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I've had nothing but positive experiences, especially in the clinical setting. Patients usually have an impressed look on their face when I tell them I'm a student nurse. Then again, I am from Canada where society tends to be quite liberal leaning. I'm sure in more conservative parts of North America, male nurses may run into a few stereotypical problems here and there.

This is more of a nurse-ghost story rather than one with patient experiences. A sanatorium named Fort San was built in 1917 to house people with tuberculosis. one night, a nurse wrapped a bed sheet around her neck and hung herself. The place was closed down in 1972, and is now a hotspot for school trips and such. Since it was reopened to the public as sort of a museum, there have been stories about "sightings", with a nurse walking the halls of the old sanitorium. I've included a picture to try and 'up the creep factor'

I'm currently taking my BSN through the University of Saskatchewan's NEPS program which is offered through a community college. There were multiple nursing programs in the province, so they decided to lump them together and offer the same program at multiple locations throughout the province.

I bought unisex scrubs from walmart. they do the job

Nursing student here- I drive a black '97 Acura Integra which I like a lot. Soon I'll be dropping it a few inches, and will probably buy new rims when I become an RN.

the word "nurse" bothers a lot of men because it's stereotyped. I have to admit, when I first went into nursing, it bugged me a lot. Now...not so much. It's funny to see the reactions from people when they ask what program I'm enrolled in at university. As soon as I say "nursing", they usually raise their eyebrows and give me that 'oh really' kind of look. funny :chuckle nowadays i'm not bothered by it. "nurse" "male nurse" "RN", whatever.

I was searching the boards and found this topic and felt I had to reply, even if i'm a bit late :chuckle I was wondering the same as you, so I did a lot of digging and found some answers. Depending on where you apply, having worked as a nurse before attempting to become a doctor may be frowned upon. Some adcoms look down upon it because of the nursing shortage, some look down on it because the two professions are focused on very different types of care. BUT, even with that said, there are endless numbers of nurses who have been accepted into med schools and are working as doctors. as long as you have very high grades which in turn give you a high GPA (around 3.6) and do well on the MCAT exam, you should be ok. I'm very torn at the moment- I've wanted to work in the OR as a perioperative for quite some time, but the more I think about being a doctor the more I want to try to get into med school. I know I can pull off the grades if I commit myself, but I've already put in 2 years in my BSN. so confused

I'm currently a BSN student, and hope to be an acute nurse practitioner some day. You must have a full year of clinical experience before you enter into a NP program, but is that really enough? I'm wondering if immediately starting a NP program only a year after I'm in a full time clinical setting is a little rushed. There are RN's who have been working 20+ years before deciding to be a nurse practitioner. I'm wondering whether or not someone with only a year of clinical experience can be as good a NP as someone with 20 years. I know that school can't teach you everything, but I'm having a hard time grasping the concept that I can be just as good as someoen who has been working for years and years :uhoh21:

cramming works quite well for me actually. I work part-time while in school, and recently had my A&P midterm. I worked at my job way TOO much, and left little time to study. So the night before the test, I brewed 2 cups of coffee (yes, I drank both of them) and didn't go to sleep that night. I stayed up, drank coffee, and crammed like I've never crammed before. I read, reread and rereread information, whic I started doing at 5pm and finally finished at 8am I went to school, wrote my test, and collapsed into my bed exhausted. I just found out I scored an 87% on my test!! Even though cramming 'can' work, it's not worth it. I have cut my hours at work, and have dedicated a LOT more time to study. Now I study a chapter each night, everynight, so by the time the final comes around, I'll know everything like the back of my damn hand!

Im in first year nursing, and we were watching a documentary in class. In the documentary, when a patient goes code (is that what you call it when their heart stops?) a code team came in and got to work saving the patient's life. We were never told who the code team is comprised of. The instructor said it was a team of specially trained people, but that's it. Are nurses and doctors on a code team? Can RN's work on code teams?

ofcourse everyone's metabolism is different, but when I was overweight, I just ran. Ran, ran, ran, and ran some more. It didn't matter if I was tired and had no sleep, I ran, and then ran some more when i couldn't run, i walked. It didn't matter what I ate. I could eat 2 bags of chips or have a veggie salad, with the amount of excersise I was doing, I don't think it really mattered. I know a lot of people dont have the time for this, and lately, I have not. But I'm trying hard to make more time for running, but it's very very hard to do when it's -20c and there's snow everywhere. going to the gym is more time consuming.

people can't blame ER about some people having bad views of nursing. ER has shown pletny of idiot doctors who don't know ANYTHING, and yet the general public doesn't think they're stupid. Nurses have had, and will have, to put up with people considering the profession 'lousy'. BUT, look how far the image of a nurse has come, say, from 50 years ago. In 15 years, what will the image be? As a male myself, some people have laughed at my choice of a career, but many many many people, friends and complete strangers, always seem impressed when they find out I"m in nursing. Where I live (Sk, Canada) a lot of people respect the profession, perhaps because the pay is increasing.

How can you say that making almost $34 isn't good money? are you crazy?!?! Sometimes, I really don't understand some people. I mean...how can you not live a comfortable, worry free (financially) lifestyle on this type of pay? People are always saying, if you're in it for the money, go somewhere else. HELLO!!! Many, many, many many many jobs that require degrees pay MUCH lower than nursing! In my province, I'll be making somewhere around $24 or something starting. I will then go back to school after a year and become a Nurse Practitioner. NP's make more money than RN's. If you are wise with your money, you'll have PLENTY of it, and be able to live a VERY NICE lifestyle.

A friend of the family is a nurse aboard a cruise ship for six months of the year, and makes $100,000 a year!!

i doubt you'd have to worry much about backstabbing gossipy biznatches. and just think, you could spend half your shift riding rollercoasters! woohoo! weeeeeee!!