Murse-Man

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1. being discriminated against in clinicals

   Murse-Man replied to s13a29's topic in Male Students

   I haven't had this problem yet, but I have no tattoos and look pretty unassuming. I'm also only 5'8" and 170, though. I love to box, though, so I try to be careful both about letting it be known that I'm into that sort of thing and minimizing visible...

2. Fightsports while in school

   Murse-Man replied to Murse-Man's topic in Male Students

   ^^^I appreciate you response, thank you. I'm making school my first priority, to be sure, and sacrifices will be (and already have been) made; the question, however, is whether or not something is a requisite sacrifice. It's extremely easy to pick on...

3. Gay male nurse stereotype?

   Murse-Man replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Students

   I'm not against a name change; i think we should be called "murses". It's funny (albeit sometimes derogatory, at least how I have heard it used), but that's the best way to change a negative label. Make it your own, then take pride in it.

4. What made you pick nursing...

   Murse-Man replied to ArkansasFan's topic in Male Students

   Towards the end of my bachelor's degree (I majored in economics), I realized I wanted to get into healthcare. I originally thought about doing physical therapy (which still seems very interesting to me), but I realized I would realistically need to ...

5. Fightsports while in school

   Murse-Man replied to Murse-Man's topic in Male Students

   I appreciate all the advice, it's helpful to hear different perspectives (and helpful to hear about how time-consuming clinicals will be, yikes). I read/absorb stuff unusually quickly, so I expect that studying outside of class won't be as difficul...

6. Fightsports while in school

   Murse-Man replied to Murse-Man's topic in Male Students

   "I honestly couldn't imagine myself NOT training... Because I was so obsessed but after a couple of weeks... I got over it." This is how I feel, lol. I hope I can get over it as quickly, I read back through my post after I typed it out and realized ...

7. Fightsports while in school

   Murse-Man posted a topic in Male Students

   Hey guys, I'm starting nursing school in january (almost exactly 1 month), I'm a 24 year old male. I've been active with martial arts in some form or another for almost 10 years (karate, judo, wrestling, MMA, and most recently boxing); have any of yo...