Corsair41

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1. Problem w/RN's & CT's on clinical day

   Corsair41 replied to Corsair41's topic in Male Students

   Wow. I guess that's what I get for asking for opinions. Uh look, aren't y'all being a bit severe here? I never said I agreed with my instructor's idea of how to run clinical day. So, I did as I was told, and got my head bitten off not only from the R...

2. Problem w/RN's & CT's on clinical day

   Corsair41 posted a topic in Male Students

   A recent clinical day pointed out to me how lazy some people can be. We were on a Med-Surg floor for clinicals recently, and found out that SOME RN's & CT's think of Nursing students as a paid day off. In this semester, our instructor told us tha...

3. Negligence From A Nursing Student

   Corsair41 replied to mariesexiest's topic in General Students

   I wonder, how does one learn to do anything without practical experience?

4. Rules for Nursing School

   Corsair41 replied to asgirl's topic in General Students

   1. Show up (also on time), work hard, study harder. 2. Realize that there are people in your class that are not as smart as you. Help them if you can. 3. Also realize that there are people in your class that are smarter than you. Get help from them. ...

5. Friends and nursing school

   Corsair41 replied to nursecher's topic in General Students

   I remember looking around the classroom on my 1st lecture day thinking, " I dunno, they all seem like a bunch of knuckleheads to me". 15 weeks later, after taking our lecture final, we were all out having drinks, laughing, and joking around, and me ...

6. Age you will/were graduated?

   Corsair41 replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

   51 when I graduate in May 09.

7. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

   Corsair41 replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

   To my 1st semester instructors... To my Lecture/clinical instructor; Thank you for being the tough but fair person you are. I never really bought into the whole "role model" thing until you were my teacher. To use a line someone else did here, I wann...

8. Hey guys....How do you all support yourselves?

   Corsair41 replied to Brian 77's topic in Male Students

   I still work my full-time job at a industrial facility, due to the fact that my bosses apparently think enough of me to have adjusted my schedule to fit around my classes. The only problem with this is that it leaves absolutely no time for myself, bu...

9. what are the guys' reasons to become a nurse?

   Corsair41 replied to joanaRN's topic in Male Students

   To be completely honest, when I first started thinking about nursing, it was all about the money. But as I go on through clinicals, I realized that for the first time in my life, I'm doing something that matters, and that's very cool. I just wish I h...

10. The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

    Corsair41 replied to agent's topic in Male Students

    I agree. In my own situation. I'm in a class of 100, of which 12 or so are guys. They also tell me this is the most they've had in a class.