SilenceDogood

Your babbling is completely off-topic. Emotional involvement? Patients? Compassion? Like I was saying, if a casual, half-joking reference to "old people" by a young woman to her suprise at a large number of over-35 type students in the program is viewed as such "disregard for the feelings of others" that it deserves rebuke... then the "others" need to grow some thicker skin. How petty. When the rose colored glasses come off you'll see what I mean.

I'm LMAO @ the people who jumped on pickledcookie's r/t her comments about lots of "old people" being in the program. Two words: CHILL OUT. You sound like you're getting old FAST. Demanding apologies and whatnot. Get real, grow some thicker skin. "Non-traditional student" LOL. A student is a student, period. Old people (like me!) have been going back to school since forever. There was obvisly no ill intent made by the comment, she was probably just suprised there were so many of us. If this kind of stuff offends you, well, good luck in nursing school.:roll

Anyone have any advice for students entering 2nd semester??????

At first I thought it was just me... but the more I talk to my classmates we're beginning to wonder... is nursing school really just a bunch of BUSY WORK??? Aside from clinicals it seems 50% of what we do really has no relevance, present or future. Lots of nonsense paperwork. At more than halfway through my first semester it seems so much time is spent doing goofy assignments while we could actually be learning/practicing/reinforcing critical skills for care settings. Keep in mind I'm not complaining about the amount of work. It's just the type of work. Anyone else feeling the same way?

I've said little to question the safety of the vaccine. I have stated trials were rushed. YOU are the one yapping about safety. Hmm. This is what I have said, throughout this thread and others: People are being mandated to take something that was rushed through clinical "trials" into their body at the risk of losing their livelihood. They will be guinea pigs at the direction of the government. I'm sorry, but to me, that's frightening, when you consider the implications. Quite frankly, I hope - and believe there's a pretty good chance - the H1N1 vaccine will be harmless for the majority who take it. However, knowing clinical trials were rushed, and knowing there is definitely a risk of adverse reaction, it's personally not for me. On the other hand, I (and most others who object) would most likely be more than happy to take precautions other than vaccines (mask, etc.) to control the spread. My objection is to what basically amounts, really, to a forced vaccination. Do it or lose it. Today it's a swine flu vaccine. Tomorrow it's...? This is the modus operandi of the incrementalist. Further, will proof of vaccination be required for everyone who enters a health care facility? And most importantly, you haven't answered the definitive question of the post to which you replied: Would you force a patient to take a drug that has gone through rushed clinical trials and threaten to toss him out on the street if he doesn't do so?

ME doing the fear mongering? I'm just stating the facts, and if the facts don't make you scared, you have both some professional and personal issues to deal with. People are being mandated to take something that was rushed through clinical "trials" into their body at the risk of losing their livelihood. They will be guinea pigs at the direction of the government. If that STILL doesn't send off red lights in you brain, ask yourself this: Would you force a patient to take a drug that has gone through rushed clinical trials and threaten to toss him out on the street if he doesn't do so?

Mystical - For us, it specifically states the elder is not to be anyone living in a nursing home facility. navygrl - The only word that's been uttered in respect to the Well Elder paper in my clinical group is that the first interview is due October 5. Maybe the fact the program is smaller at Belle Glade makes organization better. Navygirl is right tho, it seems as if it's their first time running it. I'm pretty disappointed, to be perfectly honest.

I have the same questions as navygrl. I had heard so many good things about PBCC nursing before I enrolled. Now I'm wondering what the hype was about. Where do I begin? It's not the volume of work that's the big stressor. The program is just poorly structured, in general. In a previous post, JustinTJ described the program as "disorganized." He wasn't joking, and I haven't talked to ANYONE who feels differently. Everyone I've spoken to feels as if they're flying by the seat of their pants, basically. Instructors are very knowledgable about the subject they teach, but not about the program in which they're involved. For example, my clinical group was informed this week that we would be doing something called "simulation" at the beginning of October. None of us had heard of "simulation" and our clinical structure couldn't provide an explanation of what it was. As for clinicals? Maybe it's just my group, but it feels like we've been thrown to the wolves. There's no structure. I haven't even had any contact with an RN. Just LPNs and CNAs. Nursing 1? It's a waste of time to even have class. It's a complete "learn on your own" kind of thing, there's no teaching. They should just eliminate the class and have students read the book and take the tests. IPR reports were briefly explained the second day of the program. After that, nothing. A sample of a completed one would've helped, considering it doesn't count if the format is incorrect. I could go on and on, but it's just lots of little things that add up, and it all goes back to the actual structure of the program. There's lots of incongruencies, inaccuracies, and poor planning on the part of the faculty. Alot of us thought the first few weeks were designed to be confusing as sort of a "weed out" to get uncommitted people to drop out. We were wrong; that's just the way things are, period. Nursing is serious, life-or death business. The least faculty can do is have it together so students aren't distracted by a bunch of suprises and incongruencies along the way. So now that I've aired my dirty laundry, how am I doing in the program? Excellent. I like the instructors and my classmates. But do I envision, at this point, like I will be adequately prepared to go on to 2nd semester? No. Anyone started on the Well Elder paper? Have you found your 65+, non-family member who doesn't live in a nursing facility that you can trust and is willing to commit to six 1hr interviews over a 6 week period?