Gogol

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1. Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

   Gogol replied to Gogol's topic in Relations

   There is definitely a familiarity/family tradition element to it. I can't lie about that. There is also security. Achievement etc. What's driving me besides those is that I think I would be good because I would be able to focus on the patients. It's ...

2. Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

   Gogol replied to Gogol's topic in Relations

   Thank you! That was a lot of useful information :) I sort of liked working with people at my last job and not be chained to a desk. Also my family has been in medicine so it's kind of the first place I look. My personality assessment says that I wo...

3. Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

   Gogol replied to Gogol's topic in Relations

   Research or Informatics is what I had as my end goal when I first started looking into nursing. Is there a way to do this without bedside experience? I'm actually interested in Informatics and have worked in IT.

4. Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

   Gogol posted a topic in Relations

   You made it past the title! Congrats. That was a bit too direct. So I want to go into nursing or medicine. I have no idea how it will be like but I've already completed pre-med pre reqs and spent some years after college working office jobs and It. ...

5. To Nurse or Not to Nurse?

   Gogol replied to Gogol's topic in Men

   The stigma is largely associated with up until recently nursing being traditionally a women's profession. Also, familial expectation of being a dr. have something to do with it.

6. To Nurse or Not to Nurse?

   Gogol replied to Gogol's topic in Men

   Thanks for the input, I'll try to broaden my scope on the options nurses have. So far I've been contained to volunteering at one hospital and have seen ICU, PCU, Geriatrics and ER.

7. To Nurse or Not to Nurse?

   Gogol posted a topic in Men

   Background: I'm 30 years old, have a large portion of pre-nursing requirements completed, about 100 hours of volunteering in a hospital setting, and can't seem to take the plunge. Studied Sociology in undergrad, then ended up getting post-bac in pre-...