Are Academic Advisors Trustworthy

Nursing Students ADN/BSN

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  1. Do you trust your academic advisor?

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      Yes
    • 4
      No
    • 0
      I never question them
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      I am afraid to challenge them
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      They are always right

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I have found that Academic Advisors are not trustworthy. They don't mean what they say, and they have no intention of keeping their promises.

Let us move on to a different topic. Do you think the demand for BSN, MSN, PhD nurses are created by the market, or by the schools? I think the nurses should be left alone to enjoy their hard earned money and not be deceived by the schools when there no or little demand for BSN, MSN, or PhD nurses. What do you think?

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Let us move on to a different topic. Do you think the demand for BSN, MSN, PhD nurses are created by the market, or by the schools? I think the nurses should be left alone to enjoy their hard earned money and not be deceived by the schools when there no or little demand for BSN, MSN, or PhD nurses. What do you think?

Who says there is "no or little demand"??? A growing number of healthcare employers are, at least in the current employment environment, preferring or requiring BSN preparation for staff nurse positions. A quick look around just this site will show the huge number of students and practicing RNs who are currently pursuing, or want to pursue, an advanced practice nursing degree and career. There is growing demand for nursing instructors for generalist and graduate nursing programs (to accommodate the large numbers of students seeking admission), and those positions require advanced degrees. Where are you getting your information from, besides your own, personal experience and opinions?

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A quick look around just this site will show the huge number of students and practicing RNs who are currently pursuing, or want to pursue, an advanced practice nursing degree and career.

Sorry to shock you, but I have no doubt that they are all suckers..;) I just came back from a large school library and read half-a-dozen classified section of various newspapers with large circulation, and I found none that is looking for BSN, MSN, PhD nurses, not one, not even part-time nurses.

One of my friend is a nurse. She came home one day yelling and screaming after she took her problematic Toyota car to an auto mechanic shop. She explains to her husband that the mechanic cheated her and she fell for his trap.

Why are we nurses so vulnerable to cheaters and deceivers? First our husbands cheated us and we did not know that, then the auto mechanic cheated us and we did not know that either until it's too late, after we sign the dotted line, and then now we are deceived by schools. That was the reason why in my earlier post I ask, are BSN nurses smarter than ADN nurses?..;)

God gave us blond hair, blue eyes, skinny body, beautiful look, or smart brain when we were born. It's all in our DNA. No amount of education, BSN, MSN, PhD is going to change that, not even moderate change. Let us just be happy with what we have. This world is full of deceivers who prey on suckers like me ;). Do not let those deceivers deceive us. Beware of colleges and universities.

What say you?

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Elpnia, are you a student? A nurse? I'd like to better understand where you're coming from, but you've only provided anecdotal evidence.

I worked for a wonderful auto dealer for many years. The family who owned it was of great integrity, and they hired and maintained employees of the same caliber. That being said, my experience is anecdotal. I am not deceived in any way that ALL shops are the same. In that same vein, there are schools out there who may be less than savory. It is not possible to make the generalization that ALL schools which offer higher education are in it solely to misrepresent the need for nurses or to fill their own coffers.

And for what it's worth, there are many high level positions open in my area for BSNs and MSNs. Again, anecdote is not the plural of data.

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Sorry to shock you, but I have no doubt that they are all suckers..;) I just came back from a large school library and read half-a-dozen classified section of various newspapers with large circulation, and I found none that is looking for BSN, MSN, PhD nurses, not one, not even part-time nurses.

One of my friend is a nurse. She came home one day yelling and screaming after she took her problematic Toyota car to an auto mechanic shop. She explains to her husband that the mechanic cheated her and she fell for his trap.

