FiremedicMike

FiremedicMike BSN, RN, EMT-P

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  1. Anybody ever seen anything like this??

    FiremedicMike replied to Saf1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    @Saf1 did you ever get follow-up on this

  2. Nursing Student Expelled After 'Insensitive' Assignment About Shooting

    FiremedicMike replied to MaxAttack's topic in General Students

    I did some digging and found some more details to this, including the story she wrote. It was a discussion board post, which wasn’t really that horrible and I personally feel it was a stretch to...

  3. Should I keep my head down, or say something?

    FiremedicMike replied to nurseinthemaking123's topic in General Students

    I have had some occasions where lab wasn’t the best, but overall when we have face time with our professors it’s been productive. Based on your description, I think it’s reasonable to speak...

  4. Unfair Grading

    FiremedicMike replied to RoseTh93's topic in General Students

    I'm a nursing student right now. Second career, adult learner. The unfairness of nursing school is real. Example - during med surg, I had to miss one of my clinical shifts because I was with my...

  5. Nursing School A Mistake

    FiremedicMike replied to wogatu's topic in General Students

    Have you done any clinical time

  6. Unfair Grading

    FiremedicMike replied to RoseTh93's topic in General Students

    If you are trying to better yourself, you ask the professor “what points should I focus on next time so that I can score better”, not “why did you give someone else xxx score when they obviously...

  7. Unfair Grading

    FiremedicMike replied to RoseTh93's topic in General Students

    That's fine. The last piece of advice I'll give you is this: I implore you to abandon this line of thinking as soon as possible. It is destructive, unhealthy, and will lead to a life full of...

  8. Unfair Grading

    FiremedicMike replied to RoseTh93's topic in General Students

    Suppose your perspective is correct and the grading was completely unfair and you are being held to a higher standard, do you really think pointing it out to the professor, then relentlessly bugging...

  9. Unfair Grading

    FiremedicMike replied to RoseTh93's topic in General Students

    Yes, you are. Don’t spend another second thinking about what everyone else is getting, and certainly don’t ever email your instructors again about how they graded your peers. There is...

  10. Failed out of nursing school at the last term. Which schools will take my credits?

    FiremedicMike replied to Lexus L.'s topic in General Students

    I will own my part, I had developed shortcuts that got me through the transition class, pharm 1/2, and med surg but failed me miserably in Peds. That said, I do still feel that there was a mismatch...

  11. Anybody ever seen anything like this??

    FiremedicMike replied to Saf1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Very interesting. If you have a decent relationship with the fire/ems department that came, maybe reach out to them

  12. Failed out of nursing school at the last term. Which schools will take my credits?

    FiremedicMike replied to Lexus L.'s topic in General Students

    I've read time and time again on these forums how people failed out of one program and then did awesome in the next program. Leads me to wonder if nursing education is really as standardized as...

  13. Anybody ever seen anything like this??

    FiremedicMike replied to Saf1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Afebrile? We had a case like that a few months ago that we felt was an accidental opiate overdose to the extent that we notified police. Turned out to be a severe systemic infection.....

  14. Have you heard of this type of grading before?

    FiremedicMike replied to Zamzam's topic in General Students

    I read an article recently that cheating has been rampant through COVID because of people testing at home. I must say, it would be perfectly easy and completely undetectable for our class to be...

  15. Have you heard of this type of grading before?

    FiremedicMike replied to Zamzam's topic in General Students

    This is pretty standard I think.. OP - did you guys not see your grades at all during the program? Did you not get homework assignment and exams back? Certainly those on the bubble at...

  16. How to educate spouse about what I do as an NP?

    FiremedicMike replied to deliverator's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This has to be a joke,

  17. Help! I failed nursing school.. What should I do?

    FiremedicMike replied to Rheab35's topic in General Students

    This is semantics and you know it. I pay tuition. I am paying for a product, the product is supposed to be effective education, which is created, maintained, and updated by the professors who run...

  18. RN to BSN To MSN or RN to MSN

    FiremedicMike replied to isisha's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You’ll have to check the program that you’re interested in. Many require a BSN, some only care about having a bachelors (doesn’t matter what it’s in). If the program that you’re interested...

  19. Study resources for nursing school

    FiremedicMike replied to Kell-Bell's topic in General Students

    Perry’s Maternal/Peds book? Yep, dead

  20. Study resources for nursing school

    FiremedicMike replied to Kell-Bell's topic in General Students

    This is an excellent point. Outside resources should be used as supplements to your required reading, which may help connect some dots. It is extremely unlikely that anything you view in these...

  21. We Must Demolish Traditional Universities

    FiremedicMike replied to Guest1168644's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The STEM curriculum was odd and I never fully investigated it, so I can't answer with any certainty whether they were required, only that they had plenty of time to complete them if they wanted. They...

  22. We Must Demolish Traditional Universities

    FiremedicMike replied to Guest1168644's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    One of my kids went through a STEM program through high school. During her junior and senior year, she was taking actual college courses that were being taught, graded, and credited through our local...

  23. Study resources for nursing school

    FiremedicMike replied to Kell-Bell's topic in General Students

    Youtube in general can be helpful, sadly it doesn’t usually line up with my exam breakdowns, so it’s really just supplemental nuggets of education. RegisteredNurseRN is a really good channel,...

  24. Skipping assigned reading?

    FiremedicMike replied to oldie's topic in General Students

    I believe the gold standard is 3 hours per semester hour per week.. So a 4 hour class would get 12 hours of reading per

  25. Skipping assigned reading?

    FiremedicMike replied to oldie's topic in General Students

    What kind of program are you