Chip_04

what are you talking about? i did not say that i was not studying and i am not blaming anything on my instructer. i am saying that i do not know where to focus my studying because my instructor does not emphasize anything and does not care if we learn anything. most of my fellow classmates do not study becuase you do not need to study to pass the tests. the class average is a 99% on every test/quiz. i don't need to know anything to pass the tests since we are given 45 minutes to take a 15 question quiz. do not tell me that i do not understand how to be a student in our educational system. i would like to know what i need to learn when someones life is in my hands not what i need to know to pass a test. my goal is to be a competant nurse not get simply to get an a. i would think that you would be appaled that new nureses are graduting and know nothing about a subject. what "rules" are you talking about? have i broken some rule by asking what is relavent to nursing practice? i think you need to put your glasses on and read my post again.

I am in a 12 month accelerated program that just started in may. I am taking patho right now and the class is an absolute joke. My instructer reads DIRECTLY off of her slides that come world for word from the book. The book is very in depth and a very hard read. She does not elaborate on anything or tell us specific things that will be useful in practice. And the worst thing of all is that we have open book quizes and tests which makes it really difficult to get motivated to study. If anyone can give me some areas to focus my studying or any advice that would be great. I feel like I am missing out on very important information and completely wasting my money on this incompetant instructor.

I find the OR to be a fascinating place to be and during my time shadowing a CRNA I was completly astounded by what was going on with the patient and how complex everything is. I have heard that anesthesia is thousands of hours of boredum followed by minutes of terror, but it would seem that it would be hard to be bored during surgery. Im just wondering how time pases when you are in the OR especially with a very long case. Does the excitement wear off as the years go on? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I am starting an accelerated second degreeprogram in May and am planning to work in critical care after I graduate. I was just wondering what the typical duties of a critical care nurse are. Also, what are the rules with male nurses giving bed baths? I think the icu sounds like an exciting place to work but i do not think I would feel comfortable giving a bath to someone. IIs that something that nurses on all shifts are required to do?