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z's playa · May 11, 2005

hehehe
Do you mind feeding mine while you're at it? :)

Sorry.........not enough moose meat to go around.

Takes hours to skin 'em don't ya know?

Unlessss.......wanna trade? What'cha got? :)

Z

fergus51 · May 11, 2005

I'll trade you some moose meat for the whale blubber I have out back

z's playa · May 11, 2005

I'll trade you some moose meat for the whale blubber I have out back

Naaw...too fattening.......... :chuckle

But wait !!!!.............low carb !!!!! Ok. Deal.

I'll meet you out front to load up the sled.

Z

markjrn · May 11, 2005

What about seal? Can I interest anyone in some nice seal??? I had to wrestle the polar bear, but there's still some left!

markjrn · May 11, 2005

My apologies to the OP. I hope you got something worthwhile out of this thread! lol

Cherry2 · May 11, 2005

My apologies to the OP. I hope you got something worthwhile out of this thread! lol

Appologies accepted- but now you have to give me the rest of that seal meat you have, to make up for it!

markjrn · May 11, 2005

Appologies accepted- but now you have to give me the rest of that seal meat you have, to make up for it!

Is it for your dogs?? Hmmm? If it isn't for the dogs, I DON'T think so! :nono:

Fiona59 · May 11, 2005

So, Cherry, did we answer your questions?

I think what is needed are a set of national standards for admission to nursing schools. Kind of keep a level playing field nation wide. I mean we all write national exams but there is no national standards for admissions.

I know of one nursing programme in BC that requires Gr. 11 Chemistry and Math and Gr. 12 Bio and English. Yet across the Rockies, Alberta is requiring Gr. 12 Math, Chem, Bio, and English.

I remember up to the '90's you needed a high school diploma with Gr. 12 sciences if possible (some schools admitted you and let you take the Biology 12 course as part of your course load).

I mean Math 12 belonged to the Engineers, Med students, Computer Science types.

Anybody else have fond memories of pocked protectors and slide rule carrying geeks in Grade 12??:chuckle

Has nursing advanced so much in 30 years that we need quadratic equations and calculus? Or are they just elimination tools for the nursing schools?

PS, I own two sled dogs -- How do I get them off the couch????

markjrn · May 11, 2005

So, Cherry, did we answer your questions?
I think what is needed are a set of national standards for admission to nursing schools. Kind of keep a level playing field nation wide. I mean we all write national exams but there is no national standards for admissions.
I know of one nursing programme in BC that requires Gr. 11 Chemistry and Math and Gr. 12 Bio and English. Yet across the Rockies, Alberta is requiring Gr. 12 Math, Chem, Bio, and English.
I remember up to the '90's you needed a high school diploma with Gr. 12 sciences if possible (some schools admitted you and let you take the Biology 12 course as part of your course load).
I mean Math 12 belonged to the Engineers, Med students, Computer Science types.
Anybody else have fond memories of pocked protectors and slide rule carrying geeks in Grade 12??:chuckle
Has nursing advanced so much in 30 years that we need quadratic equations and calculus? Or are they just elimination tools for the nursing schools?
PS, I own two sled dogs -- How do I get them off the couch????

When I graduated, a person needed English 30 X 2, Social Studies 30, Geo-trig 30, Algebra 30, Physics 30, Biology 30, Chemistry 30 to get into nursing. (30 means grade 12 level, sorry). I'm still trying to figure out how we use physics....

I agree, there should be a national admission standard to go by. It would make everyones lives easier.

Fiona, do you need some of our seal too? I have a little extra, since no one else seems to be interested.

nurse_ange1 · May 28, 2005

I have been reading the posts from American nursing students, and while I know it will be tough either way, it just seems like it is so much more difficult for Americans?
One post the person said the dean stated "half of you won't get through your prereq's" and another said that on one of their med calculation tests they had to get a certain mark- and if they didn't they only had one more chance or they were out.
ROFLMA :rotfl:
Anyway, now that all the dogs are fed. I am one of those brave (or naive) individuals that took a condensed program in Ontario (i.e. because of the new standard to be a RN is a BScN). My first day of class had 33 students. We were told that the next year would challenge us in many ways, and for a variety of reasons half would not succeed and/or would decide nursing wasn't for them. Wouldn't ya know it but they were right. We went from 33 to 22 by 2nd year, and down to 18 by the end of the 2nd year. The rest of us all finished. We to had the "You have to get above.... an 80!" and we also had "PASS/Fail practuum tests." The things nightmares and all nighters are made of. BUT in the end you realize about the end of 3rd year that "Hey, know what? It is important to be able to do things perfectly... cuz people are going to dye if you don't." That realization is scary, but in the same way kinda comforting cuz you know that if you've made this far you've must of learned something along the way.
Nursing school is hard, but is not impossible. It requires a great deal of support from friends, family, profs, and classmates. It takes some self discipline to stay at home and study rather than go out every night. It takes a bit of work to learn how to use the dreaded APA (which by 4th you you can now recite verbatim). Nursing school makes you the person you need to be inorder to to be a nurse. Isn't that the whole point?
Remember, Success is a journey, not a destination. --Ben Sweetland
Best of luck :)