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IGpro1:
yes you can, send a PM through Nairaland

IGpro1:
don't let anything stop you from becoming one.
I'm currently in my pen ultimate year, had to go for it...

When we started we were outnumbered 100 female to 20 males but now others joined through direct entry and we're like 100 females to 40 males now, lower levels are even better with a huge number of males,
And some matrons do tell us they are happy we males are feeling the gap that made other health professionals to look down on them because they are female.
Even as a nurse I've had to put many doctors in their place for daring to ask me to fetch some items,

And in any hospital, male nurses are like doctors. Again there was this notion some of my colleagues (students) had that nurses don't fix an IV (drip) line, but I got to do it seeing my male chief nurse doing it. I asked him same question, he told me some female nurses out of laziness don't like fixing the cannula (drip line) because it's difficult sometimes to locate the vain to place it.
Few years to come NIGERIAN youths will change the stereotype of nursing being a female profession.

IGpro1:
just shut up niggah, I'm one myself. And doctors respect themselves around me. Do you know what a BNS.c degree mean?
Better remove your mind from those quack nurses who do 2 years training with their primary six cert or those with diploma, who are a lot better.
If A diploma nurse in Nigeria earns between 70-100k in Nigeria
His much do you think a degree holder will earn as a nurse.
Better change your orientation.
Go to any hospital, in every 10 nurses only 1 or 2 are degree holders the rest are basic RN,

Most hospitals can't afford to pay a Nurse who went through the university to get his/her BNS.c with a starting salary of 120k in federal settings except in some hospitals were it's a little lower.

Bellgal:
Op please just concentrate with your studies i swear you won't regret it.

My brother is a nurse, I'm a nurse too.
Male nurses make it more than the female.
When you you are through with your general nursing, please try and go for a specialty course like anaesthetic nursing.
Thank me later......

JIREN01:
OP, please ignore this comment totally.

Ogundipe007:
I'm currently on admission at the Federal medical centre ebute metta male surgical ward for a corrective procedure on my legs. We just have 3 male nurses and they are superb. They know so much. When the doctors are doing theit rounds you see them with notebooks jotting down and asking questions. Something their female counterparts don't do. I love it when one of them is on duty. There was an incident when my canola removed and all the nurses in the ward could not fix it. They were waiting for the doctors to come fix it, cos of that I did not get any IV drugs for the whole day. The next day it was one of the male nurse that fixed it and it was less painful. I have chatted with all of them and they all want to jakpa out of the country very soon. Don't let anyone discourage you it's a fine course and I'm sure you will do just fine. Next time any one wants to play the gender card on you, just ignore them and raise your shoulders high. No doubt it's a field dominated by females. Don't let that disuade you. It's an opportunity for you to be noticed on time once you are diligent committed and hardworking. Go for gold my brother.

Xkale1234:
Bro go for it many male nurse are here in the military nothing bad for u to become a nurse my dad is a retire air Force personal and he is a nurse... Omo forget wat people are saying u will regret it if u change ur course... I regret
not going to science class and become a nurse too, na very good job o, u can get work fast by the willing of Allah and u can open a chemist be4 getting a job people will rush u ehhh bcox that is ur profession.. no reason am at all, focus on ur goal don't let any idiot distract u

Segzy19:
Bro, I have not heard anyone saying it is an abomination for males to study nursing.

The point is that not many people know about male nurses (depending on your location or where you come from). The societal mindset is that nursing is for females,and this is further fuelled by the dominance of females in the profession.
God bless you!

So when people express their attitude at you studying nursing, they are simply displaying their ignorance or narrow-mindedness. There are thousands of male nurses in Nigeria, and abroad.

Nursing is one of the quickest way to making it in life. You spend 3 years to gain your basic RN diploma, plus another 12 or 18 months to have your post- basic diploma, then with 1 or 2 years of work experience you are in hot demand abroad.
Once you are abroad, you can do your Bsc, MSc and phd (if you wish) with ease even while working.

Pass your English exams and you are in demand in UK, Canada etc. One nurse that works abroad in the family can liberate a family from poverty.

But then, don't just go into nursing because of money or to make it quickly in life. Make sure it's your passion to care for people. The passion is what will sustain you through training and on your working life as there some times that you may feel like quitting.

