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  1. Ivy Tech Thread- NOT in program yet (taking pre-reqs)

    is5512 replied to IndyIvy's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Hi and welcome! I took APHY101 online and found it pretty much brutal. The Prof warned us (somehow I missed the warning, or I might have chickened out) that the fail rate was something...

  2. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    ...which in a way brings us a bit closer to the original point. If brown eyes and compassion are both necessary in Nursing, it it good to only screen for brown eyes on the assumption the other...

  3. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    Once again: I have no credentials in the field. I'm a freshman who noted something in psych class, and thought it smelled funny. I stand by my initial observation. Competitiveness and compassion...

  4. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    Oh. Ok. The point was to float the idea that perhaps I was making too big a deal out of nothing, and that the system would work to correct the balance once the students got out of

  5. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    LOL!!! I had a sudden flash of inspiration (or to quote from the movie Hook, "I've had an apostrophe!): Maybe who shows up with credentials and how they got them isn't all that important. It'll just...

  6. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    Ok, it's possible...no, its Very Likely...that I'm a very slow learner, so let me try this from a different angle: Imagine your Doctor - your personal physician. Is it someone you have a solid Doctor...

  7. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    I want to be extremely careful and extremely respectful when questioning one of my betters, and 31-years in a field I pray I'm good enough to even get In to establishes you as one of my betters....

  8. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    Whoops. I assumed too much. (By the way: Hi, guiltysins). At my present school, there is no interview process. You never have to see a member of the Nursing faculty. Highest g-p-a combined with...

  9. Am I Nurse Material?

    is5512 replied to Hopefull nurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    One hot summer day, a little girl was selling lemonade, and a kindly stranger walked up and inquired as to the price. "Ten Thousand dollars," she proudly replied. "Ten Grand??? With prices like that,...

  10. Am I Nurse Material?

    is5512 replied to Hopefull nurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Hmmmm. Does that mean if you're not smart enough to remember to say, "Would you like fries with that?" then they send you to HS guidance counselor

  11. Am I Nurse Material?

    is5512 replied to Hopefull nurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Hopeful, your Mom has done you a tremendous favor. Please do everything you can to express your gratitude to her for her words.... ....after you get to Heaven. But in this life, I'd strongly suggest...

  12. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    ...and once again (with feeling): a person who would look at pass rate to determine which school has the better teachers is a person I would not want at my bedside as a Nurse. If they were so...

  13. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    Oh My (Deity)!!! I'm sorry, but you just hit one of my two dream schools. If I ever find out Sister Mary Elizabeth is teaching there, I'd *walk* down there to get

  14. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    lol, U of Mammon talked me Out of going BSN (drat; I wanted to use fenderal funds to improve my golf game) because of my age. And I would caution against using NCLEX rates because of what my soci...

  15. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    If the latter statement were true, then Brown-Mackie and Ace-Truck-Driving Close-Cover-Before-Striking School of Nursing would run every "spoiled rich kid" school out of business. The latter schools...

  16. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    Coffee, Carol! The machines here at CC are close to the automotive labs, and I think whoever filled them got

  17. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    I am at a CC now (I transfer to the University of Mammon this fall) and my two favorite prof's are MD's who have the brain-pans and resumes to rake in Serious Coin. One in particular talks about God...

  18. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    I believe the incentive is called "profit." But that brings up an interesting point: Let's say a Nurse has worked his/her tail off, is dedicated and smart, and hears of two teaching vacancies. One...

  19. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    I would hope that the free clinic I donate my time to would be a respectable operation, and not something operating out of the back of somebody's camper that has to change locations every time the...

  20. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, without getting all emotional and fired up about it, I would suggest that community colleges are the equivalent of the Free Clinic or the V-A. I have gotten significant treatment from the latter...

  21. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    While I applaud the zeal, I would wonder how many people who agree with those sentiments are scratching their heads wondering why Yugo didn't force Toyota and Honda into bankruptcy years ago....

  22. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! With all due respect: The next time they wheel you into the ER, would you feel happiest knowing your Nurse went to the cheapest school accredited by the Nursing Boards? Where IS that ad I saw...

  23. Ivy Tech Thread- NOT in program yet (taking pre-reqs)

    is5512 replied to IndyIvy's topic in Indiana Nursing

    My Counselor at that other school across town strongly reccomended a course Spanish For The Medical Professional. Dunno if Ivy's got it or is planning on getting it, but it sounds like a Must Learn...

  24. Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    is5512 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    I'm actually at a community college now, and I feel sorry for my classmates. They're struggling for Every Single Point they can get in each class in hopes that maybe someday the Might get a slot, and...

  25. Off The Wall: Nurses & Sticks

    is5512 posted a topic in General Nursing

    One of the pre-reqs I'm plodding through is Psych101, and my mind got to wandering as we dealt with Learning & Conditioning today. Prior to deciding on this change of life-path, I Hated needles....