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  1. Tell me your GPA. Just wanna compare

    paganoid replied to mahkev2000's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Yes, and "B's get degrees." I was just like you. I was four-oh on entry and got my first B in first-quarter nursing theory. Ouch! It was the worst Christmas ever. I didn't quit, but only just. I...

  2. honestly!

    paganoid replied to 2bManNurse1017's topic in Male Nursing Students

    The director of my program told me I had to choose between Nursing School and work. I politely asked her if she thought my credit union would let me postpone my car payments for two years. She threw...

  3. Why are male nurses looked down on?

    paganoid replied to USCUAmber's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Florence Nightengale said pretty much the same thing: "...the woman is superior in skill to the man in all points of sanitary domestic economy, and more particularly in cleanliness and tidiness," and,...

  4. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    paganoid replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    we received this e-mail at work this morning: featured action sign the petition - health care for america now! should america guarantee quality, affordable health care we can all count on or will we...

  5. CNA turned me off

    paganoid replied to dipsett08's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For the OP, there is an unpublicized shortage of allied health care workers here in California. The state university system is now gearing up to train Respiratory Techs and other technology...

  6. CNA turned me off

    paganoid replied to dipsett08's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In first year clinicals, I assisted a veteran RN to do a retention enema. This was a fantastic opportunity for me and I jumped at the chance. It didn't go well due to his poor technique. (To be...

  7. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    paganoid replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I want healthcare to be an inalienable right, I really do. I also wish we could eliminate hunger. Every person should have enough food. But I don't know how we are ever going to pay for all this....

  8. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    paganoid replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Turd.Ferguson, I feel ashamed that I agree with you. It pains me to realize sometimes that I am evaluating a person (patient's) "worthiness" to receive my attentions. I try to catch this and nip it...

  9. Do You Want Universal Healthcare?

    paganoid replied to DanFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wish I didn't have to pay taxes to cover the expenses of those who refuse to help themselves. But I wonder if naysayers have thought this all the way through. You say you cover the costs of you and...

  10. Is it necessary to be a CNA b4 nursing school?

    paganoid replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    In my class of first year nursing students the CNA's are all better prepared for exams, better at completing AM care in clinicals, and have a greater practical knowledge of "how things get done in a...

  11. Questions about potentially awkward male-female interactions during lab/clinicals

    paganoid replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I specifically asked about this at orientation and the instructor assured me that all students would insert their first Foley on live patients during rotations. Practice would be performed on female...

  12. Does anyone know of an online school that CA accepts?

    paganoid replied to ginab4u's topic in California Nursing

    I hear this "shorthand" expression quite often. What they usually mean is that many students don't get admitted until their third community college "lottery" because second and third year applicants...

  13. Poll: As a male in Nursing school, my goal/desire is to work in this area....

    paganoid replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I want to do 2 years in hospice or elder care after school, heavy emphasis on End Of Life care. Then I want to return to CCU or PACU (my first job as a Navy corpsman many years ago), while taking my...

  14. Walnut Creek

    paganoid replied to MuddaMia's topic in California Nursing

    I lived in both Concord and Walnut Creek but now I live in Martinez. It's much smaller and, my opinion, much more friendly and quiet. Walnut Creek is about five minutes away up the freeway. John Muir...

  15. Anyone else's bookstore doing this???

    paganoid replied to LMRN10's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Let's go a step further and talk about payment. We have been told that our first quarter books cost about $1K and we need to bring our checkbook to orientation. I don't have a grand in the bank to...

  16. Accepted-Now having second thoughts

    paganoid replied to veronica123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My faculty advisor told me that getting into nursing school is like buying a house. The emotional roller coaster is very similar. Just trust that all your hard work on the prerequisites has led you...

  17. Navy Hospital Corpsman to RN?

    paganoid replied to JLhn's topic in General Nursing

    If you are on shore you can sign up for pre-req classes at any California community college that offers "distance learning" courses in the non-science prerequisite classes like anthro, english, and...

  18. Waiting to hear from CSU East Bay?

    paganoid replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in California Nursing

    I'm waiting to see if I got accepted to the program. I too am hoping to be admitted to the Concord cohort. Are you planning to take Pathophysiology over the Summer? I'm going to apply at either...

  19. Navy Hospital Corpsman to RN?

    paganoid replied to JLhn's topic in General Nursing

    If you take your discharge at Treasure Island you can enroll at California State University East Bay in Concord, California. Your recent military discharge will move you to the head of the list for...