What are your credentials and what's your IQ?

dudette10, MSN, RN · Jul 14, 2011

Hi, I'm a genius. And you?

Rob72, ASN, RN · Jul 14, 2011

Hmmm... I'm an inactive Mensan and I'm an ADN. Being a storehouse of knowledge is impractical and pointless, if one is unable to apply that knowledge for constructive purposes.

If you enjoy learning and abstract thought, but find other people frustrating to the point where you are distracted, but you have a desire to help people, I would suggest that you go directly for an MPH.

If you want to have some "hands-on" application and experience, and are able to more fully integrate more generally accepted social norms into your behavior, you could do quite well in nursing.

If you are unsure, the ADN pathway is the most sensible choice, as you will have minimal investment and full exposure to the practice of nursing. The only other consideration would be the presence of a BS-BSN program in your area which is cheaper and less time-demanding than going the ADN route.

I.Q. and level of credentialing, without a frame of reference, is a non-sequiter. You will receive meaningful feedback if you do not pose your queries in a disjointed and (perceptually) condescending fashion.

leslie :-D · Jul 14, 2011

I'm a BSN. Not sure about IQ, but I do recall that I almost failed kindergarten years ago. Why? Because I refused to colour pears yellow

oh my gosh. joanna!

i was expelled from kindegarten, for continually pig-piling/jumping on all the boys.

and this lady used to bring me to and from school (don't remember who/why), relegated me to the back of her station wagon.

i suppose i was a tad wild in there, too.

(as i recall, i was in trouble too, in the 3rd grade for chasing the boys at recess and beating them up.)

anyways, it's kids like you, that grew up to be great leaders.:)

leslie

cindyloowho · Jul 14, 2011

What's YOUR IQ?

joanna73, BSN, RN · Jul 14, 2011

Lol Leslie that's hilarious! I think we could be friends :) Yes, I have and always will be a rebel. I told my teacher, "My mom buys green pears." She didn't like that.

And now I'm a charge nurse. *Sigh* I used to joke in school that my goal was to work my way DOWN the corporate ladder.

tele jelly · Jul 14, 2011

It's just a question people!

BSN in grad school, 142

You?

Always_Learning, BSN, RN · Jul 14, 2011

If you want my IQ, you're gonna have to buy me dinner first.

CrunchRN, ADN, RN · Jul 14, 2011

If you want my IQ, you're gonna have to buy me dinner first.

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txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Jul 14, 2011

bsn and 213.892578 :eek: :yeah:

Always_Learning, BSN, RN · Jul 14, 2011

bsn and 213.892578

um, txspadequeenrn, i'm gonna need you to round your iq to the nearest thousandth. we're looking for serious responses, here. :lol2:

avionics · Jul 14, 2011

I have few credentials at this point in the medical field. I have a CNA license, and I am an AHA BLS instructor. I am starting an ADN RN program this fall after having taken all the side classes for the necessary application points to get in, so you could say I am an ADN in process. I plan to bridge that online to a BSN while working afterward, and continue progression and training likely for the rest of my life as I hate the feeling of being topped out and love to learn.

I had a previous career in the aerospace electronics field but topped out quickly and found myself frustrated at the lack of doing anything meaningful for the world around me, combined with no path to advance in the field.

IQ is a very subjective score as you would know if you have ever taken more than one IQ test. I was subjected to many as a teen and younger adult as people tried to figure out why I was strange. lol... They scored between the 130-160 range depending on who was testing me and how "on" I felt at the time. Part of an IQ score is actually the examiner's opinion so it can vary wildly.

As some on here have already suggested, IQ is not particularly useful as a predictor of future success. I have personally seen determination combined with a bit of common sense to be a much more useful, real world tool. I have passed some who I believed were smarter than I, while I have been helped through difficult subjects by some I would consider downright "dim", but who simply had a better understanding of something than I did. In short, you ask the wrong question as, I believe, strength of character and personal determination are much more useful factors in analyzing people than simply IQ. They are much more difficult to make a snap judgement about however, so are too often ignored.

Chad...

hiddencatRN, BSN, RN · Jul 14, 2011

It's just a question people!
BSN in grad school, 142
You?

Yes, but it's a very similar question to the one the OP asked yesterday and if you scan the OP's post history, probably not the most relevant one the OP could be asking for his/her situation.

At best the OP gets some data that doesn't help on his/her journey. At worst, people take the opportunity to brag about their IQs.

I'd consider the smart *** replies it is generating to be somewhere in the middle. A funny, lol-inducing middle.