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The name of "NURSE" is obviously outmoded, its from the 1910's or earlier and from a different time when healthcare was strictly separated from male/female with females being subservient to the will of the male doctors. Women must know nurse is a sexist word deep down. Many young girls are just enamored with the idea of being that tender caregiver with a bowl of soup, and putting the hot, wet towel down on the handsome soldiers furrowed brow, awaiting the time when love would finally sweep them away to a steamy romance as the young buck they have been nurturing rises up and gives them a strong and healthy child. Romance novel ********. Therefore, by changing the word nurse they would lose the entire romantic feeling and idea that they are accomplishing the ultimate feat of femininity, making a sick infirm person well again by love and caring as well as intelligence. I have an idea and I think it fixes everything. The word Nurse should be changed. It happened to Flight Attendant/Stewardess and Waitress so lets just move on and grow up. First, change the name of Paramedic to Rescue Driver/Rescuer. EMT is still EMT. That frees up the word Medic for Nurse. You can now be ER-Medic, OR-Medic, OBGYN-Medic etc etc. Nurse Practitioner becomes Mid-Level Practitioner(MLP). Everything else stays the same. Couldn't you just see Ford-150's everywhere with a sticker saying "Proud ER-Medic" on top of a cross? I mean I GET that a LOT of males are proud of being nurses don't get me wrong but it would definitely look more masculine and lose that stigma of Nightingale and I honestly don't think they would lose their pride with a simple name change. The only reason I can see for not changing the word nurse is because women are becoming very selfish because of feminism and don't want to sacrifice anything but of course want all that men have as well. Look at all these job titles that have changed to benefit women: Gender marking in job titles - Wikipedia and you can't give men ONE name change? Changing the name would fix the issue very quickly!

Check this out Concurrent Enrollment Nursing Program | GateWay its so cool, apparently you can get an ADN and an RN one semester later using a bunch of academic mojo. So what you think will be 4 whole years of debt and pain could just be 2 and a half. Hopefully this emboldens you to risk it! I think it would be worth it.

The whole point of CRNA is knocking out your patients as quickly and efficiently as possible. People persons probably want to be able to hold a conversation beyond "count to your age starting at 1..2...3......zzzzzz"

Great thanks to you all! Yes, I really liked the idea of LPN because it would get me started fast and then I could work my way up. However I didn't want to waste my bachelors either. BTW its in Business Administration not Public Health or any of that good healthcare related stuff. So then I was seriously considering the MEPN so that I could just be a Nurse Practitioner. I do actually have an insane bleepload of debt from my masters in library science. Its been such a pain in the behind trying to get a job as a Librarian that I thought I could at least quickly pick up a nursing job to help pay off bills and possibly I would fall in love with the profession. I really wish I could say its been a lifelong ambition of mine but really honestly I have no idea if I would even like it but it seemed like the cheapest route to a decent life. My only intention is to help people in a profound way which I wanted to do as a Librarian but would also be able to do as a Nurse. Thank you for your input! Its much appreciated.

Hello ladies and gentlemen, I am changing jobs from office manager, then library assistant and now I am trying to do nurse! This will be my first actual career job if it works out. Would you suggest someone completely new to go into LPN first, then move toward BSN/NP? I have a bachelors degree already so I am quite tempted to want to do the Masters (Entry to Profession of Nursing) at University of Arizona. Anyway, I was curious if anyone had an opinion about where to start first? Thank you!