Scruffy

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1. How many of us are 25 - 35 yrs. old?

   Scruffy replied to fnimat1's topic in General Students

   36 year old-- graduating in 2006

2. What area do you want to nurse in?

   Scruffy replied to pokey sn's topic in General Students

   ICU and psych. would love to get into case management

3. Those of us Starting Sept. 2

   Scruffy replied to Jen2's topic in General Students

   Hi Everybody !! I took first year chem and passed the CNA boards this summer and i am starting A & P I tomorrow as well. I will be an official nursing student tomorrow. Good Luck Everyone!!

4. What do you think about negative comments from exp nurses about nursing?

   Scruffy replied to agent's topic in General Students

   I run into students coming out of that long dark "tunnel" who are burned out and pissed off in school, and i run into nurses at work who also seem to be a little torn and frayed and i am amazed about the horror stories that they tell me, but i am eve...

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

   Scruffy replied to agent's topic in Male Students

   Hi Guys!! ...And I Do mean guys!! I am working in the human services field as a mental health worker and will be going to a part-time night time ADN school this september. At my school, you can't get a bachelors-- only women can. It is a predomina...

6. "The View" insults nursing

   Scruffy replied to SandySummers's topic in General Nursing

   Isn't great when the media apologizes for something that is coming up so they can remain politically correct yet do something stupid anyways. If Meredith alias ditz really does respect nurses she wouldn't have done something she knew in her heart she...

7. Best/Worst Jobs Before Nursing?

   Scruffy replied to jadednurse's topic in General Nursing

   Worst Job: It's a toss up between being a combat engineer for the U.S. Army for two years or being on the clean up crew in a processing plant. We had to wear full uniforms, including overalls, googles, hard hats and we took blowers and blew off all o...

8. new "over 35" thread

   Scruffy replied to kats's topic in General Students

   I forgot to add that i am currently doing social work full time and will have to work 40 hours a week through school. It should be quite an adventure!

9. new "over 35" thread

   Scruffy replied to kats's topic in General Students

   Hi Everybody, I am a 36 year old male who is just starting the glorious journey of nursing school. I am taking CNA training and a first year chemistry course. I am in a program that allows me to get all of my coreqs out of the way and go straight nur...

10. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

    Scruffy replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

    Hi Everybody!! My name is James and I start pre-reqs for an extended ADN school on Tuesday. We have to take a CNA course and a first year college level/senior high school level chemistry course. I work full-time as a mental health worker and am looki...