The Bob

My marriage. Gone. Kaput! But it was on its way out anyway. :stone I still work 40hrs a week, but I'm a graveyard shift worker, and I sit at a desk all night working on medical informatics anyway ... it's a good fit.

I stopped short of getting licensed after my BS in bio. I was accepted in a training program in San Francisco and decided to give up my position to someone who would actually benefit from it. I would have taken a pay cut as a CLS, and I was already...

Hey Loner ... this is way OT, but I see you're a CLS as well. That's what I was studying before I went into nursing. It's good to see I'm not the only one to leave all that education behind for a more rewarding career.

I'm beginning to realize this. Well, since it's not my lot in life to proselytize, I can only stand by and watch the train wreck. The faith wars can be amusing at times, but they're predominately destructive, petty and mean-spirited. Now where's my ...

How dare you assume a sense of moral superiority because you happen to believe in the Christian God. You should be ashamed of yourself. For you to actually think a person with an atheistic belief is without morals sickens me and only furthers the d...

Offensive for me to want to comfort you in your time of need? I'm very sorry you feel that way. So that means you, as (apparently) a religious person of a particular belief system, would not pray with someone who subscribes to another belief system...

Another atheist here. My response is "I will keep you in my thoughts." That should be enough. If asked to pray with them I will bow my head and pray with them. It's not dishonest in any way because you are nurturing your patient (it's not as if the...

Graveyard shift at "a non-profit healthcare informatics organization dedicated to providing services to our members that protect and save lives". From our website. 40 hours a week and homework is not discouraged. They are paying all tuition, fees ...

I start tomorrow. 1st semester. I'm looking forward to it, but I'm so anxious I wanna :barf01:

Give yourself a chance on a patient that isn't your mom. I'm willing to bet you have a different reaction.

What! There, I said it. Okay, I start Monday as well, only my first semester. We've got a little in common. I'm 39, former mec. infantry, combat medic and all that fun stuff. And I'm looking forward to peds/OB more than you can imagine. It's th...

I took a lower level A&P prior to taking both full courses (it was AP 50 @ Modesto JC). The lower level wasn't a pre-req and it is non-transferable. But it wasn't a waste of time, either; I got an A out of both classes because I had the primer/b...

I would totally show up for my current job, but that's because I have no pt contact. If my government expects me to put my life in extreme jeopardy to save lives I can only tell them "Been there, done that, got the t-shirt (and medals) to prove it. ...

1.5 GPA in HS. Went on to JC and got 4.0, graduated Cal State biological sciences BS with a 3.2. I had a mentor. I had someone who believed in me and who was interested in my success as much as I was.

Well, I live in the Central Valley right now. I'm a nursing student and I chose this profession to move AWAY from the Central Valley (seems I can't make enough to feed my family anywhere else in CA as an EMT). The larger valley cities below Sacrame...

Wow! The professor thought it was okay because both of you were gay? That blows me away. She must have some hidden stereotypes about gay men that allow blatent harassment to be laughed off as "normal behavior". I wonder if she would have reacted...