The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

nikonos · May 22, 2004

Greetings guys. I'm glad that there is a huge thread devoted to communication between male nurses because there are only six guys in the nursing program at my school and none of them are very helpful when it comes to questions. Rock on.

I'm in Louisville, Kentucky and just switched to an ADN program from working on a zoology degree for the past year and a half. I'm guaranteed admission into the CC RN program this fall with my gpa and transfer credits, whereas I would have another three and a half years left if I were to have stayed at my university and went for the BSN option. I have to take my CNA class next month before I can begin clinicals and then I get to come out as an RN in two years with relatively little debt.

Though I haven't had any first-hand experience with patient care yet I have had more than a few science courses and dealt with enough college paperwork to fill several phonebooks so I will chime in whenever I can to add to the discussion or help someone out. Cheers.

Ari RN, BSN, RN · May 22, 2004

You girls are sooooo sneaky. Who invited you to the men's ONLY CLUB? Well, here is a brand new RN. Just took the NCLEX and passed. I am glad that more and more guys are joining the group. That way I won't feel weird!!! :imbar I just love the fact that the majority of my co-workers will be FEMALES. Honestly I'm not a PIG ladies...... Oink oink. Just kidding!

-Take Care All-

Ari RN, BSN, RN · May 22, 2004

Why is it that when your taking your pre-req you get A and B+? Once you start your nursing courses everything tumbles. You receive C's. Actually your C feels like an A. I'm just glad I finally graduated!!!!!!!

Rock ON Gentlemen :angryfire

RNPATL, DNP, RN · May 22, 2004

Why is it that when your taking your pre-req you get A and B+? Once you start your nursing courses everything tumbles. You receive C's. Actually your C feels like an A. I'm just glad I finally graduated!!!!!!!
Rock ON Gentlemen :angryfire

When I entered my RN program, I had a 4.0 GPA. Little did I realize that my GPA would change, in a big way! I never saw another "A" again until the last class of my last semester. No matter how much I studied, no matter how hard I worked, I still would not get an "A."

I finally discovered that the tests in my school were all written by women. There were no male instructors in my program. The plain fact (in my opinion) is that I simply think and have judgements that are different than women. The basis for answering test questions came from my studies and past nursing experience. But, I passed and graduated .... all the same, I think men think differently then women and it can be reflective in their grades. Sad, but true.

catcolalex · May 22, 2004

grades drop because a lot of nursing is theory, ideas and crap like that, pre-reqs are science, absolutes etc.

RNPATL, DNP, RN · May 22, 2004

grades drop because a lot of nursing is theory, ideas and crap like that, pre-reqs are science, absolutes etc.

I agree. Nursing theory is more related to experience and judgement and one's ability to make sound judgements. If you can critically think through a process, most generally you can answer a question. However, early on in nursing school, the ability to critically think through anything can be and is very difficult. As students, there is not enough learned knowledge or understanding to think about a patient's care globally until after you learn more and can fit all the pieces together. I know this now, but really stuggled gettng it in my head at the time.

I would be interested in taking a poll from the male students out there that read this thread. How many of you had a strong GPA going into your nursing program (like 3.60 or better) and how difficult are you finding the tests?

My female counterparts in school tended to have better grades than I did. It certainly was not because I did not study as hard as they did. In fact, most of us were in study groups together and I would still get a "B" on tests. Of course, now that I look back at it, none of the B's really matter, and I have never had an employer say to me, "What was your grade for Nursing Process three? But, it would be interesting to see if other male students feel the same way.

Nurse_Ben · May 23, 2004

Ben here. Last year of my ADN program and there are 3 guys out of 35 total. AND I'm still single!

septicwad · May 25, 2004

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I would be interested in taking a poll from the male students out there that read this thread. How many of you had a strong GPA going into your nursing program (like 3.60 or better) and how difficult are you finding the tests?

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I have an MS in chemistry and am seeking a nursing degree so I can go to anesthesia school. The tests are not difficult, it's the classes that require writing. I really hate nursing school.

Soonstudent · May 25, 2004

What's happenen fellas, Hey I was wondering if certain geographical areas tend to see more male nurses than others, When I changed schools it seemed that there were more males in the school closer to a major city, than a small town. What do you think?

Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN · May 25, 2004

... I would be interested in taking a poll from the male students out there that read this thread. How many of you had a strong GPA going into your nursing program (like 3.60 or better) and how difficult are you finding the tests?...

Start the actual nursing courses in September. My master's program (MBA in administration management) GPA was 3.96.

Found the tests in A & P I and II (only prereq's required based on my previous education by my CC) to be tough. Suggest all the new guys not take these courses as "gimmes."

Kabin · May 25, 2004

What's happenen fellas, Hey I was wondering if certain geographical areas tend to see more male nurses than others, When I changed schools it seemed that there were more males in the school closer to a major city, than a small town. What do you think?

That would require statistical analysis on not so available data to answer.

I'm still doing pre-reqs so I can't offer much detail other than to say last semester's health care ethics class had about 10 guys out of 35 total in the class. It was a surprise to everyone in the class. All other classes have had few males, other than general courses such as A&P. Hopefully the trend is changing.

E.R.nurstudent · Jun 1, 2004

Hi All!
I'm a crazy father of 2 ex-premed who just recently turned down Northwestern to go into a RN program.
I already have an Associate in Science, but I'll be getting another ADN and then go to a 4 yr school.
When I went to an info session about the RN program ill be trying to get into, out of like 70 ppl only 5 were guys.
So I want to know are there any men out there?

:) Hey. How are you? I live in SC. I am 33,male and next semester I will be taking Math120 (Probability & Stats) and A&P. I have 4 more classes before the concentration courses. Does your school use a points system for admittance into the Nursing program? If you were going to my school, you would get more points for already having a degree. The admittance points last semester ranged fom 30 to 60. 60 being those who scored real high and had a degree already. How does your school work?