Protonprimary

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1. Ages of male nursing students?

   Protonprimary replied to Stearnsy's topic in Male Nursing Students

   I entered at 45, passed the NCLEX last week at 46 and a half (75 questions and all the tutorial and survey stuff in under forty minutes - yay. sorry, still doing that little dance.), and will...

2. Need your support guys.........I Feel like a real pansy!!

   Protonprimary replied to malestudentnurse's topic in Male Nursing Students

   First - good job. Second, you might think this out another way. What if that person had been a patient? Would your gonadal instinct to throw down have won out in that situation? Your "just say no...

3. Day One in the Life of a Nursing Student

   Protonprimary replied to MachoNurse's topic in General Nursing

   OK, that was a brilliant piece of work, both for the writing and for the observation and self reflection. I truly admire your attitude. I'm adding you to my list of people to learn from, for

4. MGH-IHP Direct Entry Program: Pros/cons? Current/graduated students please respond!

   Protonprimary replied to hemicoffee's topic in Post Graduate Students

   I believe that approximately 300 people applied, but that is not an official number and I'm not sure the veracity of that claim. The entire 3-year program all the way to the Masters is called Entry...

5. MGH-IHP Direct Entry Program: Pros/cons? Current/graduated students please respond!

   Protonprimary replied to hemicoffee's topic in Post Graduate Students

   I'm a first year in the MGH IHP direct entry Master's program (which they call Entry Level Nursing). There are about 80 students and it's a very fine, energetic and cooperative group. I'm proud to...

6. does age REALLY matter?

   Protonprimary replied to pinkynbd_99's topic in General Nursing

   If I take the original poster's question, not as a personal statement about the abilities of any individual, but as a question about capacity planning for the nursing profession in general, I am...

7. Gay Nurses... help!

   Protonprimary replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

   I've spent the last year working as a sitter. When I'm in the room with one patient for 8 hours and they keep asking (or, in some cases, accusing), I run out of diversions and sometimes have to fall...

8. Question for Any of You That Have Switched Careers to Nursing?

   Protonprimary replied to PhilaGuy's topic in Men in Nursing

   Congratulations to all of you who've shown the courage to take such a large leap from the comfort ( and perhaps boredom and lack of fulfillment ) of a long term career to do something your heart calls...