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Old 05-16-2014, 12:51 AM
 
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After five years you have to retake classes in a nursing program and they really need to stop it. The blood would still be red, the vein will still flow the same way after five years. I got a degree in science. Why can't they stop the madness? This would be the fourth time. Really something has to give. I had to raise a family, help my parents, why can't they have some heart?!

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Old 05-16-2014, 10:08 AM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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And tuberculosis is still a disease caused by mental health problems, autism is caused by poor parenting, stomach ulcers are caused by "Type A" personality, etc, etc, etc. We don't "bleed" people any more. Tuberculosis and ulcers are caused by bacteria. Autism is well, it's not from poor parenting. Science changes.
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Old 05-16-2014, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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And tuberculosis is still a disease caused by mental health problems, autism is caused by poor parenting, stomach ulcers are caused by "Type A" personality, etc, etc, etc. We don't "bleed" people any more. Tuberculosis and ulcers are caused by bacteria. Autism is well, it's not from poor parenting. Science changes.
But in 5 years ?
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Old 05-16-2014, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Humboldt County, CA
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If you learn something and then walk away from it in five years without those skills being put to use, you're probably going to get rusty.

In five years you can have some impressive changes. Science isn't magically going to get turned on its ear, but best practices may change. Some treatments may change. I took a CPR class about six years ago and yes, I technically remember how to do it. But I know there's hands-free CPR, and I have no idea when to use that versus breathing, and I'm so out of practice I'm not sure I'd do it right. Getting CPR from me is probably better than dying, but not as good as getting it from someone who knows what they're doing.

It sounds like your situation is unfortunate, OP, but you're dealing with A) a competitive field where B) people's lives are in your hand. You need to have the best and most recent training available.
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Old 05-16-2014, 11:43 AM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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But in 5 years ?
When would you cut it off? Science can change rapidly. What was right yesterday is sometimes wrong today. I think five years is appropriate. Some things will be the same, some not.
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Old 05-16-2014, 11:57 AM
 
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When would you cut it off? Science can change rapidly. What was right yesterday is sometimes wrong today. I think five years is appropriate. Some things will be the same, some not.
I have to disagree. I got my masters in engineering in 1995. If I went back to school today for a PhD, I wouldn't have to retake any of my undergrade or graduate classes.
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Old 05-16-2014, 12:31 PM
 
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I have to disagree. I got my masters in engineering in 1995. If I went back to school today for a PhD, I wouldn't have to retake any of my undergrade or graduate classes.
Are you sure? A friend of mine just finished his PhD after being in industry for 10 years and he had to retake almost 2 years of undergrad-masters level coursework. It isn't listed as a hard requirement and the courses weren't for credit, but he he had to do it in order to be allowed into certain upper division courses. This was at Princeton CS department and he was previously at MIT.
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Old 05-16-2014, 12:34 PM
 
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But in 5 years ?
Yeah. ACLS changes constantly...even from year-to-year.
New therapies become standard of care overnight (see: sepsis, stroke protocols, etc).

Continuing ed is a MUST. I think 5 years is a bit long.
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Old 05-16-2014, 01:01 PM
 
Location: SLC, UT
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It's not nursing that's doing this, necessarily. At the school I'm at, we don't accept any credits more than five years old, regardless of what program the student is entering. It used to be ten years old, but changed within the past year or so.

OP, it is not about having heart. It's about a policy. Every student has a sob story about why they should get into a program without completing the required prerequisites. And frankly, the school officials are not the ones responsible for making sure you can take care of your family. I hope you kept your complaints to yourself, because if you acted entitled or like a drama queen, then they may have you on a list of people not to accept into the program already.
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Old 05-16-2014, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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After five years you have to retake classes in a nursing program and they really need to stop it. The blood would still be red, the vein will still flow the same way after five years. I got a degree in science. Why can't they stop the madness? This would be the fourth time. Really something has to give. I had to raise a family, help my parents, why can't they have some heart?!
Once you start a degree program then you need to continue until you get that degree (whether it be the 2 year or 4 year).

It's up to the schools on how long they will accept credits.
Credits do expire and not just for nursing programs and science classes.
The general timeframe is about 7-10 years, sooner for science and engineering classes as those fields are still evolving.

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