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I can see this situation between two dudes. Guy 1: "HEY, WHAT THE *** IS YOUR PROBLEM?" Guy 2: "Dude, you suck. Get away from me." Guy 1: "You gotta problem with me? Do we need to take this outside, bro?" Guy 2: "Let's go, chump." POW BAM SMASH SNORK KICK KABLOOIE KAMEHAMEHA CHOKE STRANGLE WWE MOVES ***one week later*** Guy 1: "Yo dude, we playin' Halo tonight?" Guy 2: "Hells yeah! I'm bringin' the beer, you bring the stogies." *fist bump* *playing Halo* Guy 1: "Man, that one chick in school is a babe." Guy 2: "You know it. Let's hit on her and her friends tomorrow." Guy 1: "We're there, dude." *celebratory stand-up urination*

Seriously, who cares what she thinks? She might have an attitude problem, or be intimidated by you, or she might just not care to be friends with you. It doesn't matter either way. You're not there to impress her, or please her. She has no bearing on your life. I had the same issue a year or so back, and the funny thing is, when I made it clear I didn't care, she got even more aloof and snooty. Some people's kids, eh?

Bedmaking: the CORE of nursing practice. LOL.

If my husband is any indication, breasts remain fascinating basically forever. I'm waiting until gravity takes its toll to see if that holds true.

Have you ever heard of James Herriot's All Creature's Great and Small? It's about a country vet in England. He talks about his first months out of school- his book learning versus his practical learning. It's a funny, charming book, and he talks very much about his feelings of inadequacy. All of that book learning is no substitute for practical experience. He finds himself in many embarrassing situations brought about by a combination of his inexperience and a hostile clientele. Read it before you start class. It's like eight bucks at B&N. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll realize that being new isn't the end of the world.

A few of my classmates have found that propanolol is the answer. I'm not being flippant. Test anxiety in nursing school can ruin students. We have a couple on benzos and several on propanolol for tests. The day before a test, if at all possible, I get in an extremely hard workout and try to go to bed early. That helps.

20+ hours per week studying.

If you're really hardcore, brush up on your A&P. But, really, there's not much you can do to prepare for a program- no matter how much knowledge you accumulate over the summer, they're going to bury you in work that you can't do until you actually start the program. Enjoy your free time while you have it.

Self-grading? Uh, of course people without any integrity are going to take advantage of that. Maybe that's what the instructor wants. Don't be a squealer, though. Cheaters always hang themselves once they get enough rope. If you say anything about it, say it directly to the person you saw cheating, and advise her to turn herself in. She'll think you're a meddling, but you'll be right.

I took a class called Critical Thinking, and it was incredible. I kept the textbook and still read it quite frequently. We covered formal logic, truth tables, logical fallacies, deductive and inductive reasoning, and other topics. It was one of the best classes I've ever taken in college. I think it made me a more logical, less emotional reasoner and, believe it or not, I've been able to use that to my advantage when talking with patients (and instructors, and other nurses...you wouldn't believe how many people simply do not know how to react to a reasoned, as opposed to an emotional, argument). Your mileage may vary at your school, of course.

The same things that make an RN-BSN stand out. Hard work, dedication, and excellent technical skills. Degrees don't make the nurse, the nurse makes the degree (and that includes advanced degrees).

No, it is not, but some people have no choice. The people who can actually pull of a job, family, AND nursing school at the same time deserve a lot more respect than they usually get. I go to school with two women and a man in that situation, and I am truly in awe not only of their dedication to nursing, but to their spouses and children.

This is an excellent point. Quoted for emphasis. Another is that, if the material presented in a SoN is claimed to stand on its own merits, grade deflation should not be necessary. In other words, if the faculty is seriously claiming that the material is difficult enough, grade deflation should not be a factor in keeping the number of A's and B-pluses to the students who really work for them.

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If I'm ever a nurse educator, I plan on addressing the stupendous idiocy of these grade deflation policies I keep seeing in schools of nursing.