Protonprimary

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1. Ages of male nursing students?

   Protonprimary replied to Stearnsy's topic in Male Students

   I entered at 45, passed the NCLEX last week at 46 and a half (75 questions and all the tutorial and survey stuff in under forty minutes - yay. sorry, still doing that little dance.), and will complete my Direct Entry Master's program when I'm 47. T...

2. Need your support guys.........I Feel like a real pansy!!

   Protonprimary replied to malestudentnurse's topic in Male Students

   First - good job. Second, you might think this out another way. What if that person had been a patient? Would your gonadal instinct to throw down have won out in that situation? Your "just say no to a fight" attitude will help you down the road wh...

3. Day One in the Life of a Nursing Student

   Protonprimary replied to MachoNurse's topic in General Nursing

   OK, that was a brilliant piece of work, both for the writing and for the observation and self reflection. I truly admire your attitude. I'm adding you to my list of people to learn from, for sure!

4. MGH-IHP Direct Entry Program: Pros/cons? Current/graduated students please respond!

   Protonprimary replied to hemicoffee's topic in Post Graduate

   I believe that approximately 300 people applied, but that is not an official number and I'm not sure the veracity of that claim. The entire 3-year program all the way to the Masters is called Entry Level Nursing (it's an unfortunate name, since it so...

5. MGH-IHP Direct Entry Program: Pros/cons? Current/graduated students please respond!

   Protonprimary replied to hemicoffee's topic in Post Graduate

   I'm a first year in the MGH IHP direct entry Master's program (which they call Entry Level Nursing). There are about 80 students and it's a very fine, energetic and cooperative group. I'm proud to be part of such a great class. For a class this si...

6. does age REALLY matter?

   Protonprimary replied to pinkynbd_99's topic in General Nursing

   If I take the original poster's question, not as a personal statement about the abilities of any individual, but as a question about capacity planning for the nursing profession in general, I am reminded of a number of factors that would go into maki...

7. Gay Nurses... help!

   Protonprimary replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Students

   I've spent the last year working as a sitter. When I'm in the room with one patient for 8 hours and they keep asking (or, in some cases, accusing), I run out of diversions and sometimes have to fall back on "I don't want to discuss that with you." ...

8. Need a shoulder to cry on

   Protonprimary replied to NurseJeanB's topic in General Students

   Your time with him gave him a wonderful opportunity to be cared for and he gave you a beautiful gift in return: the joy of caring for someone. Your memory of him and your sharing that with us is a great tribute in itself. Thank you, --thomas

9. Question for Any of You That Have Switched Careers to Nursing?

   Protonprimary replied to PhilaGuy's topic in Men

   Congratulations to all of you who've shown the courage to take such a large leap from the comfort ( and perhaps boredom and lack of fulfillment ) of a long term career to do something your heart calls you to. I started out in chemistry and comput...

10. Anyone here taking a big paycut to become a nurse (2nd career)?

    Protonprimary replied to dlkjmk's topic in General Students

    I really appreciate this thread since it's been on my mind a lot. I've been moving from IT leadership into nursing with the intent to become an FNP. I will almost certainly never make as much as I did in my previous career, and sometimes, that give...