FiremedicMike

FiremedicMike BSN, RN, EMT-P

CEN, Firefighter/Paramedic

Member

  • Content

    596

  • Visitors

    6,800

  • Followers

    2

  • Likes

    1,059

All Content by FiremedicMike

  1. Skipping assigned reading?

    FiremedicMike replied to oldie's topic in General Students

    Seems like a bad idea to me, but I suppose it depends on how the exams are at your

  2. How much are your nursing school expenses?

    FiremedicMike replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    If you include my gen ED classes and textbooks, I’ll be at around $12k for my ASN, which is around $7k for nurs courses and $5k for gen ED.. I've been fortunate that through some help from...

  3. Seeking Advice! Failed 2-Year Program. Now What?

    FiremedicMike replied to AliceBack2It's topic in General Students

    I'm going to ask you to cite that reading/lecture are the most efficient method of instruction. Because this is the internet and you cant see my facial cues or tone, it sounds crass or aggressive to...

  4. Seeking Advice! Failed 2-Year Program. Now What?

    FiremedicMike replied to AliceBack2It's topic in General Students

    Is this in response to me? If so, I agree with your first sentence, but I think the part that should be emphasized is "to include" because it should incorporate all of those things. I personally...

  5. Seeking Advice! Failed 2-Year Program. Now What?

    FiremedicMike replied to AliceBack2It's topic in General Students

    To be clear, I wasn't blaming my program for lack of clinical, and I wasn't necessarily blaming the hospitals for shutting down to nursing students. I was merely reinforcing that nursing school...

  6. Seeking Advice! Failed 2-Year Program. Now What?

    FiremedicMike replied to AliceBack2It's topic in General Students

    Back to the topic of COVID and clinical... It was reasonable to shut down clinical in the very beginning when PPE was scarce, but as PPE became more available and COVID was more well understood, it is...

  7. Seeking Advice! Failed 2-Year Program. Now What?

    FiremedicMike replied to AliceBack2It's topic in General Students

    Well I don’t specifically know, but I think the big issue which I mentioned in your other thread, is that programs (my program at least) kept the same cut throat, strict pass fail, no points for...

  8. Seeking Advice! Failed 2-Year Program. Now What?

    FiremedicMike replied to AliceBack2It's topic in General Students

    And don't forget, a good clinical curriculum/instructor is exactly the place where skills and theory learned in the classroom that week are put to practice, helping students actually digest,...

  9. First Semester Nursing School - Tips??

    FiremedicMike replied to spot12312's topic in General Students

    I am 2 semesters ahead of you. My biggest tip - DO NOT GET BEHIND. Make quality study guides (or complete, if your program is nice enough to provide them) for each exam and keep them handy so...

  10. Nursing Degree Program during a pandemic

    FiremedicMike replied to londonflo's topic in General Nursing

    This thread would be better in the general students section. I'd love to share my overall thoughts, but I think I'll wait until after I graduate to fully unload. Big picture, I feel the...

  11. Seeking Advice! Failed 2-Year Program. Now What?

    FiremedicMike replied to AliceBack2It's topic in General Students

    With all due respect, if you weren’t a nursing student when covid hit, then I don’t think it’s fair for you to make that statement. Covid tossed a huge wrench into the system and nursing...

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

    FiremedicMike replied to Rheab35's topic in General Students

    With all due respect (and I truly, honestly mean that), I am not a 19 year old fresh behind the ears college student, I am an experienced practitioner, an experienced student, and an experienced...

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

    FiremedicMike replied to Rheab35's topic in General Students

    I'm working on RN as a second career. I've been involved in EMS for a very long time, and I've been involved in EMS education for a long time as well (more than 15 years). I also have a bachelors...

  14. Student Toon Caption Contest | Student Nurses Day

    FiremedicMike replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    She finally snapped when we asked her to APA cite her discussion board

  15. Recommend a quality online supplement?

    FiremedicMike posted a topic in General Students

    Quick backstory - I have a bachelors degree with honors that I breezed through and have never had any issue with college coursework or medical knowledge (20+ years as a medic, 15+ years as an...

  16. We Must Demolish Traditional Universities

    FiremedicMike replied to Guest1168644's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Online learning can be done right. Recorded lectures that you can complete at your own convenience. Weekly assignments. Weekly or biweekly synchronous meetings with the class and instructor. I...

  17. Need to vent - UPS lost "textbook".

    FiremedicMike replied to FiremedicMike's topic in General Students

    So I have to get it out there, my professors have been fanstastic through this. Working with the bookstore and the e-book site as well as emailing my concept questions and offered to loan me a book....

  18. Need to vent - UPS lost "textbook".

    FiremedicMike posted a topic in General Students

    So UPS lost my textbook.. To clarify, it's just a code to activate a digital textbook, which they refuse to just email, they must print it out on a card and physically mail.. I ordered last week...

  19. How can I be a better nursing professor?

    FiremedicMike replied to GS ED RN's topic in General Students

    The days of hazing and a general lack of patience with your students "because that's what we went through" needs to end. Treat your students like

  20. Clinicals Advice

    FiremedicMike replied to Phoenix94's topic in General Students

    1. ALWAYS be visible and ready to help 2. If you see a nurse scrambling around, ask if they need anything and offer to help. 3. If call lights are going off and you’re not in the middle...

  21. Failed clinical portion of nursing school during COVID

    FiremedicMike replied to candicenguyen's topic in General Students

    Side note, I had 2 virtual clinicals last semester and they were a complete waste of everyone’s time.. But, I sat there on my zoom call and followed along with the instructions on how to fill...

  22. NP Hates from Physicians?

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

    Not like SDN is any better.. It's almost comical how literally every post can somehow devolve into NP/PA bashing.. "Hey guys, wondering if I should get an iPad for rounds?" "WHATS THE POINT,...

  23. Time to get rid of care plans?

    FiremedicMike replied to kubelkabondy's topic in General Students

    That didn’t really answer my

  24. Time to get rid of care plans?

    FiremedicMike replied to kubelkabondy's topic in General Students

    That’s just absurd.. Is it a BSN thing? Am I skating because I’m only in an ADN

  25. Police Officer in Nursing School

    FiremedicMike replied to ReeceTrey's topic in General Students

    Most of my instructors have been awesome.. Some have not. I do not make a deal of being a