What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

[TheMiss]

A nursing friend and I recently discussed what we still learned in nursing school that later proofed to be utter nonsense outright or just became really outdated. I found it quite interesting and was wondering what everyone else remembers?

One of the things I thought of was the myth of your tongue having different taste zones.

[BeckyESRN]

I was actually able to keep a straight face while reading this...until the "camel toe". Then I totally lost it. Laughed until I cried.

Now a restaurant full of strangers thinks I'm clearly insane.

I'm so glad that I could contribute to perfect strangers questioning your mental health!

[LibraSunCNM, BSN, MSN, CNM]

I was actually able to keep a straight face while reading this...until the "camel toe". Then I totally lost it. Laughed until I cried.

Now a restaurant full of strangers thinks I'm clearly insane.

For me it was the camel toe as well, particularly the 8 inches in size!

[pixierose, BSN, RN]

Disclaimer: This particular teacher was in charge of 1 of the 4 core nursing classes my first semester and fired by my 2nd semester. She was nuts, to put it mildly. The following were submitted as fact by this lovely crazy lady.

1.) Supplements are better than any "lab made" drug. All patients could be taken off of medication, if they would only speak to the correct supplement expert.

2.) Medications -all of them!- we as addictive as street drugs.

3.) Males have wet dreams because, if they didn't, the sperm would keep multiplying and eventually their testicles would explode from the amount of "fluid" inside.

4.) She presented this one as the a theory, ^ these were said as fact- Women began menstruation, not as biologically necessary in order to reproduce, but as a way to determine a worthy mate. ~Stay with me here~: back in "cave people" times it was difficult to determine which cave man was best suited to protect a future family, so women evolved a way to sort this out. Women evolved to shed blood as a way of attracting near by predators in order to see which males could fend of these predators and, thus, be best able to protect any future offspring.

I know there were more, but I can't remember any more ridiculousness right now. To paint an accurate picture for you: she was about 5ft, average build, and had a good 8 inches of camel toe every, single day. She also had a favorite red "blazer" with tails, picture a circus ring leader.

Oh my.

I wouldn't even know where to look. It's like driving by a car accident, when you can't help but look as you pass by. A terrible, 8 inch car accident. Standing right in front of you. For hours at a time...

[brownbook]

We were told it was better if we weren't CNA's or LVN'S because we would have "role confusion." Yeah, like role confusion would harm a patient more than fish out of the water me who was scared to touch a patient and had no idea how patients got into a hospital, what a chart or Dr. order was, etc. (Yeah, I was that stupid!)

I have heard rumors that they now encourage students to work as CNA's if they can?

I can't write role confusion without thinking of nipple confusion, I should have posted that under words I hate.

[brownbook]

PS....sorry but camel toe is a word I hate, double yuck! I guess I'm too prudish?

[Farawyn]

PS....sorry but camel toe is a word I hate, double yuck! I guess I'm too prudish?

Not really. You like all the gross posts!

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

PS....sorry but camel toe is a word I hate, double yuck! I guess I'm too prudish?

What about moose knuckle ?

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

For me it was the camel toe as well, particularly the 8 inches in size!

She was only five feet tall...is the eight inches anatomically possible???

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

PS....sorry but camel toe is a word I hate, double yuck! I guess I'm too prudish?

I hate it too...and I'm usually fairly down with the sickness. But I had to play along here.

[Farawyn]

I hate it too...and I'm usually fairly down with the sickness. But I had to play along here.

*raises my right eyebrow at you*

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

*raises my right eyebrow at you*

There's a patient who comes to my clinic who paints her eyebrows on based on her mood. Good thing, because she's a regular Katie Kaboom!

[Farawyn]

There's a patient who comes to my clinic who paints her eyebrows on based on her mood. Good thing, because she's a regular Katie Kaboom!

Thank God she's not a Katie Kablooey!