Biker53

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1. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

   Biker53 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   The bottom line is medical care does not automatically cause all patients to shed their modesty and to the extent they can be accommodated in those instances it is a good thing. Given the vast gender imbalance in nursing this is usually easy to do f...

2. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

   Biker53 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Most nursing and related care is not life or death scenarios. Passing medicine and providing most other services are not what is at issue here. It is intimate care that some women only want female staff for and that some men only want male staff fo...

3. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

   Biker53 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't walked in your shoes and suffered your embarrassment or discomfort and I suspect you've not had a female nurse make what was supposed to be a purely clinical encounter into something not entirely clinical. You've earned your anger at bein...

4. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

   Biker53 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   No, what's pathetic are healthcare staff that don't care how embarrassed or uncomfortable their patients are when forced to have certain exams or procedures done by opposite gender staff. Male patients bear most of the brunt of that kind of thinking...

5. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

   Biker53 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

6. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

   Biker53 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   In an ideal world nobody would care but it's not an ideal world. Some patients do care. Some women don't want male staff for certain intimate procedures. Some men don't want women for certain intimate procedures. Thus having a mix of male & f...

7. OK, don't sweat small stuff about patients, especially from glasshouse

   Biker53 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I'm 66 and can't swallow pills. Never could. The gag reflex kicks in. I generally use a finger to push them down my throat just far enough to swallow. Occasionally I just chew them.

8. CRNAs: We are the Answer

   Biker53 replied to Bluebolt's topic in CRNA

   I'm just asking questions trying to understand. I don't have the answer but agree that there is surely a skills & training reason why hospitals hire anesthesiologist MD's. It may what we are dealing with in this debate is the same as primary ca...

9. CRNAs: We are the Answer

   Biker53 replied to Bluebolt's topic in CRNA

   But you haven't answered why would a hospital ever hire an anesthesiologist if a CRNA will do the same work for much less $ while having the same skill & knowledge base as an anesthesiologist.

10. CRNAs: We are the Answer

    Biker53 replied to Bluebolt's topic in CRNA

    Then why would any hospital ever employ an Anesthesiologist MD if the same skill & knowledge level is available for far less $ in the form of CRNA's? Why would anyone go through all those years of medical school and Residency to become an Anest...

11. CRNAs: We are the Answer

    Biker53 replied to Bluebolt's topic in CRNA

    Interesting comment. This sounds like my experience with PA's. My last 2 primary care providers have been PA's, not because I wanted a PA but because when I needed to find a new PCP there weren't any MD's within 2 hours of where I live taking new p...

12. CRNAs: We are the Answer

    Biker53 replied to Bluebolt's topic in CRNA

    This is a topic that has confused me or a while now. Am I understanding this correctly that the MD's are there for the initial induction but then leave for another OR while the CRNA stays with the patient and manages the anesthesia throughout the su...

13. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

    Biker53 replied to SydneyKidney's topic in NP

    Elvish, you did it the way I would hope all parents would handle it. You gave your son a choice, and he chose what he was comfortable with. Our daughter was very shy and my wife just knew moving her to a female NP was the way to go. Our son was al...

14. Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

    Biker53 replied to SydneyKidney's topic in NP

    I don't fault the NP's who are doing their job as best they can while trying to minimize the embarrassment of their teenage boy patients, but I am at a loss as to what their parents are thinking in sending them to have such an exam by women. Do they...

15. Where are all the "older" nurses?

    Biker53 replied to tjcnurse2b's topic in Relations

    From Julius Seizure I realize some young folks can be mature beyond their years and that there are some older folks that never grew up. It is just that generally speaking I find myself more comfortable with nurses that are say 40 or above. It has...