Cleanin’ It Up
The life of a CNA can be trying at times but it can also be funny. I work as a CNA in long term health care. In the year and 3 months that I have work in my current job I have realized that male CNAs...
View ArticleResponding to Rude Patients
I have been a nurse for nine months and work in a busy ER outside of Washington DC. I often find myself dealing with “Frequent Flyers” and people who misuse the emergency system (i.e., I’m fairly...
View ArticleA Male Nurse Shares Why He Chose Nursing
I’m sure many of you, like me, have been asked this very same question: “So, what made you go into nursing?” Now there are a bevy of responses you could come up with. There’s the traditional response:...
View ArticleBurning Out
I am a nurse on a cardiovascular floor. I have been there for a couple of years and can’t help but notice the increasing acuity of the patients. Our nurse/patient ratio is 1:5/6. I know that doesn’t...
View ArticleConfidentiality and Youth
I recently watched Fox News for the first time. I was disgusted by how biased and uninformed their reporting was. Here’s the scenario, it painted all nurses in a bad light. A 14-year-old girl rings up...
View ArticleFaking Confidence
I spent last week as a camp nurse in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. For the most part, I spent my days giving kids their meds, removing splinters, putting band-aids on scrapes, and generally being a...
View ArticleDefense Against Patient Complaints
I work in a relatively small ER: 24 beds including hall beds. I am a newcomer to this area, and almost everyone has experience in emergency medicine (in one capacity or another) for much longer than I...
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