amandagill

I have always been an independent studier. I'm currently in med-surge, though, and it's kicking my butt. I'm going to give group studying a go and see if that improves my test scores. I've gotten together a study group, but we're all new to group study. Any tips or advice to make it more effective?

As the nursing profession is constantly growing and evolving I understand the importance of diversity among its workers. My school strives to recruit a diverse group of students into its nursing program. Today I was speaking with a few friends reminiscing on the stresses of freshman year and competing to make it into the program. The male student in the conversation said, "You all are going to hate me when I say this, but I got accepted into the program with a 2.5 GPA." We were flabbergasted. I understand the importance of recruiting a diverse group of nursing students, but is this fair? This means a girl who paid good money to attend this school and busted her butt for a year who may have earned a 3.5 GPA as opposed to his 2.5 didn't make it in simply because she was female and he was male. Same goes for race. My advisor was surprisingly clear when he explained they would always choose a non-white over a white student and a male over a female student. What are your thoughts?