Who knew graduate school would be so EXPENSIVE..SHEESH! I am now starting to feel the effects of being a full time student. Yesterday I was informed of just how much it was actually going to cost me to attend school this summer. Besides from selling the family farm I am fresh out of ideas on how to make extra money without having to pick up extra shifts at work. Lets review what has been on my mind for the past 2 days, starting with......
Tuition
NP Student Liability Insurance
Coaxial Opthalmoscope/Otoscope
Rosenbaum Card
6" Ruler and 60" Tape Measure
Stethoscope (you know the good kind)
Sphygmomanometer
Reflex Hammer
Tuning Fork (256 Hz)
Pen Light
3x5 cards
Tongue Depressors
Professional Lab Coat
Professional Attire
Dress Shoes (heals only no tennis shoes)
Palm Pilot (at the advice of my peers)
Okay so I should really STOP complaining because I do realize how blessed I am to be given this incredible opportunity to expand my career, but in the words of John Stossel, "GIVE ME A BREAK"! What happened to the days where "patient care" was the central focus for medical students? When did palm pilots and jimmy choo's become the marker of a competent Doctor and Nurses. Don't get me wrong, I am not knocking the system for producing technical savy Doctors and Nurses who only where Prada. I am just saying that when I am at the center of a medical emergency somebody better be getting me someone who knows what they are doing, weather it be the doctor who is still using his textbook from 1980's to look up diagnosis or the one who only wears jeans with his dress shirt. Makes no difference to me, as long as they know how to treat me as a patient.
Okay, Okay, Okay....I have gotten off the subject a bit. Back to what this post is really about, Graduate School being so dang expensive!!!!!! Please feel free to leave any advice about trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents!! I promise...I will listen!
Sincerly,
"Broke as a Joke"
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