OMG.. Nursing School is so STUPID

[Neurosis]

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op, if you hate something... don't bother with it. its that simple.

pretty much sums this up. 👍

 

[Disinence2]

If you want to be a doctor go to med school. If you want to be a nurse go to nursing school. If you want to be a PA go to PA school.

There are no back doors.

PAs work alot too ya know!

 

[xXIDaShizIXx]

Whether or not you do med school, quit nursing school immediately. Attitudes like yours taint the profession. You have no idea how many incredible nurses are out there--some of whom easily know more than the docs.

This is true some of the time. My school has a nursing component and the large majority of the nurses in training are the "OMG I can get a 69.5 and still pass riiiiiight?". But some of the older nurses are very intelligent.

 

[SoonerFromTexas]

Yea, it's actually true. The new residents (who are docs, btw) can learn a lot from nurses. I'm guessing you are one of the people who thinks doctors are a superior life form that know everything?

👍

 

[Kadava Reviva]

Nurses wipe butts.

No idea what you currently do for a living, but nurses wipe butts, sometimes after the doctors disimpact. This is a good time to check the prostate and to an occult blood test. You kill 3 birds with one stone and the nurse gets the 4th one! Teamwork!

 

[MIAYO]

I must do know many docs. 😀

I see what you did there😉

 

[MinitorV]

Oh op your so silly. You think your going to get a prescription pad after admitting to being a drug addict for 5 years, you think you are going to be a doc and never work more than 40 hours a week ( its called med school and residency at LEAST! ), you arent willing to relocate for any reason (inferred by several posts), your age is not prohibitive however after student loans money wise you would probably be better off financially just finishing nursing school, and you don't even have a bachelors degree yet or any higher education yet you believe your too good to be a nurse or PA. Hahahaha

 

[pinipig523]

Who really cares?

If NP wanted to be an MD - they would've gone into medical school. That's it, period.

I don't care because I know what I can do. If they really want to encroach into what I do, they know they're the underdogs... so I could care less.

 

[xXIDaShizIXx]

Who really cares?

If NP wanted to be an MD - they would've gone into medical school. That's it, period.

I don't care because I know what I can do. If they really want to encroach into what I do, they know they're the underdogs... so I could care less.

Assertive. I like it. lol😀

 

[Kadava Reviva]

I see what you did there😉

Ditto!

 

[The right Path]

No idea what you currently do for a living, but nurses wipe butts, sometimes after the doctors disimpact. This is a good time to check the prostate and to an occult blood test. You kill 3 birds with one stone and the nurse gets the 4th one! Teamwork!

Study Shy is a nurse. She's being "cheeky" (wakka,wakka)

 

[varsityblue]

Stick with nursing.

 

[DeterminedDoc]

I love nurses,

Yea me too, but its more about their figure and measurements rather then how well they did in nursing school 😉

Don't blame you OP, your on the lower end of the medical hierarchy. Its nothing wrong with it, its just how society works, if it bothers you that you aren't as good enough as doctors then you can always go to med school. If you don't care about that then it doesn't really matter.

 

[Medicinewoman85]

First off: I dunno where to post this... so move it if you have to.

Where to start....
I don't like nursing, I have no desire to clean up poop or work in a nursing home that reeks of urine. We study something called "Nursing diagnosis"... WTF? That's an oxymoron, nurses by definition don't diagnose. So why am I wasting my time with some fluffed up diagnosis crap? Ya I get it, PT's laying in bed all day will get bed sores.. I am not even going to get started about my incompetent instructors.

My goal was to be a NP. I figured it was the next best thing to being an MD. I read online about the NP's being trained in the nursing model and PA's the medical, I really had no idea what that meant. Now I have a pretty good idea what that means and I don't like it. An NP is a nurse with an RX pad. That being said, my primary care physician is a NP. I was told by one of my nursing school instructors that the difference between NP's and PA's was.. "NP's function as physicians and PA's are the Doctors bitch".

So this nursing school joke has renewed my interest in being a PA. Why not MD/DO? Well I am old(34.5) and I have a checkered history with college. I have some random credits, some good some bad, and no degree. Plus I really hate the idea of working much more than 40 hours a week. I need time for me, outside of the hospital. I read that there is finally a PA to DO bridge. So if the bug ever bit me really hard, that could be an option.


So now what? I really want to quit this nursing school, like now. I need to take some pre-reqs before thinking about PA school. I may even need a bachelors first. But I need to work... I was looking at a surg tech program. It's seems to pay decently enough. I am not too sure how working and taking classes would work. Would like to do something medical.

My background is in military helicopter maintenance. I don't want to do that for a living on the civilian side, plus I would have to go to school to be able to do it.

So if your still with me... please give some advice, even if it's just to tell me to eff off.

Thanks

EDIT: I know the thread title is childish, it's how people act/talk at my school lol

You should do whatever makes you happy. Whatever that is...

 

[jtdMU2010]

A nurse practitioner is NOT a physician.

