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Saturday, August 24, 2013

The Truth- Can You Handle The Truth?


SW Business


MYTH
REALITY
Fellow Students know more about the program than the people who are actually paid to run it.
Well, they are PAID to run it and they work hard. If you want to know something do not rely on hearsay, go to the source.

From YaNawn-some great words:
From a very young age I was taught if you didn't know an answer to raise your hand and ask the teacher for help. However, as we get older we seem to forget this basic principle and resort to reasoning. I often times hear students asking other students questions about assignments, clinical or exams. When asked "have you talked to Ms. or Mr. ____ I often get a blank stare. Our instructors are great about talking you through the material, answering questions about the course or just providing guidance to help you do better in courses. One of them told me once "don't let ME fail you, if you think I am the obstacle that prevents you from moving forward then climb over me". During the entire program we have the possibility of having up to 14 different instructors who have been endowed with the task of giving us as much knowledge as they can. We should take advantage of it...
It’s a two year program
Well, that depends on how hard you study. If you try to take on much more beyond nursing school, it definitely won’t be a two year program.
The Nights and Weekends program is held exclusively on nights and weekends.
It’s not. You may run into clinicals and assignments on other days. This can affect your work and childcare arrangements.
It’s OK to ask previous students for careplans.
Don’t be stupid y’all. It’s cheating. They also have plagiarism software they can run it through and they keep previous students careplans to compare. They also know if you got it straight from the internet. Also, you need to KNOW this stuff, so do yourself a favor and learn it.
Your faculty don’t care about you.
Yes they do. I know this for a fact. Some may be more approachable than others, but they are all there to HELP you. Make an appointment if you need one. Send an email, take advantage of the resources they set up for you.
You can’t pass AH1
Yes you can! You really can.
It will be easy to take other classes along with nursing classes.
It is ridiculously hard. Don’t set yourself up for failure if you can possibly avoid it. Do them in the summer.
SW nurses are less well trained than other nursing programs.
This for sure is completely and totally untrue. Our training is rigorous. When we get out on the floors, we can hold our own.
You can’t share NOTES or do objectives together.
This is perfectly fine. In fact, sharing objectives and working on them together is a good way to study.
SW nursing students are all very similar in background.
I was surprised at just how diverse SW is. It’s really a fun environment in that way. I have friends from all over the world from nursing school. I love it.
You’re special. They can bend the rules for you.
Well, no…. There are rules for a reason. They have evolved over many, many years and many, many situations. Now that being said, it doesn’t hurt to talk to a faculty member about your particular situation.
You have no representation as a student. You don’t have  voice. No one is listening.
You do. Your SNGA representatives.
I need to stick to myself and I am in competition with my fellow students. After all, so few make it all the way through.
Exactly the opposite. The people who did make it all the way through were people who cooperated with each other and shared resources.
They give such short breaks during classes that I will never have time to go to the bathroom because the line is so long.
Not if you’re a guy


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