djlottawa

Hey folks. Update. I am taking Prep for Health Science starting January 1st. Since I first posted I have been upgrading my English and Math. It's been so long since I was in school I am glad I am doing this. It's setting me up for doing assignments and homework. Prep for health runs from Jan to April, and I also sighed up for the PN course. I am sure I will get in since I applied 2nd day it was open for submissions. My wife just had a baby 2 months ago so this is making school interesting :>. One thing I noticed while at the General Hospital in Ottawa, in the baby ward almost all the nurses are Practical Nurses. Is that normal? I would love to work there but being a guy not sure new moms want to learn how to breast feed from a guy.

Thanks for the replies. It helps. I just applied for my letter of Admission for Practical Nursing and now I wait

Hiya folks. Folks post for me. I am a 41 year old male who thanks to the Government of Ontario might be given a 2nd chance. I am looking to take Practical Nursing at Algonquin College and was wondering how good is the program, and 2nd question is what kind of work does a RPN do? (Please don't say "take the RN it's better" I KNOW it's better, but they will only pay for a 2 year course not 3, and no I cannot ask them to just pay the 2 and I will pay the 1. I asked :>) My background is IT, but I only got into IT when I was 24 because it was a hobby and I thought I would like doing it as a job. Bad choice. But it paid the bills. While I enjoy helping people, I don't like doing it with computers. I am good at IT, but I always found I never got any satisfaction at all. I just finished last week taking a Career Path course and many of the assessments I took the top 5 jobs that would suit me seem to include Nursing each time. I am very much a extrovert and I think I would make a great nurse. Even family and friends who know what I might be trying think that I would be a good nurse. I am also wondering are Male nurses in high demand? Or looked at different? Cheers djlottawa