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.

With 46 years experience in the field I have to ask: Why are you posting in the general students section on this topic?

Anything that is in test format it almost 100% objective. However, clinical environments lend themselves to subjectivity. Does the clinical instructor like the student personally? Do they dislike them? Does the student remind the instructor of someone? Are they prone to grading different ethnicities, genders, age groups differently? etc.

Get yourself a nice stainless steel, swiss watch. You have made it into the profession, get yourself a nice watch that is good value for money. Hamilton makes watches like this. They are sports watches, meant to be beaten up.

Stop focusing on dating. Focus on yourself and building yourself into the best version that you possibly can: Im talking about mental strength, physical strength, wealth, assets etc. Set a lofty goal, work your *** off to accomplish it, and don't deviate from your pursuit until you have accomplished it. Don't be bothered by dating, you have important things to do. Do this and women will find you and they will do anything to make you happy. Continue to look for women and prepare to be disappointed. Im telling you this as a 39 year old who has learned from the scenario youre talking about. If you are an accomplished man, you will never be alone. Many women will want you. Your age will not matter, I guarantee it. I encourage you to reevaluate your priorities.

I would say it's something we should care about. Why would I want to put up with BS in the workplace? Why should someone be allowed to BS in the workplace? I don't think it's a stretch to say that more accountability is needed, especially for female nurses.

One of the major reasons nursing students fail is because there is a lot of subjective decision making being done by faculty and clinical instructors. They have a propensity to grade the student outside of the rubric.

I don't really balance it. I focus on what I need to do to support them financially in the future: They are only going to continue to require more resources. Any time I spend with them is play time, which maybe lasts 10-15 minutes and happens 2-3 times per day. I also take them to school since I don't have to be physically present at school everyday. It isn't ideal, but you can pull it off for 2-3 years. Lots of people have.

Had a pretty bad run-in with a clinical instructor bully. I was not even the first student in my clinical group to verbalize concern about the clinical instructor. I am an older student, and although I can't expect different treatment than any of my younger classmates, I certainly don't take kindly to person in this role who displays below bar professionalism with nursing students. We were asked if we were "babies", the instructor put students in compromising situations that they were not prepared to handle in front of hospital staff, causing them to cry in front of everyone. In general, the instructors demeanor was out of line--and it would have been obvious to any faculty at my school had their been any eyes on the instructor. Unfortunately for all of us, there were no eyes on the instructor and this person basically had inpunity to act and speak however they wanted. The concern that I have is that if the instructor was behaving this way, what was the reason she sought out the role of clinical instructor in the first place? The relationship between a nursing student and clinical instructor is one in which the clinical instructor holds 100% of the leverage, since they have a license and students do not; they decide if the student passes or fails. It is the type of environment that is known to attract ill-intentioned people--I'm talking about scenarios in which the power dynamic is so skewed that the it makes people susceptible to abuse, and draws the type of people that seek to abuse others. So then the questions: Should clinical instructors be vetted differently? Should there be methods that students have to hold clinical instructors accountable? My school said that if we are going to report an instructor that we would likely require more than one person to point out the concern. This is obviously flawed if only one person is being bullied and other students are fearful.

Might need to define "less qualified". Be as objective as possible. Remove yourself from yourself and look at the situation from a 3rd perspective.

I disagree. I've noticed quite a few nurses being on a very high horse. There are plenty of professionals out there that aren't jerks simply because they are in the profession. There are people who are routinely shot at while doing their job that aren't rude to their trainees. I think that, as a professional who provides training to trainees, that if you are not able to communicate with your trainees/students/etc professionally then you should probably not be a trainer/instructor etc. The fact that you have had a hard time working in the profession is not an excuse to be a jerk.