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  1. Questions about Nursing as a Second Career (for a 37 yr old male w/ an IT backgrd)...

    Works2xs replied to Lou R.'s topic in Nursing Career

    I'm in a similar situation - 44 yo male, IT Eng/Corporate Manager w/25 years exp in computer/IT world - starting school this fall. From the various articles and boards I've visited, the avg age for...

  2. PDA OS Trade offs

    Works2xs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been searching the forum for some objective trade-off analysis between PDA's running PalmOS and WindowsCE. Most of what I've been able to dig up has been pro-con PDA's in general and don't have...

  3. Nursing a service industry?

    Works2xs replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    I think that it is a service industry, i.e., we aren't "producing" any product. Make no mistake, when people show up, they are looking for subject matter experts in the field of the human condition....

  4. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    Works2xs replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

    Seems to be an odd dilema. The premise is that in order to provide the best care, the person providing the care should (need?) have personal experience. At first blush, I'd agree. However, when...

  5. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    Works2xs replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    "even if I tell without using my name..." I'm not too sure that is a good assumption. I'm guessing that the fact that this person is a nurse is common knowledge. I'm also assuming, based on her...

  6. Ack! Paying the price for honesty about Depression Diagnosis

    Works2xs replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I can't comment directly regarding how the nursing field handles information on such matters. However, some feedback on how I'd handle this in any given career field may offer some ideas (I'm...

  7. Ctr Nsg Advocacy: Nurses upset over Univ of Alberta medical students "Medshow"

    Works2xs replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    While you are on the subject of reading, go back and re-read mine. I noted that I wasn't surprised that such a song was sung at an event that has been singing insulting songs for 56 years. I didn't...

  8. Ctr Nsg Advocacy: Nurses upset over Univ of Alberta medical students "Medshow"

    Works2xs replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry.. just can't get overly energized about a bunch of students being insulting at a show that's run for 56 years on a theme of being insulting. Apparently, this show has historically used...

  9. This is why I rarely go in for physicals...

    Works2xs replied to jkaee's topic in General Nursing

    I understand the idea of doc's hitting all the hot-button health issues. They see you a few minutes a year and try to cram all the data in that they can. What chaps my buns is that in their...

  10. Master Cleanse?

    Works2xs replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    "Yeah and there was actually a movie with these characters in it but for the LIFE OF ME I CANNOT REMEMBER THE NAME." "Road to Wellville"

  11. Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    Works2xs replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    "Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?" - not yet, lol. I'm betting circumstance dictates a lot of that sort of suggestion though. For example, for me this will be a 2nd career. Up until...

  12. Nurses and suicide patients

    Works2xs replied to leopold's topic in General Nursing

    ZASHAGALKA - ack.. I did see your statement regarding "right" and understood your meaning. If I came across as accusatory, my deepest appologies. I also noted the need for a certain amount of...

  13. Nurses and suicide patients

    Works2xs replied to leopold's topic in General Nursing

    For a prospective student's curiosity... is that idea at all common? I remember from my fire dept days that if we let those sorts of judgements get into the picture, we'd rarely roll out of the...

  14. What squicks you out?

    Works2xs replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    This thread is great.. almost theraputic in a wacky sort of way. Getting ready to start an accelerated progam in the fall, and the exhilaration of getting started is usually tempered by thinking.."can...

  15. Nursing School: There's No Guarantee!?!

    Works2xs replied to prissy pixie's topic in General Nursing

    I was "wait listed" on my first attempt at getting into an accelerated BSN program. My second attempt was successful. Quite frankly, I don't have a clue as to what made the difference. The only...

  16. Interview Questions When Entering Nursing School

    Works2xs replied to Maggie in NC's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Great post! I'll be mulling answers to a couple of those for a while yet. Only one comment..it's in regards to the following: "What are your strengths and weaknesses? (Never give much information...

  17. What type of Automobiles do you drive as a nurse.

    Works2xs replied to malenursetobe@21's topic in Men in Nursing

    Starting accelerated BSN course this fall... Got a bran' spankin' new Saturn Vue to celebrate my change of career. Also have '99 Honda Shadow for those days the sun's out and I just gotta

  18. GMU vs NOVA vs Marymount

    Works2xs replied to lexy3227's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Been working toward a career change for a while. During that time, I asked around about what working nurses thought of the different programs. The NOVA program was always the top of the list. Even...