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  1. Chose Nursing as a career

    Scrubz replied to Hanging Garden's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I know as far as FAFSA is concerned, the less money you draw in, the more money you get. If you're still dependent, the less your family makes, the more money you get. Not totally fair, but that's...

  2. What area do you want to work in after you graduate?

    Scrubz posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm sure I won't be the only guy to say that I want to work in critical care after I graduate. Havn't really got anything narrowed down yet because I don't know enough about all of them to make up my...

  3. What area do you want to work in after you graduate?

    Scrubz replied to Scrubz's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I can't wait until my clinicals get fun and challenging. Right now they're just flat out pointless and boring. I'm in my second semester right now. Last semester it was fundamentals with our...

  4. University of Kentucky

    Scrubz replied to cnolan's topic in General Nursing

    I went to UK for a year, then came back to my hometown university to go to nursing school. I had planned on going to UK's nursing school, but I get free school back here, so I decided on that.. It's...

  5. Hey to all...

    Scrubz replied to Mexarican's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Congratulations.. We need more male nurses.. As long as you're a good one though, .. My advice.. If you're not already a CNA or tech working at a hospital, then become one, it's one of the best...

  6. What to do while waiting?!?

    Scrubz replied to FlyMurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'd try to get a job as a tech in the area of nursing you want to get into. If you want to be an ER nurse, try to get a tech job in the ER. If you want to work ICU, try to get a tech job in the ICU,...

  7. How to get my foot in the door of ICU/CCU

    Scrubz replied to tutored's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    There are plenty of hospitals that will hire new grads in all different ICU settings. I'm looking to work at a teaching hospital as a new grad because they usually hire new grads into all different...

  8. Has anyone here had to do clinicals in OB

    Scrubz replied to edsdcs's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I just flat out don't like OB, or peds for that matter. I just can't get into it. I do it for the sake of doing it so that I can pass with a good grade, but I take nothing out of it. My goal is to...

  9. Drug names and dosages

    Scrubz replied to ClassQ1's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I have a PDA with Davis's Drug Guide and it's amazingly helpful. Just like having a thick drug book that fits in your pocket, and it's much faster to look up meds. I can look up any med and know the...

  10. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    Scrubz replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    In our school I think the poop's gonna hit the fan in our med-surg classes. Not only will the material be tougher, but our clinicals should be more "real". So far our clinicals have been maybe a...

  11. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    Scrubz replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    You have to take into consideration how selective the school was. I mean, if you're dedicated, and really want to be an RN for the right reasons, and maintain your grades, you'll be a nurse. The...

  12. I have trouble admitting that I will be a nurse

    Scrubz replied to flyingfish2u's topic in Male Nursing Students

    How much thought have you put into this decision? From what I've seen before, it's not a good idea to want to be a CRNA and look at becoming an RN first as something that "has to be done" to get...

  13. Can CNA do an accucheck?

    Scrubz replied to QuigRN's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on how you're certified and depends on the facility. Legally CNA's aren't supposed to do anything invasive I think, but it's not like they havn't before. It's the difference of your buddy...

  14. How can one go about becoming a cna while already in nursing school

    Scrubz replied to breeqt's topic in General Students

    I've never heard of that, but it makes sense. Once you get through nursing fundamentals you should be able to do anything a CNA could do. It's not really that hard to do what a CNA does, I think the...

  15. I love nursing school!! Anyone else?

    Scrubz replied to ccstudent's topic in General Students

    School kind of sucks for me. I just got done with nursing fundamentals, easy class, often more stressful than hard, although in retrospect there was nothing to majorly stress out over. Now I'm in...

  16. On the CRNA route, so which would be better to work: SICU or MICU?

    Scrubz posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm leaning towards SICU for different reasons, but I was going to get the opinions of some ICU nurses that have worked both to see what you all suggest. Anyone in CRNA school or intending to be in...

  17. Drug names and dosages

    Scrubz replied to ClassQ1's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I love learning about stuff like that, but unfortuantly our ADN program doesn't dabble in pharm except for some stuff they integrate in med-surg, but in my RN-BSN program I'll get to take a pharm...

  18. Horrid clinical uniforms

    Scrubz replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm in the same boat as some of you. It's the first year of the nursing program at my school, and here's what they have me wearing... http://www.doveapparel.com/products.asp?product_id=189# For one...

  19. CNA Jobs $15-18 possible?

    Scrubz replied to sexymonkeyboy's topic in General Nursing

    I work PRN in a medium sized hospital in a small/medium sized town and they start PRN CNA's at $10.00/hour. There aren't any benefits though, but right now I'm still covered by my parents anyway....

  20. How many guys in your class?

    Scrubz posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    There's 28 total people in my class and two of us are guys and it's an ADN program. I'm 20 years old and the other guy is in his mid 40's. The school I go to is 100 years old and this is our nursing...

  21. What area do you want to work in after you graduate?

    Scrubz replied to Scrubz's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I hear that most CRNA schools prefer adult ICU experience. Luckily for me that's where I wanted to work

  22. Where do you buy your scrubs?

    Scrubz replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Men in Nursing

    If you want good-fitting scrubs, go for Cherokee. They can be expensive, but they're worth it. Try to find the ones with lots of

  23. Hints & advice

    Scrubz replied to kat29's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Wow...

  24. Curious...any of you guys considering Peds/PICU/NICU?

    Scrubz replied to SteveNNP's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If I had to work with kids I think I would, but I would never want to specialize with

  25. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    Scrubz replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    How much you get paid should compensate how much you're doing, how much responsability is in your hands, and how stressful the job is. And since nurses are constantly on the move, hold a lot of...