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  1. Plus size nursing students

    firstyearstudent replied to nurse2btracy's topic in General Students

    The uniform company we were instructed to buy from did not have a size to fit one of our students. He bought white scrubs instead. I am sure that the administration will make a concession if their...

  2. Please Stop Telling Me "You'll be fine."

    firstyearstudent replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I start work in July and plan to get my support from those I've gotten support from in the past -- my fantastic fellow

  3. Nursing and unionization...

    firstyearstudent replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I thought Nursing Against the Odds by Suzanne Gordon provided some pretty convincing pro-union arguments. You might want to check it

  4. Why do doctors get to play by different rules?

    firstyearstudent replied to asilmk's topic in General Nursing

    I was at a psychiatric clinical site recently where the doctor was fuming because he got disciplined for making rounds so late. He was coming in after 1700 and staying until 200. He really didn't see...

  5. I give up on waiting and I need a new plan

    firstyearstudent replied to clamaity21's topic in General Nursing

    There are plenty of jobs available in hospitals. Why don't you get a job as a CNA or some kind of clerk until you can get in

  6. Pt stole from a worker?/drama

    firstyearstudent replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the tip! I've been wondering what I'm going to do with all my nursing "stuff" once I start work in a month or so. I'll be glad to get rid of the hokey apron that tthe school has been making...

  7. Pt stole from a worker?/drama

    firstyearstudent replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    No one deserves to get anything stolen from them. If you drive through a bad part of town late at night, do you deserve to get carjacked? When you get drunk at a frat party do you deserve to get...

  8. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That would be great. Let's work toward it. Let's implement affirmative action, equalize the playing field, and then get rid of it (and nepotism and chronyism). America gets off cheap with affirmative...

  9. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am all for Affirmative Action and Quotas -- especially in the media. Minorities need to be heard. I'm sorry, but if a couple of white people lose out on job opportunities, no matter how much they...

  10. Career switching advice

    firstyearstudent replied to Spartan05's topic in General Nursing

    I second what the other poster said. Nursing is wide open. It's not just about being at the bedside. It's also an entry into the healthcare field. For instance, you have an engineering degree, did you...

  11. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow! I really applaud you and the amount of self-knowledge you have. Because you aware of these issues and biases you are able to address them. Because of the degree of insight you have you can ask...

  12. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for your honest post. It provides proof to me that racist thought is very much alive in the U.S. today, if not nutured by claims of white entitlement/supremacity than under absurd claims of...

  13. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You said what I wanted to in a much more compassionate way. You are the queen of therapeutic

  14. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, I'd like to learn about this oppression of whites, too. It sounds like propaganda that the KKK and Aryan Nation sends out to whip up righteous indignation where none is deserved in order to fuel...

  15. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Perhaps, and I'm just guessing here, someone could have experienced so much discrimination in their life that they no longer care what they have to do to make sure they get treated decently. Or...

  16. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No. But all patients could benefit from the therapuetic communications skills that are commonly used in the psychiatric

  17. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Can't see the difference myself. When people are under this kind of stress -- EVERYONE is a psych patient. When my mother was sick in the ICU and dying of cancer the whole family was absolutely...

  18. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not realistic? I've just finished up doing a psych preceptorship and it's what every nurse did there all day long. About 80% of the population is paranoid. It doesn't help to get defensive. It often...

  19. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    firstyearstudent replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that this guy was being manipulative or playing the "race card." Perhaps he was dealing with his own anxieties. His newborn baby was in the arms of a stranger and...

  20. Nursing and unionization...

    firstyearstudent replied to dzadzey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was talking to an instructor recently about my employment options and mentioned that I was crossing one hospital I liked off my list because they weren't union. And she told me that it wasn't...

  21. Physicians and Labor Support

    firstyearstudent replied to May_baby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What about Midwives? When I was checking out my childbirth options, I visited a birthing center. (I eventually went with an OB because my insurance didn't cover it.) Someone asked about doublas and...

  22. Needlesticks

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone ever experienced a needlesstick and would you like to share your

  23. Working moms and daycare

    firstyearstudent replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Nursing

    Ooops! I misunderstood the original

  24. LVN to RN CA 30 unit option

    firstyearstudent replied to twogirlsmom's topic in LPN to RN

    I would not recommend this based on what I was told is the case. I was told that other states might not recognize this certification and that it was NOT possible to convert it to a degree certificate...

  25. sexual jokes in the workplace

    firstyearstudent replied to penguin2's topic in General Nursing

    The kind who minds her patients instead of her co-worker's