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~Drives up to Starbucks in a Ferrari (or whatever). Bystander: "Wow, what a great car. What do you do for a living?" MaleNurse: "I'm a nurse." Bystander(confused): "Wha?? Stop pulling my chain! Haha! You're a doctor... aren't you!?" MaleNurse: "Actually, no, I'm an RN. The doctor is still trying to figure out why Mrs. X has diarrhea. I had the liberty to start a business with all the free time I had." ---I wish that one day, one of us can say something like that.---

When heading west bound on the 22 freeway, if you exit Brookhurst there is a sign that states Little Saigon turn Left, and Korean Community Turn Right. I think this is right. In Garden Grove, CA (Orange County) there is a nice sized Korean community. I would suspect UCI medical center, Garden Grove Hospital and St Jude (Fullerton) get a good number of korean clients.

CONGRATS !!! I'm sure a bunch of us here can't wait 'til we say the same words, but this is your time! CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS

When I decided to do nursing long time ago, I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. I was initially pursuing the LVN, and I heard about the decent compensation for the job. At this time, I figured that I would just go from LVN to RN school someday. The money and the fact that it was a good back up job (in case you wanted to do something else during your 4 days off) were the main decision points for me. In the beginning, I took lots of CNA courses to get points towards the LVN school, and on my first day of clinicals, I had to change an old mans diaper. I was like.. "i have to do what?" It totally didn't cross my mind that nurses normally did this, but I did it. At first it shocked me, but "dude, it's part of the job" I told myself. I just did it, and I didn't see any icky thing out of it. Just wipe, clean, get it done, and walk away. Becoming a Doctor also suited my troubleshooting personalilty; however, I'd prefer being able to get a great paying job while I pursue my higher degrees.

I was just accepted and start in Jan 07. During my orientation, we only had about 4-5 guys out of 40+ students; some of these males were alternates. I do think that there's a possibility of males being preferred, but I doubt that they would do this. I believe schools are mainly concerned with whether or not a student can get through the program; therefore, the grades would have to show this potential. Some of my buddy's did very poorly in the prerequisites, and it seemed that they didn't care much. These guys obviously didn't get in. I surely hope it's an equal opportunity for all. Actually, one of my friends did exceptionally well in his classes, his name is Kelly.

I liked both responses "i take care of females too" and "complimentary sex change.".. LOL I'm still laughing!.. But honestly, I have co-workers here who give me a hard time, but only one who is serious about it. The rest apologize later admitting to the fact that I would make double what they do. The one who is always seriously asking me, "I don't understand why you don't go all the way? Like study to be a doctor. Why a nurse?" This is a guy who talks about getting a degree soon, registers for 8 semester units, and then drops it because he's too lazy to complete it. Oh and of course his reason of dropping is because he had family issues, "I might move" anyways, or "should I drop it?" confusion remarks. Deep down, I think that these guys are insecure, jealous of our ambition/goals (afraid we might succeed), and just ignorant. I once told him that I see the nursing profession as a clock in clock out job, whereas being a doctor is oncall after oncall worth of headache. Sometimes, I wish I can go the doctor route, but I see the Nursing as a flexible profession.