Why are we nurses so vulnerable to cheaters and deceivers? First our husbands cheated us and we did not know that, then the auto mechanic cheated us and we did not know that either until it's too late, after we sign the dotted line, and then now we are deceived by schools. That was the reason why in my earlier post I ask, are BSN nurses smarter than ADN nurses?..;)

God gave us blond hair, blue eyes, skinny body, beautiful look, or smart brain when we were born. It's all in our DNA. No amount of education, BSN, MSN, PhD is going to change that, not even moderate change. Let us just be happy with what we have. This world is full of deceivers who prey on suckers like me ;). Do not let those deceivers deceive us. Beware of colleges and universities.

What say you?

What I say is that your posts are some of the weirdest I've encountered here in quite a while. You've made your views (which I still say sound more than a little paranoid) quite clear in your multiple threads over the weekend, all beating the same drum over and over. I'm sorry you feel you've had a bad experience with higher education in nursing, but your experience does not necessarily apply to anyone else.

What's all this stuff about nurses being particularly vulnerable to "cheaters and deceivers"? Speak for yourself, sister. :rolleyes: What's this about "our" husbands cheating on us and we didn't know?? And your repeated statements about how all school personnel are "cheaters," "liars," deceivers," and we should all "beware of colleges and universities," etc. is just plain spooky.

FYI, most higher level nursing positions (requiring higher degrees) rarely get advertised in newspaper classified sections these days. It's been years since I've worked for a healthcare organization that advertised nursing positions in the newspaper (or found a job in my advanced practice specialty through a newspaper classified ad) -- they just don't consider that a good use of their recruitment $$$. Positions are advertised on the facility's website and professional journals, where they are likely to be seen by the people qualified for the positions. The fact that you didn't see ads for nursing positions requiring higher degrees in the classified sections of area newspapers is no indication that those positions don't exist. Newspaper classified sections are rapidly going the way of the dinosaur and are probably one of the least useful tools in job hunting these days.

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Whatever I have written here, does it make sense to you? That is the question that you should ask. If it does, then you should listen to me. If it doesn't, ignore it and move on to my next thread.

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Respectfully, you didn't answer my question. What is your background and why do you hold these views?

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What I say is that your posts are some of the weirdest I've encountered here in quite a while.

That's not unusual to hear from you. When Obama first proposed his Obama care some people think that he is a fruit cake. When Jesus brought His message to the world, the Pharisees says that He is crazy. I know what I am. But you have no idea about me. Please read my post carefully, because there me be something in there that you may have misunderstood, or overlooked.

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The problem is with the Academic Advisors. They think they are gods; their way or the highway..

They give you no options. Do what they tell you to do, or jump off a high cliff with no parachute.

This strikes me as a generalization. The academic advisors you have encountered may be like this. They are not all like this. It's hot outside today where I am. That does not mean that it's hot everywhere...

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Respectfully, you didn't answer my question. What is your background and why do you hold these views?

I don't think the OP will ever respond to this question...the OP will continue to evade any personal questions in order to stand in their position; it senna more like projection and some other issues, probably something that can not an will not be answered, at least not on here....

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
That's not unusual to hear from you. When Obama first proposed his Obama care some people think that he is a fruit cake. When Jesus brought His message to the world, the Pharisees says that He is crazy. I know what I am. But you have no idea about me. Please read my post carefully, because there me be something in there that you may have misunderstood, or overlooked.

What you misunderstood is that what you are stating is nothing new....when your posts don't gain traction, you either start a new thread, or repeat yourself, or repeat your posts from your threads; it's cyclical, and if anything, is not overlooked; YOU may have misunderstood what the market or the issues that have been going on in nursing or what I call the "corporization" of health care (which has been around since the 1990s, at least in MY area).

So if you feel the need to spout off your "truths", which are PURELY opinion, do so, but if you came here to "inform", sorry, but this site has been around for decades; do yourself a favor and "inform" yourself on the nursing issues that have been hashed out on here...then you will realize what's REALLY going on, then maybe you can have an honest conversation about your experience, otherwise, it looks like either you are trying to do a "social experiment" on here, or not a nurse, or some Internet person that likes to stir up trouble, or someone who needs assistance FAR beyond the confines of this forum.

So what say YOU?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

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