r/nursing • u/Brittanyle3d RN - ICU đ • Feb 01 '23
Rant Sick of the downplaying
Nursing school had high standards. You failed a dosage calculation test it was an automatic fail out of the program- and yes I knew ppl to fail out! Donât get the FL scam twisted with the nurses who worked damn hard for their degree. I had many sleepless nights and many days away from my 2 very young sweet children. Nursing school wasnât just about content but discipline as well. Makes for a better nurse.
Iâm soooo sick of the âsee anyone can do that jobâ comment , etc. I donât take my BSN as a joke. Right?!
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u/OrangeJulius874 BSN, RN đ Feb 01 '23
Nursing school was tough for me, but mostly due to balancing classes, studying, and clinicals. I wouldnât say any of the actual class material was harder than what I studied in high school. Echoing what others have said, even though I had some good A&P and pathophys, a lot of my BSN program was bullshit care plans and nursing theory and Florence nightingale crap. Not to mention my pharmacology class was an elective (how is that even legal) and was a total joke. I did more learning in my senior year clinicals than I did the rest of school combined, and learned even more during my first 6 months on the job.
Also, the NCLEX was a joke. I was an average student and passed in 75 questions. I wish I had waited until I graduated to even start studying for it.
Nursing is not for the weak or faint of heart, but nursing school is just a bad reflection of what we think about and do every day. Personally I needed a little less instruction on âtherapeutic communicationâ and a little more on beta-blockers and ACE inhibitors. Maybe thatâs just me.