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I HATE nursing school! I LOVE nursing school!

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  1. My personal favorite is the segment of our population (!) who believe that COVID is being spread via the 5G cellular network. As a current healthcare professional and former IT professional, I found this intellectually disturbing.
  2. Do Nursing Students Have a Life?

    In a word, "no." But then, you can't (and shouldn't try) to put nursing school into a word, or a sentence, or even a book. It's a life - a lifestyle, an almost-all-encompassing occupation, energizing you and draining you all at the same time. It's a...
  3. A friend recently wrote to me about his aunt ("Mimi") who had heart valve-replacement surgery. "Mimi" is normally a strong-willed person and very health-conscious. However, after this ten-hour procedure (originally expected to take four), she became...
  4. Anyone in healthcare should know the toll that stress can take on a human being. NO amount of money is worth a terrible job. Been there...cost me. Left...happier, healthier.
  5. Nurse Quirks

    Boy...out of context, that would be a most disturbing statement.
  6. Nurse Quirks

    I've always been a bit of a germaphobe, even from childhood (when I became aware of "little nasties"). But I felt that, during my pre-reqs, that I had a far better sense of what was reasonable - how, when, and why. What's most interesting was when I...
  7. Advice plz!!! New in Nursing

    I'm 47 with a BS and MS in Computer Science. I started all over a few years ago at a junior college (has a better reputation that the local BSN program!). I was not much of a student in higher education, but this time around I have maintained a 4.0...
  8. Flu shot issue

    Assuming it was cultured in the customary fashion...are you allergic to eggs? I can't help but wonder if it was cultured in something different, something you're allergic to...
  9. Why do you feel that nursing is for you?

    Since I can remember (about age 6), I have always had an inclination to help and take care of people.
  10. Prestige Sprague Stethoscope not working for me

    :redbeathe My specialty is cardiology; I use a Littmann Cardiology III. It comes with different types of ear tips; I found the squishy ones very comfortable and made for superior sound transmission. It was a staggering difference from the cheapie I...
  11. Needing an honest answer

    I read this last year, only the "magic medicine" was TEQUILA!
  12. Needing an honest answer

    It's probably also worth mentioning that the healthcare industry has painted itself (and society) into what I call a "corner of stupidity" with "cancer." How many types of cancer are there? If someone actually discovered a cure for say, prostate can...
  13. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    for pity's sake, people. it's hipaa: "health insurance portability and accountability act". if there's a "hippa," i'm unfamiliar with it. considering the education each and everyone one of us is supposed to have, and the size of the shadow hipaa c...
  14. Grades don't matter! Are you sure??????

    Being an older nursing student (47), I have it in my head that I have something to prove, that I need to have some advantage to compensate for my age, so for me and my wife (a 46-year-old law student), 89% is a failing grade. She's wrapping up her Ba...
  15. Ages of male nursing students?

    'The Few. The Proud. The Male Nurses.' :w00t: