent, loving, caring people that can be your best resource and a great chin lifter after a hopeless hard day. Since your not in health care or even a nurse you really have no idea what it is like therefore shouldn't call these people names until YOU YOURSELF have been there . Be nice to AN and they will be nice to you (:

If your going to invest your time and money and don't want to waste those straight A's and are expecting a guaranteed job become a doctor...the way your talking down to people and using words like moron and idiots you already sound like a few i know (:

If there is facebook stalkers..there's bound to be AN stalkers lol

i had a job before i started the class to even be a CNA, i also got paid $10.00 p/h for my 50 hours of in class time and 50hours of clinicals, my class was 3 weeks long as well. From what i hear now most people pay for the CNA classes (:

Instead of feeling guilty CELEBRATE!!! Pat yourself on the back you worked VERY hard for your BSN and at your job. In my opinion if you have been at a job for a really long time and haven't been promoted maybe there is something wrong lol. I bet you if your co-workers got a promotion they wouldn't sit around feeling guilty because you have more education then they do...they wouldn't think twice and you shouldn't either. A year a job is sufficient to make it apparent that your manager material. I have alot of respect for MA's but there degree isn't typically conducive to manager positions were as your BSN is! Tell that MA to go get her BSN then complain...maybe not lol but you get what i'm saying! AGAIN CONGRATS CELEBRATE!!!!! :yelclap::cheers::w00t::clpty:

I think you should give him a dash of his own medicine....be completely work only with him, don't smile and be cheerful be very business like/monotone with him don't go out of your way bending over backwards if he is just going to be stuck up and overly sensitive. why even waste your time on someone who is so serious, least this exp has shown you he isnt someone you'd click with. i think if you do that he will then have LESS control over you...obv he is getting off on being able to upset you and get to you in that level. Shake it off ! Good luck, i have been there with coworkers!

Wait its 130,000 for a BSN???? maybe I'm confused but for my PA program ill be 60k in debt and will have a masters....id look at how much you'd make the first year and how much your loans are....if its that much just go to med school....thats like a mortgage !! It would take YEARS to break even and with the economy who knows what the job market will be like in 2.5years! Juts do alot of research! Good Luck!!