Why do nurses eat their young?

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I am transitioning from an ADN to a BSN, and I am very financially strapped right now. The RN-to-BSN program I hope to start wants proof of sufficient pharmacology. I didn't have a pharmacology class per se - it was embedded in the curriculum. I can test out of it, but the test is $200. The school asked for syllabi from my nursing alma mater, so I contacted them. The current head of the nursing department was dismissive and abrupt -

"Your request for us to verify that you had "ample pharmacology" is not possible. Instructions involved select categories and examples of a few specific drugs, but I would not consider that "ample". And it also varied greatly from course to course. Secondly, your education was over 7 years ago and pharmacology has undergone many changes."

This woman has been teaching since 1980, so it's safe to assume her education is quite a bit older than mine. Does that invalidate it? I don't think so. Clearly I passed my NCLEX, and my RN is current in both OH and NY. I was taken aback by her attitude, but I have seen a lot of this sort of behavior among nurses - especially in academia. I don't understand it. I would think she would want to support a graduate of her program, not shoot me down - the condescension in that reply is palpable. I have a BS and an MS in different fields; I am hardly stupid.

Can any of you speak to this nurses eating their young? Because I just don't get it. We should be supporting each other. I have no problem taking the pharm test - I just don't want to be out $200 - I can't afford it.

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You should have spelled it in a more conspicuous manner. Such as "grah-see-os". Not grassy ass.

ETA: You should know better than to set yourself up like that.

Won't a shot of Penicillin take care of a grassy os?? 😇

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Kerfuffle is totally an awesome word.

Confuzzled is good, too.

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Hmph.

Just wait until you are a nurse, CK. Nom nom nom.

I'm all skin and bones and full of sarcasm. Not much to chew on, so the joke is on you.

I'm thinking of that picture someone drew. Was it Davey? Of the COB with a full belly? How I wish it was made into a shirt.

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I learned that I think I am hilarious but others don't quite agree.

I think you're aite.

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I learned that I think I am hilarious but others don't quite agree.

I think you're funny.

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I learned that I think I am hilarious but others don't quite agree.

I think you're kinda quirky.

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I think you're aite.

*ahem*

Aiight.

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I'm all skin and bones and full of sarcasm. Not much to chew on, so the joke is on you.

I'm thinking of that picture someone drew. Was it Davey? Of the COB with a full belly? How I wish it was made into a shirt.

Didn't a t shirt slogan poster just join today?

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*ahem*

Aiight.

Didn't a t shirt slogan poster just join today?

Technically, they are both spelled incorrectly.

I do believe so. But that poster seems to have bailed quite quickly.

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Humans are wicked interesting. Thank you guys - sincerely - for listening to me and forgiving my stupid words. And thank you for making me laugh. I am so used to working with plants and non-human animals... it was a bit shocking to be jumped on for my words. And I very much understand why I was, and I am sorry for what I said. I'm just really glad that I am now privy to your humor and kindness.

Thank you for that.

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Humans are wicked interesting. Thank you guys - sincerely - for listening to me and forgiving my stupid words. And thank you for making me laugh. I am so used to working with plants and non-human animals... it was a bit shocking to be jumped on for my words. And I very much understand why I was, and I am sorry for what I said. I'm just really glad that I am now privy to your humor and kindness.

Thank you for that.

We are friends, yet we still jump on each other for misplaced apostrophes and the like, so, you really had no chance.

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We are friends, yet we still jump on each other for misplaced apostrophes and the like, so, you really had no chance.

Ha! No, I suppose I didn't.

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