Blogger: Jim DeMaria

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James DeMaria, RN, BSN, is Vice President of Renal Care Registered Nursing Services, located in Nanuet, N.Y. Founded in 1991, Renal Care Registered Nursing Services provides acute kidney dialysis services to some of the northeast’s largest hospitals and caregiving facilities. While having had no formal business training, James has excelled as an entrepreneur, a role he must balance with his responsibility as a nurse, husband and father, and is always on call, explaining, “You never work harder than you do for yourself.” He is also cohost of “Nurse's Station,” a new audio podcast by and for nurses.

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Scrubs Fashion: What Looks Good
on a Male Nurse?

Posted: October 6th, 2009 | By Jim DeMaria | 6 comments

If you’re a T-shirt-and-jeans kind of guy like me, you may need some on-duty fashion advice. Here are my DOs and DON’Ts if you want to be taken seriously.

Tags: Male Nurse, Scrubs Fashion Tips

3 Male Nurse Myths

Posted: September 20th, 2009 | By Jim DeMaria | 10 comments

Nursing is only a woman’s profession? Wrong. Men aren’t emotionally suited to nursing? Wrong. Oh, and male nurses are just “wanna be” doctors? Puh-lease.

Tags: Career Myths, Inspiration, Male Nurse, Seasoned Nurse

Nurses – A Political Force

Posted: September 7th, 2009 | By Jim DeMaria | no comments

Think about it. How many nurses are there in this country? Whether on the local, state or national level, we could stand up for the things we believe in.

Tags: Healthcare, Nurses and Politics, Politics

Zen and the Art of Male Nurse Maintenance

Posted: August 18th, 2009 | By Jim DeMaria | one comment

I started studying the Chinese martial arts a little more than four years ago, and I have to say that my time there has helped me to find “me.” At first, it was just something to get into better shape.

Tags: Male Nurse, Stress Relief

Layoffs – What’s Old is New

Posted: August 4th, 2009 | By Jim DeMaria | no comments

We asked our nurse expert Jim DeMaria to draw a parallel between the layoffs of the 90’s and today, and what we can learn from them during these economic hard times.

Tags: Male Nurse, Traveling Nurse

Nurse Jackie: A Male Nurse’s Perspective

Posted: July 23rd, 2009 | By Jim DeMaria | no comments

Nurse Jackie is the new show on Showtime that features Edie Falco (of The Sopranos fame) in the lead role of—you guessed it—Nurse Jackie. After watching the first episode, it took a little while to sink in: Did I just see what I thought I saw?

Tags: At Work, Male Nurse, Nurse Jackie

Why Don’t Insurers Focus More on Preventive Care?

Posted: April 23rd, 2009 | By Jim DeMaria | no comments

We wash our hands. We brush our teeth. We wear seatbelts. But even with healthcare prices soaring out of control, we still see insurance companies ignoring the value of preventive behaviors…

Tags: Healthcare, Insurance, Male Nurse, Preventive Medicine

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