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1. married to MD

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in Men in Nursing

   [color=darkslategray]dear kbok, i was wondering if you could explain more about how you worked it in residency. the basic point of our scheme is to have someone who is not going crazy to cook, keep...

2. married to MD

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in Men in Nursing

   Thanks very much, that is encouraging to

3. married to MD

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in Men in Nursing

   i cannot believe i am the first one to ever try this idea. the truth is that i would never have even thought of nursing, except that the wife volunteers in the hospital and she had great stories...

4. married to MD

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in Men in Nursing

   Thanks for the vote of confidence. It is nice, but thats because I like my wife, not because she is going to

5. married to MD

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in Men in Nursing

   well right now we are of very similar socioeconomic background. But she wants to go into doctoring. We have been married a while already. So technically,

6. married to MD

   onthefence posted a topic in Men in Nursing

   I am starting prereqs for accelerated BSN. My beautiful and brilliant wife will be starting med school in the fall. Does anyone have any experience with this situation? I personally feel like nursing...

7. The Dichotomy That is Nursing

   onthefence replied to sassyrn333's topic in General Nursing

   actually i do not see it as a dichotomy so much as the problem of healthcare right now, and the challenge that is driving me to switch to

8. Humanities People

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

   Do you not like the font? I am confused as to the

9. Humanities People

   onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

   As someone finishing their MA in philosophy I would totally encourage you to take those classes if you can. Digressing from the MA--BSN question at hand, I have no question that my pursuit of this...

10. Humanities People

    onthefence posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am considering doing an accelerated BSN with several degrees in humanities and other related fields. If it is not too much trouble, I would like to meet people who have gone down similar paths,...

11. How did you discover you want to do this?

    onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I agree that tonality is really important and something to really work on. Thanks for the continual insights. I think in the past few days I have gotten a lot of reassurance about this...

12. How did you discover you want to do this?

    onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    I apologize profusely for what may have been a poor choice of words. What I meant was that in any profession I would consider, I want to be stimulated and challenged. Many of the commenters have given...

13. How did you discover you want to do this?

    onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the reply. I understand that it is not the same thing. I could stay where I am and do what I am doing if I wanted to keep doing that. However, I am considering not doing that. This does not...

14. How did you discover you want to do this?

    onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    I meant that my long term satisfaction would be dependent on being able to utilize my critical thinking and creative impulses. And I want to make sure that whatever I consider doing allows latitude...

15. How did you discover you want to do this?

    onthefence replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for these great examples. I am really worried about ratcheting down the level of intellectual life I am used to, and could see this causing more problems than anything else. So it is really...