TheDudeWithTheBigDog

TheDudeWithTheBigDog ADN, RN

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  1. My Experience as an Non-political White Male in Nursing / NP School

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to guest1149052's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It's not meant to be a burn. It's something that I'm seriously starting to wonder about with this country. Why does everything have to be about politics? Like the whole COVID thing, why is whether...

  2. Any benefit to taking anatomy online at a university vs community college?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to truckinusa's topic in General Students

    it depends. In a really high demand area for teachers, the university can usually afford better quality. In most areas, it won't really make a difference. Just be careful with community college...

  3. Help with applying knowledge

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Chaco-latte's topic in General Students

    case studies. While you're reading them, think about what you'd do with what you know so far to take care of

  4. Nursing School in California

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Jorge Salazar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Then his friend is stupid and needs to just make the minimum a BSN. But notice how it's always this completely indirect story, that literally nobody is ever giving first-hand accounts of "The school...

  5. My Experience as an Non-political White Male in Nursing / NP School

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to guest1149052's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Did you ever think to maybe try writing your papers based on peer reviewed evidence rather than personal political

  6. My Experience as an Non-political White Male in Nursing / NP School

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to guest1149052's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Because surgeons make very significantly more money here, so the better surgeons come here to get rich. And those wait times, you know why they exist? Because people don't have to choose between...

  7. My Experience as an Non-political White Male in Nursing / NP School

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to guest1149052's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Well you have to remember, what you're taught is based on the evidence that exists. And that evidence is that yeah, tax funded health care is proven to be cheaper with better outcomes in literally...

  8. Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Comments like this are what make me wonder. How many of the people complaining, started working towards nursing right out of high school? How many of these people only maybe had a work-study program...

  9. How many drugs should we know when we graduate?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to porscheXN's topic in General Students

    Which you can't have any of them in the room with you for your test. Licensing and certification tests are very stupid in practice. I remember when I took my A+, I had to actually know acronyms. Not...

  10. Different Avenues of Getting Into a Nursing School

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to megmeg's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Apply for the RN programs, worst case, they say no and you move on. Best case, they accept you. Stop obsessing with GPA. It's only a very small part of who you are as a student. It doesn't even...

  11. Nursing School in California

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Jorge Salazar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Do the first part of this post before the second. Retaking the class could just be wasting your money. These forums have an OBSESSION with GPA. Honestly think: if schools only wanted people with a...

  12. Ethical Issues

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to RN2020scm's topic in General Nursing

    And one of the pluses to being in a high demand job is anyone who acts like that, you can just refuse to work for and find a better company tomorrow. I've had a lot of jobs in my life, and I've...

  13. IPad Mini for clinicals?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to polycalca's topic in General Students

    For note taking, it's not a huge difference. But honestly, every gamer got their first computer for school. We see how well that went. But when it's free, take the pro. And before you think you...

  14. Is now a good time to go into nursing? I would be leaving my well paying career to pursue this

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Divalish918's topic in General Students

    Different view: You're never going to be happy in life if you aren't willing to take risks. The guy who played it safe his entire life is the one in the nursing home regretting his life, wishing he...

  15. IPad Mini for clinicals?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to polycalca's topic in General Students

    #1 - take the pro, because computers are VERY "you get what you pay for." For being in clinical, you see the residents using a tablet because it gives them direct access to the charts and other...

  16. Do nursing programs require shaving facial hair?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to PathosMod's topic in General Students

    You can give yourself a clean shave that morning and still fail a fit test. I know everywhere I've worked tend to just auto-fail men and have us use the PAPR since any stubble at all kills the seal...

  17. Ethical Issues

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to RN2020scm's topic in General Nursing

    In most states they can fire her for having blue eyes on a Tuesday. I wouldn't say it's ethical to fire someone for what they do outside of work as long as they're doing their job good enough when...

  18. Does prestige of program matter?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to ad2020's topic in General Students

    Usually it's accurate and confirmed by the state BON. But that doesn't mean it isn't misleading. There's way more information people need to look into than just pass rates and CCNE accreditation....

  19. Fear-mongering in nursing school

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Guest1033582's topic in General Students

    And ASCIS revoked ITT's accreditation in April, which is what caused the department of education to start on their process. This whole thing was because ITT lost their national accreditation. Which...

  20. Fear-mongering in nursing school

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Guest1033582's topic in General Students

    You have it backwards. The Department of Education took away funding for grants and loans because they were no longer nationally accredited. As long as the school has a national or regional...

  21. How to prepare for first term of ADN?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to danya's topic in General Students

    You took college classes to get this far, and it's just more college classes to graduate. Don't panic, just go and do it. The hardest part is time. There's a good chance you're going to do some kind...

  22. Does prestige of program matter?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to ad2020's topic in General Students

    To a Duke graduate, whether or not you graduated from Duke is the most important thing on your resume. To non-Duke graduates, the rest of your resume is the most important part. Most people who will...

  23. I feel dumb as a rock in comparison to my classmates

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Nursing_1011's topic in General Students

    And if you got this far, you understand more than you're giving yourself credit for. Here's what helped me. Stop looking at the diseases from the perspective of a doctor. You're learning to be a...

  24. I feel dumb as a rock in comparison to my classmates

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Nursing_1011's topic in General Students

    I'm a COMPTIA A+ Certified IT Technician, I got certified in 2008, that just graduated nursing school. So it's safe to say that I'm kind of a computer expert, and minimally qualified to get licensed...

  25. Failed nursing school(technically)

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to JoC12345's topic in General Students

    She's why the saying "those who can't do, teach"