Currently a surgical tech, and looking back semester 1 in pretty much every test there were at least a few questions that I knew the answer to because of my job; but that I'm positive we didn't even scratch in lecture or any of the assigned reading; and a lot of questions that we only kind of covered, but required a lot of reading between the lines which was also made way easier by my ST experience.

Idk how people who don't already have a medical background are doing it.

Don't forget how the patient's family treats nurses.

I try to be as nice as possible to all people until they give me a reason to change my behavior. Everyone deserves respect until they gamble it away 💖

Naw dog. Nursing school is way more high stakes. You can get kicked out of the program for very little, it's very high stakes. There are exams that you have to get 100% on or you're out of the program. Iirc, you can get kicked out of the program for not being 15 minutes early too many times. Not for being late, for not being early. At least we compensate them with mediocre pay and shitty hours and horrible bosses upon graduation...

Depends on the nursing degree. Usually only 2-4, some programs are only a year.

The MDs and DOs do 4+

They all did.

Wait a minute...