brainiacal1

what a totally unprofessional instructor....cooking, taste, table setting??? insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had to LAUGH....with her TEETH, no less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^^^^^ AGREE with this response

OKKKKKKKKKKKKK...........agree with the fact that money should not have bought off such a faux pas and the student should have been more severely reprimanded. However, do not agree with the attitude that is coming through in many of the responses.....it's an attitude of class envy. Please try to separate your emotions (e.g. the class envy) from the logical, pragmatic response (e.g. the student should have been more severely reprimanded). I bring this point up because I see it all too often in nurses. It's part of the reason for the saying "nurses eat their young." You're really not doing nursing any favors as a "profession" with the catty behavior. Let's all act like the professionals we are Supposed to be. (BTW, this kind of attitude is rarely seen in most male-dominated professions....and guess what? Most male-dominated professions are more respected and better paid....and this type of thing is part of the reason why. Food for thought ladies....)

Well, you'd sure get all those guaranteed government benefits and RETIREMENT pay!! (Sure beats a 401k any day!)

If it makes you feel any better, most physicians don't care that much either (although no one verbalizes it). It's an artifact of having seen it a thousand times and becoming desensitized. As long as you are giving your patients great care, don't beat yourself up if your emotions aren't in it. Also, may I remind you some nurses are more into nursing for the career opportunity & never really "feel" for the patient....and many of those nurses are excellent nurses, nevertheless.

You know, at 43, you'd be finished with medical school and a 3-yr residency by 50ish (& residency is paid about the same as a nurse gets paid, BTW) ....still 15-20 years left to work as a physician. You're really not too old yet....borderline, but you STILL have time if you act NOW! Just a thought..........

To the Original Poster: You might be able to do both with very little to no slow down if you plan WISELY. If you were to get a BSN, you could then apply to medical school. You don't HAVE to have a biology or microbiology, etc degree to apply to medical school......you simply have to have the medical school prerequisites plus ANY 4-year degree (could even be engineering or teaching, for that matter - although something like biomedical engineering would parlay much better than something like teaching insofar as being germaine to the pre-reqs, etc for med school). Most pre-med students get a science degree in either the biology or chemistry-related fields mainly because it gives them the opportunity to take all the pre-reqs plus some of the medical school courses too (such as biochemistry, etc). As a BSN, you will have taken all the medical school pre-reqs except for the 4-semester chemistry sequence. You might also have to take a couple of physics courses and calculus I (can't recall if those are required or just recommended). In any case, if you plan wisely, you'll take the 2-semester chemistry sequence instead of the 1-semester chemistry most nursing schools require. Then all you'll need are the 2 semesters of organic chem (don't take the less-in-depth one-semester organic chem for medical school prereqs). After that, although not required, take the biochemirtry course (again, do not take the "easy" one) since you will be taking that course in medical school (it will give you a leg up once you get into medical school). In addition, look carefully at the medical school curriculum and take as many similar courses in your undergrad curriculum to give you a leg up in those courses too. A course like pathophysiology may also help in medical school since many medical schools include a pathology course in their curricula. You will already have that either overtly or included in your nursing curriculum...although maybe not as in depth, but it should still give you a leg up. You'll already have a leg up on the A&P in medical school since 2 semesters of A&P are required for nursing school too. The "trick" is to take all those "extra" courses in the wait year AFTER you apply to medical school. Ie. you have to apply a year before getting into medical school, so you'll have a year of free time for on your hands anyway if you have already taken all of your core coursework for your 4-yr undergrad degree. By taking those courses after you apply/get accepted to medical school, you won't have to worry as much about your grades since you will have already applied/been accepted to medical school. (Hopefully, you'll still get great grades in those courses, but it does take the "heat" off psychologically.) The pros to already having a BSN also include having clinical experience with pts. In addition, if, for some reason, you don't get into medical school, you can still work as a nurse. With a 4-yr biol type degree, there are fewer job opportunities (Google on Monster, Careerbuilder, etc to see what kind of job opps are out there for bio- & chem-related 4-yr degrees). The cons are you'll have to take a little additional coursework (ie the chem sequence for pre-med, etc). The cons of medical school (and maybe nursing too) are the Obamacare or Socialistic type plans some people want to put into effect. Those types of plans have made careers in medicine close to worthless in Europe, for example. (You might want to Google that too.) On the other hand, the US public may not stand for those types of plans once they figure out they will be chockful of much heavier HC rationing. The pros of medical school: medicine tends to be a more respected profession than nursing, you'll have more autonomy, more career options, and it also pays more (assuming Socialism is held at bay). In addition, if you like the scientific aspect more than you like the psychosocial/holistic aspect, you'll definitely enjoy being a physician more than being a nurse. BTW, another option is PA school (rather than NP) - it's more science-based vs NP which is more holistically based. Also, PA school has essentially the same pre-req requirements as medical school. One caveat: am not sure what effect the possible DNP requirement for NPs will have on PA employment in the future (could go either way, if you think about it), so that's something else to consider too. The other option might be CRNA if you go the nursing route....better pay & more scientific than nursing in general. BTW, don't drop your nursing school seat (if you already have one) until the absolute last minute (or defer for a semester if allowed) - that will give you a little more time to decide and a buffer too. If you're just on a wait list for NS, then stay on the list even if you start working on a microbio degree in WA state - it'll keep your doors open in case you change your mind. No matter what you decide, plan wisely and BEST OF LUCK!

Well, the nursing math is on the 5th grade level too, so there's not much difference if the reading is too. They really need to stop teaching on the grade school level. People have no business being in nursing school if they cannot do 5th grade math or reading. How the heck did these people ever graduate grade school (nevermind high school)? They should be washed out of the nursing program if they are that illiterate....it's too dangerous for patients. It also makes the whole nursing profession look bad.