So glad you said this. This misconception is running wild. I read somewhere that NPs have 700-something hours of training, PAs 2000 and MDs/DOs 17,000+. The comparison has to stop. Being a NP or PA is no substitute for MD/DO. Sure they can do a lot of stuff the MD/DOs do as I've seen it so don't flame me for that. You just can't be an NP/PA and claim the same level of knowledge as an MD/DO and claim you're equivalent. Training is training. You're trained to perform a certain function, i.e. NP and PAs. Doctors are educated and trained which allows them to be the "more free thinkers," make the calls and work through complex cases and perform surgeries. No comparison. It gets old. I know experience is important too. Hopefully someone in SDN land agrees with me. I respect the NPs/PAs for their roles would never be disrespectful to any of them as long as they don't proclaim "I'm the same as a physician because I write Rx and do physicals." I mean all the above as respectfully as possible.

That is all. Let the flaming begin....

As for the advice, If you don't like something get out. So do what you can for now with work/money and start your pre-reqs for PA school. It's never too late!

 

[Skinceutical]

I'm sure there are exceptions, and don't get me started on the idiot residents I've stopped from killing a patient more times than I care to count.

I love it when nurses make comments like this.

Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for nurses, and I think they play an integral role in patient care. But trotting out this tired old sentiment, time and time again, is just plain obnoxious. As a freaking IM intern, I had to stop RNs (including a highly experienced ICU RN who's probably been in practice since I was in grade school) from almost killing my patients on more than one occasion. I'm sure other residents & attendings have had similar experiences.

Everyone slips up one time or another. There's no point in gloating about it.

 

[YOWAT]

First off: I dunno where to post this... so move it if you have to.

Where to start....
I don't like nursing, I have no desire to clean up poop or work in a nursing home that reeks of urine. We study something called "Nursing diagnosis"... WTF? That's an oxymoron, nurses by definition don't diagnose. So why am I wasting my time with some fluffed up diagnosis crap? Ya I get it, PT's laying in bed all day will get bed sores.. I am not even going to get started about my incompetent instructors.

My goal was to be a NP. I figured it was the next best thing to being an MD. I read online about the NP's being trained in the nursing model and PA's the medical, I really had no idea what that meant. Now I have a pretty good idea what that means and I don't like it. An NP is a nurse with an RX pad. That being said, my primary care physician is a NP. I was told by one of my nursing school instructors that the difference between NP's and PA's was.. "NP's function as physicians and PA's are the Doctors bitch".

So this nursing school joke has renewed my interest in being a PA. Why not MD/DO? Well I am old(34.5) and I have a checkered history with college. I have some random credits, some good some bad, and no degree. Plus I really hate the idea of working much more than 40 hours a week. I need time for me, outside of the hospital. I read that there is finally a PA to DO bridge. So if the bug ever bit me really hard, that could be an option.


So now what? I really want to quit this nursing school, like now. I need to take some pre-reqs before thinking about PA school. I may even need a bachelors first. But I need to work... I was looking at a surg tech program. It's seems to pay decently enough. I am not too sure how working and taking classes would work. Would like to do something medical.

My background is in military helicopter maintenance. I don't want to do that for a living on the civilian side, plus I would have to go to school to be able to do it.

So if your still with me... please give some advice, even if it's just to tell me to eff off.

Thanks

EDIT: I know the thread title is childish, it's how people act/talk at my school lol

Simple words but big meaning, nothing childish, we all started somewhere and that basics carry with us

 

[Giovanotto]

Holy necro bump

 

[Dr Tony T. Chopper]

Simple words but big meaning, nothing childish, we all started somewhere and that basics carry with us

Just let this thread die, man.

 

[summergirl]

Your professor claimed "NP functions as physicians" while calling another respectable healthcare job as physician's bitches in the same sentence. Annoy much?

I wish nurses can stop being so egoistic.

 

[Citygirl44]

Nurse practitioners do function like primary care physicians. They make a about $ 150,000 and have great hours, and no heavy loans to pay back. What's stupid? A PA is a great job also but they have to have work under the "umbrella" of a doctor. Nurse practitioners can run their own practice and work autonomously. That's how the difference should have been stated , not being the doctor's b.......
But that said , a nurse practitioner is a great job especially if you're a woman and want to start a family young ( before 30 yrs old).

 

[Psai]

Nurse practitioners do function like primary care physicians. They make a about $ 150,000 and have great hours, and no heavy loans to pay back. What's stupid? A PA is a great job also but they have to have work under the "umbrella" of a doctor. Nurse practitioners can run their own practice and work autonomously. That's how the difference should have been stated , not being the doctor's b.......
But that said , a nurse practitioner is a great job especially if you're a woman and want to start a family young ( before 30 yrs old).

nurse practitioners function like nurse practitioners. that's it.

 

[Citygirl44]

nurse practitioners function like nurse practitioners. that's it.

Ok. I will let it go. Lol