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I know, i know, not all my interactions with physicians will be horrible. I shouldn't let 3 negative encouters jade my views on the docs. I'll play nice for now.:)

I relate to what you wrote. I absolutely feel the same way. I, like many others i'm sure, have felt the stigma of being a male nurse. I find myself educating people on what a modern nurse's role is in society. It's very scary what some people's perception of nurses actually is. I am a strong advocate for more guys entering the nursing field. It's def. empowering hearing that other has the same feeling. It's a "green" thing i suppose... Cheers!

It absolutely gets under my skin & it irritates me when people ask me that. I'm already tired of dealing with the stigma of being a male nurse, lost my patience with many in the process of defending myself, which i really shouldn' have too. No, i do not want to be a physician. I don't suffer from a mightier-than-thou god complex. It's sad that i'll be dealing with Surgeons on a daily basis...sigh.

Wow, i wouldn't be lying if i say i'm a bit worried, even more now. Yeah, it's ***** that's gonna be teaching us next term. I had @@@@@@@ for both Bio 1190 & 1191 & i understand his style of teaching, plus i like that he gives you all the notes and his exams are from the notes. I'm actually looking forward to patho in term 4 but dreading it in term 3. Crap...guess i'm gonna suffer a bit in *****'s class... They didn't do med math as a SPA but it was def. an exam worth 10% of overall mark for 1141 in term 2. I would imagine giving injections could be a SPA & maybe catheter care in term 3? I believe clinicals in term 3 is acute care, which is subclassed into palliative & oncology? Was that the same for you last term? I'm wondering if i should try for Lionsgate even though i live in Vancouver, heard they don't like it when you keep choosing the same clinical placement so i'm trying to get the far ones out of the way. Sorry for all the questions, i rarely bump into students from later terms... Thanks for the hollaback Eric

Hi Erik, Good to see another guy taking nursing, being a strong advocate myself. I was just wondering, how did you find Term 3? I heard there is 3 SPA exams, sigh. More specifically, how was Patho 2290? I have been reading some pretty disheartening comments on the instructor teaching it... Cheers!

It took me 1 year, 8 months to get into the program, i'm finishing term 2 soon.

indigo summer , are there no other equivilents for these electives like at bcit that is transferable to langara?

We were told never to wear crocs in clinicals and during work. Personally, i can't stand the look of crocs. I wear the usually all white Nike Shox and i'm alright during 8-12 hr clinical/shifts, plus they don't look so generic. New balance is supposedly really good too.