Conqueror Slothful

Wage gap is a myth. It's been debunked. The lie is dead.

Speak for yourself. Im a newer nurse and I'm absolutely killing it professionally and financially. I make what feels like a small fortune and my supervising staff are completely reliant on me and appreciative that I work there. It's awesome and I'm going to do it another 25-30 years, change the future of my family for the better.

No, you're not getting into it for the wrong reason. There is no right or wrong reason. Value the actual nursing skills and knowledge, everything else can go in one ear and out the other. If you become a competent nurse, it doesn't matter what your reason is for doing it.

Because she wrongly chose feminism earlier in her life, it led her to a dead-end, and now she's bitter about it.

Thank you for making that point. Exceptions don't make the rule. The world having always been dominated by men since the beginning of human kind is not a social construct.

Consider the possibility that men, in general, possess more traits that are characteristic of what society deems to be a good leader than women. I know that feminism, especially modern feminism, is part of the zeitgeist, but it doesn't erase the fact that the world has, since the beginning of our species, ALWAYS been dominated by men. That isn't something that will just come undone because a different way of thinking has become popular.

To the OP: Do what you have to do to support and provide for your family and work backwards from there. However much time you are able to carve out of that to spend with your family while still succeeding in nursing school is the best you can do. You have to be selfish with your time because your performance in nursing school is an investment in your family's future. Nevermind the people who pop their head in here to nay say, they have probably not experienced real adversity in their lives in decades.

I am aiming at a correctional nurse position. I would guess that most likely none of the people who have said that about prison nursing have ever worked there and have only ever spoken to people who left those positions because they did not like it. People who dislike a thing are more likely to say that the thing is bad.

I am definitely a male nurse. I don't think the title holds a negative connotation. I believe that presenting as a masculine male will demand respect and that having a large, physically fit stature will help to ward off negative nancy nurses and bullies. This should also help to acquire the nursing skills and experience needed for leadership positions, which I am well suited for.

For pre reqs I would say easily Microbiology. I got an A but it was the hardest earned A of my life. For actual nursing program I would say pharm and dosage exams/questions were the most difficult. Drug names are just a lot of dry information.

Nursing school is difficult, but it isn't too difficult. I've succeeded in more difficult academic environments. I thought that Microbiology as a pre req was harder, although it was significantly shorter. I thought the worst thing about it was tolerating certain personalities. The overwhelming vast majority of professors and clinical instructors are great, but you are still playing a bit of Russian Roulette; at some point you're going to run into the professor and/or clinical instructor that thinks that their nursing license means that expectations of professional interaction that apply to everyone else in the world somehow do not apply to them. If you're a younger person you'll probably be fine, but if you're an older person that doesn't wish to put up with BS then you may be in a bit of trouble.

OK negative nancy. My 4th semester was more difficult than my 5th semester. I think youre speaking for yourself.

The question is not "Who earns more per year?" The question is "Who earns more per hour?" We have to compare an equal amount of time worked in order to figure out what the pay comparison is. Show me the pay stubs.

You did not fail the program because of ADHD or any other diagnosis. I know this because you got into the program in the first place and in order to do so you had to have been a really good student. So then, now that we know you are a good student, we can discredit the claim that ADHD and whatever else caused you to fail. You also lasted 5 semesters in your program, further reinforcing the idea that you are a good student. So then, be honest and quickly identify what the real problem was, fix it, and try again. What else are you going to spend your time doing thats more worthwhile?

To address the wage gap myth: Female nurses do not earn only 75% of the pay of their male counterparts. Show me the paystubs or I call bluff. I'd say that generally female nurses like to withhold professional respect and courtesy from new nurses. This is a behavior that should not be tolerated, I would make sure to swiftly and harshly punish the behavior in the most public way possible when in a position of power to do so. The goal would be to get the message across that you RN license does not equate you to a popstar or a movie star. It's the diva attitude that some have that has been allowed to continue because the nurse is skilled during a nurse shortage. I would also say that the gossipy break room/nurse station environment that exists to discuss the shortcomings of other RNs or healthcare professionals is also counter intuitive to providing the best patient care. From my observation this goes on everywhere in nursing and does not exist in other professions in which the gender distribution is not as skewed.