IShallWearPurple

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1. Are you willing to pay more taxes to ensure health coverage for all?

   IShallWearPurple replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Quoting DarrenWright: "This isn't a link that "merely supports" my claim, but rather a link that "actually supports" a factual statement that I made." Let me begin by saying, I am borrowing my wife's...

2. Are you willing to pay more taxes to ensure health coverage for all?

   IShallWearPurple replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Quoting DarrenWright: "And Canada, like the US, is experiencing a nursing shortage. The irony is that Canada is one of the primary sources of immigrating nurses for the US....

3. Stumbled Across

   IShallWearPurple replied to HeiressOfGod's topic in General Nursing

   Greetings!

4. Question about Pell Grants

   IShallWearPurple replied to AprilW3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Once you fill out the FAFSA, you will receive a Student Aid Report (SAR) immediately that will state your Estimated Family Contribution (EFC). This will tell you where you stand in regards to...

5. Nursing Loans?

   IShallWearPurple replied to summersent's topic in General Nursing

   If you are eligible, a Federal PERKINS loan is a wonderful choice. You would need to confirm this with your fin aid officer, but this loan is eligible for full, 100% forgiveness for "nurses and...

6. We make as much as maids

   IShallWearPurple replied to TRN's topic in General Nursing

   As a student nurse, I have worked as a housekeeper for a few clients, and I made 20 dollars per hour cash all the while. Each of these clients had previously employed someone for the same job at a...

7. This semester...

   IShallWearPurple replied to apnea's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   So glad Nursing School treats you well! I wish to add my emphatic ME TOO! to the list of Postive Polly's who love their nursing education experiences. I am doing research (PAID research, even) on...

8. Student blatently sexually harrassed me...

   IShallWearPurple replied to Thedreamer's topic in Male Nursing Students

   I would just keep a little journal of events in a spirit of healthy paranoia. I hope you do not have to go through any more of this mistreatment, but be prepared to draw the line with this person,...

9. What do you do with DISRUPTIVE classmates?

   IShallWearPurple replied to 2bLPNLilPrettyNewyorkr's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Hello, and welcome to the site! This can be a big problem throughout school, for some. I deal with annoyance often in my classes. Reasons include disruptive people talking during lecture,...

10. is salary.com accurate?

    IShallWearPurple replied to hushpupgrl's topic in General Nursing

    Great question! Anyone in MA have input on this? :) It would be wonderful if it is indeed correct. Oh, and where do New Grad nurses tend to fall on the scale? Perhaps it's too hard to pin down, but...

11. CNA's in Western MA

    IShallWearPurple replied to CNA2424's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    SNAP (Student Nurse Apprentice Program) wage begins at $13 this summer. I assume this is equivalent to TA pay as the job is IDENTICAL. Hope this helps, and best wishes at

12. Male Nurses Gay!

    IShallWearPurple replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Nursing Students

    OP said, "My question is this could nursing turn men gay? or is it just gay men are turning into nurses?" No. Nursing cannot turn men gay. No. Gay men are not just "turning into nurses". OP said,...

13. How do you handle student complaints?

    IShallWearPurple replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Yeah, micro was a tough class in our program, too... I'm not sure what the "best" way to grade students is, but perhaps this prof's grade distribution reflects a relative vs. an absolute grading...

14. Pregnant in Nursing school

    IShallWearPurple replied to nathansmom06's topic in General Nursing

    sesese

15. Rampant Cheating

    IShallWearPurple replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Happens quite often. Just today in fact. It's disheartening, frustrating, and MADDENING at times. The professor then spent 20 minutes of lecture time "dialoguing" with our class about how...