It just isn't fair

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Hi hope i don't offend anyone but i'm just a little fustrated.I'm tired of people who don't don't give a damn about nursing but just doing it for the money getting accepted to nursing schools and those of us who are answering our calling and want to be nurses more than anything else always getting put on the back burner(so to speak).I know a lot of people who just did it for the money and quit in a few years time.They could have quit from the start and give us there seat.At least it would have been worth it.Anyone else feels my pain?Sorry if i offend anyone just getting my anger out.

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I kind of agree however how can you possibly pass nursing unless you want to do it. If I was put in nursing, I couldnt pass it if I did not want to do it. Alot of people dont realize how it really is until you get out there doing it.

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People might be excited about the salary a nurse receives but that does not mean that their hearts are not in it as well. having a career and making money is exciting to me. But it just happens that working in the health care (as a CNA now soon a RN) field is what i am good at and working with people is what i like to do. SO i get the best of both worlds.

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My favorite is the people that get accepted in and then drop or fail out! How infuriating! Or the people that take A&P and microbiology and other science classes 20 times to get an A while your first time B gets passed over. I am seriously in class with people who are on their 2nd, 3rd, 4th or more try! The girl that sits across from me has repeated every single one of her science classes, some 3 and 4 times, and made C or below the first (and sometimes second) time around. Ridiculous!

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Specializes in Cardio/Tele.
My favorite is the people that get accepted in and then drop or fail out! How infuriating! Or the people that take A&P and microbiology and other science classes 20 times to get an A while your first time B gets passed over. I am seriously in class with people who are on their 2nd, 3rd, 4th or more try! The girl that sits across from me has repeated every single one of her science classes, some 3 and 4 times, and made C or below the first (and sometimes second) time around. Ridiculous!

The 3 district colleges i applied at will not even allow you to apply to the nursing program if you take one of the science classes more than two times. So, if you take one of the A&P's or micro the first time and get below a C or if you get a W(withdrawal) or I (incomplete) you can only try and repeat the course one more time....then after that you are excluded from even being allow to apply to the nursing program.

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i totally agree with you>i went to a community college where people would take like 2 courses per semester and get in just because they took their classes bit by bit:they had more time to devote to each course(prerequsite)!!! i attended full time , but didn't get accepted with a 3.55 gpa.as for your statement, many people who are studying nursing probably don't even know what nurses do! i asked a h.s girl what the duty of nurses were and she said she didn't know!!!she wants to be a rn!!! i really suggest that these people who are choosing nursing as a second career option or students who don't even know what nurses do ,butwho are choosing nursing should leave the seats for people who truly love nursing and who know what their duty entails!!! good luck yo you darling!

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Who cares how many times someone take a A&P class or Micro class, just because you get an "A" doesnt mean your going to be a good nurse, it just means your book smart. Some people (including myself) have a hard time grasping the information the first time around, and may need more time than someone else. Someone who keeps trying and doesnt quit is considered good to me. They are paying for it, your not so if they are in the same class for three or four time then so be it.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
My favorite is the people that get accepted in and then drop or fail out!

At least they tried.

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It sounds to me that some nursing schools are not using good criteria for selecting some of their students. Many of the schools where I live use the lottery system which is ridiculous and degrading!!!!! Future nurses should not be randomly chosen from student's who make C's but instead precisely picked for their scholar and talents.

With that in mind, nursing programs will always have people that drop out or fail out. Those cases can only be viewed and criticized independently but not as a whole group.

If at all possible, I would find another school to attend. I would consider a program that looks at academic load and achievement, as well as other talents. Sorry that you are frustrated.

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Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.
i totally agree with you>i went to a community college where people would take like 2 courses per semester and get in just because they took their classes bit by bit:they had more time to devote to each course(prerequsite)!!! i attended full time , but didn't get accepted with a 3.55 gpa.as for your statement, many people who are studying nursing probably don't even know what nurses do! i asked a h.s girl what the duty of nurses were and she said she didn't know!!!she wants to be a rn!!! i really suggest that these people who are choosing nursing as a second career option or students who don't even know what nurses do ,butwho are choosing nursing should leave the seats for people who truly love nursing and who know what their duty entails!!! good luck yo you darling!

i'm confused....are you seriously knocking the people that took it slow in order to get better grades?? what possible difference should it make how long someone takes getting the prereqs out of the way?!

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
i totally agree with you>i went to a community college where people would take like 2 courses per semester and get in just because they took their classes bit by bit:they had more time to devote to each course(prerequsite)!!!

i happen to be one of those 2-class-per-semester people. i have no idea where people get the mentality that people do this to devote more time to the class, but it just so happens that some people have to work full time to pay for school, eat, you know, silly things like that. that doesn't allow much time to take a full schedule so i had to settle for "bit by bit".

that doesn't make me any less or more dedicated than anyone else that i'm attending class with, nor should (would) it have any effect on whether i'd get accepted into a program :angryfire

(i'm aware that wasn't directed at me, but i certainly take offense when someone assumes someone taking 1 or 2 classes a semester is doing it to devote more time to the class, like that's unfair to other people.)

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Couldn't of been said any better!

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