nads786

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 it. I thought about being a PA and still think abou...

can you expand on what you mean by that?

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 how it is at a hospital as a nurse?

what does that above comment have anything to do with her troubles?

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 who they slept with pretty uncomfortable situation,...

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

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 nursing as my career, mid-way thru my second semes...

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

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 patients?

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

i think it depends on the person, i take good notes, and pay careful attention in class and i never really read the book, but i do study like 3 days before the test usually reviewing my notes the books we have used so far, have alot of bs in them and...

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 allow her to retake it and there was no way for her t...

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 months, and the first day i was there we had to lift ...

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 "stat"

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, as well as patients vs customers and how rude/wr...

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 to compare my experiences there to being a nurse ...

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 last?

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 didnt win me any friends) but i felt like i really nee...

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 anybody

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 your experience will be different, this is a tuff de...

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 difficult side, there is a lot to know, but its not hard ...

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 me,

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 much for the first 6 weeks, then you do ur first ...

just wanted to know OP, what is ur current profession?

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 classes only if you havent taken your prereqs yet, ...