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Hi there, I'm so disillusioned by the nursing industry. On the brochure, and even in the politically correct speech, everybody says, that the nursing industry wants more men in the field. How nice. Whereas behind your back, you get stabbed for being ...

Hi, Im only a student, but i have heard that travel nursing can be a great way to have a working holiday. It pays well also. If you are experienced, then will be in demand.

Hi docomo, what did you do previously if I may ask? I'm still feeling burnt out from my old folks home work.....crazy. cheers

Hi J Modz..... Is Modz short for anything?.....I have a cousin ....who is a Modz plus extra .....she is a hyper successful partner in a multinational management firm....just putting it out ther....

also doing a LOT of exercise. have left the car in the garage, and force myself to use the bike to commute. this has seemed to take a massive edge off my edginess....exercise therapy. seems to be working.

Hi, Im a final year nurse......and I feel that everything is just so wrong. This feeling of dread, and whether I want to complete nursing....is arising after working as a Personal Care Assistant in nursing homes. Let me put it this way........it is a...

That's an amazing response, thankyou! I've taken a few days off, spoken to a careers counsellor, she recommends even doing something unrelated to nursing atm....i.e. labouring, house renovations, etc, just to get my mind off....to continue with the s...

Im currently a beginning nursing student part of a fast-tracked course. one of the reasons, that i commenced this course, firstly is for patient care, secondly to be able to one-day provide for my family and kids....which i ain't having yet...still s...

thanks a million mate, yeh....I'm considering on getting back into the weights...that would do me some good, and got to get off my lazy arse, no excuses and back into training. Thanks again. Cheers

Hi guys, I'm into my final year of nursing....and tbh, Im finding it to be a massive challenge. of course, you know....you just get on with it...... Recently I started doing some Agency work as a lower level PCA (personal care assistant - Australian ...

Hey bud, that's great.....I think you've just inspired me to get back into weights and stuff....and general fitness. put on some weight....and tbh...feeling ratshit because of it......can't wait to finish doing the CNA shifts doing atm in a nursing h...

Hi, Im doing a fast-tracked Nursing course in Australia.....and truthfully.....the anxiety levels are through the roof. The course only takes 18 months.....and it basically on steroids. no time for a cigarette break, no nothing. many ppl dropped out ...

This is a very encouraging response......thanks so much. I guess the take home message that I got from this is......keep your head down and be competent. The gender complex won't bite you in the butt so hard. I'm feeling the gender complex thing atm....

Amen to all these responses....keep it light-hearted, it's good to have a laugh every so often, don't take it seriously. I know that it is hard to do...we are men after all, and we do enjoy the company of women, especially when they are playful I lo...

Update.... post exam # 1....the contextual one. over and done with, wasn't that bad,,,, the bark was far worse than it's bite. now for a day and a half rest, and onto the second more difficult one, based on clinical information. It just seems that I ...

Hi, I'm currently doing a fast-track nursing course, and I am dying (figuratively speaking). Just so overloaded and overwhelmed that it isn't funny. Im in my second semester, which has been interrupted by surgery, and me trying to catch up to everyb...

Hey Kirby, thanks for the feedback, i do find it difficult sometimes being a bloke in a female dominated profession, once the work starts, there is no question where the focus is .... the patients. but also at times I think that it might be better su...

Just to add.....to put some perspective on previous post.............I was APOLOGISED TO BY THE NUM... for the treatment that I had received. She thought that her staff were being harrassing TO ME! not a good idea to judge before knowing the full sto...

I wouldnt have lasted if Patients arent the reason for my being. I agree with you, if I had the slightest Notion of not giving ppl PROPER care, I would take myself OUT thankyou. Can understand how this could be misinterpreted. You are 120% right re p...

Hi Y'all, Im a nursing student from Australia, currently in my second semester. I got through the first semester fine, mostly rehab/aged care placements and A & P centred subjects. However.....come second semester, and we all are getting hit with...

true, true, didn't look at it this way. guess I'm just finding it a challenge transforming myself into a healthcare minded person, with the focus on the other person, and not my own personal ego. thanks heaps, that was a great response.

Hey guys, Yeah, I also had a case of being discriminated against, and I fully understand the notion of having to keep your masculine identity in this field....honestly at times I just feel that some of my other male colleagues.... well.....they're pr...

damn,,,,,that would crap me big times.....mebbe you need to come down here to Australia...we've got a massive shortage of nurses, and it pays very well. btw.....an additino of my own....how do you guys deal with difficult nursing co-students? i've go...

Hi, This thread is pretty decent. I also like to see that there are a few other blokes like me, who are also either studying to be a nurse, or are already a nurse, and are also into fitness and stuff. I've just started a fast-track course, which does...

Hi Guys, I'm about 7 weeks into a nursing fast-track course, which will give me RN quals in a year and a half (as opposed to the usual 3 years according to the Australian system). So, in short my course overwhelming. I come from a non-science backgr...