The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

darby1 · Aug 11, 2003

Originally posted by agent
darby -- How do you like it so far? Is it way better than construction??

I think a good deal of us are career changers. It be great to hear how you feel.

Yes, it is a lot better than having to deal with cold, wet weather at times, and the job security is great. We had representatives from area hospitals trying to recruit our students when we first started school last year! It feels great to be in such demand. The course load has been great at times, especially on us older students:rolleyes: , but it's not too bad. I will keep a check on you guys, and monitor your progress. It has been a blessing to see some of the first people I talked to here, still here a year later. One lady that comes to mind is "Love a Nurse", and she is a real sweetheart of a person. There are a lot of good people, and many resourses and internet links shared by the nice people here. Thanks again everyone, for all your continued help. Be cool "guys"...Darby

vettech · Aug 12, 2003

Originally posted by manna
Wow! Lots of computer people changing over to nursing!

(okay, so I'm not a guy! I just couldn't resist reading the thread, though!)

Actually, I made that transition 10 years ago. I was working for Compaq before I became a Vet Tech. :)

CarlJ · Aug 12, 2003

While trying to make ends meet while I do my preq's, I will be starting my first day as a nursing assistant in the OR tomorrow morning:eek: This will actually be the start of my professional nursing career! I don't know how many other guys are already there, but I am sure it will be dominated by the ladies.

While there is a big part of me thinking it will be great fun, I am sure that reality will come and slap me on the face ( I hope not literally:) I am glad to know where I can come to vent when the time comes.

Later

Banginplates · Aug 12, 2003

Hey I am a guy too!!!! Oh yeah a place just for us.... I am starting a 2 year ADN program on Monday the 18th, and we have orientation this Wednesday.. I know of one other guy who is going in.. I pray for at least one other guy who is cool. Well guys let's show them what we are made of this year at school.

agent · Aug 12, 2003

I'm hoping that there's at least one other guy who isnt a complete wanker in my program as well.

Peeps Mcarthur · Aug 12, 2003

Hey Darby!,

Last fall we were posting about embarassing uniforms, remember?

Glad to see your surviving.

Out of our initial class of 3/90+ there is one guy left who is taking a load of crap daily. I was the first to leave after N101. Glad that I did, but it is nice to see a screename I recognize.

Thier uniforms are still bad.:chuckle When women don't want to wear the girlish uniforms, men sure as heck don't!!LOL:p

agent · Aug 12, 2003

I'm not wearing any girlish uniform.

Rob C · Aug 13, 2003

Hey guys....

I to am a male nursing student in an ADN program, also currently looking at RN to BSN programs. I finished my first semester, and will be starting my second this coming Thursday.

I am in a class of 60 with about 8 guys.

I was a originally a nursing major about 14 years ago in college, but was 18, away from home and partied way to much. I was about to flunk out and my father told me he would only continue to pay for school if I got an accounting (he's an accontant, my grandfather was an accountant, etc. etc. etc.) degree and got my cr*p together. So, I graduated with a degree in accounting and have worked in health care companies, insurances and HMO's since I graduated. I had been laid off from countless insurance companies through the years and I finally decided that I would go back and do what I really wanted to in the first place. My wife was completely supportive, and still is. When I finished my prereqs and was accepted to nursing school, I was laid off from my last company three days before nursing school started. So, I have been taking advantage of my unemployment to concentrate on school. I will be eligable to sit for the LPN exam in December, and will start working then as a LPN, about the same time my unemployment runs out.

Thanks for starting this little guys club!

agent · Aug 13, 2003

Great story Rob!

I love to hear success stories like this..

-agent

Scruffy · Aug 14, 2003

Hi Guys!!

...And I Do mean guys!! I am working in the human services field as a mental health worker and will be going to a part-time night time ADN school this september. At my school, you can't get a bachelors-- only women can. It is a predominantly woman's private catholic school. The ratio is 17 to 1, women to men. I am attending it because it is a great school. I look at it as a chance to develop a thick skin in a woman's world, because like it or not, the profession of nursing is composed of 96 percent women. My goals are to do case management work as a psych nurse and hopefully get the opportunity to do some time in ICU. I look forward to communicating to a lot of you later.

agent · Aug 14, 2003

That doesnt seem fair that only women can get a bach?

where's the Male advocacy groups when you need them??

manna, BSN, RN · Aug 14, 2003

Originally posted by agent
That doesnt seem fair that only women can get a bach?

There is a women's college here (the one I'll be applying to for the BSN program, actually) that only started admitting men in the 80's.

Some guy sued them in 1982 because he was denied admission to the nursing program...

It's still a largely women's college, but their are some male students.. just quite the minority.

Here's a snippet about the case -

MUW was the oldest state-supported all-female college in the United States.

Did the state statute which prevented men from enrolling in MUW violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Yes. The Court held that the state did not provide an "exceedingly persuasive justification" for the gender-based distinction. The state's primary argument, that the policy constituted educational affirmative action for women, was "unpersuasive" to the Court since women traditionally have not lacked opportunities to enter nursing. If anything, argued Justice O'Connor, the statute "tends to perpetuate the stereotyped view of nursing as an exclusively women's job."