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  1. NP NO Masters

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sure, I suppose that I would call a drastic clinical situation, one that required an enormous amount of time. I don't have any number of hours in mind; but something that would basically render me...

  2. NP NO Masters

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks! Very well

  3. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Okay, now I'm getting kind of tired. I'll explain one more time. While I am explaining please remeber that I am an African American, Hispanic, Female. Your questions are not relevant. And you are...

  4. NP NO Masters

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sure, considering that the words drastic and significant , while both have many synonyms, aren't a synonym for one another. Significant, menaing important; of consequence, is definitiove of clinicals...

  5. NP NO Masters

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I didn't say that, I said drastic. Would you like my

  6. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I did say that MY PREFERENCE is a female b/c I PERSONALLY wouldn't not feel comfortable with a male OBGYN or L&D Nurse. As I said in MY CASE it is NOT discriminattion, IT IS MY PREFERENCE....

  7. Need encouragement

    FocusRN replied to qtgirl4u04's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Nice

  8. NP NO Masters

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow, I didn't know that. Looks like I'll be getting an MSN after all. Any good online programs, that are not to drastic clinicals, either MSN/FNP or post MSN

  9. NP NO Masters

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks Tired. Too bad I just found my statte requires a masters. Thanks Jer, I'll look into

  10. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    when talking about an ob, it must (for me), be a woman per se. that is the first requirement. and of course i inteview them, but if they don't meet the "woman" requirement first, they won't make it...

  11. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Did I say that her reasons, mattered in any, way , shape, or form? I said: In response to: I never said that her reasons why, mattered. I said that I didn't percieve her choice as discriminatory...

  12. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Personally, at first thought, not really. But if you would elaborate on her reasons, I am sure that would tell for

  13. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'll try to make this one short. If a person is distant and cold by nature nothing will change that. If you make your OB go through an interview process you can usually spot that. I am right now in my...

  14. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Okay, while that may be true, I don't recall anyone in this thread saying any such thing. And from your fist post you've been on the attack. I am fine with males in the OB, it is just my preference...

  15. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually the definitions of empathy and sympathy depend on the dictionary you get them from , as much as they person. For example sympathy - A feeling or an expression of pity or sorrow for the...

  16. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually a nusre who had cancer, of had a close family member with cancer would be my first choice over one who had not experienced those things. Yes as nurses we are trained how to care for the human...

  17. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Please, please, and please some more. Whether the OP mentioned this are not, it is about and boils down to the patient. If it weren't for POSSIBLE PATIENT ISSUES, the OP wouldn't have had any...

  18. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    hopefully, finally my respose to the OP. I would say support his as ya'll any other new grad. If a patient has issue, follow through with her request, and just assuer the new grad, that it is not him...

  19. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was thinking the same, which is why I DO discriminate based upon

  20. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you would or wouldn't ever let someone run you from a field that you like, I couldn't care less, but I know that I wouldn't. As I said, I don't discriminate based on gender, race ,culture, or...

  21. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Interesting , and it could be plausible, if the health probelm was related to ethnicity. Let's say sickle cell, or another health problem usually tied to a certain ethnicity. But if the health problem...

  22. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As I stated before no discriminaton, just preference. Let me elaborate. I PREFER not to have a male nurse of Ob/Gyn because of the following reasons: -I feel that a female can be more in tune with a...

  23. How will our new grad Male RN work in L &D?

    FocusRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If your hospital does or doesn't have a policy, it still all really boils down to the personal preference of the patient. That really goes for all care. When I was in the hospital in labor with my...

  24. Travel Nursing At Home

    FocusRN posted a topic in Travel

    has anyone ever gotten a travel nursing assignment (with travel nursing pay), at or near where they live? I am thinking of traveling whenever I graduate, but I acyually want to stay close to home,...

  25. LPN's In Home Health! How Many Visits and Pay???

    FocusRN posted a topic in Home Health

    Okay, two things that I am looking at for when I graduate are LTC of course and Home Health. So I have questions for all of you Home Health nurses out there? Did any of you start HH, straight out of...