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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    metal_m0nk replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    We can't all be theorists. If we were, nothing would ever get
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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    metal_m0nk replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You're right. Participation in the course would require me to pay thousands of dollars to come to the same conclusion. It isn't as though nursing theory is super secret and I know how to read. Above...
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    Why let the opinions of a few stop progress? Unmistakable utility will surpass any need for approval. The task is to take theory and make it unmistakably
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    What the practice world is really saying to you is, "Deliver the message in a form that we can use." They are charging you (the middleman) with making a decision about what has use and meaning,...
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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    metal_m0nk replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You're confused. Read the thread in its entirety. Pay particular attention to my responses. Focus on reading for comprehension. I'll
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    Need......MORE......kudos.... I love analogies. Edit: I hate that I feel like I have to do this, but I probably should. Yes, I understand that the analogy totally ignores the portion of our little...
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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    metal_m0nk replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Oh yeah. There's plenty of fluff. Even more than I originally thought, having recently engaged in a discussion about nursing
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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    metal_m0nk replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No need to take umbrage. You’re not in the camp I’m addressing when I say that. Your reasons are, first and foremost, practical – something I completely understand. It's the very same vein of...
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    It was basically akin to correcting someone's grammar by saying, "You ain't no talk like that, yo." ....All the while claiming to be a scholar of English and lamenting about how generally...
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    Dude, after you railed me for a correct interpretation of physics and likened my understanding to a grammatical error, dwarfed in the massive shadow of your "formal physics education", I kind of...
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, you're right... I guess I won't be needing this parachute then.......... /splat This is exactly the reason why "theory" makes me wanna eat nails. Theory doesn't save lives. It won't save me from...
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    From NASA: Terminal Velocity Pay special attention to the last
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    Dude, weight and mass are not the same thing. Translation: I'm ******* with you at this
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously? Air resistance is a very real thing in my world. Where do you live that it isn't? Main Entry: grav-i-ta-tion Pronunciation: \ˌgra-və-ˈtā-shən\ Function: noun Date: circa 1645 1 : a...
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting analysis. And while it may not have been intended, I can definitely see how it could have that
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto.
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    I understand where you're coming from. I read in the other thread that one of your ideals is to see nurses able to bring something of intrigue and value to the table with psychologists, biologists,...
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly the reason why the vast majority of Masters theses and Doctorate dissertations go unread and unnoticed by all but the student's supervisory
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    Watson seems to me to be trying to turn "caring" into a task based on principles and theories from the hard (and some of the softer) sciences, as though it could be compartmentalized and quantified....
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    I would hope that the majority of people have plenty of reminders in their lives and experiences that would drive them to be caring in their treatment of patients. I know I do. I don't have to...
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    Studying nursing theory, came across Jean Watson

    metal_m0nk replied to algebra_demystified's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't just stop there. In the scientific community, if an experimental design cannot be replicated with similar results, then the validity of the original is questioned. Peer review of...
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    For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    metal_m0nk replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

    My biggest financial goal is to enroll my son into a private/college preparatory
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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    metal_m0nk replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Ditto.
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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    metal_m0nk replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I am indeed. Why do you
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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    metal_m0nk replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Good game, good