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hey is anyone here actually interested in working in the medical field ? im a pre nursing student and im nervous... anyone want to share their experience?
>> Anonymous
what are you nervous about?
>> Anonymous
difficulty of the classes and clinicals
>> Anonymous
My sister is a nurse in oregon. I hung out with her one day. Get good communication skills, cause while i was with her, i wanted to punch every ignorant fuck in the face!
>> Anonymous
Also my nursing school requires that on every exam we get a MINIMUM of 75% or we are dropped from the program and they told us we are having at least 9 chapters per test. (Nursing Fundamentals)
>> Anonymous
is working at hospitals the way it is on TV at all. like scrubs or something of that nature, not the over the top stuff but the stuff that happens around the reception desk? or is it always grim and dull?
>> Anonymous
Make sure you understand something about science so doctors won't have to facepalm themselves every time you bring up aroma therapy or some shit.
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It will be challenging, but far less than if you were actually going for your MD.

If you're actually interested in the field and have a moderate to good work ethic/study habits you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

Anything in health care that requires higher education will always be in demand (especially now), so you won't have any problems finding work or making damn good money.

Just know that everyone else hates anatomy as much as you do.
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>>191885

A facepalm is in order here. Nurses in the US are very well educated.
>> Anonymous
>>191861
I worked for a big hospital as an IT guy, and while I can't comment on the knowledge level of the nurses, I can say that a lot of them were bitches. Nurses seem to get this power trip about them that make them very hard to work with. Plus, most nurses are women, and women are catty anyways.
>> Jack3????????
>>191895
well from what i understand the nurses are the ones responsible for patients and if they disagree with a Dr. or pharm. then they have to kinda fight for it. am i right?
>> Anonymous
>>191888
Many of them are. Some are incredibly credulous.
>> Anonymous
It's hard work and doctors will treat you like shit for the rest of your life, no matter how well you do. Especially if you're a male nurse; patients have started to accept us but doctors still look down their noses at you like you're less of a person because you chose a career that doesn't involve going to school until your 30.

It's worth it if you love your area, but going to school just to be a glorified nanny isn't great.
>> Anonymous
women are catty... well according to some of the stories ive heard this is an understatement. The young women in nursing mix in one single guy and all hell breaks lose
>> Anonymous
>>191905
really patients are accepting on male nurses? this is the first ive heard of this.
>> Anonymous
I am going to be a male nurse as well. I am just waiting to get into the program ( 3 semester wait). It's a good field from what I have heard. Sadly, I have no experience in the field what so ever.
>> Anonymous
>>191918
good luck waiting. i waited around the same time period. try to keep fit and stay focused on your goal. Hang in there!
>> Dr. Anon !xSrihpC5nc
Physician here.

I never treat my nurses like shit. We get along great.

So don't worry. Only some docs are assholes.
>> Anonymous
>>191914
Yeah, depends on where you work mostly. I work in oregon, one of the more liberal states, and rarely do I get so much as an eyebrow raised from in-staters. Sometimes I get questions like why didn't I become a doctor instead, but mostly people are pretty cool with it.

One of the doctors on my rotation did his schooling in texas and is a total douchebag about it though
>> Anonymous
can't offer you help, but my sister in law did it and the enrolled in a "traveling nurse" program. every 6 months or so she'd get moved all over the u.s. and work in different hospitals. they paid for expenses, plus rent, etc. she lived in san francisco, hawaii, seattle, manhattan, alaska and last i heard was in london. every place offered her a job to stay with crazy benefits but she wanted to "see the world".

like many things in life, there are rewards if you work hard.
>> Anonymous
>>191932
wow that was pretty calming thanks, and to everyone else thanks for your input.
>> Anonymous
i'm a pharmacist
>>191888
actually i worked with an aged care facility a few years back and their opinion of north american (us/canadian) nurses' training was lower than that of the locally trained or nz/british nurses. they were kind of considered on a par with those from zimbabwe/south africa. perhaps it was just the ones they saw, and training has improved. i dont know.
>> Anonymous
>>191957
australian btw
>> Anonymous
I worked in the mayo clinic st mary's Emergency room in rochester, minnesota.

Nursing staff dedicated to the ER had to be not only book smart, but street smart and common sense smart. They were also some of the hardest working folks i've come across. I worked in the 'control room' for the ER for 3 years there and became affectionately known as 'the voice of god' over the intercom.

the ER was sheer variety and , quite literally, feast or famine in terms of how busy or how quiet it was. Being the only level 1 trauma center within 100 miles (rochester was surrounded by farmland) , and being the fucking mayo clinic, we saw everyone from celebrities to farmworkers and even the fucktard president we currently have in office.

you have to be an extremely patient and thick skinned individual in order to not lose your humanity in that environment. The thing is, once you're in the ER...it gets in your blood and everything else feels....paltry in comparison.
>> Anonymous
4th year BSN student here. NS is a bear. lurk at www.allnurses.com

very interesting stuff later on. I just came off a 6 day rotation in the OR (my first OR experience) . I have been to the grand canyon, the statue of liberty, angkor wat, bungee jumping, rode a hayabusa, etc. nothing prepared me for the coolness of my first operation as scrub. (Hysterectomy). walked around for a few minutes in a haze, it was that cool.
>> Anonymous
I'm an ophthalmic surgeon.