So leave those people expressing their ignorance, and move on.... You don't need their approval.

Life is Life!

MolarT:
I got same reaction back then bro...it is naija mentality...And till this day I have never regretted it... Just pipe low, do the necessary tinz and come out with good grades...u will have a great future...am a living testimony bro... I practice in DUBAI-UAE.

freeman67:
I will tell you what I told a friend's cousin that became a friend back then. He was in a nursing school visiting us in the uni and his complain was very similar to yours. I have always known there are male nurses right from childhood because there was one in a hospital close to our house and he was liked by everyone. So I advice my friend to be proud of his Course. He should concentrate and finish with good grades and the sky will be his starting point.

He continued with his course, finished and went to China where he later studied Medicine and from there to the UK for further studies.

Do not give too much thoughts to irrelevant side talks that will never add anything good to you but will instead dampen your morale. All you have to do is concentrate, finish with very good grades and have a very good practical knowledge of it too. With that you are then free to fly..

Gabe427:
Bro don't mind them Nursing is more than hot cake it hot cake with wide opportunities and cool drink(cash)
I saw my uncle's salary who is a nurse men this guy be balling and check out their chances abroad

Even my younger brother has filled out nursing in his jamb form

Baawahala:
People's opinion made you leave med surge for nursing
Peoples opinion will make you leave nursing for biochem...
People's opinion will make you get frustrated if you don't do what makes you fulfilled.
Pray it won't be your potion.

IMASTEX:
Hope you'll also consider what people will say or think when you're confronted with bills in the future. Or you haven't seen female studying Engineering courses. Oga better grab it with your heart, study very hard & always aim abroad for final destination/promise land. You may save this comment, it will be your reference if you able.

dustydee:
Decent career choice. Watch and see how those people will come begging you for assistance with your "abomination" salary.
You can make it your mission to address the misconception about male nurses.

Maxcollins042:
Thank your stars you didn't go for biochem. In fact, you owe those who chastised you against going for it a whole lot. You would have been regretting by now why you went for it. Stupid course.

Don't mind those that see you studying nursing as an abomination. They are just ignorant and mesolithic. Many guys are even wishing to be in your position now. Once you're done just japa this country.

Casper21:
WELCOME TO THE NURSING PROFESSION. Where you'll meet Nursing Jurisprudence, Foundation of Nursing, & d rest. Male nurses are dominating now o and they are more favoured than female nurses. Don't give a fvck about what People think, just do what u love and rip the glory of it. After you're done with ur council exam, u can stay and work for 2yrs or so then u apply for UK or Australia Nursing Exam

armadeo:
Guy as you are running this nursing courses better be looking for opportunities abroad which are plenty. Do the right exams and courses finish up and discharge.

You'll be far better of than everyone who laughed at you. A male nurse has many advantages in the work place. They can hustle better than the females and get side jobs more.


Guy I dey laugh.

Bookmark this comment? Follow the advice and return to read in 10years.


You'll laugh with me.

DAramis:
Bro, I be naija na. I no dey those two countries wey I mention. There is no need to drop contact since I am not even in those two profession. Just sharing the little knowledge I have regarding to them.

The same way it is not possible to do Msc and PhD using HND certificate in Nigeria is same way you cannot use school of nursing certificate for academic progression in those two countries.

NB: If you did your nursing program in the university in Nigeria, there is no need for the conversion in UK. Just use the certificate to apply for Msc in nursing if you wish. (if the person graduated with poor result is another thing altogether).

DAramis:
The conversion is little complicated. I don't have deeper knowledge on it, but on the lay man level, it means taking some courses (commonly called topping) to qualify for degree certificate. It is common in UK and US. Don't know if same is obtainable in Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

It works this way. You did nursing in school of nursing in Nigeria. Later you relocated to UK and wishes to acquire Bachelor of nursing degree (B.Sc nursing) to improve your earning power (Owo or kudi) in UK as well as career growth.

Over there in UK, B.sc nursing degree is a 3 years course. Since you already had, nursing certificate from Nigeria, you can be able to transfer majority of the courses you took while in Nigeria to the UK school which reduces the number of years you are supposed to spend in the school to one year.
That is, you will graduate after one year in UK university rather than the mandatory 3 years you are supposed to spend.

