PadawanLearner

Good luck to you all! Don't freak out during orientation, they will run down a list of all the things that will get you kicked from the program. It will seem overwhelming and you'll have a "what have I gotten myself into" moment, but it will pass. My advice as a recent graduate: record the lectures and follow the syllabi, save you it can. You can do this!

Good luck to those of you starting the program. I graduate the 2 year program in 8 days 9 hrs (not that I'm counting down), and it's been a heck of a ride. Once you're in, don't stress about grades; just do your best. There will be classes you will not get a 4.0 or a 3.5 in, other's you'll wonder if it can really be that easy. Clinical paperwork sucks, it's supposed to; but if I can survive, you can.

I got in too! I was wondering if I started Fall or Spring, but it says I've been accepted to the Fall 2011 program, so I assume that means I start in Fall! I'm beyond excited and will be celebrating tonight! My congrats to everyone else who got in, the fun can now begin!

Double check the points you calculated when you sat down with your advisor and compare them to the letter you got. It's possible they made a mistake, if so, follow up with them. I applied too, and although I'm feeling quite confident that I got in, the wait is grr :)

I'm not sure if that makes the wait anxiety better or worse :) Good luck to you! Hopefully we'll meet at orientation!

Really? The letter I got said not until the end of July.

First I think you need to find out how they calculate scores for entrance into nursing school. Some programs (like where I'm at), only care about the courses required for the nursing program. No other classes get factored into their GPA calculator, so an F in Calculus or Underwater Basket Weaving won't even count. Before you get stressed out, get some real answers from where you intend to apply.

The government won't be paying anything, every taxpayer will. The mathematics of this bill make absolutely no sense to me. The dollar amount the CBO is saying this bill will cost comes out to around $3 million dollars per U.S. citizen, and that's just the amount they're telling us now (you know it will be higher). And all that is just for six years of coverage! For $3 million, you could pay $3000 per month for private insurance for 80 years of coverage.

It's not the school that's setting the high standards, not really. The school has X number of seats and probably 4 times that number of students applying. The students know they have to be competitive, since only the highest scores fill the seats, so they wait to apply until they have the highest score they can get. This raises the cut-off score, which makes students work even harder to get every point they can, which raises the cut-off score a little more. The average GPA to get into the program where I'm at is currently right around 3.75 (the difference between 3.7 and 3.75 is 5 points towards the total entrance points). To the OP, do whatever you can to raise your GPA. Find out if doing volunteer work helps (here 96 hours of volunteer work equals 2 points towards the application).

Yes, on this I agree. But what is being proposed here goes far beyond regulating an industry, especially where the mandate that business and individuals purchase insurance or face penalties is concerned. Congress could regulate the pre-existing condition issue and solve a nice size piece of the problem and not have it cost the taxpayers a dime. But that's not what they are doing.

Moral obligation and legal authority are not the same thing. I feel a moral obligation to help the homeless, but that does not mean that I have to bring them home with me.

I fail to see what the 14th amendment has to do with the question. The 14th amendment reaffirms the individual's rights as guaranteed in the Constitution. It clarifies that a person is both a citizen of the United States as well as a citizen of state in which they reside. So your point is...?

Yes abortion is legal. What makes it legal is the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the Federal Government does not have the authority to tell you that you can't. That's the difference.

That's easy. The 10th Amendment. "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." In other words, if the Constitution doesn't say that Congress can, then it can't. What has been misconstrued over time is Section 8, which says, "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excise to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States." The word Welfare in this case refers to the United States as a whole, not to the welfare of individuals as the word currently is used (i.e. food stamps, etc.). Yes, the government does, but I'll argue that most of those "services" are not enumerated and wouldn't pass a Constitutional challenge. Congress still does it, but that doesn't make it right. There's been a bill floating around Congress for years that simply says that any bill proposed must show that it is Constitutional. Congress hasn't and probably never will pass it because it limits their power. The top 1% could go anywhere, there isn't a nation in this country that wouldn't cater to them. You're right though, they stay because they are catered to, but they do have options, and I would be surprised if many aren't contemplating them. Congress is still saying that any health care bill they come up with won't provide health care coverage to 100% of the people. If everyone can't have it, how is it a "right"? What makes it a "right" in the first place? Everyone now has access to medical care. Anyone can walk into an ER and get treatment when needed. The only "rights" we have are those listed in the Constitution, and health insurance isn't on the list, sorry. What I'm afraid of is that the control we're handing over to Congress bit by bit every time someone has a cause or bright idea whittles away at our individual freedom. We're losing the idea of the individual, of personal freedoms and responsibilities. Remember when Health Care Savings Plans were big news. The concept was that you could put money in an account, tax free, and use it to cover health expenses. It was similar to the idea of being able to opt out of Social Security and put what would normally be paid to that ponzi scheme and put it into an IRA. Those plans wouldn't work for everyone, but they would put responsibility (and control) into the hands of the individual and not the government. Apparently we can't have that.

