Please response its for my project!! :d

1. 46, North American Indian

2. Touch

3. Joined a couple of years ago after accidentdly stumbling over site on internet

4. Thought it was informative, great place to interact with peers and had a wide range of articles

5. a) I was a bartendar and made a bet with a regular that I could get into school if I tried (I won); b) found once I tried the course out for a few months that I enjoyed learning c) discovered I loved helping others and the challenges of making a difference (not to mention that many aspects aren't that different from being a bartendar...lol)

1. old enough to know better, too young to care; humanoid

2. hard work

3. join date is in my pro, came across AN while googling something

4. awesome

5. received a $2000 enlistement bonus, didn't have to pay for school, received

full time active duty pay (including BAQ) while going to school

in short: money, money, money

1. what is your age and race? 42 y/o wasp

2. what do you think about when you hear the word nurse? shots, wiping noses & bottoms

3. when did you join an? how did you hear about it? oh, very recently. a collegue of mine was discussing one of the articles about abuse of authority by law enforcement when she was arrested by a cop while performing her duties in the er. interesting story.

4. what were your first impressions of omg! so much whining, moaning and complaining. the immaturity of many of the threads is laughable. an entire forum full of it!

this is a pretty novel experience so far and has my attention for now but like the ena (emergency nurses association) i don't think i'll last here.

5. what were three reasons you became a nurse?

• the army kinda shoved me into it. i was a medic and they didn't "need" medics anymore. told to reclassify or get out. i wasn't ready and ta-da! there you go.
  
• sucking snot as a respiratory therapist is gross. bandaging & splinting as a physical therapy assistant wasn't a positive carreer choice. (these were my choices when i reclassified )
  
• the pay doesn't suck. sure, why not. i'll go.
  

it is okay if i use your screen name? no problem

Hello again,

i have a few questions in order to create an idea of the demographic of members on AN....

1. What is your age and race? 44, caucasian

2. What do you think about when you hear the word nurse? a competent, caring individual

3. When did you join AN? How did you hear about it? Joined in '07, can't remeber how I heard about it

4. What were your first impressions of AN? I liked it and decided to join.

5. What were three reasons you became a nurse? I really like taking care of sick people. I discovered this as a 14 year old candy striper, and I never came up with any other reasons.

Also, if you can tell me if it is okay if i use your screen name in my paper....if you have any questions message me or you can check out my classes blog...

1. what is your age and race?

24 & caucasian

2. what do you think about when you hear the word nurse?

healers & advocates of what is right

3. when did you join an? how did you hear about it?

i joined last year when i was going for my cna. now, i am going for my lpn. i found an with google - i was searching for student nursing boards and found this site.

4. what were your first impressions of an?

i loved it! there are so many forums for different areas of nursing and geographic area, etc. i was impressed.

5. what were three reasons you became a nurse?

i am becoming a nurse because

* having grown up in a home with a terminal parent, i realized that nursing was more than just a job taking care of the sick. to me it is a job about helping people heal and lending your strength to someone else in their weakest hours.

* i enjoy taking care of people.

* i feel that god has blessed me with the intelligence, strength and fortitude to be an awesome nurse and touch lives positively as so many nurses have touched mine.

yes, you may use my name.

1. 17, White

2. I get excited and feel needed and think of heros

3. I just joined today! I was doing research for a discussion in one of my nursing classes and found this site and loved it, so i joined!

4. It seems like a great way for nurses to communicate and share knowledge, great idea, everyone can use help at one time or another!

5. I am in nursing because I grew up next to a nursing home and became close to the residents. Also, I have always wanted to save everyone and nursing seems like the best way to do so. Finally, because my grandmother was a nurse back before there were RNs or any other type of certification or licences for nurses.