# Tell me about nursing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-nursing/438079>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 18, 2008, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-nursing/438079 "2008-02-18T08:03:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-nursing/438079/21 "2018-01-20T03:51:51Z")

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I’ve been a nurse for 20 years, never looked back. I work in the ER, which I like because Tuesday is always different than Monday, I make a decent buck, and every so often I get to save someone’s life.

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-nursing/438079/22 "2018-01-20T04:45:28Z")

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Hi Malienation, welcome back. I just want to wish you luck through your schooling and love with your job. It’s never too late to try something new.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-nursing/438079/23 "2018-01-23T07:15:28Z")

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Cool! My friend is starting nursing school on Wednesday. 5-semester program at Loyalist College in Belleville Ontario, to become an RPN (I think). He got laid off from his long-term job selling and supporting high-end storage systems. He’s never been squeamish, and he’s been caring for his wife during her hip surgery, so I guess he decided to formalize things a bit. It will help on the getting-a-job front as well.

But it’s a massive change to make at age 55…

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**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-nursing/438079/24 "2018-01-23T19:52:52Z")

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> [@outlierrn](#):
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> I’ve been a nurse for 20 years, never looked back. I work in the ER, which I like because Tuesday is always different than Monday, I make a decent buck, and every so often I get to save someone’s life.

Tuesday is always different than Monday because Monday is always hell.

Yesterday, Monday, I started a new job. Teaching nursing. That is a profession that has a yuge demand.

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