SmoothKeys

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   An Unapologetic Reasoning On Why You Don't Want To Be A Nurse.

   SmoothKeys replied to Mr Midwife's topic in General Students

   "For the most part you will be respected; people generally do love nurses. But that one person who says "just a nurse" or "didn't you want to be a doctor really"is really going to get to you, especially when you experience an issue where management t...
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   Phd in Nursing-doing research or something other than teaching?

   SmoothKeys replied to flowerpottop22's topic in Post Graduate

   I'm a newly accepted RN student starting at the only nursing school I applied to and it is an associate degree program (cost and timing being major factors). I would love to read specific replies to your question. What are your interests? In college,...
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   Medical Student to Nursing Student

   SmoothKeys replied to thatguy777's topic in General Students

   If that's how you feel, then I suppose I've got nothing else to add. But trying to kick somebody at his/her weakest, insinuating he couldn't pass pathology while a student at a school that supposedly accept rejects is hardly professional. It's not e...
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   Medical Student to Nursing Student

   SmoothKeys replied to thatguy777's topic in General Students

   How does this contribute to the discourse of the thread? Advance the nursing profession indirectly (in this case) and put some thoughts behind a reply to a former medical student contemplating your profession as a career. Thanks.
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   Medical Student to Nursing Student

   SmoothKeys replied to thatguy777's topic in General Students

   Most people have come to expect doctors to be studious and generally do well on standardized exams. They've taken the hard courses to make the cut. Most people outside of medicine view physicians as having completed a certain marathon, if you will, a...
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   BSN student questioning my career in nursing

   SmoothKeys replied to NursePick's topic in General Students

   A request was made and there was a verbal agreement since the end of the prior semester. Perhaps, allowing it was not feasible but why the insult in her reply? So in denying a request it's okay to do so in a most unprofessional manner? It's a real sh...
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   How to deal with angry doctors

   SmoothKeys replied to ann915's topic in New Nurse

   LMAO Many of us here have taken the very same prerequisite courses as physicians. For whatever reasons, we chose different paths. I never seriously considered medical school for various reasons, length of time in school being a factor. If I become a...
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   I don't think I want to be a nurse anymore

   SmoothKeys replied to Poly123's topic in General Students

   I'm in a slightly different situation and I appreciate your advice. Certainly, I would have applied to nursing even a couple years ago if it were my passion. My question is, what if what one "LOVES" to do is just not practical? That said, I've been l...
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   I don't think I want to be a nurse anymore

   SmoothKeys replied to Poly123's topic in General Students

   I know the feeling. Tried research and there my PhD professor was always stressed about funding for her work. While for me, I felt justified to not incur any more big debts toward a degree that costs over six figures, I feel a nursing education is qu...
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    Everyone Won't Succeed. And That's Okay!

    SmoothKeys replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    I tend to disagree with this type of thinking. Look no further than this site and the success stories are moving; they are about individuals who persevered and especially of those who failed and refused to give up again. Sometimes the failure was for...
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    PharmD to NP

    SmoothKeys replied to thefinestwhoever's topic in NP Students

    As a former pharmacy student, I can see where the OP is coming from. First off, if you work retail you'll come to hate the job. You'll come to see the addition of a drive-thru a far cry from all the clinical knowledge you'd hope to apply. The evening...
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    I can't get over my failure...

    SmoothKeys replied to jead1's topic in General Students

    GrnTea: "Can't get over my failure," eh? A little out of touch there? I remember my organic chemistry 2 days when one needed to really think like a research chemist (but without any prior training). Yet, other people found calculus physics quite ch...
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    What was your favorite topic to study in A&P?

    SmoothKeys replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I couldn't agree with you more! Each organ is so fascinating in that each function is vital for life. The cardiovascular system needs to be understood to fully appreciate it's complexities (and to pass :) ). Memorizing will not help much as each pati...
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    Life is beautiful if one has his/her life centered on God

    SmoothKeys replied to guyna's topic in Spirituality

    At my job
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    Pharmacist-turned-RN?

    SmoothKeys replied to Lizbird5807's topic in Career Support

    As a former pharmacy student, there are many times I do regret leaving the field (was in 2nd year), especially when I read candid replies from actual nurses who see themselves as the bottom of the healthcare chain. Someone mentioned earlier about the...