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Coming on here just to vent and see if anyone has noticed a similar culture: I just finished my first semester of BSN nursing school (fundamentals w/ clinical, health assessment, & pharm I) at a private 4-year university. I absolutely love what I...

Emily-Joy out. Thanks for the lively debate, but I'll stick to the advice of my professors and peers. See you around the AN community.

You've never seen me with patients. I put on a great "nurse" front. I actually was awarded outstanding student this semester.

Healthcare Policy & Intro to Professional Nursing are not pre reqs. Maybe I am. But I'll still be a damn good nurse.

I was accepted into multiple direct admit programs. There's quite a few around the nation. I currently attend UNF. Why don't I do some math for you: Freshman Fall & Spring: Prerequisites Sophomore fall: finishing prerequisites + healthcare policy...

I ended up not going there. Just saying.

No. I have 3 total, 2.5 of clinical experience. I had theory-based nursing classes first semester sophomore year. It's not an ego. I know I can be a physician if I wanted to. I graduated salutatorian of my college prep private high school (class of 4...

A CNA course is 2-8 weeks, an RN requires an actual degree so this is quite laughable. And our fundamentals course is actually much more in-depth, since I go to one of the top schools in my state. I learned how to start IVs, Foleys, place NGs, provid...

I clearly won't reach a consensus with anyone trying to refute me on this thread. I hear your opinions, though I (and honestly, my entire nursing faculty) will respectfully disagree. I am proud of myself for choosing to be a BSN nurse and I wish our ...

They're allowed to sit for the same NCLEX because they have the core nursing skills essential for safe practice. However, all I am saying is BSNs have a broader, more developed patient care knowledge set. I never used the "you're just jealous" stance...

I have a professor who used to be an ADN before getting her BSN and PhD in Nursing. She asserted that the ADNs who bash BSNs and claim there is no difference in their competency (yes, I know what that word means) do so because they feel threatened. I...

I'm on a full scholarship, but thanks for looking out! I love my program and the fact that they care enough about the nursing profession to push a professional degree and higher standard of care.

I HAVE been on the floor, actually. Just finished Fundamentals and clinical. My clinical was in an LTC, LTAC, and hospice. I get a lot of my perspective from my family members who are currently nurses (again, one with an ADN and one with a BSN). I wh...

I will start off by saying, I just finished my very first semester of nursing school so I am not on the field. But I have perspective: my dad has been an ADN nurse for almost 40 years and my aunt has been a BSN nurse for about 15. The objective viewp...

You see, I'm not the only one who feels this way though. My friend group who has been with me since the very beginning (some of whom are already entering senior year) are breezing by with 4.0s as well while hearing 75% of our classmates complain abou...

I just don't think nursing is any harder than other science majors that don't get nearly the amount of hype as you call it. As I mentioned, my prerequisites that I took alongside premeds, bio majors, etc were much harder conceptually than my nursing ...

Just a curious soon-to-be nursing student... What is the difference between med-surg and telemetry/step-down units in terms of pt load, acuity, etc.? I've seen the two used interchangeably but I've also seen them be listed as completely different.

Okay, AN. I seriously need some advice here... I have offers from two different nursing schools--UMass Amherst and PBA. Both freshman direct entry programs and from what I know, both solid programs. Here's the thing. PBA is much less expensive t...

Just got accepted into PBA upper division nursing for Fall 2018!! Anyone starting that term??

Hi! I just finished reading Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth...an amazing book. It impacted me so deeply that I have started to consider pursuing being a CNM later in life (yes, I know I'm only a high school senior, buuuut I'm quite interested) So ...

Thank you for your response! I'll definitely check that out. :)