Rhona

This is very interesting. they(whoever they are) have said that the average age for nursing students is in the 30's. I amcurious to see how true this is. I am going to go to nursing school either this year or next. I will be either 36 or 37 upon entrance. How about eveyone else? rhona

After just having dealt with the other side of the issue I have alot to say. First off their a good and bad nurses! Some are lazy. Don't want to do anything if their life depended on it. some are absolutly fab! I had the pleasure and pain of both. the female in question was a nasty young know it all @$%^H! She was rude, you know the peppy holier than thou type. wouldn't say crap if her mouth was full of it type. thank god she had to leave and I got the nurse from heaven. He was wonderful. He was incredibly busy but took the time to care. I go to a very busy clinic. I had very sever pnemonia following a surgery and have basically been ill for over a month now. I am finally on the mend but had to withdraw from classes this semester. As I had no strenght.Why am i saying all of this. i see all the whinning. I read all the comments. Is this what nursing is all about? I am going to be a nurse. I want to be paid well. I will tell you what when you make 6 buks an hour 14-20 sure sounds good to me.I have watched nurses stations,and I am sorry but running is not what I see. I see nursing playing solitare. I had tyhe pleasure of being a house keeper in a hospital for a time. It was certainly an education. I saw things like nurses sleeping in their cozy little lounge. Watching t.v. yes alot of them worked hard but they also played ahrd as well. I stayed on my feet for my shift. there is no cozy lounge for the scuz of the hospital right? I had three nurses that said anything to me. the rest I was dirt on their shoe, why is that because they assume that because your a housekeeper your unintelligent. I am here to tell all of you to get down off your high horse. Realize for one minute that you go to the bathroom just like everyone else!Even the queen has to pee. If you chose nursing then love it. I thanked everyone that gave me help when i was ill. the ones that took the extra time to care are so special to me.Remember that patients are scared and sometime the best gift you can give them is to hold their hand. If your charting doesn't get done then maybe someone will finally start asking why. Is that possible. also if you want more ask for it. I heard more nursing whine about their no pay less breaks crap but guess what I had one nurse who always found time to go to a clean bathroom marked for patients only and use that one. I guess this nursing thing looks mighty different depending on what side of the fence your on. If you don't like what I say debate it,prove me wrong. If you don't like how your treated change it. You have a voice. More pay ,better treatment. It all can happen.

I have been reading a few posts. The nursing school I will be attending is a hospital nursing school. The only requirement they have before entering the school is;2 years of high school algerba,chem & bio. Am I missing something here? In my two year program A&p, mico, health & Nutrition, psy, soc, freshman english ,pharmacolgy and one elective are all part of the nursing program. Can all of you tell me what your programs are like? Thanks