Hello I'm in school now and will be receiving my certificate next Spring but I have no experience in medical/health field. I see experience is as important as education so I would like to know how is...
Hello All I'm 24 and I'm thinking about becoming a nurse. I'm choosing this as a career because of how bad the economy is in Michigan, especially Flint and it seems healthcare is the only secure...
Hello I'm starting Baker in Flint this coming Friday. I'm a little anxious. I know I have a long road ahead but its rewarding at the end, I hope. I'm 25 and I just feel like I'm too old to start...
I'm still undecided on whether I should go to Baker, Mott, or Davenporrt in Flint for nursing? I found Baker makes one go three years for an Associates in Nursing which I saw at many places that it...
Me and my mom have been going back and forth trying to figure out should I go into nursing. She and I feel it might be too hard for me and that no matter how hard I try I might not cut it. Will some...
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I know in this thankless world, I won't always get appreciated but I really do want to help people. I've been told one should do a job because they love it, not because of the pay but in this day and...
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I never been good with tests and studying but I've been told I'm such a kind, caring, compassionate, empathetic person that I should be a nurse, I know there's more to nursing then having a good...
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Practical nurses, patient care aides, and medical assistants, I feel sorry for because from what I hear a lot of them have to do the so-called dirty work or slave work that the nurses don't want to...
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Of course nurses have a lot of responsibility but having a degree doesn't make one responsible as I said the greatest nurses in history never had a degree (do that make them incompetent as a nurse,...
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Of course nurses have a lot of responsibility but having a degree doesn't make one responsible as I said the greatest nurses in history never had a degree but were the best so a degree doesn't...
I had my orientation at Baker in Flint on Wednesday. It was really nice. The people was so wonderful and helpful. The health science people seem to be really interested in you and making sure you get...
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Who came up with the idea that nursing should be apart of college and one must have a degree? I feel if one wants to be a nurse, nursing should be the main thing taught in a nursing school or...
dewberrysquish replied to dewberrysquish's topic in Michigan Nursing
Never said anything about having easier training. I was saying there should be various options for a woman to become a nurse besides college. I think I would learn more in a hospital on how to be a...
:confused:This doesn't have anything to do with nursing but it does have something to do with the medical field. I'm going to Baker in the Fall but I'm not sure what to major in. I don't know why but...
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Thanks for the info everyone. I really do want to work in an hospital setting. I haven't put nursing off my list completely but looking at other things. What are some jobs in the hospital that doesn't...
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I would love to be a nurse but I feel I couldn't cut it. I hear hard it is even for people with the best grades. I've never been the smartest so I probably would never get into nursing. What is...
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I live in Flint. I was told there is no waiting list at Baker BUT the program would take three years to complete not two. I would get in based on grades and as someone else stated else stated I might...
dewberrysquish replied to dewberrysquish's topic in Michigan Nursing
I went to Baker today and I was told it was three years. I thought it would be a two year degree, that's where I read everywhere. I prepared myself for two years but not three. Now I will have to look...