New Male Nursing Student. Any Pointers?

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I am a new male Nursing student in Jacksonville Florida, going to Jacksonville University. I start the transfer Nursing program on the 27th of this month, with orientation on the 22nd. I was hoping to get information from anyone regarding what to expect, helpful study habits, NCLEX pointers, or just anything of value. Also, how is it to work as a male nurse? Big thanks in advance!

Specializes in PCU, Hospice, Psych, ICU, Case & Disease Mgmt.

Stay focused & Organized. The incrdibly easy books are awesome for med surg. I personally like Saunders q/a i bought mine on the first day of school, and knew it from front to back. Free time is obviously gone, but it is worth it in the long run! GOOD LUCK!

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Specializes in 1st year Critical Care RN, not CCRN cert.
Stay focused & Organized. The incrdibly easy books are awesome for med surg. I personally like Saunders q/a i bought mine on the first day of school, and knew it from front to back. Free time is obviously gone, but it is worth it in the long run! GOOD LUCK!

This guy gives excellent advice with the incredibly easy books. I have the med-surg and the OB books and they both along with the Saunders book helped me pass. Fortunately for me our regular assigned textbooks were the books the Saunders nclex book was based on so all the pics and stuff matched perfectly.

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This guy gives excellent advice with the incredibly easy books. I have the med-surg and the OB books and they both along with the Saunders book helped me pass. Fortunately for me our regular assigned textbooks were the books the Saunders nclex book was based on so all the pics and stuff matched perfectly.

Wow that's great, I'll definitely look into those books, I have a year and a half before I have to take the nclex, but getting an early start is not a bad idea. I was also curious about the nclex itself, specifically the multiple multiple questions and how you went about answering them.

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Yea free time now, isn't so free LOL. I am not looking forward to the med surg classroom part, but am looking forward to the clinical portion of it, I was hoping to go to ED, so I thought it would give me a feel for the environment. Thank you much, best of luck to you as well!!!!

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Mate the only advice i have is get stuck in and be yourself. Another thing i have found as being very important is when you are on clinical placements, be nice to the staff, especially orderlies/reception staff as it really goes along way and they really appreaciate it. you nver know when you might need to ask a favour, and word does get around if your a nice person in hospital environments ;)

But yeah go hard buddy, im nearly at the end of my second year here in NZ and i am amazed at how fast the year has gone :)

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Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.

Congrats on starting nursing school dude! I can honestly say that I have had a great experience as a male student nurse. No one has ever made me feel as anything other than a valuable member of a team. I started at 18 years old and have learned so much. I am 20 now and will graduate in May of 2013, and I have found that nursing requires flexibility on the students part. Know your learning style. For example, I am multi-modal learner, but learn best from auditory input and writing. So I record lectures (if allowed by institution) and listen to them in the car, while waiting in the doctors office and I write out outlines and concepts maps on the material i found difficulty to understand. I also learn well by discussing the information reviewed in class in study-groups that are small (3-4 people). If i go to a study group I make sure I don't go to it as a empty vessel, I try to study and bring something to the group, as all study group members should try to do.

If you have a smart-phone, put it to good use and download apps like micromedex, epocrates, RN Mentor (ATI) app, and various other nclex and nursing apps. Also, the Nursing Made Incredibly East series is great for brief summaries of difficult concepts, they have a fundamentals, med-surg, pharm, critical care, and various other versions of the book.

Finally, I suggest getting a Tarascon pharmacopeia classic for Nurses book. It gives good nursing specific information regarding medication administration.

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I know I haven't been in here in some time, but I just wanted to reiterate my gratitude and hope everyone is doing well in their careers. I graduated in December 2014, passes NCLEX first time up, have 1 year experience, and have been accepted into FNP school. Thanks again guys!

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You will be a minority because of being a male. Don't let that discourage you and learn how you best study and retain information then work 24/7 that way. I love being a nurse and have few issues because of it. Often times you will be the odd man out in social groups at school because of not having anything to add to girl talk.

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Specializes in BSN, RN-BC, NREMT, EMT-P, TCRN.
You will be a minority because of being a male. Don't let that discourage you and learn how you best study and retain information then work 24/7 that way. I love being a nurse and have few issues because of it. Often times you will be the odd man out in social groups at school because of not having anything to add to girl talk.

Did you notice that he's a nurse now with a year's experience?

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You will be a minority because of being a male. Don't let that discourage you and learn how you best study and retain information then work 24/7 that way. I love being a nurse and have few issues because of it. Often times you will be the odd man out in social groups at school because of not having anything to add to girl talk.

>>puts on my high pitched girl voice...

MAN whatcha mean nothin to add to girl talk? :D

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