Seems like you are concerned about two things - being male - and being 50. I can't speak about the gender part - but I was 42 when I received my degree. I found that employers like older applicants....
We use MedsPub at my school. The questions are nothing like the ones we are given on exams. But... I like to see the rationales - it helps solidify the information in my head. One thing most...
I always read the textbooks. The first time - I read the chapters as if they were a really boring novel... lol. I don't try to memorize or even to understand completely. I read them to get some...
I can tolerate the questions... even if it is the same question over and over and over... sometimes, people just don't understand. What makes me scream "shut-up" inside my head is this: the...
I miss my mom a lot too. The first year was very hard. I found myself talking about her all the time. At first, I could see the looks on my friends faces... (kind of uneasy because they didn't know...
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I'm sorry you had such a bad day. Yes... once you get into the program you get slapped with reality really quickly. I too - was an "A" student in all my pre-req's and it came as a shock that I would...
ILUVIVT, Thank you... this is exactly what I was looking for - a perspective of someone who has seen many patients. My initial reaction was based soley on what I have personally seen (when my mother...
No she didn't... ...use a bedpan for a morning bath because she couldn't find the basin (I swear it wasn't me) ...interrupt lecture (OB) and go on for 10 minutes about her own personal views about...
I definately feel your pain.... I am a stay-at-home mom of 3 and full-time nursing student. My kids are of school age - so I tend to "study on the run"... I bring my notes everywhere and study...
I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my Mom in the middle of a pre-req - and just a few weeks before I entered the nursing program. You need to speak with your Professors as soon as possible. They...
Hi.. I'm a second year nursing student working on a paper and I could really use some advice. The paper I am writing is a reaction-paper... based on an article that has to do with developing a quality...