onthefence

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1. married to MD

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in Men

   [color=darkslategray]dear kbok, i was wondering if you could explain more about how you worked it in residency. the basic point of our scheme is to have someone who is not going crazy to cook, keep house, and deal with kids in residency. i am not so ...

2. married to MD

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in Men

   Thanks very much, that is encouraging to hear.

3. married to MD

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in Men

   i cannot believe i am the first one to ever try this idea. the truth is that i would never have even thought of nursing, except that the wife volunteers in the hospital and she had great stories about the cool er nurses and the patient care there. h...

4. married to MD

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in Men

   Thanks for the vote of confidence. It is nice, but thats because I like my wife, not because she is going to MD.

5. married to MD

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in Men

   well right now we are of very similar socioeconomic background. But she wants to go into doctoring. We have been married a while already. So technically, no.

6. married to MD

   onthefence posted a topic in Men

   I am starting prereqs for accelerated BSN. My beautiful and brilliant wife will be starting med school in the fall. Does anyone have any experience with this situation? I personally feel like nursing is a cool way to support her through much of med s...

7. The Dichotomy That is Nursing

   onthefence replied to sassyrn333's topic in General Nursing

   actually i do not see it as a dichotomy so much as the problem of healthcare right now, and the challenge that is driving me to switch to nursing.

8. Humanities People

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

   Do you not like the font? I am confused as to the issue.

9. Humanities People

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

   As someone finishing their MA in philosophy I would totally encourage you to take those classes if you can. Digressing from the MA--BSN question at hand, I have no question that my pursuit of this discipline has added immeasurably to every aspect of ...

10. Humanities People

    onthefence posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am considering doing an accelerated BSN with several degrees in humanities and other related fields. If it is not too much trouble, I would like to meet people who have gone down similar paths, especially with MAs and other advanced degrees. I woul...

11. How did you discover you want to do this?

    onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I agree that tonality is really important and something to really work on. Thanks for the continual insights. I think in the past few days I have gotten a lot of reassurance about this path, and am beginning to see myself going down it.

12. How did you discover you want to do this?

    onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    I apologize profusely for what may have been a poor choice of words. What I meant was that in any profession I would consider, I want to be stimulated and challenged. Many of the commenters have given examples that this is the case in nursing. (In te...

13. How did you discover you want to do this?

    onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the reply. I understand that it is not the same thing. I could stay where I am and do what I am doing if I wanted to keep doing that. However, I am considering not doing that. This does not mean asking nursing to do something that it does ...

14. How did you discover you want to do this?

    onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    I meant that my long term satisfaction would be dependent on being able to utilize my critical thinking and creative impulses. And I want to make sure that whatever I consider doing allows latitude for that. Thus, I was happy to hear that there are m...

15. How did you discover you want to do this?

    onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for these great examples. I am really worried about ratcheting down the level of intellectual life I am used to, and could see this causing more problems than anything else. So it is really useful to see what is out there.