RomaniGypsy

As long as it wasn't totally random and the information that was the subject of the quizzing was stuff that any nurse could be reasonably expected to have to know and use in the course of his/her work with at least some regularity, and the instructor...

I don't really mind that you can't answer each point. I was looking mostly for overall opinions, and they can be general as yours was. Anyway, when I said that we could live on what we have now, I didn't say it would be all that comfortable... it wou...

I think I just learned that I can't multi-quote in here. When I said the "medical community", I chose that term so that nobody would think that I find there to be an unpalatable difference between nurses and doctors. I had never heard of "pimping" in...

I get that, but that's what the medical community calls it. If y'all have a different term for it, that's fine, because all I really care about is figuring out how common it is for instructors to mock student nurses / NPs for what they don't know. Af...

I know that sounds general but I really want to know, from the perspective of nurses (not the internet), why there is a shortage. I will start with the way I see it, and I'd like y'all to respond accordingly. Some of my preconceived notions must be w...

I've been spending a lot of time investigating what my next career move will be, and it has come down to four possibilities: counseling, clinical psychology, or medical practice in the form of nursing or being a doctor. I get a bad vibe from the peop...

I am not "in the medical field" yet, in any official sense, though my wife and I do make our living entertaining for nursing homes / assisted living homes / et al. I have been investigating going into the medical field and I have a few possible pathw...

I certainly don't want to downplay your aspirations... but I aim higher, for better or for worse. Though any positive effect on anyone is better than no positive effect at all, I've always been the guy who solves problems by determining the root caus...

Okay y'all... giving this a shot for my first thread. I've "lurked" for a while, searched a bunch of threads... can't find something all that close to my situation, so here goes. Turning 38 in the end of this month. BS in Applied Physics / Computer...

Because my career and life goals are very tightly intertwined... and in reality, they are so unusual that most people here would find them quite unbelievable. In the interest of not coming off like some sort of nutjob, I'm going to state for the reco...

I believe I have accounted for that. I am specifically referring to people who are practicing doctors and/or professors at medical schools (who are probably also MDs or DOs). Another reason why I'm asking is because there have been times when I've fe...

Thanks, all, for the information so far. I really have been reading it - just had a lot to do recently. One big question I have, given what some of y'all have said, is this: Exactly what is the fundamental difference between the nurse's philosophy of...

I've thought about that... but I've spent a good amount of time over the last 16 years working in nursing homes and assisted living homes, as an entertainer and a maintenance guy... and in my admittedly narrow observation, it seems as though nurse ai...