The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

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Hi All!

I'm a crazy father of 2 ex-premed who just recently turned down Northwestern to go into a RN program.

I already have an Associate in Science, but I'll be getting another ADN and then go to a 4 yr school.

When I went to an info session about the RN program ill be trying to get into, out of like 70 ppl only 5 were guys.

So I want to know are there any men out there?

Hey guys,

Im a 22 y/o entering a BSN program and I am terrified by clinicals. I just have no confidence. I will though.

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I am one out of 4 men in our senior class in a BSN program. We are out there. Sad to say, I still get the stigma even from other health care professionals. I am my own person and I know what I want.

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Specializes in CICU.

I was there once or twice. Everybody gets nervous. The key is, to KNOW YOUR STUFF. Dive deep into the patient records; be a fact fanatic. Don't be a minimizer, but be a maximizer. Know your math inside and out. Use a PDA. If you don't have one, get one and load it up with "MedCalc" or "Eponyms" and "Epocrates" or some other pharmacy app. And don't be afraid to speak up when you have the answer. Also, most important, when you're in the Clinical setting, if you think something is going haywire with your patient, and you are uncertain of what to do, you have to speak up.

Hope that helps. Stick with it. Although male nurses are a minority, we stick out, and stand out for excellence. You will too.

Fibril_late

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Specializes in school nursing.

Another Guy here - Senior in a BSN program - should graduate - God Helping me every step of the way - in May 2007. It has been interesting but the patients make it all worth while. It has been hard to keep up with the young gals sometimes - I will be 44 in May and I have learned that some of my classmates are more grown up than I am. Just a big kid at heart - I want to do pediatrics.

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Another newb. I am a 40 year old, USAF retired, and am now ready to do what I want to do. I have the support of lovely wife (who happens to be a nurse) and my three teens.

I hope to find myself in pediatrics when all is said and done.

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thats cool men!

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this is the site for us male nursing students!!!! :) lets combine our forces here!!

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i hope this would be a great site!! see you all here!!

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rodge is ethusiastic..

welcome to all the new members! Its is hard keepn up with a all the young women sometimes.. especially when they shake their little booties LOL.

Just kidding ladies =)

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:monkeydance: hahaha! thanks agent!!

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is it really a requirement to take the IELTS exam?? any one help??

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yah cool dude

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