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  1. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    is5512 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How do any of these facts have to do with "mean nurses?" "Mean Nurses" say it's never their

  2. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    is5512 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are people in the world who disagree with me. I could even go so far as to say that there are "bad people" in the world. But to suggest that the behaviours of such people constitute an excuse...

  3. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    is5512 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    With all due respect, Ma'am, the economy and the corporations etc are doing us a favor. They are helping us identify who has integrity and who does

  4. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    is5512 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nurses are most definitely Not Mean. The only people who would say so are: 1) People who haven't been around long enough to know, and who cares what a bunch of new kids think anyway, 2) People who...

  5. Ok, Fine... no Ivy Tech... Love of nursing!

    is5512 replied to seidylady's topic in Indiana Nursing

    ...but, just out of curiosity, if all the Nursing Schools charged the same thing per credit hour and had the same admission standards, would you still choose Ivy? Would anyone? --- and I totally agree...

  6. Ok, Fine... no Ivy Tech... Love of nursing!

    is5512 replied to seidylady's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Had I stayed at Ivy, it would have been free, start to finish; such are the benefits of being "low income" (translation: "dead broke".) I had the grades, but wanted things I didn't find in their...

  7. Ok, Fine... no Ivy Tech... Love of nursing!

    is5512 replied to seidylady's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Yeah, the disappointment stings a little bit. But honestly: Would you Really want to go to Ivy Tech if the tuition wasn't $20 (or is it now up to $30) per credit

  8. Saint Francis fort wayne

    is5512 replied to lhayee's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Hey Kiddo! I transferred over from Ivy, as have a coupla classmates. You are absolutely correct that it is ju$t a $midge expen$ive (especially given that I would have gotten thru Ivy for free). I'm...

  9. "Eat Your Spinach" Nurses: How commonplace?

    is5512 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a wannabe, and I had a fascinating conversation with a Nurse this evening. Actually, out of respect, I mainly shut up and listened. I will try to be as even-handed and dispassionate as I can in...

  10. GPA at University of St. Francis

    is5512 replied to IndianaRN2011's topic in Indiana Nursing

    There are a few things you'll need to consider: 1) Meeting those criteria will indeed get you bumped up from Pre-Nursing to Nursing Major. However, there are generally more Nursing Majors than there...

  11. Identifying Dysfunctional Cultures

    is5512 posted a topic in General Nursing

    All these threads about the Preceptor From Heck scare me...especially since the PCH seems to be accompanied by Screaming Doctors and Abusive Co-workers. Ok, these "diamonds" can be found anywhere....

  12. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 posted a topic in General Students

    First, please consider the attributes of your personal prototype of The Perfect Nurse. What adjectives would you use? Sensitive, caring, compassionate, patient, intelligent? Now consider the...

  13. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    Well, I wish you all the best in your pursuits. And it would be nice if I had The Insight that made the whole world make sense. But it's still at The Nagging Suspicion stage. Something...

  14. "Eat Your Spinach" Nurses: How commonplace?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Nursing

    and That was great advice, Ma'am; thank you for that. For whatever it's worth, it was not that long ago I was a patient myself, and I stumbled across The Five Words I could say to almost any Nurse...

  15. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    So what are the imperfections and what are possible ways to correct

  16. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    I raised the question. In response, there have been a few thoughtful answers. There have also been a few knee-jerk answers like "I'd rather have a smart uncaring Nurse than a dumb caring one." So I...

  17. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    Very well: shall we now go "there"? Should we instead be discussing the fact that Nursing is being damaged by too many clueless Nurses? That the NCLEX is far too easy to pass by using dumb

  18. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    ...which begs the question: How many dumb people pass the NCLEX? Then, how many dumb NCLEX passers also fool their employers? I don't want anymore Nurses or Doctors with bad

  19. "Eat Your Spinach" Nurses: How commonplace?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, now that I think back on it, it served as a powerful lesson that I hope I never forget. If I survive this road (and many good people wash out because they are supposed to be good at...

  20. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    I wonder how The Best do it. I live right down the road from the Close Cover Before Striking school. Their motto is, "If you've got the money, honey, I've got your degree. It just doesn't transfer...

  21. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    Yeah. I'd refer back to post #2 in this thread. When a classmate and I went across the street, and were told "We look at the whole person," we had No Clue what they were talking about. Ok, I had to...

  22. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    I'm not surprised. My point all along has not been that people shouldn't do well in school. The points has been that picking one criterion and assuming anyone who does well by that single standard...

  23. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    My Chem professor, without knowing it and without even being aware of this discussion, just threw gasoline all over it. I asked him idly this morning if I was right to let my advisor (at the program...

  24. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    LiveToLearn, you have my deepest respect. I'm glad you have that type of program, and I would be lucky to have you teaching me. But I stand by my initial observations. We may well be screening for...

  25. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    is5512 replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    B-M, a counter argument to that would be, "No, Nursing needs the best and brightest and most driven. They'll study hard, they'll go 4.0 in school, and then max out their NCLEX's. Who Cares that...