RomaniGypsy

I just finished taking another A&P 1 exam, and I just have to ask - do y'all really use all of this stuff on the job? Do you really need to know the difference between a tuberosity and a tubercle, or the names of all of the cranial nerves, or wha...

I'm a man and I may not get it. AllNurses just posted an article about getting more men into nursing, there is an association for men in nursing that is trying to get more men into nursing... and I want to hear from experienced nurses about why there...

I have been accepted into a nursing program (RN) "provisionally" due to the track through which I had to apply, which holds my seat in the cohort I selected. My acceptance becomes complete upon my completion of A&P 1 with a grade of B or better. ...

That's precisely my point; if "SOME of that stuff is too deep and you'll only see it in a test, then forget it", then some of that stuff shouldn't be wasting the time or the memory resources of the students in the program. In theory at least, they sh...

So, yes indeed I agree that I got a bunch of good responses. My thing is this - I'm not going to remember all of this stuff. Who ever does? You learn it for the tests, regurgitate it as best you can, and then later on you forget it. When presented w...

Okay, so I'm rather bummed right now. I just got done with an academic counseling appointment at my local community college and they say that their RN program is full for the next three semester starts, and the earliest I could hope to get in would b...

Oh, I know y'all do much more than that. It's just that certain other aspects of the job aren't quite so universally distasteful. Feeding people - no big deal. Pushing people around in their wheelchairs - no problem. Lifting people in and out of bed,...

I'm willing to do all of that if I must... but it is time-consuming... so I figured I'd ask people if they had any tips for me. A shortcut would be nice. But, I can move pretty much anywhere, and I'm willing to look into just about anything as long a...

That's the thing - I'd clean poop for $30+ per hour. (And if it's my wife, who recently developed IBS or some other nasty as-yet-undiagnosed gastrointestinal malfunction that isn't an infection, or my son who is still in diapers, I'll do it for nothi...

Well, it's something anyway. Plus I have several months working as a maintenance guy / central supply guy at a nursing home. I might do that CNA course... might... I just don't get why I would have to wipe poop for ten bucks an hour in order to be a ...

Maybe there isn't as much of a "push" as I am thinking, but I have two cousins (one male, one female) who are nurses and they say, "We need more men in nursing!". My mom... "They need more male nurses!". Where there's that much smoke, there's bound t...

As a man who has considered both tracks perhaps ad nauseam, I have come up with some significant differences between the two, and some differences that don't appear to be as significant as people make them out to seem. (Of course, any of y'all of any...

Okay, I can rock with that. I guess it would depend upon the family, but in mine, it is true that my son prefers Mommy. Apparently that's common, and from my perspective it's perfectly fine because Mommy did 98% of the work bringing him into the worl...

As a man, I really don't think that anything in particular should be done to increase the number of men in nursing unless there is a better reason than "diversity" or "gender balance" for wanting to encourage more men to go into nursing. (A good reas...

I have been investigating both advanced practice nursing and medical training, and I get a bad feeling about medical training. I've mentioned attitude problems I've caught from doctors and medical students before, but now it's time to address one spe...

Weird question, I know, but I might gain some useful insight here. Through my research, I'm pretty much going back and forth between becoming a psychologist and becoming a nurse (probably looking to go all the way to advanced practice, though I can't...

That's something that has worried me too. At the risk of irking some people of uncommonly conservative political bent, 38 years of life and 16 of those years in business for myself have shown me the evils of the "for profit" M.O., and wherever I go n...

Very well-detailed response. I like it. My first question is - how old are you? People have suggested that I get a job as a CNA in order to get hands-on experience, as you did... maybe the problem is that I don't know where CNAs can work beyond nursi...

I do agree. The question becomes - how much is that "standing up" tolerated in nursing? When I brought this up in the doctor forum, I was told that anyone who does such a thing would "watch their career die a martyr's death". The more I read about it...

I think that those reactions were a bit too harsh, but it seems to me that when you're talking about "reading the case", it was probably some form of homework assignment where the law students had to read this case or a bunch of cases that included t...

One of these days I'll figure out the multi-quote on this. I'm glad to have gotten so many responses to this thread. Truth be told, I'm trying to get a feel for the culture of nursing in addition to the answers I've sought, and I think I've gotten so...

I was reading one of the internet forums focused on doctors and doctor training. I can hear y'all now... "good grief, THAT one again!"... but I have a question that I think is legitimate, regardless of the unsavory attitudes espoused by all too many ...

It's not a legitimate question? At the very least, I could stand to learn if medical school contains a lot of "fluff", and why. Your credentials make it seem like you're well-positioned to provide a thorough and intelligent answer to my question. I'd...

I'll try to be brief, and I will probably fail in your opinion, but know that this is brief for me! 38 years old, male, married, with one almost 8 month old son. May have more kids in the future - could happen at any time. Wife turns 34 next month. I...

Lots of good information and comments so far, and if I have to respond generally to one, I'm picking this one (though I will respond to some of what others said as well). Honestly, I don't know if it is possible for me to find a job or business or ca...