fakenurse

fakenurse has 10 years experience and specializes in Research/ED.

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1. Is it possible to be a decent nurse if I'm a sociopath or have antisocial personality disorder?

   fakenurse replied to uniteddemclub's topic in General Nursing

   I cannot stop laughing at this post

2. Vanderbilt Direct Entry MSN 2023

   fakenurse replied to AlexiaPsychRN's topic in School, College Programs

   I can't decide if it's worse that they told us the date decisions will be out, or if it would be preferable to anxiously and obsessively check the website

3. Feminism, Nursing, and Gender

   fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I think I've been under the assumption that as a society, we've mostly moved past assuming a man's sexual orientation based on his career. Sounds like it's still a major

4. Feminism, Nursing, and Gender

   fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Thanks for sharing, Qedy. There is clearly a lot of work to be done here. Your voice is so important in this issue; we need stories like yours to be heard publicly. Even just searching this website...

5. Feminism, Nursing, and Gender

   fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I'm sorry, I don't know what an "actual female" or a ""female""

6. Feminism, Nursing, and Gender

   fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Altra: I was sarcastically paraphrasing the commenter who suggested this

7. Feminism, Nursing, and Gender

   fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Also, I have no idea what a "100% female"

8. Feminism, Nursing, and Gender

   fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I think you missed the point

9. Feminism, Nursing, and Gender

   fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Sorry, what I meant to say is that our culture assigns these values to women, and therefore indirectly to nurses. I'd love to hear your experiences- whether you're cisgender female or male or part of...

10. Feminism, Nursing, and Gender

    fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm sure most of us would agree that these words are not accurate descriptors of our job. The issue is that laypeople often ascribe these characteristics to nurses, and it's problematic for women in...

11. Feminism, Nursing, and Gender

    fakenurse posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Early last week we discussed the mistrust of intelligence and education in nursing. One or two nurses suggested that perhaps the frustration stemmed from some sort of "shame" of being in a caring...

12. Off the wall question about NPs

    fakenurse replied to HornsRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Excellent question. Allnurses is consistently clogged with "I passed NCLEX, thanks to the lord almighty Jesus Christ our savior! #blessed" posts. I'd love a more professional, thoughtful forum where...

13. Anti-Intellectualism in Nursing

    fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hi Brandon- as a man, you're not privy to the struggle of women in stereotypically "female" professions to prove their value and get beyond words like "caring" and nurturing." If you don't "see" any...

14. Anti-Intellectualism in Nursing

    fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A lot of people are bringing up the "nurses as most trusted professionals" lists. Of course topping these lists is a good thing, and something we should be proud of, but I've always thought that there...

15. Anti-Intellectualism in Nursing

    fakenurse replied to fakenurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Those of you who have brought up the historical context of nursing-- I think that's an important piece to consider. I'm wondering if my frustration may have something to do with generational...