steveogurule

I completely understand where you are coming from and thank you for the thoughtfull response :)

Well thank you I will be sure to change that. I am bran new to this site you will have to forgive me :)

You are not matching your tone to that of the OP because you are attacking me personally.

Are you asking out of curiosity? Wow this post really brought out the meanness in some people so it's hard to tell. I have been in the field for 16 years in various capacities.

I appreciate all the thoughtful responses! This post offended a number of you, and I'm sorry about that! Please understand that this post was but a window into my then thought process at the beginning of my research on the topic. It's not fair to make assumptions about my critical thinking skills or to attack my motives. I'm out of school for the summer and doing independent research, and was hoping this forum could spur some ideas. Thanks!

If you think my asking "how do you live with yourselves is rude and demeaning then you did not read my post correctly. The prerequisite for that question was clearly "Discovering how harmful most prescribed chemicals are..." Please let put your egos away before responding to this post people! I am obviously not attacking you but posing a question for you to pretend to answer....from my perspective. So far only 2 commenter's saw that. There is no reason to become offended unless you have feelings buried...dig them up!

That's really nice of you to say considering that this post is part of a thinking process. Would have been nice if you had added something helpful but thanks for the dash of negativity to balance the scales.

I am a third year nursing student who is out of school for the summer. After watchingthe documentary Food Matters, I have discovered and have been busy researching Orthomolecular medicine.Did you know each year, doctor-prescribed drugs kill more Americans than street drugs. Drug Abuse Warning Network statistics indicate less than 10,000 deaths annually from illegal drugs. 130,000 Americans actually die in hospitals each year from prescription medication. (Whitaker, J. in Health and Healing, September 1993 Supplement, Phillips Publishing, page 3). I am becoming a nurse to help and nurture people, how can I go into an industry polluted with greed and lies? If America was healthy who would pay? What do I dooooo!!!!

WOW that was harsh.

I'm close to earning my BSN and the ammount I have borrowed so far is staggering! By the time I'm done I'll be at 60,000+ how horrible is that!!??

All wonderfull responses! Thanks, I will be on guard! I really like the athmosphere here

There are 57 applicants, 19 (18) seats; will you be one of them? I think I will.

Thanks for the thoughtful response, that seems to be a theme here.

After 2.5 years of prerequisites, I'm finally starting the nursing program next fall. My school's program is excruciatingly competitive...nobody has a chance unless their GPA is 3.5+. I have "stopped facebook" in preparation. I'm new here at allnurses, is it addictive and distracting or helpful and enriching?

I'm new to this website and happened upon this thread. I'm surprised by the number of thoughtful responses, there seems to be a general pattern of mutual respect and introspection here. I think it's important that these kinds of discussions take place in order to increase our nurse like qualities. I did read a small squabble transpire towards the end of this thread. I read a comment that condemned feminine gay men. You know what I'm talking about if you read this entire thread. I would encourage this student to watch the movie Pageant as part of their higher education. I would encourage you get to know an annoying flaming femme or two. You need to understand that some men can't control how femme they are..gay and straight. You need to get those uncomfortable feelings out of your heart if you are to be an inspired nurse that people admire and respect. Good luck!