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Argercy t1_iwm53kp wrote

Reply to comment by cheesypotatoeggs in upmc by Safe-Pop2076

There is a trend in less urban areas where girls who averaged Cs in high school and know they can't cut it in a real nursing program like Duquesne offers instead get "certified" for nursing through online courses and do their clinic hours under the supervision of burned out RNs in second rate hospitals.

These are the types of ladies who get sucked into MLMs and often use their "consultant" knowledge of essential oils as a form of healthcare as well. These are the people who post about 12 flower tea, colloidal silver water, and borax infusions on FB and they are typically antivax because of the Big Pharma Boogeyman while personally benefitting from the healthcare machine along with the occasional nurse developing a pesky opiate addiction.

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cheesypotatoeggs t1_iwnghi6 wrote

These “nurses” have taken a licensing exam? RN or LPN NCLEX exams?

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Argercy t1_iwnqss4 wrote

It's almost always just LPNs, I personally do not know any RNs on this level of blithering idiocy. The NCLEX exam only requires a little more than 50% correct answers for their exam. And I'm not shitting on nurses, I promise, but I did a "prep" test once to prove a point to someone and I passed it easily, I'm an engineer. I don't know if the standard for testing has always been so low but it is now and it's terrifying to be honest.

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