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Does Nursing School REALLY prepare you tobe a nurse?


Does Nursing School REALLY prepare you tobe a nurse?

In my experience, the nurses who attended a three-year diploma program were much better prepared to work with patients than those who got a bachelor's degree. The latter come out with a lot of scientific and theoretical knowledge but don't know one end of the bedpan from the other. I think it would be better for everyone if the career ladder for nursing included a year or two of internship like medicine does and you couldn't pass your final boards without it.

Yes. A good school and about three years of the right kind of experience, if you choose well, can turn you into a good nurse.

yes

To be good in any health care profession you need two things: a good education in scientific theory, and good mentored training in practical experience. All good nursing schools provide this. Still, when you get your RN, you still feel like you're being thrown to the wolves. A good nurse never stops learning.

A nurse-manager once bragged to me that she never emptied a bedpan. OK, emptying bedpans may not be a requisite experience, but it brings one closer to the patient's level, an aspect of care all good health care providers should experience.

I think for the most part it does, but everything they teach you is text book cases, you must be able to critically think, most patients you see are not textbook cases! Good Luck!!!

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