2006-12-13 23:49:41 · 2 answers · asked by PaulaV 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
To broaden your horizons in life. Not just nursing.
2006-12-13 23:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by queenmaeve172000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose you're being facetious about having to take some general electives, haha.
Well, I loved my historical geology class during the nursing program, and I guess the thought with having a 'rounded' education is that you are exercising your mind, learning how to discipline yourself. Without that, you'll have a really hard time in nursing because I can tell you- you could memorize all of your nursing/medical books and still fail miserably as a nurse. Nursing is all about judgement, intuition and integrating that with your knowledge base. A creative, flexible, fine-tuned mind will help you make decisions fast and accurately in life threatening situations. Part of why they make nursing school so hard is to get you prepared for the job, weed out those who can't take the heat. So yes, this class will benefit you.
On a second subject, historical medicine is totally cool if you're interested. I've studied it in my free time and have learned so much from the history of medicine/healthcare.
2006-12-14 20:28:03 · answer #2 · answered by DanaZ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