Wow, I really have to take this class?

[missnursingstudent19]

When it comes to most of my nursing pre requisite classes, I can definitely see how they will help me in nursing school and as a nurse. However, I am taking art appreciation this semester because it is required. I think it's a complete waste of time. Are there any classes you are required to take that you feel are wasting your time?

[NotMyProblem MSN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN]

You really don't need art appreciation to communicate with a "white collar" professional. Most of them have never taken it either.

The other piece of advice for this is don't launch into conversations on a subject you know little about....don't bring up Dorian and Corinthian columns if you really can't discuss them; generally you end up in over your head because that's when you find out the dude you're talking to wrote six books on the subject and has been an architectural professor for 47 years....just spare yourself and don't go there. Distraction techniques and intelligent conversation don't have to involve subjects of that nature, and doing that usually backfires.

My comment was an example to the usefulness of knowing something other than nursing material when dealing with the general public.

[bookgirl667]

I had to take English 102, a class on how to write a research paper, in order to qualify for the nursing program at the community college at which I took my prereqs...and I have a BA in English with a history minor, worked as a writing tutor for three years and as a professional editor for more years than I can count. Oh, and back in high school I got a 5 (the highest score possible) on the AP English Composition exam, which at a normal school would have exempted me.

Then, glory of glories, I ended up not applying to that school's nursing program because you need a BSN to get a hospital job where I live and I want to eventually be a critical care nurse. I would have only attended it as a safety school if I hadn't gotten a scholarship for a BSN program.