Where to find comprehensive material on TRT/HRT?

[slfmade]

So, I've spent the last year sitting on my ass after selling my business trying to decide what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. After spending a couple hundred hours researching job markets, salaries, schooling, etc. I decided I wanted to go back to school to become a nurse practitioner. I know it sounds a bit weird...a guy nurse...let the gay focker jokes begin. But first let me say that a nurse practitioner is a masters/doctorate degree nurse with perscriptive authority and autonomy in most states. What this means is just like a family doctor, I can open my own practice, and prescribe any schedule III, IV, or V drug available. More importantly, it means I could open an TRT/HRT clinic.

Since I already have a degree it means I need to take a few pre req courses, a 1 year accelerated nursing degree, then a 1.5 year masters degree, or 2.5 year doctorate (there's really no advantage to the doctorate) So a total of about 2.5 years schooling.

I know I could open a clinic without going to school, but I think I would enjoy the work, and it would save me 110,000/yr as this is what a nurse practitioner makes in competing low T centers. Why not go to school and pay myself that salary plus whatever the business profits.

I'm currently finishing up the pre reqs I need to enroll in the accelerate bachelors of nursing program, so I'm already on my way.

Most of what I hear (or was hearing a year ago) was that most doctors don't have the slightest clue about proper trt protocols. It seems most guys on the forums seemed to know more about TRT than their Endo's. This makes me think that TRT is NOT a strong subject area of teaching in school.

So, I want to start my research now so that I'm ready to hit the ground running after I finish with school. So where would be a good place to start. Obviously researching the forums in good, but it's gonna be all over the place. Our their any good books on the subject from a scientific approach you guys could recommend.

Thanks for the help.

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[Times Roman]

Welcome back mate! Been a while since I've talked to you and the lady. Sounds like you two are all settled in?

I think you are right that most GP's know very little abouut proper trt protocol. My doc was very reluctant putting me on test. it was a bi weekly pin, and when i suggested we go with half a dose, twice as often, he got upset that we were somehow departing from Kaiser standard protocol? What a tool. At least he finally referred me to an endo, who immediately agreed with the weekly pinning protocol.

[Times Roman]

and nothing "gay" about your chosen profession. Unless you put on the nurses' cap and skirt uniform. And if you do, remember to shave them hairy tree stumps you call legs! =)

[HRTstudent]

I would think your best bet is to train under an already leading expert. That and attend all relevant seminars that you can. (Maybe move to Florida? LOL)

[Bonaparte]

I'd worry about getting the BSN first...

[slfmade]

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Thank You Sir.

Welcome back mate! Been a while since I've talked to you and the lady. Sounds like you two are all settled in?

I think you are right that most GP's know very little abouut proper trt protocol. My doc was very reluctant putting me on test. it was a bi weekly pin, and when i suggested we go with half a dose, twice as often, he got upset that we were somehow departing from Kaiser standard protocol? What a tool. At least he finally referred me to an endo, who immediately agreed with the weekly pinning protocol.

and nothing "gay" about your chosen profession. Unless you put on the nurses' cap and skirt uniform. And if you do, remember to shave them hairy tree stumps you call legs! =)

Now that might be a good idea. Please send me a check for 19.95 and I'll send you the new "SlfMade Naughty Nurse" Calender!!!

I would think your best bet is to train under an already leading expert. That and attend all relevant seminars that you can. (Maybe move to Florida? LOL)

I actually thought about that (not florida, but texas). It seems Low T centers are really expanding and they have a lot of positions open all over for N.P.'s. I would have to look into it more, but I would be surprised if they didn't have a non-compete clause written into their contracts. Our ultimate goal would be to stay in Arkansas. We live close to the 2nd largest city in arkansas and there's no real TRT clinics even close to us.

I'd worry about getting the BSN first...

I think the BSN will be pretty easy for me...I'm a quick learner. Pharmacology might be a little tough, but there's not much I can't do when I put my mind to something. I'll start this June and it'll take 14 months and I'll have it. Looking at the cirriculum (http://www.nursing.ouhsc.edu/academi...urriculum.html) , it doesn't seem to bad. Then another 15 months for masters FNP. The latter will be more difficult. My mom is a CRNA and she said BSN was a cake walk compared to her masters.