WesClinicRN replied to blackmamba123's topic in General Nursing
I have worked as an aide many times when I was pulled to another floor to help out. It was that or go home. Of course, I had no problem with it. I worked as an aide before I was a RN. In some ways, I actually enjoyed it, because I was able to be clos...
In our nursing program, students actually had clinical grades and test grades. The test grades were to test knowledge, but the clinical grades were to test application of knowledge. There were many times that the teachers would use clinical grades, s...
I've been a nurse for right at 4 1/2 years. While I was in nursing school, I worked as an aide on a medsurg (Medical Surgical) floor. When I got out of school, naturally, I just stayed on the same floor, and after a short orientation (too short), sta...
I have to admit, I am still just a "regular nurse" as CountyRat said, but as a male nurse in a predominantly female profession, I often get this question. As I am currently continueing my education (finish BSN this semester and starting NP next fall)...
I wouldn't really see a problem with that. As long as they don't mind doing the caths for your female patients, you definitely have the better side of the deal. Male caths are generally a lot easier unless there are major prostate issues. I have to a...
WesClinicRN replied to Halim F. Dagher's topic in Men
I worked on a MedSurg floor for 2 years as an aide before I became a RN. Now, considering that, when I became a RN, working on the same floor, I was treated like I was still an aide, given all the total patient care's and usually the worst. Part of ...
About the post about no athiests... It was definitely sarcasm, and wow, talk about no sense of humor folks, and sad that people still don't get it and keep on and on and on commenting about it. On the main topic: I have had people refuse to have a m...
WesClinicRN replied to swtgal's topic in Emergency
swtgal, If you ever think you want to work ER, do it now. I worked MedSurg for 3 years to try to "get my skills." When I tried to switch to ER, there never seemed to be an opening, or they would take new grads in front of me. And it was not just m...