Comment Re:doesn't "require above average intelligence" (Score 1) 614
You are right and wrong. The majority of nurses (RN) in this country are the product of 2-year degree programs. These nurses are not highly educated. The American Nurses Association (ANA) has been pushing for YEARS to require that a RN is someone who has graduated from a 4-year university. Nurses are NOT trained 'on the job' (aka Diploma programs, where they learn while working in a hospital) anymore.
I am a nursing student right now, in a four-year program. To even be considered for the program, I had to have a 3.0 average in College-level Chemistry, Microbiology, Anatomy & Physiology (16 credit courses, all with labs.) Can you honestly say that someone who has to take these classes--and have a 3.0 average in them BEFORE they even begin the program is someone without "high intelligence"? Could you do it?
After being accepted to the program, you have to take Statistics, Nursing research, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Nursing theory, Health Assessment, etc, etc, etc. This is not easy stuff. And you are reqired to perform well in these classes to even graduate. Can you still honestly say that a nurse that is a product of this system is still not "highly educated"?
Again, this is a product of the public being unaware of how nurses are educated and accredited. There are several types of nurses (LPN, RN, RN/BSN) with different routes into the field. The medical field knows this, the hospitals know this, nurses know this--but until ALL nurses are required to have at minimum a BSN to practice, attitudes like yours will persist and hamper the perception of what a nurse is and what a nurse does.
I am a nursing student right now, in a four-year program. To even be considered for the program, I had to have a 3.0 average in College-level Chemistry, Microbiology, Anatomy & Physiology (16 credit courses, all with labs.) Can you honestly say that someone who has to take these classes--and have a 3.0 average in them BEFORE they even begin the program is someone without "high intelligence"? Could you do it?
After being accepted to the program, you have to take Statistics, Nursing research, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Nursing theory, Health Assessment, etc, etc, etc. This is not easy stuff. And you are reqired to perform well in these classes to even graduate. Can you still honestly say that a nurse that is a product of this system is still not "highly educated"?
Again, this is a product of the public being unaware of how nurses are educated and accredited. There are several types of nurses (LPN, RN, RN/BSN) with different routes into the field. The medical field knows this, the hospitals know this, nurses know this--but until ALL nurses are required to have at minimum a BSN to practice, attitudes like yours will persist and hamper the perception of what a nurse is and what a nurse does.
