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  1. What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

    mrnightinggale replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your service/sacrifice. I'm glad you are able to

  2. What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

    mrnightinggale replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    It was just a play on words, "I'm the man your mother warned you

  3. What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

    mrnightinggale replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am one of the people the original poster warned you about. I am 46 and I start a BSN program on the first of July. It took me a long time to decide to go into nursing but there were many factors...

  4. Nursing shoes

    mrnightinggale replied to R3G15T3R3D NUR53's topic in Men in Nursing

    I just ordered a pair of these. Amazon.com: MOZO Men's Sharkz Hospital Shoe,Black,13 M US: Shoes Hope they work out. To me, they look like shoes every man wears in

  5. 41 yr old male wanting to start a 2nd career in nursing?

    mrnightinggale replied to simonJ's topic in Men in Nursing

    It is a goal of mine to help motivate others to make the right decisions for their lives... Mistakes Demotivator® - Demotivational posters from

  6. Such a thing as international agency nursing?

    mrnightinggale replied to mrnightinggale's topic in International Nursing

    Way

  7. Out of curiosity, how many male RNs are former military veterans?

    mrnightinggale replied to egypshun03's topic in Men in Nursing

    Recently retired Lt. Col. Air Force aviator after serving 22 years. Using GI Bill & Yellow Ribbon Program to do a BSN program. I'm 46 years old but too hyper/bored to just "hang 'em up". Doing...

  8. 41 yr old male wanting to start a 2nd career in nursing?

    mrnightinggale replied to simonJ's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm 46 and start a BSN program July 1st. I will be 49 when I graduate. Please tell me if you find out you're too old so I can hang up my

  9. Denver School of Nursing, BSN completion option start, July 2013

    mrnightinggale replied to mrnightinggale's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Me too Kayla, I will see you in class!

  10. Nurses need water

    mrnightinggale replied to Heidimc's topic in General Nursing

    Would it be inappropriate to just run a bag of saline on a slow drip while working? It WOULD be a time

  11. Denver School of Nursing Process Information

    mrnightinggale replied to jjhc2006's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Take the free BLS/CPR course that DSN offers. Contact your admissions person for information. Don't pay for it if you don't have

  12. Is nursing hard on a marriage?

    mrnightinggale replied to Wannabeeinscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    My wife is a nurse and I start nursing school in 5 weeks. Anything can be hard on a marriage if you let it

  13. Denver School of Nursing Process Information

    mrnightinggale replied to jjhc2006's topic in Colorado Nursing

    "Dress Casual" is

  14. Getting in the profession for the wrong reasons? (long, sorry)

    mrnightinggale replied to bonjournurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Very

  15. Getting in the profession for the wrong reasons? (long, sorry)

    mrnightinggale replied to bonjournurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    You need to sit back and visualize what YOU see yourself doing in 5 years, 10 years. This is your life to live and you've only got one chance to do it. In my humble opinion, stop trying to please...

  16. Denver School of Nursing Process Information

    mrnightinggale replied to jjhc2006's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I received a phone call at about the 5 week

  17. Denver School of Nursing Process Information

    mrnightinggale replied to jjhc2006's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I doubt they have sent out notifications yet for

  18. "I'm not floating."

    mrnightinggale replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    So, if you say; "I'm not floating", doesn't it imply something unless you are the charge nurse? "I'm not floating or else..." Or else what? You'll quit your job? Do nurses really have that much...

  19. Saying no when work calls

    mrnightinggale replied to TerpGal02's topic in General Nursing

    How about having a list ready of insanely fun activities that you are in the process of doing instead? The last time I got a call similar to this, I just told them I was on the chairlift and I...

  20. OMG Say it correctly!

    mrnightinggale replied to seanynjboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Prostrate, as opposed to

  21. One huge reason I want to be a nurse

    mrnightinggale posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK. So I'm probably pretty atypical for a nursing student. I am a retired USAF aviator after 22 years and probably don't HAVE to do much of anything more with my life. I'm 46 and decided it is too...

  22. One huge reason I want to be a nurse

    mrnightinggale replied to mrnightinggale's topic in General Nursing

    My wife is a Med/Surg RN-BSN so, I understand some of your perspectives. Can't say I totally understand it until I am there, but I hear lots of good stories along with the bad. I guess the luxury I...

  23. I dropped out. Please console me

    mrnightinggale replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    I never read why you were going to graduate school. Grad school is hard enough without having a reason for doing it. If there isn't a big enough carat for you to chase, why go after it? I think...

  24. Is it illegal to say you're a med student if you are not in medical school?

    mrnightinggale replied to psu_213's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Anyone can say they are a medical student in a bar. To the layperson, it is all medicine. Most people are naive about it so I wouldn't hold it against them. The resident handled it correctly. It...

  25. Denver School of Nursing

    mrnightinggale replied to foreverfenway's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I used the 3rd Edition as well. Read my notes over on the other DSN thread if you want more details on the test and application