Career Myths
The nursing “trade”
Is nursing considered a career or a trade? I am not just a skilled craftsman, I am an educated professional.
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Don’t Burn Your Bridges
What you say or do here will eventually make it to the hospital on the other side of town. Here’s an example…
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Nurse myths – “Have you heard about the nurse who…?”
The whole truth about the profession’s oft-told tales.
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Dealing with gender stereotypes in nursing
Blogger Sean Dent has encountered both preferential treatment and discrimination as a male nurse. From “You want to be a Murse?” to “The doctors like you better – it’s a guy thing.”
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A sad myth: nurses eat their young
Nurses can do a lot to end this shortage by creating an environment where others want to work.
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Debunking the school nurse myth
Meet Ellen Keane. This exceptional RN addresses the common misconceptions about school nurses and gives helpful advice for newbies.
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Are nurses angels?
The public’s image of nurses can be frustrating. But once in a while we encounter an “angel” story that doesn’t offend us.
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3 male nurse myths
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.
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The myth of nurses dating doctors
If Grey’s Anatomy is to be believed, doctors and nurses spend more time having sex on the job than they do treating patients.
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Are print scrubs just for the pediatric floor?
As I was shopping in the dairy aisle, a little boy of about 4 years of age walked up to me, hugged my legs and would not let go. It was very sweet. I assume he was attracted to my scrubs.
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Work rage
Have you ever been in a hostile workplace situation? Or just a really frustrating one? Enough to make you open the emergency chute?
Rebekah Child
Nursing school finals frustration
Student nurses are frazzled and panicking right now. You’ve been there. Got any advice for us?
Ani Burr
Stranger in a strange land
Male nurses are almost not existent in the clinics. Other than the MDs, I am the only guy on the floor.
Rob Cameron
The nursing “trade”
Is nursing considered a career or a trade? I am not just a skilled craftsman, I am an educated professional.
Sean Dent
A doctor in nursing uniform?
I love hearing about how the nurse practitioner is the “next best thing” in the medical profession. Is it?
Nicole Lehr
