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His name was Zyzz. He was very prominent on youtube and other body building forums / websites. I have known about for a very long time and don't be fooled as other people have already said. Just because he's ripped doesn't mean he's healthy. In the websites where he is known, it is pretty much accepted that he takes a lot of steroids. I have seen pictures of him just a few years before he was extremely ripped, and he was barely 135 lbs. He was also found dead in Thailand I believe. From what articles I've read you could obtain any kind of drug / steroid you wanted there so I'm sure he went to town on them. It was also reported in some articles that he suffered from hypertension before the attack. So it very may well have been a genetic heart disease of some kind that lead to his attack. But most likely it was caused from years of drug and steroid abuse. Thanks Garrett P.S. It was also stated in articles that he was being charged with possesion of illegal substances ( steroids ) at the time. Proof that I'm not just making this up because I'm jealous of how ripped he was

Now this is what I like to see, people willing to relocate to get a job. I know the job market isn't what is once was, and I really don't have that much room to talk because I'm still in school. But it is getting really old seeing posts where people are complaining about how they can't find a job in say, Miami, to save their life. I would also like some input from people who have experience in other fields. A lot of people on this forum talk about how hard it is to find a job as a nurse compared to how easy it was before. But is this really exclusive to the nursing profession? It seems more realistic to think that this is how a lot of career fields are right now in the United States. And on a side note, is it even possible to transfer your RN / Advance Practice Degree to Canada? If it is, then how hard is it? Thanks Garrett

I appreciate your post very much. And I feel it has broadened my knowledge of psych nursing. But I may have been unclear in my original post; I like knowing about disease processes and how the drugs are used to fix them. Aka, gold old fashioned science. An example being cardiology. A lot of things in cardiology seem to be very logical ( if a pt has A then give them B and they will get better ). I am aware that the knowledge of mental health diseases concerning diagnosis and treatment as grown a tremendous amount in recent years. But from what I'm learning a lot of aspects about the diseases and treatments ( meds specifically ) seem to not be fully understood. This is obviously because of the complexity of the human brain, and our lack of ability to study it. Obviously we have a good grasp on many mental health diseases such as depression, and have very reliable and scientifically sound ways to deal with them. But I'm mostly talking about more complex issues such as Bi Polar Disorder and Multiple Personalities; These diseases, in contrast to depression, do not seem to be that well understood, which leads to the meds that treat them to not really be understood either. So my question to you is how much of what you do as a psych nursing is based on facts and science, and how much is based on intelligent assumptions as to what exactly is going on. P.S. I should also toss in that I'm fully aware the Psych field isn't all about meds, and also includes a lot of therapy ( which I feel is just as important). But medications do seem to play a fairy large part in helping people with psych disorders. Thanks Garrett

Just like the title says, please sell me on psych nursing. I'm a few years out from graduating, and already looking at potentially becoming a CRNA in the future. Now I'm not going to ramble on but if that doesn't work out then I would look into being an NP. And since there are many different specialties of NP's it's a hard time deciding which one is right for me. So I ask you to please give me your best reasons to become a psych RN / NP. I'll go over a quick list of pros and cons, so feel free to address these in your replies. Pros -Exciting / interesting work -Variety of pts -I'm male. Now I'm not insecure about being a nurse in any field ( except maybe women's health for obvious reasons ) but it does seem that more males tend to work in psych. Cons -Not as medically oriented ( I like the sciences ) -Meds, diagnosis and just the diseases themselves seem to be vary vague. And some times the reasons behind why the meds work or how the disease comes about isn't very clear. ( This again goes back to the fact that I like the good old fashioned sciences) I've never worked in psych so these assumptions could be very wrong. So that's why I'm asking you guys. Thanks Garrett

Thanks for the Clarification BrookeeLou. I hope some stuff clears up before I graduate in 2-3 years so I don't have to deal with these shady tactics.

I'm not here to argue with anyone. But can someone give me an example of why some job postings are listed if there is in fact not a spot open. I just can't get my head around why employers would do this.

While I'm not debating that the job market is tighter than it was a few years ago, which can be said for many professions, I'm asking people to be careful with the bold claims. When people say " There is a surplus of nurses everywhere", they need to be careful. Those words carry a lot of weight, and may affect someone's decision on whether or not to follow a career path that they may very well be happy with for the rest of their lives. I think you would be hard pressed to find a career that still gets offers right out of school like nurses used to get. But does that mean that nursing is a bad choice? No. Not many people get those offers any more in any field, so I wouldn't used that as reasoning not to go into nursing. Also almost every recent post in the IA nursing section of allnurses.com is at least 3 years old. And a post I did find from 2011 says that one nurse got hired after a month. And two others had to wait a few months.

Where do you live? I'm not saying you're wrong by any means. But as an example, I have been doing some research on CRNA's. And some people in these discussions claim that it's so hard to find a job, while other's seem to have no problem. As it turns out, some people having a lot of trouble finding jobs live in Philadelphia, where they have around 8 CRNA schools. I think people should start at least listing their state, and maybe even city, in these types of posts. If you live in Miami then yes you will most likely have more trouble finding a job because it's a very desirable place to live. By the way, I live in Iowa. And I would like to hear from other's that live in Iowa about the shortage or lack thereof. All I can say is on the floor where I'm a tech I have seen over six NG's start in my unit alone. And I've only been here for four months.

Where do you live? Are RN jobs really that hard to find? I see a lot of people posting about how hard it is to find a job, but at my local University Hospital there is at least 25 staff RN positions open. And they have been open for awhile. The same goes for the two smaller hospitals in my area, about 5-10 spots each.

Hello I'm a 19 year old male, and after the idea of being contempt as being an RN-BSN as a long term carrier coming out of high school, I'm starting to change my mind. Now I mean no disrespect to any practicing RN's but I'm currently about to start an ADN program at my local CC, and as I'm taking the pre reqs, especially A/P 1 and 2, I'm noticing that most nursing students aren't at the same level when it comes to the ability to learn and apply knowledge. An example being that I finished A/P which is regarded as the "weed out" class with a 98% and I didn't feel that pressured at all. And at the same time other pre nursing students barely scraped by with a C. I also am a tech on a med/surg floor, and I understand that med/surg isn't really challenging but I see some pretty dull RN's from time to time that make me feel like I could do something more than a BSN. For these reasons I'm planning on going into advanced practice nursing, with CRNA being my primary goal, and AACNP being sort of a back up plan. I have done pretty extensive research and contacted a few schools to find out what it takes in terms of stats to be a competitive applicant, and I think I can pull it off. But my question is when should I take all the extra classes that are required for a lot of CRNA schools. My first school is ranked 6th in a pole on all-crna-schools.com and requires many courses to be completed before application. The classes are gem chem I and II, O chem I and II, Biochemistry, Calc 1, Basic physics a lot with other more trivial classes. So I'm asking your opinions about some of the options I have. Option I - Take as many courses as I can and risk lowering my GPA through my ADN and RN to BSN schooling. Option II - Proceed with my ADN as scheduled, making it easier to maintain a good GPA. Then during my RN to BSN begin taking the pre req classes. I can see this getting hairy though especially if I'm working, studying for CCRN, trying to become a teacher and leader in things like ACLS classes, and trying to be just an overall good ICU nurse. Option III- Finish my ADN, do RN to BSN get a job then take the pre req courses. This also may have a down side because I would have been a long time sense I might have taken a math classes and etc. That being said I don't think I would mind being ICU RN for 1-3 years. It sounds like a great learning experience and much more interesting than Med/surg. But I go back to not wanting to be an RN my whole life. Thanks for the input