Dranger

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  1. So one program out of hundreds? I have tons of PA/med school friends and not ONE of them had to set up their own clinicals or preceptors. Everything was rigidly laid out in structured clerkship...
  2. That's the thing, no one wants to do the scut work. You have all these eager pre-nursing/nursing students who want to be RNs and as soon as they get their toes wet (1-2 years experience) many try to...
  3. What med/PA school? You aren't talking about North Dakota are
  4. I am just amazed at the excuses everyone makes for lackluster NP programs out there that do a disservice to the profession. Just think if med schools (or PA programs to an extant) made students find...
  5. I get the guinea pig part but why would anyone pony up the cash to be trial subjects for accreditation then cry foul when they graduate and pass boards. There a a bazillion NP programs out there, the...
  6. Army Nursing & ROTC Questions!!

    I have been to a few for AD orders and currently drill at a major
  7. Army Nursing & ROTC Questions!!

    ROTC is totally doable with nursing, however there are a few stigmas with nursing students in ROTC. Many of the other cadets look down on the nurses because many simply are not up to par with Army...
  8. Staffing Issues. (rant)

    Yup, same with my hospital. The worst part is management tries to construe it like our staffing grid is better and makes statements like "nurses prefer total care nursing rather than having a CNA or...
  9. Any Advice for New Nursing Students?

    Nursing school is nothing till you experience the daily grind of actually being a nurse! Let loose and have fun while you are in school and YOUNG. When you graduate all you have is
  10. need advice/opinions on where to relocate!

    Kidding right? I don't there anymore but the market for new grads was totally
  11. NP vs PA vs CNS

    I research around 150 of the PA programs and the vast majority require: A/P 1 and 2 Gen Bio 1 and 2 (About 50-60% of programs) Gen Chem 1 and 2 (not the kind I took for my BSN) O chem 1 or 1 and 2...
  12. Off the wall question about NPs

    I would avoid SDN like the plague but there are sometimes some legitimate posts regarding NP/PAs (mostly from crossover posters that frequent the PA forums) I sometimes visit the physician assistant...
  13. So much doubt...

    A bachelors in general studies is completely useless and I have no idea why you went that route. Go for nursing if that's what you truly want because the BA in Gen studies won't get you anywhere. Just...
  14. NOC nurses need sleep too!!!

    Our meetings were either two hours after shift ended or two hours before they started. Pick your
  15. Uncertain about Nursing

    I work ICU/PCU and its's interesting but you get into a routine where it becomes just a job. I enjoy the medical aspect of most things which is why I am the process of switching from bedside to a...
  16. Uncertain about Nursing

    "My only wish is to help other people in their time of need, I don't particularly care about the money or job opportunities." I give you two weeks on the job with that mindset..... I enjoy the pay and...
  17. Army Nursing & ROTC Questions!!

    What specific questions do you have? I did ROTC/nursing but there are many good threads already around
  18. What is a Calling to be a nurse?

    Calling is in and of itself a joke. Nursing profs have usually been out of the game for some long they start to believe the calling mumbo jumbo from their research into nursing academia and theory....
  19. Filipino nurses emigrating to US

    My floor is mostly Filipino, they are good workers but I agree there is no reason to
  20. Cardiovascular tech vs RN

    Contrary to what everyone says...I live on the West Coast where nurse wages are the highest and the RT, ultrasound/x-ray/CT, OR folks make just as much or more than the RNs and their quality of life/...
  21. Areas of nursing?

    The ones that suck the
  22. join the army? too late for me, lol

    The Army is full up on nurses.....that won't stop them from recruiting though for the HANDFUL of slots they have. Don't get too
  23. Nurses promoting faux alternatives to medicine

    Chronic health problem like 80% of the people in a hospital have could ALL be avoided if people didn't smoke, use drugs, drink, actually exercised a few times a week and avoided crap food. We all know...
  24. Scrub the Hub

    Yup everyone gets a gold star like first grade or little league I am cavalier when some rando poster gets on here and tries to make the OP feel bad when he messed up once. I included that in EMERGENT...
  25. Scrub the Hub

    Dude chill, is admonishing? What is this 1956? I was letting the guy know everyone makes mistakes and for him not to worry but I forgot every nurse on here is Florence Nightingale reincarnated and...