On Oct 29, 4:11*pm, BillyZoom > wrote:
> On Oct 28, 10:15*am, John Kuthe > wrote:
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> > On Oct 27, 10:48*pm, phaeton > wrote:
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> > > Dear John,
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> > > If I may ask, are you an LPN, RN, BSN, APN?
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> > My nursing degree is BSN, Bachelors of Science in Nursing. I'm a
> > licensed registered nurse (RN) because I passed the NCLEX-RN exam
> > after achieving my BSN. So I can sign my name as John Kuthe, BSN, RN.
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> > > Have you been a Nurse for a long time? *
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> > No, I went to nursing school 2 years ago, and went through an
> > accelerated BSN program, which are programs offered to people who
> > already have a BS degree in some other area. (I also have BS degrees
> > in CS or Computer Science and EE or Electrical Engineering.) I passed
> > state boards (the NCLEX-RN exam) last Sept, which gave me my RN
> > license.
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> > >Do you have a specialty or favorite part?
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> > So far I've only worked in "nursing homes", which is not at all the
> > most high tech or most glamorous nursing job, but they are the only
> > nursing jobs i was able to get. That's OK though, cause at least I
> > have a job now.
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> > > Just curious, as someone who is working his way through the congestion
> > > towards an RN program right now. *I'm always interested in what other
> > > nurses have to say about school and work, especially from nurses who
> > > are also men.
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> > Nursing school is designed for one thing and one thing only: to allow
> > you to pass the state boards exam, known as the NCLEX exam. There's an
> > NCLEX-RN which if you pass, you become a licensed RN, There's also an
> > easier NCLEX-LPN, which allows you to become a licensed LPN or
> > Licensed Practical Nurse.
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> > But nursing school does not teach you how to be a nurse. That comes
> > with nursing experience. You have to have the license to work as a
> > nurse (RN or LPN) but you learn nursing on the job. And I'm very new,
> > and learning things every day.
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> > There are more and more male nurses too. My accelerated nursing school
> > class had many males in it. Where I'm working now has at least 4 male
> > nurses, me and three others I can think of. The preponderance of
> > nurses are still female though.
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> > > p.s., I seem to have a hard time making decent coffee lately too. *I
> > > can't tell if the fact that I drink mostly tea now is either cause or
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> > Oh, I can make a VERY decent cup of coffee! Been doing it for years
> > now. I just got a grinder after using an effective "coffee slicer" for
> > years.
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> > John Kuthe...
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> I could say something unkind about having 3 very marketable degrees
> and winding up working in a nursing home, but I know all about
> circumstances, etc. What I would say, most sincerely, is that with
> your education even a couple of years of real nursing experience would
> make you a VERY desirable hire as an IT person in the area of
> electronic medical records. Epic is the big push right now and people
> are tripling their salaries by switching into IT. Hospital IT
> departments LOVE nurses.
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I've told John similar things. His bachelor's degrees in CS/EE are
from a prestigious
university (Washington University in St. Louis). A few years of
working as a nurse, and
he could well find himself in a better position. He's certainly got
the work ethic.

--Bryan