On Oct 29, 10:11*pm, spamtrap1888 > wrote:
> On Oct 29, 7:35*pm, "Kent" > wrote:
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> > "John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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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?
>
> > 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.
>
> > > Have you been a Nurse for a long time?
>
> > 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.
>
> > > 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.
>
> > 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.
>
> > "With your credentials, in a small town with a very severe nursing shortage
> > would you be able to get a position as an intensive care unit nurse ?
>
> Many nurses don't want to be in a position where they are some
> doctor's bitch. A friend of mine started out working for the VNA, then
> became a public health nurse. For years now, she has been working with
> pregnant women -- what to expect, infant and child care, etc. Never
> has she worked for a doctor.

These days a nurse should never be a "doctor's bitch". Nursing today
is a profession unto itself, where MDs, RNs, CNAs, CMTs, dietary,
therapy, etc. all form integral parts of the health care team. The MD
is the captain of the ship, but the *patient* steers it and is the
ultimate "boss".

John Kuthe...