Most Useful Non-Nursing Course(s)

Logic ... which I took from the Philosophy Dept. as a freshman.

The ability to analyze (and make) a logic argument is something I use almost every day.

An especially useful skill on this forum sometimes

J/k, I allnurses!

Medical Ethics which was a master's level course but one of the best I had the pleasure of taking when working on my BSN.

Creative writing--helps writing a narrative after the crisis is over, when all you have is five 2 or 3 word notes and two times written on a paper towel. And, from that, have to figure out what you did over the past 3 hours.

Abnormal Psychology. Taught me we're all warped in our own way...*grin*

And, oddly enough, European history; nobody learns from the past (and our non-compliant COPD/CHF/DM/ESRD folks don't learn from their own past, either).

I had to take an operations management course for my BS. Helped me to have compassion when materials needed, i.e. gloves in my size, were not available. Also helped me to give suggestions to improve the system instead of just griping about it.

Psychology

I am not a nurse yet, nor have gotten into my nursing classes yet.. but I think Psychology would help A LOT because it helps you understand different cultures and how they do things. It teaches you that in some cultures- eye contact - is very important, so as a nurse, you will learn that giving eye contact will make your patients feel more welcome and safe.

That was just an example. Psychology is a very good subject to study while in nursing courses.

Microbiology. Yes, it's a science course but it's not a nursing course per se.

The reason I chose this is that for the very first test, our instructor gave us over 200 medical/scientific prefixes and suffixes to learn, and that's all he tested us on for test #1. He said that we may hate him now for doing this to us, but we will thank him when we get into nursing school--and beyond--because knowing what these prefixes and suffixes mean will explain so much to us and make things easier.

And he was absolutely right

Life 101

Being a "mature" student my life experiences has taught me a great deal about people and myself.