Lemon Headed

How did it go?

Yes it is. Females are jealous by nature. I'm sure the nurses you are talking about are not male nurses. We are territorial and size each other up , the crusty crabs can never be as cute or as young so they take it out in other ways and pretend to be superior. Now experience does play a big part in being a good nurse absolutely, your post is actually kind of ridiculous. You can be experienced and nice and helpful at the same time. Sounds like you just have some B's on your floor it happens.

Guy in babyland, you took every point I made and turned it into something else. I'm not going to entertain any of your strawman arguments. I passed nursing school and I utilized test banks as a way to become more familiar with the material as well as to become more familiar with NCLEX style questions for the boards. I've been an excellent bedside nurse for over a year already and my employer as well as my patients are lucky to have me. It sounds like you are just bitter for some reason.

Test Banks are the worst kept secret in nursing school. They are a legitimate supplemental study tool. If that's the only thing you do to prepare for exams of any reputable program it certainly won't be enough and you will fail. It's no different from practicing questions from Saunders or from Quizlet or anything else. If you don't want to use them because you feel some sort of way about it than don't, but to say that students who do use them as a resource are somehow less capable of being quality nurse is disgusting. Nursing school is a means to an end. You will learn more on the floor in 1 month than over the 4 years it takes to get your degree. The questions from test banks are one of many, many resources available in this day in age to acquire the information needed to get that degree, get a spot in a hospital, and begin a fulfilling career.