Cymy

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1. How to you transport your books & keep them dry?

   Cymy replied to msngrad's topic in General Students

   This summer has been incredibly rainy--I'm only taking one class a day so I only need to transport a binder and textbook at a time. I'm using a Hefty OneZip 2.5 gallon bag into which I can just squeeze the binder and with the paperback (internationa...

2. Stipened housing eligibility, owing 2 homes, paying no state income tax

   Cymy replied to stepaukob's topic in Travel

   I can't tell you whether you can claim your second home as your primary home, but I can tell you that you're almost certainly going to have to pay state income tax regardless if you work in a state that has an income tax. I'll use Massachusetts and N...

3. Books: Is the international version really the same?

   Cymy replied to d0ves's topic in Online Learning

   I used this book last semester. It is indeed exactly the same--I bought it from an eBay seller. The cover is orange instead of green and the girl is in a different position, but that's the only difference. Mine came with a subscription to the webs...

4. Will a criminal record keep me from employment?

   Cymy replied to hjwong's topic in General Nursing

   Were you tried and convicted as an adult? If not, then your record should not be public anyway.

5. What's the weirdest baby name?

   Cymy replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   When I was growing up my little sister had a friend named Michelin. She said her dad had something to do with the tire company. But the company itself is named after its founders, the Michelin brothers, so it's a real name (French, I believe), even...

6. Reasonable time frame for raise???

   Cymy replied to sun_chica's topic in General Nursing

   Wow... you're lucky to have gotten raises on anniversary dates in the past. I haven't worked in nursing at all yet as I am still a student, but I have 14 years experience in business. Unfortunately in most office jobs the concept of a yearly raise ...

7. Rejected from NHCTC - Manch because I don't have any money....

   Cymy replied to MyLittleCody120's topic in New Hampshire

   With A&P you would only have to take an additional two credits in order to get financial aid in the form of loans. What about taking an easy class in addition to A&P? When you start nursing you'll have at least 21 hours a week of class anyw...

8. Should I leave nursing, or is there a better fit for me?

   Cymy replied to SeaShellRN's topic in Career Support

   Based on your description, it sounds like it's the situation you're in, not the field of nursing or the sub-field of oncology nursing that is the problem. With two years of experience under your belt plus experience as a charge nurse, you should be ...

9. Eating healthy on 21 dollars per week...

   Cymy replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism

   Yes, my local supermarket is cheaper than the farmers' markets. But, unfortunately, fresh fruits and vegetables are more expensive than canned and frozen. I support 5 children--one I gave birth to and am still breastfeeding at age 3 (so I do worry ...

10. Eating healthy on 21 dollars per week...

    Cymy replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism

    In my house fruit is a special treat, vegetables are from a can or frozen. If I go out and buy $25 worth of fruit my kids eat it all in two days and I'm lucky if I can get a single banana or apple!

11. Turning down job after accepting?

    Cymy replied to Obiwarz's topic in Career Support

    You might both be better off working at different hospitals and living between them--each of you commute 30 minutes rather than one of you an hour. Working in the same place as a significant other can lead to problems of various sorts. Beyond the o...

12. My brothers stole my thunder!!

    Cymy replied to ooper3076's topic in CNA/MA

    I'm sorry your GOOD news got overshadowed by the follies of your brothers.

13. Anyone hear from NHCTC-Manchester yet??

    Cymy replied to roxxy3773's topic in New Hampshire

    Yea! Congratulations! :)

14. Nutmeg high?

    Cymy replied to occc2010rn's topic in Emergency

    Great, now we'll have to take a little paper card from the spice aisle to the pharmacy and sign the "potential drug abusers list" in order to do holiday baking.

15. I'm starting to think that all Professors are nutcases (long)

    Cymy replied to justme1972's topic in Pre-Nursing

    if you follow that link and scroll down the page, you'll note that professor is also used to indicate any university teacher and comes from the latin "profiteri" which generally means any public teacher. the definition provided by allwords.com seems ...