littlepeopleRNICU 476 Posts Specializes in NICU, telemetry. Has 7 years experience. Jun 19, 2015 Just saying...after having experience with bedside nursing, I'm GLAD I had to take all the "bogus" classes. Sure, you learn things along the way, but don't you want to fully know in depth why you're giving medications you are and doing procedures you are, and how/why they work, etc.? I wouldn't feel safe not knowing what I do, all thanks to nursing SCHOOL...
LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN 8,429 Posts Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma. Has 18 years experience. Jun 19, 2015 Unlikely. I think this was a Hit-and-Run kind of thread. One Post Wonder.I was just thinking, in reading this, about all the hoopla surrounding the degrees involved in nursing. The ones asking whether ADN is enough....no, it needs to be a minimum of BSN....no, we should be looking at MSN as entry-level.And here we have the question as to whether someone can....y'know.....just do OTJ training. It's just the same as a degree in nursing if the person who is teaching you doesn't make you do any "bogus stuff"....right?I should have stayed in bed today.Me too.
RNsRWe, ASN, RN 4 Articles; 10,428 Posts Jun 19, 2015 Me too. Sometimes derailing a thread is the very best thing you can do for it!
SierraBravo 547 Posts Has 3 years experience. Jun 19, 2015 Anyone know of any opportunities abroad to become a nurse thru apprenticeship rather than thru traditional education?(I'm fed up with looking for accelerated programs, having to meet bogus requirements, etc. I'd rather just do on-the-job training for 3/4 the pay in some other country. Anyone know of anything like this?)I just can't... Is this real life?
mvm2 1,001 Posts Jun 19, 2015 OK and I thought those asking to be a CNA without taking classes was bad
RNsRWe, ASN, RN 4 Articles; 10,428 Posts Jun 19, 2015 Aw hell, why not skip medical school altogether in favor of watching reruns of Doogie Hauser, MD??Maybe make a plaque for the wall "All I Ever Really Needed to Know about Medicine I Learned from House".What say?
tara07733 102 Posts Jun 19, 2015 Anyone care for popcorn?Extra butter and salt, please! Make it a large.
WellThatsOod 897 Posts Jun 19, 2015 Aw hell, why not skip medical school altogether in favor of watching reruns of Doogie Hauser, MD??Maybe make a plaque for the wall "All I Ever Really Needed to Know about Medicine I Learned from House".What say?I'd rather watch Grey's Anatomy
sourapril 2 Articles; 724 Posts Specializes in public health. Has 5 years experience. Jun 19, 2015 I don't think nursing is one of those professions that you can learn on the job without any types of education. You can start a business, or open up a restaurant without a college degree, but not any medical professions I am aware of. Good luck if you find one.
nurseprnRN, BSN, RN 2 Articles; 5,114 Posts Jun 19, 2015 Anyone know of any opportunities abroad to become a nurse thru apprenticeship rather than thru traditional education?(I'm fed up with looking for accelerated programs, having to meet bogus requirements, etc. I'd rather just do on-the-job training for 3/4 the pay in some other country. Anyone know of anything like this?)"You must be joking, Mr. Feynman." You might be able to find one...but you'd never be able to work in the US with it.
Been there,done that, ASN, RN 6,968 Posts Has 33 years experience. Jun 19, 2015 "You must be joking, Mr. Feynman." You might be able to find one...but you'd never be able to work in the US with it.On the job training.. while earning 3/4 the pay. Why didn't I think of that?
Jensmom7, BSN, RN 1,907 Posts Specializes in Hospice. Has 36 years experience. Jun 19, 2015 What...I don't...how...I honestly have no response to OP, and that is highly unusual for me. Yep, it's the end of the world as we know it.