Sounds like you're advocating for a one world government type thing. No thanks! The UN can publish whatever it wants to, we're not bound by it. We have a little thing we like to call sovereignty, and I'd like to think we won't let someone give that away without a fight, and then we'd fight to get it back. Our system isn't perfect, but it is ours. I don't care how socialized other countries are, it's contrary to our Constitution. I love the use of the word "entitled". In order for the government to give you something, it first has to take it away from someone else (unless the government "owns" a business that's making a profit and has no need to tax its citizens). The top 1% of income earners in this country pay right around 40% of all federal income taxes. What if those 1% of income earners decided they were tired of being the government's cash cow? They certainly can afford to not take an income for a year or two, and they can afford to leave. What kind of statement would that make? Nancy Pelosi's health care proposal is right around the $1 TRILLION dollar mark over ten years (you can probably double that number and be closer to the actual cost). There are just over 300 million citizens here. That's a little over $3 Million per citizen, how's that for expensive health insurance? With $3 Million, I wouldn't have to go to work again...ever...and I'd be able to afford the best "cadillac" health insurance premiums out there. Don't be fooled, this isn't about health insurance coverage, it's about control and political power.

I'm not yet doing clinicals, but after reading others comment on the various fluids/messes they've ended up wearing, it sounds like a good idea to bring a spare set of scrubs, just a thought.

I had sort of the same reaction when I found out on the first day in class. It honestly hadn't occurred to me how we would practice. There were 30 of us in the class and they broke us up into three groups, each group had an instructor. In each group we paired up every night and would practice on each other. Everyone would get poked up to four times per night. It's just the way it is, either you let some untrained, nervous, shaky handed student stick a needle in your vein or your don't go to class. I was tempted to skip lol I did get a few extra points for letting one student everyone else was scared of draw blood off me. As I said, there is an instructor right there, and she is watching and she knows what to look for. If at anytime you feel it's unsafe, you do have the right to say stop.

hiya Misspink, good luck with phlebotomy! I took that course during summer semester and enjoyed it more than I thought I would, although my arms had enough puncture marks to make me look like a drug addict. We were told that we will not start IVs, and in fact vamps in the two main hospitals here do not even draw off of an IV line, RNs do that.

I'm taking Physiology and Pharmacology this semester. Next semester I have to take a couple of pre-reqs I was told I didn't need to take because I have a B.A., but then found out that they're required for the program. Should be easy 4 points. Just have to get through Pharm. lol I'm applying for the accelerated program this coming June. My school does the point based entry "competition", and I'm looking at being at least 5 points higher than the cut off score last year, so here's hoping.

I'm seriously considering taking a direct commission myself. I think Adam is referring to the AF and its reduced combat zone roles. My uncle was a Physician's Assistant attached to an infantry unit. I'm leaning towards medical evacuation.

There are some people on whom I get better results with a Blood pressure cuff instead of a tourniquet. Inflate the Bp cuff as though you were taking a Bp and leave it pumped up until you draw blood.

I'm currently taking Physiology and Pharmacology at LCC. I will be applying to the accelerated program this coming June. After talking with an adviser a few weeks ago, the cut off scores are getting higher. Since the scores are going up, students are working to get more points prior to applying, raising the scores even more. My recipe has been to 4.0 everything, I figure I can get accept lower grades once I'm in the program. My pharmacology class is really showing who is serious and who isn't. About half the class failed ( If you're not currently working in the medical field, start volunteering someplace (it doesn't have to be medically related) 96 hours/year of volunteer work gives you an extra 2 points.

As well as the term "Plutoed" (one of my favorite new words). Getting laid off can be a good thing, it's great you're looking at it that way. Don't forget about filing for unemployment (you can likely get that too). My first reaction was "that must suck", and then I thought about it and now I'm jealous lol. Good luck!

http://www.coolschool.ca/lor/CH11/unit5/U05L10.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_electron The Group an element is in (not counting the transition metals) tells you how many valence electrons an element has. The Period an element is in tells you how many energy levels an element has. Jamie