ChadleyNC

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  1. About scrubs..

    Our school uniforms are Cherokee brand. I despise them. How you like your scrubs to fit will ultimately determine what works best for you. But if I were to recommend anything it would be Dickies...
  2. Just a follow up note to say I got through them fine and with flying colors. The nurses on the floor were all very cool and very helpful and actually let me do things which was a lot more than I'd...
  3. So the summer session starts Tuesday of next week. Have made a B so far in both my previous semesters. I still work fulltime. Summer session will be rough and fast. OB/GYN/Peds. Aside from the...
  4. Guys what made you chooose nursing

    I've worked in healthcare for 16 years and have held every non-clinical position you can imagine. I am currently a financial counselor for a substance abuse hospital. I have not felt for sometime...
  5. how do you afford to live while in school?

    Working and going to school is a necessity for me. I can simply not afford to not pay my bills. I have to have a place to live and we bought a house last summer so my half of the mortgage is...
  6. Stupid question

    Say no to clowns all together. they are evil. there's a conspiracy, I have proof, but this is not the time or place... as for facial hair, I started school with a stache/goatee and that was fine with...
  7. nursing schools in southeast NC

    No the instructors are not bad. And don't get scared! It's tough but totally doable. None of the staff are out to frighten you out of nursing. Nor are any of the other students in the program...
  8. nursing schools in southeast NC

    Hey Wallis, Got your message here, just now getting a chance to breathe and reply to emails and the like. I'm not sure what advice to give you about the program other than keep your expectations of...
  9. Marriage and Nursing school ?

    Im a second semester student partnered to an RN who graduated from the program I am attending about 5 years ago. He works nights, I work days and go to school at night, and have clinicals on...
  10. Is professor homophobic or just tough?

    ok so this reply is late. I have been reading and studying and testing and.. and... ok that out of the way, let me address the cause for my post. I have had issues with 3 of my instructors so far...
  11. Is it just me?

    I doubt it's just you. What I do know is that my program is very much not like that. I am in an ADN program and in my second semester and there is zero tolerance for silliness, weak stomachs,...
  12. nursing schools in southeast NC

    Clinicals for the ADN program are completed mostly at New Hanover Regional Medical. Some groups have been sent to Pender Hospital in Pender County. Some of them are done at Cape Fear Hospital (A...
  13. nursing schools in southeast NC

    Heya, sorry for the lateness of my post but I read this just today and wanted to have a say. I am in the second semester of the ADN program at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington. I can tell...
  14. what shoes do you wear...

    I had to find a comfortable pair of all white shoes in a 13. Not too much of a problem, but try seeking them out with width of a 4E. I love New Balance shoes and they fit me like a glove but I don't...
  15. Discrimination Against Men in Nursing

    I'm a student currently and a first year at that, but what I am in no way new to is working in female dominated offices. By the word dominated, I meant that I have many times been the only male on my...
  16. male nursing student uniforms

    I start my first semester in a Week and we were required to purchase White scrub pants, White shoes, and our scrub tops are Navy Blue. Patches of course are required, and a White Lab Coat. Though...
  17. scholarships/grants for men?

    Not so much on the men in nursing tip, but I also live in NC. The only thing I would potentially be eligible for to assist me with my ADN is a NC Nurse Scholars grant. That's where the state gives...
  18. OB Clinicals

    What I was trying to convey is that women are not the only people who may be uncomfortable as patients in a treatment situation if certain others are present. Therefore any patient should be given...
  19. OB Clinicals

    OB Rotation is terrifying me and i haven't even started classes yet. Peds scares me too to be honest as I am not much for children who are hurting. They begin in August and first clinicals are in...
  20. Weeding out of nursing students

    My opinion, however misguided, is that weeding out is a necessary evil and a natural process. I have always appreciated professors who are no-nonsense in their approach and state things like.."These...
  21. New user - male int'l midwife SANE IBCLC

    Welcome to AllNurses.com. Fairly new here myself. There have been numerous posts I have read here about men working in nontraditional male fields once they get into nursing.. if there is such a...
  22. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    I aggree with you partly. I can see your opinion that childbirth, labor etc is a uniquely feminine experience and not something that I could relate to on any level that I would deem Empathic in...
  23. Wilmington area - psych position?

    I moved to Wilmington about 4 years ago. I work for a Substance Abuse Hospital here in town. We of course employ nurses, but the pay rate where I am for nursing positions is somewhat less than...
  24. What school do/did you go to?

    I start the ADN program at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington NC in August. Since I am a night student our clinicals begin before anyone else in the program and that means 4 qweeks of hell in...