re: Paging all Nurses

Sir, I have been an RN for 15 years so have some good insight into this. Plus my son is also an RN and my daughter is a CT Tech. If I were you I would just go do the BSN thing at LSU, if you can afford it. If not, then you can go to many community colleges such as Southwest near McComb, MS or Co-Lin at Wesson, MS. Out of state tuition there is much cheaper than what you will pay at LSU. Expect those to take 3 years as you will have one year of prerequisites before school starts.

The schools are not easy to get into. Many apply but they take around 100 or so each year. If you don't make at least a B in College Algebra and A&P then you will struggle in nursing. They will take your GPA, ACT, and if done, the interview into consideration for admissions. If your grades and ACT are above average, then getting should be easy.

As for being a male, hospitals fricking love having male nurses for numerous reasons. We rarely take off to take of kids, that's usually what female nurses do (not being sexist, is what it is). Moods are much more stable, you will see what I mean when you work with primarily female. If you go into ER or Psych it is even more of a plus because they will rely on you often to deal with things, won't go further into that though. And no, I have never been made fun of. It is much more accepted now and is a very good career for males.

That's it. Good luck and anymore questions I will be glad to help.