septicwad

You'll make it Sarge. Nursing school is kiddy crap compared to the military. The hardest thing for me was to hold my tongue. I was a medic and I wanted to tell these b*7)%$s where they could put their care plans. I hated every minute of nursing schoo...

I concur :yeahthat:

I only went on one interview, but I would have to agree with you. It seemed like it was more important for me to fit in with the rest of the bunch, rather than consider my academic credentials, and the fact that I've taught at the collegiate level, a...

Just what exactly do you consider a hard science? Anyway, I took all my nursing prerequisites in one semester. Twenty semester hours... A&P II, micro, nutrition, statistics, and sociology. What are you asking? Should you do it? No one can answer ...

I go to FGCU (for twenty more days! ) and there are a bunch of women in my class that have been all jumpy and constipated about grades. They reminded of me poodle lapdogs. You know, the ones that are high-strung and shaky, and yap constantly. Don'...

I graduate from Florida Gulf Coast University in 36 days, 11 hours, 25 minutes, and 5 seconds (but who is counting). I have hated (almost) every minute of nursing school. Thankfully the torture stops soon!

Got a B.S. and M.S. in chemistry. Had to get a nursing degree to be admitted to anesthesia school. I graduate on 30 April.

Who are you to define reasonable profit? That is a function of the market; supply and demand. Unless government becomes involved the market is very efficient.

I hope you're getting a BSN for that kind of money.

[quote name=RNPATL I would be interested in taking a poll from the male students out there that read this thread. How many of you had a strong GPA going into your nursing program (like 3.60 or better) and how difficult are you finding the tests? QUO...

If you have an obnoxious drug-seeking patient in the ER, get a positive identification on them and call the police department to see if they have any wants or warrants for arrest.

I use ePocrates on my desktop and PDA. It will check for interactions for up to thirty medications and herbals. It lacks some of the information that you will find under the heading "Nursing Implications" in the hardcopy of Davis's Drug Guide, so I h...

Yes, I think it will be difficult to take those two classes in an accelerated summer term. You will be doing nothing but working to keep pace. Do you have any obligations that will detract from the time you have to study? I think it's doable, but cha...

I get the same stuff at the university which I attend. The instructors forget that to be able to think critically, one must possess the knowledge, which students are just now learning! I just finished med-surg, and the goofy instructor used to pull m...

I'm not an Army nurse. Heck, I'm not even a nurse (yet), but I was an Army medic for three years. I've got one year before graduating as a BSN. I was stationed at Ft. Bragg and worked closely with nurses and PA's in troop medical clinics, the base ho...

I'm not an Army nurse. Heck, I'm not even a nurse (yet), but I was an Army medic for three years. I've got one year before graduating as a BSN. I was stationed at Ft. Bragg and worked closely with nurses and PA's in troop medical clinics, the base ho...

I found a couple of articles that you may find useful. Keep pace with step-down care Wendy J Berke, Margaret M Ecklunc. Nursing Management. Chicago: Feb 2002. Vol. 33, Iss. 2; pg. 26, 4 pgs Arrhythmia detection and response in a monitoring technicia...

I found a couple of articles that you may find useful. Keep pace with step-down care Wendy J Berke, Margaret M Ecklunc. Nursing Management. Chicago: Feb 2002. Vol. 33, Iss. 2; pg. 26, 4 pgs Arrhythmia detection and response in a monitoring technicia...

The article was published in Nursing. This publication is not a peer reviewed, scholarly journal, unlike JAMA in which Dr. Aiken's study appeared. Dr. Sharon Bernier (President, National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing) issued comments crit...

This has nothing to do with respect. I am not an RN, I am a student nurse. However I am not your average student nurse. I hold a M.S. in chemistry, and am intimately acquainted with the process of scholarly research, whether it be nursing, chemistry,...

This appears to be an emotional issue. I've been able to find one study concerning the level of nurse education and patient outcome. I posted a URL for that study. A few nurses chose to dismiss that study (published in JAMA) as being statistically fl...

Well, how about sharing the URL or the source with us? I'd like to read it.

Before the paper was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (one of the nation's leading scientific journals) it received detailed scientific review and scrutiny. Read it for your self to determine its scientific merit and to sa...

Dr. Linda Aiken studied the effect of nurse educational preparation on the death rate of post surgical patients. Aiken found out that surgical patients have a "substantial survival advantage" if treated in hospitals with a higher proportion of nurses...

Nursing has three entry levels. All have the same license to practice but the ones with the least training are highest in number. When the Flexner Report was issued in 1910, it caused radical change in the education model used in producing physicians...