mellie wrote:Pastafarian wrote:mellie wrote:
Science was my best subject at school and Uni, and whilst I have a number of 'vague' theories on this, I just cant seem to be able to find a credible source detailing why this phenomena occurs.

Yes, but you did Nursing, so the Science in Nursing isn't really science.
Nurses study biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, biology, microbiology, pharmacology and anatomy, the same first and second year units those studying regular biomedical science degrees undertake as undergraduate students, eg, we sat in on lectures attended the same tutorials and completed the same exams as those studding, physio, medicine, pharmacology etc, the only difference being is we complete/finish our sciences in second year, whereas some of them continue on until either third or fourth year.
At USYD, they didn't specifically Taylor our science units to meet nurses criteria, rather we undertook the same units as everyone else studying biomedical sciences at a tertiary level.
Also, a few nursing students found they preferred actual science to nursing, so switched courses half way through, ie, started out completing a nursing degree and came out doctors, microbiologists, chemists etc.
Very versatile when you think about it, this way if you decide you don't really like nursing, at least your science units didn't go to waste, (you can put these units towards completing another degree) likewise with our behavioural science units ie psychology.
So yes, what nurses study at university, (well, the university of Sydney Cumberland campus anyway) is "real science" the only difference being is we stop at the end of second year, whereas other degrees sciences continue on until 3rd or 4th year, depending on their chosen degree.
They structure it this way so the units are interchangeable this and probably more cost effective faculty wise also.
So there you go Pasta, you learn something every day.
