JWG223

JWG223

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  1. Male Nurse Interactions

    JWG223 replied to MikeRN84's topic in Men in Nursing

    Just go on your way. The only thing I see to gain is a sense of acceptance. I don't need acceptance that badly from those kinds of people. I've always gone on my way, and never had a problem with

  2. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    JWG223 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I've noticed the same, except I have no question in my mind about it. The doctor was peevish. Was she peevish with females also? I don't know. So I can't really say, it may have just been her

  3. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    JWG223 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting datapoint! Our nursing staff varies in age and fitness greatly, seemingly with no rhyme or reason to the pattern/trend. Just another

  4. Cleaning surgical sites during post-op period

    JWG223 replied to JustcallmeNurse's topic in General Nursing

    We perform CHG baths as a matter of course on most patients. By policy, we do one at least every 24 hours on any patient with any sort of central line. Allegedly, this has shown a decrease in...

  5. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    JWG223 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Your findings are the same as those which apply to the rest of the working world as relates to income disparity based on sex. It's not. It's based on

  6. Most enjoyable book on Nightingale

    JWG223 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I remember reading about her in nursing school. Wasn't it her theory of nursing that the patient should be accountable, and do all that they can for themselves both to maintain, and to regain health,...

  7. Your Opinion

    JWG223 replied to Oriolesgal119's topic in General Nursing

    During my clinical rotation through L&D, all the nurses there talked about was getting pregnant, being pregnant, and how they were trying to get pregnant, or what it was like to have just been...

  8. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    JWG223 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on how you do it. There are rules you have to play by. Nursing in my experience is a Beta occupation. It is full of back-stabbing and skirting around in the shadows. You don't EVER touch...

  9. Students asking for free money

    JWG223 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    Exactly. Pride is the only barrier, and let's face it...your pride is doing only ONE thing...keeping you from "making" money. On the flip side, pride has value. Self-worth has value. Self-respect has...

  10. Nursing Pay Question?

    JWG223 replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I see that all the time. This is why when I interviewed for a position, I asked about retention rates, lay-offs, pay-cuts, and other things more than I did "the bottom dollar". Show me what happens...

  11. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    JWG223 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Review Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. National Labor Relations Act | NLRB However, limitations do exist. Employers may limit their employees from discussing their salaries during...

  12. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    JWG223 replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That is WAY! too variable. My job can be tough at times, but I will not tell anyone that it sucks. It doesn't. My former roommate's job as a nurse DOES legitimately suck. He has to do illegal things...

  13. Education Code? What is this?

    JWG223 replied to JWG223's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. It's like my parents divorce, though. I don't remember much of it. Horrible experience that I tried to blot out. Would rather go through my parents divorce again than through nursing school....

  14. Education Code? What is this?

    JWG223 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What is this? I haven't been in school for half a decade. To get a license in another state, I need "an education code". Does anyone have a CLUE when the drama of that experience will be over!?...

  15. Students asking for free money

    JWG223 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    Let me flip it around: If you could ask for money and get it, wouldn't NOT doing so be rather self-destructive? I don't agree with the entitlement attitude either, but they are the wave of the future,...

  16. Nursing shortage

    JWG223 replied to Red Kryptonite's topic in General Nursing

    My school tried to pull that card on us when we started. Told us how getting a job would be "no problem" and we could choose the area we wanted to work in relatively easily if we went in with a...

  17. Your Opinion

    JWG223 replied to Oriolesgal119's topic in General Nursing

    That's far too personal for others to answer for you. We can tell you how WE would feel, but we can't

  18. I want to become a neonatal nurse, but I'm still in highschool.

    JWG223 replied to haleyyshmaleyy's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know for sure. My advice? Don't have kids. Pay attention to your GPA. Put career/school ahead of everything else. This should land you a good scholarship, a spot in a nursing program, and then...

  19. Nursing Pay Question?

    JWG223 replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    The money will also GO. I went from $96K a year 2 years ago to $69K this year. Same floor, same hours, same shift. Don't EVER finance anything that you can't afford at your base salary is what I tell...

  20. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    JWG223 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It is illegal to punish any employee for disclosing their pay to co-workers. Maybe they share and

  21. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    JWG223 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Being alpha helps a lot. Like I said, people tend to be respectful of strength. By the numbers though, more men are alpha than women. It's just how it is. Take a strong alpha female though, and she...

  22. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    JWG223 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think location matters,as does environment. I've seen MD's disrespect people often. The most memorable was the cardiologist yelling about the hospitalist to the nurses "WOULD YOU WANT HER AS YOUR...

  23. Nursing Pay Question?

    JWG223 replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    You're forgetting what a nurse is. A nurse is a necessary evil. Noone wants a nurse, but everyone needs one. The best nurses who do the best work, the most you can say of them is "They keep the...

  24. Hospital Safety Workplace Violence

    JWG223 replied to Stevie Boy's topic in General Nursing

    Diane Feinstein thinks she is the only one who should own a firearm. Look at her track record on the issue and the idiotic bills she introduces every year. She finally got it through her thick skull...

  25. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    JWG223 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    The bottom line is that wayyyy back in the human brain exists the axiom that violence is the ultimate law. This is why women like guys who are loud, obnoxious, "douche bags" (seriously, find a guy...