The Pre-Nursing Program is the discourse community I chose. It’s logical that the nursing program won’t be easy because they’d want to admit the best of the best, but even so, the program can have a multitude of challenges. According to people pursuing nursing, “the programs are more credit-intensive, therefore many students are pushed to fast-track their degrees by taking numerous difficult subjects at the same time. That means most of the time, you’ll be juggling midterms and finals.” This illustrates how difficult, academic-wise, this career path is. Another issue to consider is competition, particularly among individuals already enrolled in the nursing program who are actively involved in bringing the matter to the attention. I’ve heard, only 100 out of 1700 applicants get admitted into the program which relates to how power is featured in the discourse of nursing. Many nurses practice more independently to achieve similar goals in order to raise their status and show their expertise in this field. This community becomes extremely competitive as many people strive to enter the nursing program and pass the TEAS Exam, which has limited acceptance.
People like myself, who are preparing to enroll in a nursing program, seem to be the ones who need to be aware of this issue. This difficulty, as well as the challenges of these issues, would be told to individuals who are looking into and want to be a part of the nursing program. I’d like to inform this audience about the problem because nursing is a very competitive career that requires a great deal of responsibility, hard work, and devotion. Some strategies are to form a study group which provides encouragement and support from your peers. You can meet with other nursing students and share helpful advice to improve your performance. Another strategy is exploring which learning style works best for you. Everyone learns differently whether it is visually, auditorily, etc. Discovering which study tips work is most efficient can be used to your advantage, especially when having to memorize necessary information. Also, taking breaks is important because spending all of your time studying can result in being overwhelmed and probably not retaining as much information as you would hope.
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It sounds like you want to make students considering nursing aware of how hard the path they are planning on is. But why? I don’t think you’re wrong. I just wonder if you are clearly articulating the problem For example. the few faculty teaching jobs available to English Ph.Ds is a problem because it means most people who get a Ph.D. in English will not be able to find a full time job teaching. This is something that people considering this path need to know because they are about to invest a lot of years and energy into something that might be useless and leave them unemployed. Is this the kind of issue you see for Nursing. Is it that students are about to invest a lot of time and energy into trying to get into a program they may not qualify for and therefore they should know so that they don’t waste time and money and financial aid trying over and over to get into the program? Do they need to have a back up plan?