[SouthernAsh]

And GRINGOLOCO?,,,, Where did you go to school???

[Runman1914]

Originally Posted by SouthernAsh

And GRINGOLOCO?,,,, Where did you go to school???

I went to Auburn University in Alabama. We did 8 and 12 hour clinicals. We did all am care for the pt, meds, doctors orders etc... There was none of this standing around flirting with Boyfriends on cell phone . The miami dade students are only there for maybe 2 or 3 hours.

Last month a miami dade student ask me if i needed help. When i ask her to do a suppository she refused saying it was too nasty. I ask her instructor if they were allowed to do suppositories and she said yes. She thought she was too pretty to do a suppository!!

[butterflyyessy]

Personally speaking about your comment do not generalize. Even if they had graduated from a top institute, people who are to immature to be working as nurses are everywhere. I do not believe that it is just from Miami Dade College. It is obvious that the nurses you are working for are immature, and they are not taking their jobs seriously. It does not mean that everyone graduating from Miami Dade College is clueless. I know a lot of very good nurses who graduated from MDC, one of them being my father.

The problem with MDC is that they lack a lot of organization skills, but they are also letting in a lot of students in comparison to other institutions. ( Not an excuse, but still.)

A lot of the students I know from MDC are very responsible, so I would not hold that against our school. As far as your experience...well wow you have bad luck. I have been in and out of the hospital for various problems I have had. I have the luck of not having met not even ONE BAD NURSE!

NEVER!!!! This is due to the fact that I KNOW that every nursing program is very difficult. Students who are graduating from many nursing schools, are people who have been through their fair share of difficulty.

Anyway hopefully you have better experiences in the future. It is so sad that there are nurses who do not take such an important job seriously. I am glad that I have only met wonderful beautiful nurses, hopefully it is kept that way.

[butterflyyessy]

BTW! Students when in clinicals are not supposed to be on the phone at all!!! Where is her instructor? I mean come on. Again there are a lot of good nurses that have come from Miami Dade College, so please do not make such a standard comment like that because you saw TWO bad students or in the hospital who were from Miami Dade College.

Hopefully you will meet other students who are from Miami Dade College who are good nurses, and then maybe they can prove you wrong.

[Runman1914]

Originally Posted by butterflyyessy

BTW! Students when in clinicals are not supposed to be on the phone at all!!! Where is her instructor? I mean come on. Again there are a lot of good nurses that have come from Miami Dade College, so please do not make such a standard comment like that because you saw TWO bad students or in the hospital who were from Miami Dade College.

Hopefully you will meet other students who are from Miami Dade College who are good nurses, and then maybe they can prove you wrong.

I want and hope they can prove me very wrong!! Maybe their instructor is far to relax. When i was in school we would have been sent home for refusing to do what a nurse told us or using cell phone.

I dont have this problem with the UM students. They are far more willing to work and get their hands dirty. I have had alot more than 2 mdc students in the 3 years i have worked at south miami. I have had more than a 100 and most are the same. I blame the schools as well. They only want the students to pass boards to make them look good.

[HealthJunkie]

Originally Posted by Nips

I got accepted into the MDC nursing program for both the bridge and generic option the FIRST AND ONLY time I applied. My GPA was a 3.2. I think you stand a very good chance to get into either program (generic or accelerated) option. Also, if the accelerated option proves to be too much, you can always go to the generic program which is only one semester longer. Good luck.

Hi Nips,
I noticed you got accepted to the bridge program, that is what I am applying to get into. They said I needed to take a NACE exam and the grade was a big deal to get in. Did you take this test? If so, was it anything to worry about & what to sudy? I am transitioning from the Paramedic program.

[butterflyyessy]

P.S. MDC students are in clinicals for 7 hours, not two or three. and professors are very strict.

[Runman1914]

Originally Posted by butterflyyessy

P.S. MDC students are in clinicals for 7 hours, not two or three. and professors are very strict.

On my floor they come at 9am and leave around 11:30 everyday. Usually i cant find their instructor.

[butterflyyessy]

I don't even know why I try to defend MDC and the students. People have such a negative outlook. I am in MDC and so far I have had a good experience with the professors and the students as well. I also want to state that MOST medical campus students are grown ups with children who are very responsible and dedicated. So speak for yourselves because I know a lot of responsible students, and a lot of very good professors. students like that are everywhere, not just MDC. I also know how long the clinicals are supposed to be and they are not supposed to be for two or three hours. They must have a slacker professor, because I know the most MDC instructors are very into what they are doing and what the work in.

[Runman1914]

Originally Posted by butterflyyessy

I don't even know why I try to defend MDC and the students. People have such a negative outlook. I am in MDC and so far I have had a good experience with the professors and the students as well. I also want to state that MOST medical campus students are grown ups with children who are very responsible and dedicated. So speak for yourselves because I know a lot of responsible students, and a lot of very good professors. students like that are everywhere, not just MDC. I also know how long the clinicals are supposed to be and they are not supposed to be for two or three hours. They must have a slacker professor, because I know the most MDC instructors are very into what they are doing and what the work in.

Ok Butterflyyessy i guess we will agree to disagree. I wish you the best in your nursing career.