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Hi Emily, I assume you've already taken your exam. How did it go?? I take my exam (both skills and written) tomorrow. I am freaking out about the skills portion. Do you have any advice about staying calm throughout the exam? I don't want to blank out during the skills portion, over being frazzled...

Hi everyone! Pre-nursing student here, and I have a question for everyone. Are nursing school staff members (not instructors), usually condescending and belittling? I went to a school today to sign up for a class that would allow for me to apply to that particular school's nursing program. I had made the decision about applying and going to this school yesterday. When I walked in and asked the biology/nursing staff a few questions, they told me that I "shouldn't wait until the last minute to get cleared for courses," in a condescending tone. I was beginning to explain that I didn't plan on attending that particular school until yesterday, but was cut off mid sentence. They were even speaking slowly to me as if I was mentally challenged. A friend of mine was with me at the time, and was a bit stunned at how I was being spoken to. There was more, but this is just the jist of it. There are a couple of other schools that I had visited, and the staff members at the nursing department office show the same level of disrespect. What gives??