plasmatix

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1. Nursing Admission Essay, help please!

   plasmatix replied to lilac6's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I sent you a PM with some edits meant to clarify certain statements. They are suggestions, NOT definites. You should use what you feel good about. After all, it's supposed to be your personal statement. Overall, I think it's pretty darn good. Your...

2. charting assignment help - cholecystectomy

   plasmatix replied to J-NO's topic in Student Assist

   a keen observation and some cautionary advice, wrapped in a lovely quote. alas, it's a message overlooked by increasing numbers of today's "communicators", who seem hell-bent on intentionally limiting their linguistic fluency to twitter-speak. i do ...

3. charting assignment help - cholecystectomy

   plasmatix replied to J-NO's topic in Student Assist

   J-NO, I'm not sure, but I think that you may have missed half of GrnTea's message/suggestion. Did you see the part about checking your lab text for info on focused assessments? I can certainly appreciate that you're being overloaded with schoolwork...

4. Pre-requisite question

   plasmatix replied to Weezy24's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Weezy, IMHO it won't be a waste of time. However, aside from my opinion, there's the question of whether you plan to attend a BSN program, either for your first nursing degree, or an RN-to-BSN in the future. Keep in mind that many BSN programs req...

5. Tired of hearing about the kids.

   plasmatix replied to TECHTORNHOPEFULLY's topic in Relations

   33762fl, i'm old enough to have witnessed the feminist movement of the 60s-70s, and can fully recall just how limited the options were for women in the pursuit of an education and a career prior to that. i want to haul off and slug those of my genera...

6. For Those Considering A Career In Nursing

   plasmatix replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Career Support

   Fabulous post! I very much appreciate the considerable amount of thought and time that I know you put into it. Unfortunately, the people we need to heed this are the very ones whose heads it will fly over. They may read it, but they're so into thei...

7. nursing schools without accreditation

   plasmatix replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

   John F. Kennedy, Jr. did not fail the NYS bar exam ten times. He didn't even fail the bar "something like" ten times. He did, however, take the bar exam 4 times in a 15-month period. He graduated from New York University School of Law in 1989, and ...

8. "Smart Is The New Rich" Graduate Nurses Cannot Find Work

   plasmatix replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

   Call my ex. I can't take credit for laughs that his "assets" get me. Although I wish that I was still in a position to take his assets.

9. "Smart Is The New Rich" Graduate Nurses Cannot Find Work

   plasmatix replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

   Not me. I've heard a LOT of those in my time. At least 70 or 80 from my ex-husband, alone. I like the idea that I've been able to add to his repertoire.

10. "Smart Is The New Rich" Graduate Nurses Cannot Find Work

    plasmatix replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding is that National Geographic is neck-in-neck with Vogue for a Valentine's Day pictorial, Paco. Subjects of the article are holding out for the cover. Personally, I don't understand why you're interested in a story about my ex-husband...

11. "Smart Is The New Rich" Graduate Nurses Cannot Find Work

    plasmatix replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Altra, I agree totally with your sentiments, and I'm very happy to see that people are noticing this trend. However, it's getting increasingly difficult to identify "legitimate" journalism. Almost every mainstream media source (newspaper, magazine,...

12. Waiting to get in

    plasmatix replied to CupcakeMonster's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Sarah, I think you have a great start on being a fine nurse. I'm not referring to your grades, but to your ability to think ahead and to use your time effectively. That's a quality that is much more rare than you would expect. It's a smart move to ...

13. 3.8 GPA good for admission??

    plasmatix replied to china.graves's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Your refs sound good; I'd choose a professor from your current school, over the family friend. FMU will be interested in things about you that aren't always easy to tell from GPA alone, such as your attitude in the classroom, your consistency in sub...

14. Retake Micro and A&P 2

    plasmatix replied to KAN44's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I can't say that this is the case with your friends, but I hear about an awful lot of students who have near-perfect GPAs, 'A's in all sciences, in the 99th percentile on the TEAS....and they're turned down. keepmovinglpn is right: often there's mor...

15. Transfer to a BSN program or finish bachelor?

    plasmatix replied to mixie's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I can't make it quite that easy, but I can make it a little less labor-intensive. Go to the website of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing; The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education is their accreditation arm. http://www.aacn.nche...