FiremedicMike

FiremedicMike BSN, RN, EMT-P

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  1. Got The Worst Score On Quiz In My Class

    FiremedicMike replied to FutureMaleNurse9722's topic in General Students

    This is a joke,

  2. Horror Stories: Rethinking Nursing School

    FiremedicMike replied to ks__102's topic in General Students

    That paragraph does exist, but that's 3 years to complete the DPT. In order to get into that 3 year DPT program, you need to have already completed a bachelor's in a STEM major, per that

  3. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    We're just going to have to agree to disagree. I'm sorry, I do not now nor will I ever agree that everyone must attend college to improve themselves and/or the community around

  4. Horror Stories: Rethinking Nursing School

    FiremedicMike replied to ks__102's topic in General Students

    Not to be contrary just for the sake of arguing, but that website says 4 years plus 3 years. I personally feel 3 years of doctorate level work after obtaining a bachelors in a "STEM" program...

  5. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    I will summarize and reply to all of your posts with this: 1. I wanted my kids to know they had the freedom to go to college or not, I just wanted them to be productive adults. The overt and...

  6. Horror Stories: Rethinking Nursing School

    FiremedicMike replied to ks__102's topic in General Students

    A BSN is 4 years, where can you get a DPT in a time frame that isn't too much longer than 4

  7. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    Because college is not the only path to prosperity and happiness in this world, and the insistence that it is coupled with the obscene cost of tuition is actually a pretty significant problem in...

  8. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    @StudentGamerAthlete did you get a response

  9. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    Higher education used to be an option. It still really is, but it's not presented that way. I am a parent of 3 kids who have graduated high school in the last 6 years. To them, college is...

  10. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    I just find the overall grading schema to be quite frustrating. In our program, the specialty blocks (OB, peds, psych) were 8 weeks and only had 2 exams per block. As was my case when I failed peds,...

  11. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    I always assumed the adjusted grading scale was a BON

  12. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    Definitely jealous of you guys having a curve.. Our scores are firm and there is no rounding. We need a 76 overall average on the exams to pass the class. If you ended up with a 75.999999, you...

  13. Home stretch!

    FiremedicMike posted a topic in General Students

    Tuesday is the start of my final semester of my ADN.. "Senior leadership and multiple health problems" is how our school titles it. I've heard from past students that it's not anywhere near as...

  14. Skills Testing

    FiremedicMike replied to oldie's topic in General Students

    Until they fail you for nitpicky crap.. There are failing criteria, but “you’ll know them when you see them”. No how about we start on the same page so I know ahead of time what to do and not

  15. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    FiremedicMike replied to DR2bSCIENCE's topic in General Students

    I guess the question becomes whether turning it in to your teacher (also a covered entity) is considered releasing. I’m inclined to think it’s not, but I’m not a lawyer at

  16. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    FiremedicMike replied to DR2bSCIENCE's topic in General Students

    I don’t believe it is a HIPPA violation because you had contact with that patient during the time when the sheet was created and you are reviewing it and forwarding it for training purposes, which...

  17. Skills Testing

    FiremedicMike replied to oldie's topic in General Students

    I loathe the way nursing does skills testing. For EMS, there are specific check sheets with measurable objectives, and most importantly “critical criteria” - if you do or don’t do specific...

  18. How does a student fail clinical?

    FiremedicMike replied to nsm1639's topic in General Students

    Just to be clear, somehow what you quoted attributed those words to me, I did not say that

  19. How does a student fail clinical?

    FiremedicMike replied to nsm1639's topic in General Students

    Did you not understand my response? I don't think its appropriate to hold a nursing student accountable for something that if the instructor thought was so risky, should have been caught well before...

  20. How does a student fail clinical?

    FiremedicMike replied to nsm1639's topic in General Students

    IMHO -the fact that any of those scenarios made it all the way to the nursing student without being caught by literally anyone else is a failure on the part of the facility. Where was the actual...

  21. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    Rate my professors is kind of irrelevant at my program, as there’s really no choice in picking

  22. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    One thing that stands out to me in this thread is that there's a few things that I now appreciate about my program, the biggest being that our instructors work in the fields they're teaching. Our OB...

  23. Advocating for a grade appeal for myself and other students. Do we stand a chance?

    FiremedicMike replied to StudentGamerAthlete's topic in General Students

    Yeah I gotta be honest, I think the pass rate of your entire class is going to be the most critical factor in whether or not your complaint is taken

  24. Justifying the cost of an Ivy League Nursing Education

    FiremedicMike replied to Barbiegirl1229's topic in General Students

    For the sake of debate, wouldn't you agree that this isn't apples to oranges? The students who are able to be accepted into an Ivy League nursing school are not the same as the ones who go to...

  25. Flight Nurse

    FiremedicMike replied to Aswanb's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    A lot of what you ask depends on where you end up flying. For most flight jobs which are medic/nurse, getting your paramedic cert is unnecessary. Use your EMT card to get some pre-hospital...