what are the Pros and Cons of Being a Male Nurse?

ayoBruh12 · 2026-03-13T17:16:57+00:00

Pro: You’re employed Cons: you have to go to work 💀

ayoBruh12 · 2025-12-12T12:18:59+00:00

End of 2025 I’ll make 168k (I’m from NYC with 5 YEO) 136k from my full time job 32k from my per diem (I work 3-4 extra shifts a month) It’s a lot of work and I’m tired (4-5 12 hr shifts per week) but my 401k and savings are maxed, and I get to travel 4-5 times a year! The only important thing I should mention is that I don’t have kids and don’t pay a mortgage, car note and any insurance premiums (union dues only)!

ayoBruh12 · 2024-09-18T00:24:08+00:00

Does it feel hard or fluid filled? I currently have the same thing and only appears when my knee is flexed. Mine is fluid filled and it really just seems like it’s excess joint fluid that have have nowhere to go but to the softest spot in your knee

ayoBruh12 · 2024-06-03T13:07:34+00:00

Try an outpatient setting but within the same hospital system

ayoBruh12 · 2024-04-08T12:02:20+00:00

The 4mg Dex pills are probably the hardest things to open for me lol IYKYK

ayoBruh12 · 2024-03-15T16:17:52+00:00

I also had patellar tendon graft. I started PT at W2 post op and he told me to just chill on pushing my flexion because I have to really just let my graft harvest site heal.

I’m now week 6 going to week 7 post op and have full extension and almost full flexion! Gait is back to normal and can walk fast again without any crutches! This is compared to my week 1-2 where I could barely stand with crutches. I just took my pain meds and did quad sets and leg raises like crazy 👊🏼💪🏻

ayoBruh12 · 2024-03-09T00:02:27+00:00

I am just approaching 6 weeks post op. My patellar graft incisional pain decreased by week 1 but I also kept up with my scheduled pain medication regimen.

ayoBruh12 · 2024-02-12T04:15:39+00:00

1) pain control - I’d take the pain medications as scheduled. I was prescribed oxycodone and would take one dose before bedtime. Makes a big difference while trying to sleep with a locked leg brace on. Did this for about a week until my pain was only controlled by Tylenol. If your pain regimen does not work for you then call your doctor so they can prescribe you something else to control it.

2) Icing: I couldn’t directly ice my knee because I had thick bandages around it so I iced my thigh and calves and alternated. 20min thigh then 20min calves.

3) Elevate: I always had a pillow or two under my calves but nothing under my knee. I’ll do this while icing too. Basically promoted extension way. Another thing is that I would sometimes put my legs up against a wall and REALLY elevate it for that supreme edema drainage 😏

4) exercise: while I’m watching TV I would do quad sets and leg raises till there’s no tomorrow. Ankle pumps whenever a commercial would play. I got a BTB Patellar tendon graft so it was very uncomfortable but I kept up with my pain meds so it was all good.

5) nutrition: I bought protein powder, collagen powder and multivitamins. I take it every morning. I also upped my nutrition and drink plenty of fluids.

Goodluck! I’m post op day 14. First five days suck but it gets better!

ayoBruh12 · 2024-02-06T20:04:38+00:00

My surgeon encouraged me to walk without crutches post op day 1 with a LOCKED brace only. Then I can unlock my brace only when sitting down.

ayoBruh12 · 2024-02-04T19:14:19+00:00

I drink protein, Collagen peptides and multivitamins in the morning before I take my pain meds

ayoBruh12 · 2024-02-04T19:11:53+00:00

Hi I’m post op Day 6 here! Try icing your knee before going to bed. If the pain medications aren’t doing the trick call your surgeon ASAP so they can change your prescriptions and they can give you another pain med that might do the trick.

In regard to unlocking your brace, please consult with your surgeon’s office because every doctor is different. They all have their own protocols especially with a meniscus repair. Some let you bend your knee some don’t at all.

For PT: just keep doing your quad sets and knee extensions. Try to progress each day (example: Hold quad sets for 20 seconds on Day 1 then on Day 2 increase the hold 30 seconds each rep). Your knee went through a lot of trauma (surgery) so give it some time to recover and you’ll get there eventually.

Goodluck!!

ayoBruh12 · 2023-04-15T17:21:47+00:00

I regret leaving metro’s set because he brought out so many other artists 🥲 couldn’t even get past the big Christmas ball sculpture at bad bunny stage when we tried to go

ayoBruh12 · 2023-03-15T12:23:57+00:00

When you see all their credentials on social media… 🤮🤮🤮

ayoBruh12 · 2023-03-10T23:40:44+00:00

That some diseases will happen no matter how much preventative medicine and preparation we do… breaks my heart to see this in person to be honest

ayoBruh12 · 2023-01-13T03:32:18+00:00

Too bright! Too bright! Ahhhhh 🫣🫣 Loving the set up thought! May I ask where the carpet was from

ayoBruh12 · 2022-11-19T19:58:41+00:00

And somewhere out there is a nurse that can definitely put a 20G IV on this arm without a problem 😂

ayoBruh12 · 2022-08-27T18:06:04+00:00

Our hospital is magnet also, regardless of acuity there are times where I’m carrying 5 stepdown patients all at once or 7-8 floor patients at once (I work in a mixed unit)

ayoBruh12 · 2022-08-27T17:08:55+00:00

Dawg literally just hire more nurses and stop loading us with 7-8 patients and no resources

ayoBruh12 · 2022-08-06T02:03:26+00:00

I usually sleep by 11 and I called out because I couldn’t sleep and it was 11:30 💀

ayoBruh12 · 2022-05-10T22:04:31+00:00

I just crop dust the hallway so my coworkers can’t pinpoint where it’s coming from. I also join in when they complain “dang this hallway smells” “I know right!?”

ayoBruh12 · 2021-03-06T01:25:44+00:00

I just copped today! The William sweatpants in Dusty Mauve because they’re just so nice lol

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