brudjazz

Hell, no wonder. You're living in Twister Country. :rotfl:

You really could use some manners, in my opinion. Ever consider that maybe some posters here aren't nurses, but want to become nurses? I'm sure you didn't do any kind of research into the field of nursing before you became a nurse. No, you wouldn't do that. It would be wrong.

Continuous inflation, progression of technology to the point that humans are not needed for production of products, EXTREME increase in population, maybe?

I believe that NO ONE should be allowed to enter an LPN or RN program without having first accumulated at LEAST six months of CNA experience. In my own experiences as a CNA in the past, and from all the stories that my wife (who is an LPN with 19 years of experience in geriatrics, 5 of them as a CNA) has told me, I'm very much convinced that those that have never worked as a CNA make HORRIBLE LPN's AND RN's. Those are the ones that believe they are above doing any dirty work.

This is all pure corporate BULLSHIT and greediness on the part of those ****ers sitting in meetings all day, with $1 million dollar salaries. What do they really envision happening? Robots taking care of patients by the year 2025? :angryfire

Sorry, but I can't help but imagine all those bubbles trailing you as you go for a swim after a luncheon at Taco Jon's (fake name). :rotfl:

I can understand how the weather in Kentucky would be "colder" than it is in Mississippi. No argument there. However, please allow me to ask you this. Do you have ANY IDEA what cold weather is really like? If you want to see some decent snow, then go to Massachusetts. If you really don't know what 'cold' is, take a trip to South Dakota. If you've not gotten freezer-burn there, then head on up to North Dakota. Again, I can see where you think that anywhere other than Mississippi has colder weather, but you really do need to get in your car and do some traveling. :rotfl:

RealNurseWitch, I am on here late tonight absorbing as much information about the nursing field as I can. I've been struggling since 1998 to make money in IT (only getting worse with the ever increasing outsourcing of IT to countries like India), and I truely have always wanted to take care of people. I never really took the leap toward nursing because I suffer from Aphthous Stomatitis (mouth ulcers, the ones that sometimes appear on my tongue are THE worst pain I've ever experienced) and am hearing-impaired (wear hearing aides). My wife and I have agreed that by the end of this summer if I'm not employed in IT or making a lot of money self-employed that I will start taking classes at UK (probably LCC or MCC, since it would be cheaper) toward obtaining my LPN. I do have 5 months of CNA experience (1997), so I know *something* about nursing. Besides, I get to hear about all kinds of things from my wife about nursing, LOL. Anyway, I thought that I would ask you if your place of employment would consider hiring an LPN whose entire nursing career has been spent in geriatrics (my wife has been an LPN since 1991, and has a superb reputation in western Massachusetts....we moved down here last July). She's been hinting at wanting to get out of working in the nursing homes, and trying a different setting. I know that she wants to go back to school, but she feels she doesn't have the smarts to do so. She says she feels very insecure as a nurse, that she would never do well enough academically to complete her education toward her RN license. I know otherwise, not a person in my lifetime have I met who is as organized and has as strong a memory and ability to pick up new material as fast as her. Being that she isn't very aggressive about her search for a better opportunity as a nurse, I'm complimenting her by doing the aggression part. If she sent you her resume (she applied to UK, but has heard nothing from them....I think it's due to her either working in nursing homes her entire career, or that her resume needs some work) would you mind forwarding it to your place of employment? We live in Sadieville, Kentucky, which is about a 45 minute commute to Lexington, and I realize that the commute to Frankfort would be even longer. We had to cancel her insurance because it was too expensive for us. She was paying $425+ per month for just the two of us, for CHA insurance. I need a lot of work on my mouth (correction of bite, removal of wisdom teeth and two others to create better spacing in my mouth, mouth guard to prevent me from grinding my teeth at night), and the fact that CHA wouldn't cover it was just the icing on the cake. I also wonder what I should do toward meeting my dream of becoming an LPN. Would I need to be a CNA for a year in the state of Kentucky before I can enter a nursing program or to even be an LPN? Are there any employers that you know of in or near Lexington that would assist with the costs of going to school to be an LPN? So many questions, I hope that I haven't chased you away! I'm just hoping to start on the path toward being a nurse (something that I have thought about for many years), and I want to see to it that my wife has the opportunity to further herself in her career. I know that she doesn't want to look back on her life as an old woman, and regret never doing anything with her career other than working in a nursing home.

