ryanfocker

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1. Inventions for Nurses

   ryanfocker posted a topic in General Nursing

   does anybody have any great ideas for inventions for nurses or medicine? here are a few I would like to see....though i haven't the slightest idea on how to build them. 1) bloodless device to check...

2. do any of you like codes??

   ryanfocker posted a topic in Men in Nursing

   i have a confession...i like codes, ok, i love codes. i don't like that i like them, because, i know it means a human being is in big trouble. but my heart gets pumping, pin point pupils, adrenaline...

3. Anyone considering doing their Masters.. and in what/why?

   ryanfocker replied to X-treme's topic in Men in Nursing

   its funny how having so many options "at your fingertips" doesn't always make you happy, but makes you nervous you might not make the right choice. i feel the same stress as the OP. thought the...

4. Womens interest in male nurses

   ryanfocker replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

   question--where are all the women like you in philadelphia?? most women either don't care that i'm a nurse (i profession i am VERY proud of), or think i'm gay....even though i constantly talk about...

5. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

   ryanfocker replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

   you need only two things to be a great nurse 1. patients 2.

6. "Men should be EMT's or Doctors!"

   ryanfocker replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   i feel that when patients consent to care, there should be some sort of clause that excludes from the pt the right to pick caregivers based on race, religion, creed, gender, and age. just as a...

7. "Men should be EMT's or Doctors!"

   ryanfocker replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   she is certainly "allowed" to feel how ever she wants. however, her "feelings" are biggoted, no matter how long she spent on earth. this is biggotry, plain and simple. replace the word "male" with...

8. Hyperglycemia

   ryanfocker replied to MeryMellen's topic in Emergency

   the docs/nurses in our ed rarely give (much) insulin. they just do the nss wide open thing..............and water down their electrolytes in the process. i blame the nurses as much as the docs since...

9. Oh man did I miss an order

   ryanfocker replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

   i feel that this highlights a major problem of nurse/doctor communication; or lack there of. we truly need to sit down and come up with better communication systems. i see this as a system error...

10. 7000 fatal med errors last year-where are theses nurses?

    ryanfocker replied to supportneeded's topic in General Nursing

    I can not imagine the heart ache you must feel Julie. You have been a nurse for 15 years, and have had 15 years to touch peoples lives, improve the quality of their lives, and extend the years they...

11. Philadelphia Hospitals

    ryanfocker replied to AdiRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    i just graduated from thomas jefferson and did clinicals everywhere. i decided that cooper was the best for me. the general consensus of my class was that pennsylvania hospital seemed like a good...

12. Modern Healthcare: Laboring for union nurses

    ryanfocker replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the workers are the union, period. once we remember that, we will stop skwabbling and realize who we should be

13. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    ryanfocker replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    i saw "meet the parents" and just knew i had to be a male nurse. actually, i always wanted to save the world, involved in green politics, the union movement and such. and realized the only way to help...

14. Sperm life span (not graphic!)

    ryanfocker replied to KiwiAngel_18's topic in Ob/Gyn

    first off, thank you nurse ratched for coming to my defense, i was not meaning to be condescending, i meant it to be matter or fact and to the point. i'm from nj/philly, we often sound mean when we...

15. Sperm life span (not graphic!)

    ryanfocker replied to KiwiAngel_18's topic in Ob/Gyn

    sperm CAN NOT live outside the body for very long at all. hand washing with soap is extremely effective at removing them from skin. sperm are NOT determined whatsoever, they swim rather randomly and...