irwin

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1. BN vs. Diploma Program

   irwin replied to studentnurses3's topic in General Nursing

   Hey there, Current Diploma student here. I seriously wouldn't want to be anywhere else, my school is right down the hall from the cafeteria in an Acuity hospital, we hit the ground running our second week of school charting vitals in the charts for ...

2. Is it Just me or is school too easy?

   irwin replied to richardjboro1's topic in Male Students

   Yes I thought the same thing, I absolutely love clinicals and the patient/lab partner interaction because I really feel like I am doing something instead of sittin in class staring at my notebook. I have study skills because my first semester of coll...

3. Math

   irwin replied to smoo's topic in Student Assist

   My math class starts in january, but I bought the math for meds book, I must say it is pretty amazing.

4. Please just stop...VENT

   irwin replied to irwin's topic in Male Students

   Thank you for all of the advice, and to the two ladies that have posted. A little update, now that we are into the meat of our nsg fundies book, 6 chapters a day, I found some really cool adults, just be open and give them a chance, they prolly whine...

5. Uniforms...

   irwin replied to irwin's topic in Male Students

   Nope definately not scrubs dude, like white dress pants, and a zippered polo shirt with this tail thing in the back down to my butt, its so stiff and itchy. Also, thank god for under armor compression shorts I have from baseball, or else they'd play ...

6. Uniforms...

   irwin posted a topic in Male Students

   How do you fellah's like your uniforms? Mine are solid white with 2 purple stripes on the sleeves, the labcoat makes me feel like I'll intimidate,I hope that portion is not required for me to wear, but the shirt/jacket thing is sooo itchy. What abo...

7. Getting to know the men behind the names...

   irwin replied to irwin's topic in Male Students

   We have our fair share of Ohioins here. Im from Dean Martins area, infact my granddad and Dino used to play together as kids.

8. Getting to know the men behind the names...

   irwin posted a topic in Male Students

   Hey guys, I was just wonderin, since I'm realtively new here, who you guys are, and what made you choose nursing, and what you guys do to pass time and relieve stress while in school? Let me start, My name is Mike, I'm 20 and from Ohio, fresh outta h...

9. Poll: As a male in Nursing school, my goal/desire is to work in this area....

   irwin replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Male Students

   I really want to become an RNFA, so I hope out of school I land a position in the affiliated hospital in the OR and maybe get some OJT as a scrub instead of being a steady circ. If all else fails, I'll just go to scrub tech school since the RNFA prog...

10. What to wear???

    irwin replied to IWANT2BE's topic in Male Students

    I have the pair of adidas mentioned above, I wear those to the gym. For school I wear Jordans (pricey I know) but they are high top, for the ankle support cuz I'm coming off of a knee injury and the last thing i wana do is roll my ankle causing my kn...

11. Please just stop...VENT

    irwin replied to irwin's topic in Male Students

    Never intended to strike any chords, but I take it I struck quite a few. Yes I was wrong for calling them chicks, and not being a smart butt at all but all of what you guys said is absolutely right, I should be supportive of the others because I know...

12. Please just stop...VENT

    irwin replied to irwin's topic in Male Students

    yea I do help out, i always form study groups and let people copy my notes, it's just the whole "I think you guys are too young..." stuff...only four people in my class are under the age of 30, and I'm not married nor do I have kids..and these people...

13. Please just stop...VENT

    irwin posted a topic in Male Students

    I was wondering how many of you guys out there, faced the same problem I have. Females whining about nearly almost everything?? I thought living with my mom and lil sister for 19 years, and my blonde girlfriend were bad, It makes it seem like heaven ...

14. Getting scared

    irwin replied to adamsmom's topic in General Students

    you have no idea how incredibally scared i am...I took all of my pre reqs, and am taking medical micro bio now, plus working full time, and one of my best friends is going thru the same no holds barred nursing program I'm gona be going thru, I often ...

15. Mac or PC, which do you prefer to have while in school?

    irwin replied to droopy1592's topic in General Students

    I just bought a new laptop...circuit city had a really good deal, it's light as a feather also so I'm sure carrying it around wouldn't be a hassle at all. I got windows XP and it syncs perfectly with my palm TX and the laptop has a built in memory ca...