Every quarter of nursing school without fail requires us to do some huge, drawn-out case study about something that most of us could care less about. It's like a right of passage to get to the next level. I already have a minor in English, so my writing abilities have been validated. Now I have to spend every quarter doing some long drawn-out process of trying to throw something together at the last minute, because if I even think about starting earlier than the night before it turns out like total crap. Why are they making 10% of every single one of our courses some sort of hell-project? I guess it's all part of the progress of rights of passage to get through nursing school. It's like a gigantic care plan gone mad. Care plans are the bain of our existence in nursing school and shock and horror hit all of us in school when we first went to clinicals and realized that NO ONE DOES THEM IN THE REAL WORLD. Argh, is all this stuff more useless knowledge they're making us obtain?
Meanwhile my classmates choose to deal with the case study somewhat differently. You've got my co-procrastinators that tend to freak out a little bit about it when their peers seem to have everything "under control." It's all a facade. These "under control" people are doing it soley because they have NO LIVES. I'm sorry did I mention I work two jobs and babysit in addition to the madness of nursing school? Yeah, not trying to be a "super nerd" in school. I'm just trying to get through. In most schools C=RN, but here it's B=RN. Well, as far as I'm concerned as long as I graduate with whatever average I need to get out and pass my NCLEX exam that's all I care about. Case studies will never be something I will ever use in the "real world." I understand it's about the research process etc..yadda, yadda, yadda. That doesn't make me like it anymore. Amanda, thanks for being a co-procrastinator with me :) As for the others whom already have theirs done...'PTUH.
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