[abooker]

Originally Posted by llg

Most stats classes focus on the stats themselves ... what they mean ... how they are used in research ... etc. The people who teach stats are rarely, if ever, the philosophical or "touch-feely" types.

I’m confused.

If there is a significant difference between how stats is taught to nursing students and how stats is used by nursing researchers, then … isn’t that a problem?

Maybe I’m reading the wrong publications (I’m finding stuff on the Web – maybe worth what I’m paying for it)

My opinion is that philosophical types write the most useful qualitative research, and “touchy-feely” types write the least useful. I’m biased, because I know which majors score highest on the GRE. I regret using “touchy-feely” to mean education, sociology, psych types. Like HeartsOpenWide I’m good at English, and I turned out good at statistics, but that was 20 years ago. Thank you all for your reassurance.

Is there a “Nursing as a second language” course out there somewhere?

Reference: http://ace.acadiau.ca/arts/phil/why_phil/scores.htm

[natania]

My ADN program did not require statistics, but it is required if you want to transfer to a BSN program.

Honestly, I thought it was a relatively easy math class... much easier than college algebra.

[Spidey's mom]

Originally Posted by HeartsOpenWide

Stats was required for my BSN program too. I took it with anatomy and an GE art class. I SUCK at math but found it to be interesting. I worked my tail off for the B I got in the class. Most practical math you will ever use in my opinion (others on here seem to disagree). I took a basic Stats class so my teacher was a math teacher and really smart too. I would go to class early so I could as questions to understand stuff better. I hear that people that are good at math hate stats and people that are good at English (me) enjoy it compared to algebra and other math. It was the first math class that I did not need a tutor.

I am good at English . . . hated math. Not crazy about stats either.

The thing I don't like about stats is that it isn't black and white, concrete. You CAN massage it . . .make it turn out how you want. And the latitude of percentage for error . . .

My stats teacher says stats is used mostly by the "touchy-feely" types . .although he didn't use that phrase.

It isn't science so much as psychology . . .

steph

[Spidey's mom]

Originally Posted by abooker

Is there a “Nursing as a second language” course out there somewhere?

Reference: http://ace.acadiau.ca/arts/phil/why_phil/scores.htm

Very funny . . . . .


steph

[canoehead]

I took statistics for my BSN and hated it. I passed it the second time, but took it a third time so I could get a grade I could live with. It brought me to tears regularly, even the third time around. I'm one of the ADN grads that swears to this day that the BSN is and was almost useless- could have gotten just as smart in 6 months rather than 3 years. BUT, I use what I learned in statistics every day, and wish I could have learned more. I highly recommend taking the class, even though I personally hated every minute of it.

[classicdame]

I loved statistics. It was required in BSN program so we could have some idea how to interpret research articles. Since more and more policies are based on evidence based practice we need to know how to interpret those studies. Otherwise, we are taking someone else's word as what is best for our practice. Depends on how protective you feel about your practice how you might feel about statistics.

[sweetbarbiedoll]

Hi, BSN and recently Diploma Nursing in India require Statistics. I am a Masters in Nursing and I currently teach Statistics for them. I find it good, especially because, it will help Nurses, use research in a better way and rationalize their findings in figures. People do like facts and figures!!!