EleRico

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1. Enduring the Pain (long-ish)

   EleRico replied to EleRico's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much to everybody who offered comments, opinions, and suggestions on this thread. Over all, my mind is much more at ease, though I admit that I have much work to do to improve my physical well-being before I enter a nursing program. I am...

2. Enduring the Pain (long-ish)

   EleRico replied to EleRico's topic in General Nursing

   From morte: "iam between sue and the majority, the getting of a job would not so much be the issue..GETTING INTO AND THRU nursing school is.....i would aggressively pursue PT, chiro if this fits with you belief system.....the prob in the thorax conce...

3. Enduring the Pain (long-ish)

   EleRico replied to EleRico's topic in General Nursing

   From LadyJane "Don't forget the possibility of sales, either drug sales rep, or surgical equipment sales rep too. Lots of driving around, talking to doctors, re-stocking doctors drug cabinets, going out to lunches, out to dinners, out on cruises, etc...

4. Enduring the Pain (long-ish)

   EleRico replied to EleRico's topic in General Nursing

   to everything vito andolini posted in #10: wow.... so, so many options i had never even considered. how refreshing to hear that i may actually have a future in nursing - if, of course, i can push my way through two to three years of nursing school. ...

5. Enduring the Pain (long-ish)

   EleRico replied to EleRico's topic in General Nursing

   From PICNICRN "How do you feel about the NICU??" I'm glad to hear that you have had a great experience in the NICU. It's actually the field that interests me the most (keeping in mind that I have absolutely no experience at all). I was really hoping ...

6. Enduring the Pain (long-ish)

   EleRico replied to EleRico's topic in General Nursing

   From Suesquatch "I'm not trying to be harsh, so please don't take this as such, but you need to forget about nursing. It's the most physically demanding job I have ever had." No offense taken. I appreciate hearing your honest opinion. Love your avat...

7. Enduring the Pain (long-ish)

   EleRico replied to EleRico's topic in General Nursing

   From JaneyW "Are you a surgery candidate because of the pain?" Unfortunately, I've seen more harm than good from from surgery (based on observations of others with similar issues). I'm afraid I'd end up worse off than before, which, from what I under...

8. Enduring the Pain (long-ish)

   EleRico posted a topic in General Nursing

   The following is a personal concern I have been mulling over for about a year now. I can't sort it out without some good advice from professionals like you. A couple of years ago, my budding Army career was cut painfully short when I suffered a bac...