Prior military here. (Army, non health care related). Been a nurse for a little over 2 years, just accepted an ACM position on my unit about a month ago. For the most part my unit is one big crazy...
As a male, I always have a female staff member in the room with me when do hands on care or procedure on a female patient. A lot of doctors do so as well. Why? To protect myself from accusations of...
I'm 42, combat vet, graduated in 2014, been a floor nurse for about 16 months now. I have found different patients affect you differently. We've lost patient that I have been in on the code on, and...
Like most things, to me it depends on the patient. A hospice or DNR comfort patient, if they are A&Ox3-4, then they are able to determine their own medication needs... if they tell me they are...
Wow, a patient is complaining that they didn't get their benzo? I am shocked! Shocked I tell you!. In all seriousness, SHOULD you get in trouble? Absolutely not. It's not just your word/patient's...
Reldun replied to Jarl Redbeard's topic in Men in Nursing
I was asked to shave a couple times during school. It has been a non-issue at the hospital I now work at. I get my beard neatened up every other haircut or
A significant problem that I had with patient care, was directly related to how my instructor was handling men in the group. It was only a 6 week rotation and for the first 5 weeks every time she...
I'm in my 4th semester of my 2 year RN program. Yes it seems like a lot when you are starting out. Honestly, at least at my school, it pretty much stays that way every semester. My biggest piece of...
I did not enjoy it. I was told by a nurse right in front of my instructor that men had no place in OB. Myself and the 2 other male students had to leave the ward and use the public waiting room...