What is it about nursing students....

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that makes them so godawful stupid?

I swear, it must be a requirement to exchange your brain for a spot in the program. I just spent a very long morning in orientation (hello? I'm a SENIOR student) where students (seniors like me) asked all kinds of stupid questions that we already know the answers to.

And why do I have to come in for orientation so the instructor can read us the syllabus? Are we all suddenly illiterate? And a seminar on time management? I could scream!

Its just totally ridiculous. They could do all this the first day of class and save a bunch of time and a 100 mile drive for me (50 miles to the central campus each way).

"What do you think is the best way to study?"

"Should we read the material before or after the lecture?"

"Will we have a tutor again?"

On and on and on....

I left after lunch.

Sorry, needed to vent.

oops meant to add all breathing barriers, as well as bag/valve masks etc..sorry but we did cover so much information. there was even a little bit about oxegen, although it was not taught in the course. when to use it etc. It also instructed on the use of asprin. okay that I think covers it all. how does this course differ from the AHA course?

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Originally posted by rhona1

Vsummer1

Our was called CPR for the Professional Rescuer. It cover CPR 1 and 2 rescuer(adult,child and infant). It covered choking unconscious and consious(adult, child and infant) It covered the use of AED's. It also taught basic assessement on scene. It taught our legal rights and responsibilities. It was an 8 hour class. At the end of the class we took and had to pass a forty question test, with a score of 80% as a pass.

That sounds just like the AHA BLS class. (AED is that name of the defib machine I couldn't remember, and you are right, it is easy). The class you describe is not at all like the class I took with Red Cross 3 years ago where we just did CPR for adult, child and infant. So, I guess I just don't know why they require it, I just know that they specifically require this class and do not accept Red Cross. Hey, I went with the herd and got what they required and so I get to do my clinicals! :clown:

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Well at least I know I'm not the only one with a program full of idiots to contend with.

I don't think that's a good thing, though. Pretty scary.

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lol :chuckle

lets hope theyre all weeded out by the time graduation rolls around...:eek:

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Originally posted by elusive

lol :chuckle

lets hope theyre all weeded out by the time graduation rolls around...:eek:

I wouldn't count on it.

Just stay in Canada, and you should be safe. From these people, anyway. I'm sure you have f*ck ups of your own up there.

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originally posted by mspurp

my point is that competition exists for a reason, and instead of constantly helping them to the finish line, they need to let them fall behind or out of the race altogether. its just not safe to their future patients to continue to reward complacency and substandard academic and clinical performance.

ok, i'm gonna act old now. imo some of this results from all the "feel good" psycobabble out there for the last 20 years or so.

i've seen little league games where they don't keep score. "we don't want anyone to feel like a loser :o some schools did away with almost all competition or all competitors received a ribbon, etc.

:::stepping off my soapbox now::: before i give myself a headache

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Here is a stupid question: what does IMO mean?

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Originally posted by Vsummer1

Here is a stupid question: what does IMO mean?

And here is a smart answer:

In

My

Opinion

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I have another one for you that my friend shared with me. In this case it was a new graduate of a BSN program at the hospital my friend is doing her clinicals at. One of the experienced nurses showed her it as an example of something never to do (although I would think common sense would tell you) My friend lives in a different city - not Memphis.

the new nurse was assigned to postop care. She was told to write an assesment of the patient. The experienced nurse was double checking the new nurse and found that she had written, "patient appears to be resting comfortably" - there was no documentation of vitals, no written documentation of checking for bleeding - nothing but a simple sentence - "Patient appears to be resting comfortably" I guess some do manage to graduate.

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LOL! Too funny!

I would want to know if my patient was resting comfortably before I'd want to know if he or she were, oh, in hypovolemic shock or suffering from a pulmonary embolism.

At least my patient was COMFORTABLE.

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MS. PURP. I Know exactly how you feel. I am a senior too and it seems like people have been asleep until now because they are asking questions that should have been known already. Well, I guess it is better that they ask now then NEVER. That is one way to look at it.

Also my school is deciding to do a lot on study skills, time management, stress management and all that and the my class as seniors are like why start now. How come you did not start before. They just want to prepare us for NCLEX. IMO, that should start from day one and then build up.

You are not the only one to experience things like you do so I just wanted to say I totally understand your frustrations.

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Originally posted by Vsummer1

That sounds just like the AHA BLS class. (AED is that name of the defib machine I couldn't remember, and you are right, it is easy). The class you describe is not at all like the class I took with Red Cross 3 years ago where we just did CPR for adult, child and infant. So, I guess I just don't know why they require it, I just know that they specifically require this class and do not accept Red Cross. Hey, I went with the herd and got what they required and so I get to do my clinicals! :clown:

Hi all, we were told that the Red Cross CPR is only good for a year, while the AHA is good for 2 yrs. CPR for Healthcare providers. I think that is why some programs recommend the AHA. I found a local hospital that offers the AHA for 20.00 which includes the book, of course it's free to employees. ;)

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