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Did a Nursing School Really Boot a Military Veteran Student Out for Playing With a Gun Phone App

~ Pharmer

No Way!!!!!   The Blaze and the Todd Shnitt Radio show  have revealed an  apparent Nursing School Obamanation!   Dan, a 33 year old military vet reports being suspended from Ultimate Medical Academy, Tampa, FL, for showing Android Phone app, Gun Club 2, to a fellow student.

Is this for real?   The story is that a female student complained to administrators that she felt a threat to her life due to the awesome sound of this phone app.  Dan says the sound quality is pretty wimpy.   Pharmer has the i-Gun app, and yes……… the sound from  small phone speakers does not, in any way,  convey the true sound of gunfire.

UMA  Spokesperson, Linda Weldon, has assured everyone that UMA will not be commenting on this incident, which is good, because  nothing is going to help the reputation of this school, which advertises itself as military friendly, after the word gets out.

Enquiring minds want to know that if a student is traumatized by the sound of  a phone gun app,  what good will she be as a nurse?   How will she handle dementia patients, violent patients, or sex offenders in the various clinical settings??    Is she the preferred quality of student for UMA  to send into the Obamacare environment??

One of those commenting  at the Schnitt show was pondering whether the Ultimate Medical Academy should have accreditation with the Department of Veterans Affairs if they would  allow a military veteran to blow 40,000 dollars and get within three months of graduating, only to expel him for playing a phone app.

Dan has obtained some G.I. Bill  tuition assistance as a veterans’ benefit.  Do avail yourself of the Shnitt link to see that he is NOT  likely a waste of money.  Would this  suspension mean that UMA is burning your tax dollars???  A possible side story is that Dan might be experiencing backlash for objecting to  fellow students cheating, and copying teachers’ test materials.  Perhaps the Veterans administration would like to investigate UMA’s accreditation and use of G.I. Bill funds.ultimate medical academy veterans

Vanderbilt Doubletalk On Their Nursing Residency Requirements

~ Pharmer ~ 1 Comment

Nursing Residency applicants to Vanderbilt’s ‘woman’s health track’ are required to sign a statment containing the following bolded text.

“I am aware that I may be providing nursing care for women who are having” procedures including terminations of pregnancy.

“It is important that you are aware of this aspect of care and give careful consideration to your ability to provide compassionate care to women in these situations,” the acknowledgment states. “If you feel you cannot provide care to women during this type of event, we encourage you to apply to a different track of the Nurse Residency Program to explore opportunities that may best fit your skills and career goals.”

Naturally this would be offputting to any pro-life  applicants, who would probably decide to choose another residency program.  This might be the actual  intention.

John Howser, the medical center spokesman  claimed  that it does not mean to suggest that residents with religious or moral objections will be required to participate in the actual procedures. He , in classic double talk noted that nursing students are not required to sign a similar letter of acknowledgment.

What is the difference?   Why require something of the residents which is not required of the nursing students in that track?

Care for patients who are having abortions would naturally be expected to include assisting with the procedure, unless specifically stated  (in writing) otherwise.   The verbal assurances of Howser, the media frontman, cannot be construed to assure nurses who object to abortion that their conscientous objection will be respected, and that they will not be penalized for it.

David French, senior counsel with the  Alliance Defense Fund is addressing this issue currently, seeking rewording of the application materials for Vanderbilt’s nursing residency program.   The basis for immediate  legal repercussions are the existing  federal restrictions on institutions WHICH ACCEPT FEDERAL GRANT MONEY.

In the era of Obama,  one cannot necessarily  expect enforcement of said restrictions.   A free market  solution is for  the (more competent) pro-life nurses and prospective nursing students  to avoid application to Vanderbilt.  There are many more  educational opportunities available.