Nurses

I have heard a number of incredible stories of stupid nurses this past week.  Dr. Grumpy posts about a patient who happens to be a nurse not knowing basic anatomy in relationship to common syndromes.  I heard another personal anecdote from an ex-RN I know that pushed 20ccs of potassium into a nursing home resident because her colleague filled the wrong medication into the syringe and handed it to her.  She didn't even question or ask.  Yes, the resident coded and fortunately was saved.  I know another nurse that I feel is just not very intelligent at all; she makes all sorts of poor health choices and her personal hygiene would scare a vulture off of its food.

I am in the process of trying to get accepted into our local nursing degree program and it is competitive and tough.  I am doing well with hard work, but I cannot help but wonder how are these not so smart nurses getting through?  Perhaps I have an inflated personal opinion about my intelligence.  However, my good grades do not lie, and I have been scrupulously honest with all the work assigned to me.

I hope they don't cheat.  And I hope even more that there aren't any doctors in the same Dumb Boat that cheated their way into a MD.