For US own, it is similar though common for switching from nursing to medical doctor profession. Rather than the mandatory 5 years to spend in order to become a medical doctor, you could end up spending around 2 - 3 years (I think). The beauty of the whole thing is you go at your pace while still working in your field.

In Nigeria, it is similar to HND to Bsc direct entry.
Summary of the whole point is that, medical doctor profession is not easy and most people do burn out before completing the program. Nursing is not too difficult, but it is easier to enter and complete the program without burning out (except if the person has not worked in service industry or hate the service industry.... service industry like waiter, bar man, support assistant in financial industry, secretary, even as a carer of elderly family members in Nigeria when sick or couldn't walk without help etc).

Conversion from Nursing degree certificate obtain from school of nursing in Nigeria to B.sc degree certificate is faster and easier in UK than USA.
Conversion from Nursing profession to Medical profession is faster in USA than in the UK.
Salary is higher in USA than in the UK for both profession while it is easier to migrate from Nigeria to UK as a nurse practitioner than to USA within same time frame.

Sorry for the long epistle of John of Jersey

DAramis:
Go for nursing like your mum said. Faster and a professional course. When you start working, you can do medicine if the passion is there.

More better option, do nursing, work for two years in Nigeria and travel to UK under work visa (by getting nursing job in UK and moving). You can do conversion to medicine over there.

Please what is conversion to Medicine? Please elaborate...
My own personal suggestion. Do personal reflection and decide on yourself the best option to take.

lilvicky68:
I don't know if it's me but I don't understand the help you need here oh..

GeoAfrikana:
Firstly, I don't think this excuse is valid. And that's for four reasons;

- MTN isn't the only network provider offering midnight data. So why are they the only ones people are complaining about.

- They're a tech company. It's standard procedure to always test a system before deploying. I'm sure they won't take it easy with any consultant that gives them such excuse.

- I'm quite sure that this isn't the first time anyone is complaining about this particular issue. Why haven't they resolved it? They're enjoying their loot.

- they're supposed to include in every message before subscription that you must reset your network else you risk losing your main data.

As for the background data. I don't think that's valid also. 500mb is very small. I didn't spend 1hour using the 500mb. What kind of background app consumes up to 100mb in one hour. Note that my normal data was on till midnight so it's not that my apps had been data-starved.

Thanks for your reply.

GeoAfrikana:
I'm so angry right now. As you can see, I'm creating this post in the middle of the night.

There are many negative things people say about MTN. Sincerely, I've always given them an open mind but tonight I discovered something very terrible about them

Summary:
When you subscribe for night data, MTN doesn't only deduct from your night data balance, they also deduct from your main balance.

Explanation
For long I've been using the MTN pulse plan. I buy 1.5gig weekly. But because I usually need to download tutorials from YouTube I support my data with their 500mb midnight plan.

I've always noticed that my 1.5gig doesn't last long. Within five days (sometimes three days) my data would have finished.

I spend a lot of time online but there's no way my daily usage can reach 400mb. Most of my time online is on WhatsApp, searching google for information and staying up to data with industry gists on Twitter.

This night I subscribed to the MTN night plan, then used their app to check my balance before browsing. If you use the mtn night data regularly then you know there's no way to check your balance with USSD.

Luckily for me, the MTN app shows the night balance. So I was able to monitor both my main data balance and the midnight balance.

Guess what I found?
MTN was deducting from both accounts simultaneously.
No wonder, this is the snake that has been stealing eggs from my poultry.
I was so angry that I wanted to remove the SIM but I decided to collect evidence before removing their SIM.

Below are two screenshots. I took the first before downloading a video from YouTube. The video is 48mb.

Then I took the second screenshot after the download had completed.

As you can see, MTN didn't even touch my night data again. They deducted virtually everything from my main balance.

This is so painful. I feel cheated.

SavageMaster:
The market is not saturated.

If they offer better and maybe cheaper calls, plus superb internet at reasonable price, then many people will port to their side.

The market is far from being saturated.

Nbote:
Wat is saturated about d Nigerian market for example? These networks know dey do not really have any competition dats y dey can afford to run their customer base anyhow.. The only problem dey will have to contend with is d frustration from the govt