Become a Nurse without Nursing School

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Anyone know of any opportunities abroad to become a nurse thru apprenticeship rather than thru traditional education?

(I'm fed up with looking for accelerated programs, having to meet bogus requirements, etc. I'd rather just do on-the-job training for 3/4 the pay in some other country. Anyone know of anything like this?)

Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
I have actually been useful this week!!! So exciting, actually. I still am surprised and enamored when I observe and either fix or report some new development in a patient's condition. (You know, use that pointless 4-year degree I didn't get paid 3/4 to earn.) I had this guy who has been at the hospital for-EVAAA (honestly, this poor guy is such a trooper and just keeps having one thing after another go wrong). Had him only two days, but the first day I spotted mild, barely-there jaundice (which led to labs and meds adjustments, and yes his LFTs were terrible). Then the next day he had a scary episode of airway swelling and pharyngeal bleeding that I totally handled flawlessly, in addition to taking care of (and preventing) other multiple complications that go along with every single organ failing while you somehow have to get invasive procedures, prevent clots, and begin mobility after weeks of deconditioning.

Guuurrrrrllll! I was on that shizz. I'm still new enough at this that I totally get all "WHOO HOO TEAM IXCHEL!!!!" when I get a little victory.

Trained monkey THIS, OP! ������

Kudos to you! (But, now, did you really have to spend all that time in school to be able to save his life?)

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I have actually been useful this week!!! So exciting, actually. I still am surprised and enamored when I observe and either fix or report some new development in a patient's condition. (You know, use that pointless 4-year degree I didn't get paid 3/4 to earn.) I had this guy who has been at the hospital for-EVAAA (honestly, this poor guy is such a trooper and just keeps having one thing after another go wrong). Had him only two days, but the first day I spotted mild, barely-there jaundice (which led to labs and meds adjustments, and yes his LFTs were terrible). Then the next day he had a scary episode of airway swelling and pharyngeal bleeding that I totally handled flawlessly, in addition to taking care of (and preventing) other multiple complications that go along with every single organ failing while you somehow have to get invasive procedures, prevent clots, and begin mobility after weeks of deconditioning.

Guuurrrrrllll! I was on that shizz. I'm still new enough at this that I totally get all "WHOO HOO TEAM IXCHEL!!!!" when I get a little victory.

Trained monkey THIS, OP! ������

I'm totally on board with a WOO-HOO TEAM IXCHEL on this one. You're amazing.

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Wow just wow..thanks for the laugh tonight, no seriously, this is the funniest post I have read in awhile. What else do you want, the RN uniform without paying for it ?, or better yet, maybe you won't have to take the Nclex either lolz. Great laugh tonight, I really don't even no what else to say.

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Specializes in critical care.
Kudos to you! (But, now, did you really have to spend all that time in school to be able to save his life?)

Well, I suppose not. I mean, everyone turns yellow while choking on blood at SOME point in their lives and they get through it just fine, amiright?????? Never mind the necrotic toes and jeez, does it REALLY matter if we monitor the diabetic man's blood sugar after stopping TPN??? Nahhhh.... Efffffff afib, go stop the heparin drip because his foley shows hematuria. No, wait.... What does heparin do again? (I'm telling you - this poor guy was a hot mess!!!)

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Specializes in critical care.
I'm totally on board with a WOO-HOO TEAM IXCHEL on this one. You're amazing.

I want to make a button for this. lol

For real, though... You totally made me blush just now. :)

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Specializes in Hospice.
I'm totally on board with a WOO-HOO TEAM IXCHEL on this one. You're amazing.

Me too-WOO-HOO TEAM IXCHEL!!

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Lol. New as in "wanting to be a nurse with no schooling but for 3/4 the pay".

Yes, but would he still be willing to do the job for 5/8 the pay? Or would he be trying to find someone who actually WENT to college to let him know if that's more or less than 3/4....?

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I have actually been useful this week!!! So exciting, actually. I still am surprised and enamored when I observe and either fix or report some new development in a patient's condition. (You know, use that pointless 4-year degree I didn't get paid 3/4 to earn.) I had this guy who has been at the hospital for-EVAAA (honestly, this poor guy is such a trooper and just keeps having one thing after another go wrong). Had him only two days, but the first day I spotted mild, barely-there jaundice (which led to labs and meds adjustments, and yes his LFTs were terrible). Then the next day he had a scary episode of airway swelling and pharyngeal bleeding that I totally handled flawlessly, in addition to taking care of (and preventing) other multiple complications that go along with every single organ failing while you somehow have to get invasive procedures, prevent clots, and begin mobility after weeks of deconditioning.

Guuurrrrrllll! I was on that shizz. I'm still new enough at this that I totally get all "WHOO HOO TEAM IXCHEL!!!!" when I get a little victory.

Trained monkey THIS, OP! ������

ROFL...you kill me!

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MATH IS POWER

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I have noticed.

RIP Red Jello

No, the truly tragic loss to The Locked Zone was a gem entitled The Mockery of Nursing. Sigh.

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No, the truly tragic loss to The Locked Zone was a gem entitled The Mockery of Nursing. Sigh.

But did that one actually get locked? It seemed to me like it just stopped because it hit the max number of posts allowed. I don't know though, I was just a future generation reading the epicness that was.

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But did that one actually get locked? It seemed to me like it just stopped because it hit the max number of posts allowed. I don't know though, I was just a future generation reading the epicness that was.

Alas, no, it went to the Lost Zone of Locked Threads because some people (who I imagined recognized themselves?) complained. Enough hits to the Report button can get a perfectly entertaining thread zapped into oblivion. EVEN the truly epic!

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