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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 SNO...

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 bearin...

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 v...

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 ...

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 actual...

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 abou...

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 th...

So, back in 1999, somebody came to this website, posted a short message in all caps, and was then never heard from again? Wow. Nice necro.

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...

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 mater...

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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.

You'll notice I didn't decry the format of the questions, or their purpose, just offered a reason for why they are so convoluted. I've also seen questions that are simply incoherent; over the past couple of years, my faculty has thrown out probably ...

After it's over, you'll be looking forward to Med/Surg again. Maternity/Pediatrics was the most godawful experience I've ever had in school. The instructors were great, but if you don't like kids or preggos, it's a rough ride. The most helpful a...

The poster above me is correct in stating that nursing school questions are presented that way in order to help prepare you for NCLEX. The better question is probably why NCLEX questions are so convoluted. I believe the answer to that is probably t...

Whoever told you that was joking with you.

My nursing courses are much more difficult than my prerequisite courses.

No waiting lists, exceptional faculty, small class sizes, and a lot of one-on-one time with my professors is what I get out of my BSN program at a private university. Yes, it is more expensive. Sometimes you get what you pay for. I transferred aft...

Calcium-channel blockers reduce cardiac output my reducing myocardial contractility, right? I would question that order in a patient with heart failure. What about diet as tolerated? Maybe he should be on fluid restriction.

The truth is that some people read very little and do okay, and some people, like me, read a lot and do okay. Some books come with study guides, and the people who don't want to read such long chapters use them. I never have, though. Some people ...

I've seen it done and managed it myself one semester (the first), but it doesn't help clinical performance. At least, it didn't help my clinical performance. Props to you for having high standards, though.