tothemanorborn

I don't recall ever saying "all." Foreign language is typically a requirement of ANY BS program - nursing or otherwise. If you have ever had to learn to conjugate irregular verbs, you most certainly have a greater appreciation for the work involved in learning a new language. And even if you DO know a few words of another language, you typically don't learn medical terminology.

No, honey, it belongs right here. Thanks though!

This is not a moral question but an ethical one. If she cheats as a student, she'll cheat as a nurse; not only will she cheat herself of the education REQUIRED to perform her job as a nurse, she'll cheat everyone around her - patients and fellow nurses. I have worked with sub-par nurses and having to do her job and mine made my job 10x harder.

I have always been on the edge of the RN/BSN debate but this post pushes me solidly into the required BSN camp. The multiple-year foreign language requirement not only enables you to communicate with patients who don't speak English fluently, it also increases your compassion for people who don't speak your language because can't help but appreciate the difficulty involved in learning another language. To the OP - your post makes me sick. Let us hope you never fall ill in a foreign country. Though, it's highly unlikely that would occur because it's highly unlikely that you have a passport. God help you and your patients.