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  1. Lack of male role models and excess of estrogen

    nads786 replied to Crossfit SRNA2b's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Dude, you sound exactly like me, word for word. I was half-way through nursing school and i realized it wasnt for me. Everything you have brought up are the reasons why i decided I didn't want to do...

  2. Male Nurses/female Patients

    nads786 replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    can you expand on what you mean by

  3. heavy lifting

    nads786 posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    im going to be entering the program this fall, and i was wondering how much lifting nurses have to do in comparison to CNAs? I worked as a CNA at a LTC and it was all lifting every patient, is this...

  4. I am so frustrated.

    nads786 replied to HappyPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    what does that above comment have anything to do with her

  5. about being harassed as a male

    nads786 replied to Darklighter's topic in Male Nursing Students

    pretty extreme sorry, but as a male, when i was working as a CNA i always felt like the other cnas who were all female were constantly talking about sexual issues, such as how big (blank) guy was or...

  6. Nursing is not always recession-proof

    nads786 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    interesting prespectives, i think we would all love to hear more about this issue from experienced

  7. At a fork in the road...need your wisdom

    nads786 replied to RunHard's topic in General Nursing

    I should throw my 2 cents in this too I switched my major from business to nursing, because i realized i love medical sciences, i love learning about anatomy, microbio, nutrition, etc so i decided on...

  8. Working with all females - fringe benefit or danger zone?

    nads786 replied to medlaw's topic in Men in Nursing

    wow that sounds terrible dont pat them on the back? everyone thinks ur gay or a sexual

  9. Is this Legal?

    nads786 replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    I actually had a question about this myself is it normal for them to ask you to come in anyway if you told them you have the flu/cold and you dont want to spread it to

  10. Working with all females - fringe benefit or danger zone?

    nads786 replied to medlaw's topic in Men in Nursing

    its going to be different, you cant speak the same way you do around guys and being the minority is not fun

  11. Thank you for your sympathy NOT

    nads786 replied to Reigen's topic in General Nursing

    that happened to some students in my first semester class, one girl fell down while roller blading on her elbow, some how she become septic and went to the ER and missed a test, my teacher did not...

  12. heavy lifting

    nads786 replied to nads786's topic in Men in Nursing

    wow alot of new dicussion, in my current clinical experience, i really have not had to move any patients for whatever reason, besides adjusting so far but i can tell you, i worked as a CNA for 3...

  13. Career change/why so neg on nursing?

    nads786 replied to dragonflycafe's topic in General Nursing

    duno if this is true, but have any of you heard the stat that within 5 years most nurses leave their job to higher positions or out of the field? any merit to this

  14. customer service and nursing

    nads786 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a question for those people who have worked retail, especially customer service and i wanted to know if they could compare their experiences vs nursing in terms of the "bs" one has to deal with,...

  15. customer service and nursing

    nads786 replied to nads786's topic in General Nursing

    a lil backround on me, i just finished my first year of nursing skool and am lukewarm about my experience i have alot of experience working in retail while in highschool as well as college so i wanted...

  16. Man Diff...

    nads786 replied to night_owl_504's topic in Men in Nursing

    how about when your back gives up on you? alot nurses complain about back pain, with their own patient load, if ur taking on other RNs loads, how long can ur back

  17. Need advice and insight

    nads786 replied to youknowhowwedoit77's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am just a student, but i was wondering how come u cant get a bathroom break? when i worked as a CNA some of the other cnas chose not to take em bc it was really busy, but i took them anwyz ( it...

  18. What's nursing school like?

    nads786 replied to Doug85's topic in Male Nursing Students

    well me and my really good friend are in it, and sometimes we feel like outcasts.... maybe it would have been different if i went into nursing school not knowing

  19. Need advice and insight

    nads786 replied to youknowhowwedoit77's topic in Men in Nursing

    Have you been a CNA yet? or volunteered? personally IMO being a CNA will prob make you not want to be a nurse, bc of the back breaking work as well as the non-technical aspects of the job but maybe...

  20. What's nursing school like?

    nads786 replied to Doug85's topic in Male Nursing Students

    honestly... alot easier then i thought, the tests are pretty easy if you are good at science and are a good test taker however, its alot of work, alot of bs busy work and clinicals are on the...

  21. Man Diff...

    nads786 replied to night_owl_504's topic in Men in Nursing

    why dont you just vent your frustrations? I know if that happened to me slowly i would get more and more annoyed until i snapped but i guess thats

  22. What are clinicals all about????

    nads786 replied to BucklandRN's topic in General Students

    welll sorry to say, it is true, clincial is alot harder then theory, but the good news is, if you study your skills, and know them well, clinical should be a breeze first semester clinical you dont do...

  23. Need advice and insight

    nads786 replied to youknowhowwedoit77's topic in Men in Nursing

    just wanted to know OP, what is ur current

  24. Is it hard to get into College of Dupage ADN Program?

    nads786 replied to luv1114's topic in General Nursing

    i applied and was wait listed my college of dupage GPA at the time was a 3.73 overall it was lower around 3.3 but they have a specific amount of classes they want u to take and base ur gpa on those...

  25. Male Nurse Mentor

    nads786 replied to jst81161's topic in Male Nursing Students

    im a male nursing student I can give you some feedback in what nursing school is like first off i wanna say its MUCH easier then people here are saying, once you get the hang of the tests, it gets to...