Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

1 In your experience, do male nurses get more respect from providers than females? I have seen examples of this, not always, but enough to make me wonder if it's widespread. How about you, what's your experience? No...

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Med Error

I did a HUGE mistake today on my first day of orientation to the floor. My preceptor was passing meds to our patient using apple sauce and I was right across from her on the other side of the bed. Well, she said she had to go get something and handed

Holmescc

Hi! Has anyone gotten into Holmescc in Ridgeland adn program after being on the alternate list? What are the odds of an alternate getting in? Thanks.

Please explain hospital departments

I will be starting nursing school this coming fall. I have a general idea of the different departments within a hospital from my time spent here at AN but can you guys truly spell it out for me? Every so often I like to browse the open positions avai

Application question

So long story short I got a job this past fall at a Med Telly unit. Everything was fantastic in the unit. The nurses, managers, patients (most of them), MDs and other staff. Once the amount of patients I had kept rising, I started getting into a habi

your night shift sleep must's and never's

Oh.... boy. My vacation is almost over and for these past few weeks, I have been sleeping pretty good (5-6 hrs w/o waking up vs waking q2 hrs) and my energy and mood has been higher, but night shift can rumble it down :*(

What are your dos and don'

Does it get better?

I recently started a new job at a health clinic and have been there 5 months now. I love what I do, truly. I love my patients and the providers I work with. I have a good rapport with the providers and my colleagues but my charge nurse is not support

MSN practicum ideas

I am currently unemployed, awaiting surgery. I am 4 classes from completing my MSN/MHA; I have not worked since December due to health issues. I have been told by a UOP professor that even unemployed I may complete my program with a community based p

Grief - how can we avoid it as nurses loosing a patient?

What are ways to avoid grief when loosing a patient?
What are your tips or what do you usually do?

I know we can't get too attached, self awareness, what else? It's different every time we lose a patient. Some deaths are harder to bear than others.

Looking for partner in crime - patho study buddy

Hi,

I am searching for someone interested in study together pathophysiology in near future. Chicagoland. Anyone interested?