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?)

There are people who have tried the "short-cut" route to becoming a nurse; they are listed under the "imposter alert" section of my state Board of Nursing.

"He's an imposter!"

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Specializes in critical care.
Personally, I kinda like all the knowledge I'm getting in school. It's fun being smart.

Whatever, elitist.

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Personally, I kinda like all the knowledge I'm getting in school. It's fun being smart.

Are you going for your BSN? If so then you're a psychotic bookworm.

I'm going for my ADN, then doing a RN-BSN, and perhaps pursuing FNP.

I'm not sure what I am...

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Whatever, elitist.

Not everyone can be born Rockstars ixchel, calm down.

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Maybe this program still exists....

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Specializes in critical care.
Not everyone can be born Rockstars ixchel, calm down.

Bask in my awesomeness.

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Specializes in critical care.
Maybe this program still exists....

Brandon, I'm getting tired of you having a "real life" that takes you away from this place.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

I know! I'm going to make a Pintrest board on nursung! That's fun & easy, right?!

I'll post pics of purple unicorn stethoscopes and special snowflake scrubs that show off my figure, and of red Jello and maybe even a picture of the dreamboat doctor that I want to marry.

Then I'll be a nurse:yes:

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I know! I'm going to make a Pintrest board on nursung! That's fun & easy, right?!

I'll post pics of purple unicorn stethoscopes and special snowflake scrubs that show off my figure, and of red Jello and maybe even a picture of the dreamboat doctor that I want to marry.

Then I'll be a nurse:yes:

I said I had it to help me through school. It's all about different diseases and issues, medication, videos on how to place IV's, things like that.

There are no dreamy doctors or jello. There are stethoscopes, but not people unicorn ones. :(

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Are you going for your BSN? If so then you're a psychotic bookworm.

I'm going for my ADN, then doing a RN-BSN, and perhaps pursuing FNP.

I'm not sure what I am...

Me too...so I believe we would be better categorized as "The Eternal Students." (...who are still super smart elitist awesomepants.)

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Aw hell, why not skip medical school altogether in favor of watching reruns of Doogie Hauser, MD??

Maybe make a plaque for the wall "All I Ever Really Needed to Know about Medicine I Learned from House".

What say?

Diagnosis rates of sarcoidosis and scleroderma would skyrocket! And no one would have lupus anymore.

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Specializes in critical care.
diagnosis rates of sarcoidosis and scleroderma would skyrocket! And no one would have lupus anymore.

it is never sarcoidosis.

ETA......

OMG AN. I intentionally put that in all caps. You're messing with my mojo over here.

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