ericthered

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1. Considering leaving new job after just a few months

   ericthered posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, So I recently began working night shifts on a behavioral health floor after about 2 years working in an urgent care. Around the same time I got this job I absentmindedly put my info into the...

2. Should I hold out for a hospital job?

   ericthered posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I just recently took and passed the NCLEX in December. I've been applying at a few nearby hospitals but was just offered a job at a physicians practice out of the blue. I'm kinda hesitant to take it...

3. Nursing exam questions are terrible (according to science)

   ericthered replied to ericthered's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Dissatisfaction with the status quo is the catalyst for improving the problems with nursing education. "Sucking it up" might get you by but the underlying issues will

4. Nursing exam questions are terrible (according to science)

   ericthered replied to ericthered's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I think ArtClassRN gave an excellent explication of what qualifies as science and why so much of nursing isn't. My biggest gripe then is that nurse educators keep insisting that nursing is scientific....

5. Nursing exam questions are terrible (according to science)

   ericthered replied to ericthered's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I found Nursing to be drastically harder than any course I've ever had in math or science. Nursing is very difficult but it is difficult for all the wrong

6. Nursing exam questions are terrible (according to science)

   ericthered replied to ericthered's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I just wish we would stop trying to reinvent the wheel. A shockingly successful paradigm for healthcare already exists and it is the medical model. Why does nursing have such a strong desire to act...

7. Nursing exam questions are terrible (according to science)

   ericthered replied to ericthered's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Doing some more thinking about this and I have a few more examples of nursing education shortfalls. This one bugged me all through school, Maslow's. Our instructors kept talking about evidence based...

8. Nursing exam questions are terrible (according to science)

   ericthered replied to ericthered's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Hello HouTx. Sorry if my comment offended you. I'm not saying that nursing school doesn't do anything to prepare one to be a nurse an perhaps my original writing was too strongly worded. However, I do...

9. Nursing exam questions are terrible (according to science)

   ericthered posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Hi all. This is my first post. I recently graduated from an RN program and will be taking the NCLEX soon. I've been doing practice tests a lot and am getting a little frustrated. In short the...