In nursing school, the women loved that I was a male nursing student. What could be better? I'm a guy, with a 1 to 10 ratio with girls. No guy picked on me because most of the time, I knew the girls...
hockeynpolo replied to mccartjm33's topic in Men in Nursing
Nursing schools and hospitals like people who were waiters/waitresses at some point in their lives. Why? W/W see many people throughout the day (kind of like patients), they are able to multitask,...
hockeynpolo replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing
Nope. I wanted to be a pilot first. I love flying and my grandfather (a doctor) had a plane. But I also liked field medicine after joining my county Search and Rescue Team. Fast forward 5 years, I'm...
The 10% is an accurate representation of total males in nursing. I'm a male and was accepted to Vandy's ICU program for 2010. And while merit did play a large role in me being accepted, I would not be...
hockeynpolo replied to ssamnisk's topic in Texas Nursing
You declined because of the pay? I was offered the critical care internship position at Parkland and a critical care residency position at Vanderbilt, and Vandy was going to pay me $19/h while...