Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!!

OP...you seem competitive. I would not have answered you if you asked my GPA, that is a personal thing.

Plus, you seem defensive since you said you didn't have a 4.0 like the others you asked.

Nursing school is not a competition...seriously...do your thing and stop worrying about the next.

This is what really bothers me- where does the need to know someone else's GPA and to constantly compare ourselves to others arise from? If, AFTER she has graduated and is practicing, you have a cause for concern, this is the time to address it. Not really necessary to cut someone else down. She is a learner, and hence, she is learning. We were not born knowing everything. Of course the ignorance of the other student likely came out during her interview. Ignorance by definition, means a lack of knowledge or awareness of a subject. This is expected in a brand new nursing student.

As an instructor and long-time preceptor in the ICU, I can guarantee you that I will take ignorance over arrogance any day of the week. Ignorant, I can help with. Arrogant, not so much. I would rather precept the student who says "I don't know, but I can find out." There is nothing more dangerous than someone who thinks they know it all and needs to constantly remind others of it. Arrogance kills in this field.

Since you apparently have enough time on your hands and are so vastly superior to her, why not give everyone the benefit of your knowledge and experience and teach and help others instead of cutting them down? Oh, wait, that's because you don't have any actual nursing knowledge or experience yet!

I hope you encounter a different attitude than the one you are portraying- one of judgment, condescension, and superiority. If not, I suspect your first rotation will cure you of this. I have seen so many arrogant nursing students cut to pieces when they act like a know-it-all on the floor.

I feel sorry for you, honestly. Part of being a professional is exhibiting a caring attitude and working cooperatively with others. An attitude sticks out like a sore thumb. When I was a nurse manager, I asked questions that were good at weeding out attitude, and I won't hire people who display it. It is really evident how jealous you are of her and her grades. Why not try to better yourself instead of whine about how someone else did better than you?

Honestly, I'd rather have that other nursing student (the one who tries to answer questions and admits she doesn't know something) taking care of my son than a nursing student like the OP who is clearly too busy focusing on judging other people.

Except Patricia Heaton! She had hers removed...

Alright, I think some of the posters accusing the OP of being judgemental are doing the same. I am sure she gets the idea now, how about we give it a rest?

OK, so you have admitted your insecurity and how this student really adds to that feeling. Sometimes we meet people who bring out those feelings in us.
What constructive thing can you do to help yourself feel more secure?