Good God, almighty! I've yet to start taking any classes toward an LPN license, yet I can see that some people just don't get it. Why would ANYONE be sitting there, shoes off, "on the clock", text messaging friends on a cellphone? This stuff has got to stop (I would love to see ONLY police officers, firemen and medical staff being able to carry cellphones in public). Clearly that student didn't have her heart in this. I know that I would never act like she did.

Actually, couldn't s/he retake some classes or transfer credits to another institution? Once again, the almighty "perfect nurse" rears its attitude. Not making excuses for the student, to be sure, but we all mature at different points in our life.

I truely think that I would make a GREAT nurse, but I've not done anything toward reaching the goal of becoming an LPN, yet. Many times in my life I've met people who told me that "you're really able to relate with others" or "you're a sweet guy". Yet, in the back of my mind is that nagging fear that "I just won't be as good a nurse as the women, I will fail". This has to stop, and I don't think it is my problem. I really appreciate you sticking up for the guy that started this thread. My wife has told me on more than one occasion that the "field of nursing is really caddy". I think that's what she said. She's been an LPN for 14 years. She's told me that "female nurses are very gossipy", and knowing how quiet of a person she is (she's always been known as that "really quiet, but awesome, nurse") I'm inclined to believe her. Hell, I've gotten to know some of her co-workers, and there was a somewhat embarassing incident that occured. I happened to "know" one of her co-workers who had a sex change years ago from male to female. I used to go to the bar with that "girl". I know the girl's voice. She knows me more than she lets on, I'm afraid. Anyway, I had a "relationship" with one of her transsexual friends years ago, and word has ALREADY gotten around in my wife's workplace that I "had an alternative lifestyle". Tell me that isn't gossiping! It doesn't bother my wife, because she knew me pretty darn well before we got married, and believe me when I say that if my wife can become open-minded about something, ANYONE can! Still, everytime I go in there now, I wonder who's looking at me and thinking "there's that fag..." or something like that. The other day I noticed one of the openly gay CNA's at my workplace giggling with some of his outsider girlfriends (they don't work there), and looking right at me. They made a point to come over and talk by me for a little while. So, something is definitely up! Anyway, sorry to drag this out, but I'm well aware of the cliques that occur in the nursing field (as goes on anywhere). I've never been a clique-er, just doesn't make any sense to me to try to buddy with some folks and purposely exclude others.

Riding the fence, are we? I don't think that men OR women deserve ANY of the negativity they get. Less cruelness doesn't make it any more justified. You sound as if you're saying that if you didn't have any sons, that you'd have no problem with men (let alone women) getting the negativity they do.

Whereabouts in Kentucky are you enrolled, bagger? I live in Sadieville and am seriously considering Lexington Community College (part of the University of Kentucky), though the email I received today from one of its professors indicated to me that she didn't give a rat's *** about prospective students or the personal lives of others (I sent her a huge email, talking about why I wanted to get into nursing, and the difficulties I am challenged with quite often). Her response to my long email was this: "HI There, Yes I went to SUNT Stony Brook for my masters degree. I am from Long Island NY. I relocated here three years ago after the birth of our grandchild Isabella who lives here in Lexiington. I believe LCC is a great way to start your career as a professional RN. If you have any further questions , please feel free to call me at LCC ext. 4049 (859-257-4872). Good Luck Linda" Maybe I am being way too over-sensitive here, and maybe they just have a lot of students become overly-enthusiastic and drop out, but still...if teachers really aren't that interested in learning about their students and a little more (than what you'd get in the classroom) about their prospective students, then maybe they should just get out of teaching.

Can you TRUELY handle that kind of workload, physically? What about mentally? If you're dead from a heart attack, that great money will just buy you a nicer coffin.

Are you Michael Jordan? :chuckle I only teased you about that because of your initials. When you talk about traveling, are you referring to being an "international nurse" of sorts? That would be neat to do, I think. Are you married? Sorry for the personal questions, just trying out different hats here, stuff that I will think about for myself when I get started on the prerequisites for an LPN license.