What's nursing school like?

agent · Apr 23, 2005

Any of you guys doing nursing school at night?

I am a manager of a technical support dept during the day.. I've been going to school at night forever and managing, but yall are making me nervous.

I just got accepted for the fall

piper_for_hire · Apr 24, 2005

Well - know that nursing school COMPLETELY sucks - but actual nursing is nothing at all like school. Just look forward to school ending ...

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Kabin · Apr 25, 2005

I'll be attending evening classes during weekdays as well as daytime hours during the weekend in an Accelerated BSN program I begin in the fall.

littlebitwf · Apr 26, 2005

I am a pre-nursing student and am looking in to becoming a CRNA. I'm a fairly good student and easy to get along with. But from what some of the guys on this post have said is kinda scaring me away from nursing school, and now im starting to think if I should just go to med school. I dont know please someone give me some advice!!

Doug85 · Apr 27, 2005

I am a pre-nursing student and am looking in to becoming a CRNA. I'm a fairly good student and easy to get along with. But from what some of the guys on this post have said is kinda scaring me away from nursing school, and now im starting to think if I should just go to med school. I dont know please someone give me some advice!!

Yeah, I've heard the horror stories too but I can't let that deter me from doing what I really want to do. I'm sticking with nursing school.

MaleRN2B · Apr 29, 2005

I am a pre-nursing student and am looking in to becoming a CRNA. I'm a fairly good student and easy to get along with. But from what some of the guys on this post have said is kinda scaring me away from nursing school, and now im starting to think if I should just go to med school. I dont know please someone give me some advice!!

I thought about med school too and I think that if you can figure out what role you really want to play in the patient's care, you'll have your answer there. It appears your initial instinct is nursing. School is just the preparation for where you want to be. It's temporary.

bloviate · May 2, 2005

I am a pre-nursing student and am looking in to becoming a CRNA. I'm a fairly good student and easy to get along with. But from what some of the guys on this post have said is kinda scaring me away from nursing school, and now im starting to think if I should just go to med school. I dont know please someone give me some advice!!

Go to med school!

bloviate · May 2, 2005

Well - know that nursing school COMPLETELY sucks - but actual nursing is nothing at all like school. Just look forward to school ending ...
-S

Yep. Actual hands on inpatient hospital care is nothing like nursing school. It only gets better and better

Maxs · May 2, 2005

it all depends on who you ask. For example, you first have to ask yourself what kind of a person you are (i.e. slacker, cheater, C and B average, A average with a degree and etc. Then, you compare yourself with people in the same category as you, although it may not be very accurate, but it is better than comparing yourself with someone who is totally different from you academically. I've seen some some classmates who are in the ADN program and they cried about microbio and general chemistry (not the introductory required for the ADN). Nothing is easy, but nothing is hard. My microbiology professor Dr. Hinkley always used to say "it's hard because you don't know it and it's easy because you know it."

To me, chemistry is like eating a piece of cake, but apparently for those people it was climbing the tallest mountain in the world. I am not saying chemistry is easy, but it's just that we are all different. IF YOU ARE THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO GETS SCARED OF A SUBJECT BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID IT SO, WELL THEN YOU GOT A LOT TO LEARN. Listen to a passionate chemist speak to you about how beatiful the periodic table looks to him, and then, listen to a nurse who is compassionate about her work. You will will encounter with a reaction that is about the same from both subjects. If it was so hard that it was impossible, then how come we have millions of nurses (I am aware about the shortage). You go to schoo to learn a subject you don't know, but if you don't want to go to school to learn than everything will be hard for you. The differences are the durations certain degrees will take, and a career nursing is one of the time consuming educations because it's a fast pace. Nothing in the world is hard, they just take sometime and then everything will be alright.

Maxs

bloviate · May 12, 2005

listen to a nurse who is compassionate about her work. You will will encounter with a reaction that is about the same from both subjects.

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Where are these nurses?

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If it was so hard that it was impossible, then how come we have millions of nurses (I am aware about the shortage).

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I think the question was nursing school or med school. I advocate med school. Third party reimbursement, more autonomy, self direction etc etc. All the things nurses in the inpatient setting salivate over but are never quite able to obtain.

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and a career nursing is one of the time consuming educations because it's a fast pace.

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IMHO it was a liberal arts degree with a smattering of real science mixed in. The real learning took place after the degree.

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coot · May 12, 2005

Go to med school!

nursing school is hard and there is a lot of information that u have to take in all at one time but if u really want it go for it that is what i did, find a study partner in your class and help each other out it really helps studying with some one

bloviate · May 19, 2005

nursing school is hard and there is a lot of information that u have to take in all at one time but if u really want it go for it that is what i did, find a study partner in your class and help each other out it really helps studying with some one

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I think one of the questions was nursing school vs med school. I covered that quite well and succinctley. As far as nursing school goes... yes it is a lot of information. In my opinion the actual value of the information is questionable. Especially when you consider what is happening in the business today re. business model versus the patient care needs. Sit back and enjoy for about 10 years. You may become aware of what I am talking about.

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