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I just wanted to thank everyone for their replies. You guys are awesome!!

I understand what you are saying. Originally, my thesis was "... in order to be a better role model for others" the more I thought about it the more I thought exactly what you said. That's why it is now "... in order to be better tobacco free advocates."

Hi everyone, I'm in nursing school and have to write a research paper. I need to have these questions answered for my paper If anyone could help, I would greatly appreciate it. Please include a name, I could use to quote in my paper. 1.How long have you been a nurse? 2.What type of facility are you currently working in? 3. What is your favorite part about being a nurse? 4. Have you used tobacco products since becoming a nurse? 5. Do you work with other nurses who smoke? 6. How do you perceive the nurses who smoke? 7. Do you think nurses who smoke are unable to be effective tobacco cessation advocates? 8. Could you estimate the number of patients you see, if any, with tobacco related issues? 9. Do the nurses who smoke care for their patients as well as nurses who are non-smokers? 10. Are nurses allowed to smoke at the workplace? 11. Can you smell smoke on certain nurses after they return from cigarette breaks? 11.Do patients ever complain about the smell? 12. Do you think that smoking is viewed as a negative attribute when being considered for a leadership/management position? 13. Please share with me any story or detail that you can think of that would pertain to nurses who smoke and their ability to be strong tobacco free advocates.

Great, thank you. I wasn't sure where to post it. I'll figure it out soon. :)

Hi Everyone... I'm Erica. I come to this site every day but this is my first post. I enjoy reading the posts and have learned so much from all of you. Thank you! I graduated in 2001 and started school for Business Administration. I am a cosmetologist and wanted to own my own salon. I have decided that owning my own salon is not what I want to do, and want to start a career in nursing here in Cincinnati, OH. I keep going back and fourth on where I should go, and what I should do. Ideally, I would like to get a BSN and eventually a MSN. I have looked into Christ, Good Sam, Hondros, Galen, Bohecker, Great Oaks, and UC Clermont Transistion. I really want to start this year, so Christ and Good Sam are out of the question because registration has already passed for this fall. I am now stuck. I really liked the Galen campus and staff but have heard a few things about the accreditation and lack of organization that scare me away. I just don't know what to do and I'm considering going to get my LPN at Great Oaks/Cincinnati State because I know for sure my credits would transfer when I do the LPN-RN. I would really like the UC Clermont Transition program but I'm worried that I would not be able to finish because of the highly competitiveness of the program. I didn't do well in High School, although I am very capable and had a high GPA in college. I think I may just have a lack of confidence in school which is scaring me away from the UC program. As you can see, I'm all over the place with this and I really need some help or maybe some new ideas as to what I could do. I'm open to any suggestions. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and hopefully pointing me in the right direction. I'm sure you get posts like this all the time, and I've tried to go back and read old posts but I thought I just needed to ask for myself for specific information.