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  1. financial aid

    coast2coast replied to d00d00butter's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you start in Fall 2011, then your first year of financial aid will be based on 2010 tax returns. In terms of filling out the FAFSA, it is pretty thorough. You have to declare brokerage accounts...

  2. Cosmetic Nursing Decision - Please Advise

    coast2coast replied to SparkleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have you considered asking your current employer for a raise/benefits/etc ? Depending on the dynamic w/ your current employer, you might also be able to use the new job offer as a bargaining tool....

  3. essential oils killing super bugs?

    coast2coast replied to anonymousstudent's topic in Patient Education

    You've got me curious sethmctenn. I didn't realize there had been in vivo work done on EO's ... care to share

  4. Any NPs ever been paid this way?

    coast2coast replied to linearthinker's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are an awful lot of red flags here. Sounds like there is monkey business going on with taxes, and if the IRS arrives on his doorstep, you'll become a part of that chaos. Add to that his...

  5. Why Do Nursing Instructors Rely So Heavily On PowerPoints To Teach?

    coast2coast replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    AOx1, it is interesting to hear a faculty perspective on this. I have to admit that I would be one of the students who hated your class. Discussions and skits teach to the slowest students, and, as...

  6. Cost for your MSN degree vs. Salary increase

    coast2coast replied to JSBoston's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Unlike 99% of the posters on AN, I am not afraid of educational debt. I will be well over the 6 figure mark in student loans when I graduate with my NP. My reasoning is: I am young, and have every...

  7. Statistics Course Required?

    coast2coast replied to luvbug080688's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm not sure that my school required stats, but I think perhaps it was on the GRE, which was required. I think it was basic stuff like probability/t tests/p values/etc. Could be totally wrong - it...

  8. Ashamed of nursing school

    coast2coast replied to MzTayTay's topic in General Students

    You'd rather be known as an education major than a nursing student ?! That's not shame, that's psychosis

  9. How bad is an "F" for a science course

    coast2coast replied to cookie91's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Keep in mind that you need to truly understand the basic material in order to do well in upper-level classes. Regardless of whether you have a C or an F right now - neither of those grades guarantee...

  10. essential oils killing super bugs?

    coast2coast replied to anonymousstudent's topic in Patient Education

    How would an oil attach a virus or a bacteria? Why would it be better at doing that than your own immune system? If you can't find any supporting evidence that doesn't come from a company trying to...

  11. Why Do Nursing Instructors Rely So Heavily On PowerPoints To Teach?

    coast2coast replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    The absolute WORST are the powerpoint slides that are purchased by the same company that makes textbooks. Consistently terrible ... they shouldn't be allowed to use those things. Powerpoint is a...

  12. In need of some help...

    coast2coast replied to shincs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had this same problem during undergrad ... partied away my first two years and totally trashed my GPA. I'm talking an F, a D, and a couple of C's. It was pretty bad. The only way I managed to fix...

  13. Plan to become nurse practitioner any advice

    coast2coast replied to Curious88's topic in General Nursing

    Somebody think of the children

  14. Plan to become nurse practitioner any advice

    coast2coast replied to Curious88's topic in General Nursing

    You've got a long road ahead of you

  15. How can an instructor improve your education?

    coast2coast replied to TooterIA's topic in General Students

    - My best professors have always been ... the ones who don't use powerpoint. They give significantly (100X) better lectures and foster significantly more learning than those that use powerpoint....

  16. Plan to become nurse practitioner any advice

    coast2coast replied to Curious88's topic in General Nursing

    Well then you will LOVE learning to do rectal exams and pap smears as an NP That attitude will not get you into NP school, and probably not PA, MD, or DO

  17. Advice to nursing students from a hiring manager

    coast2coast replied to Linda328's topic in General Students

    My thoughts exactly ! Generalizing one hospital's hiring practice to the entire country is pretty

  18. Books...Yowza

    coast2coast replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I get your argument that you may break even re-selling books that you've bought. That being said, my experience (particularly with science texts), has been one of new editions coming out and getting...

  19. % of people failing your program?

    coast2coast replied to woahmelly's topic in General Students

    if they aren't passing ... they aren't smarter than you

  20. Nursing schools in Montreal Canada

    coast2coast replied to waithera's topic in International Nursing

    Concordia might be a good place to do pre-req's, and I think McGill has a nursing school. UdeM is cheaper but 100% French, probably has nursing but not sure. FYI ... if you don't have citizenship,...

  21. Post-Mortem Care

    coast2coast replied to sarabellum1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    for a bad case of the heeby-jeebies, 2 recommendations: - talk to the pt/body/deceased. seriously ! it helps you remember that it's a person in front of you and not a Scary Dead Body OMG. - if...

  22. Interview outfit--is this ok?

    coast2coast replied to SydneyJo1's topic in General Nursing

    maybe you could wear flats? they are easy to get in jewel tones or a nice seasonal plaid and are a good way to add color to an outfit. i would say don't go buy 1" clunkers that look out-of-date -...

  23. how do you become an organ transplant tech.?

    coast2coast replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    jdpbsn, now you've spiked my curiosity. you're saying the "procurists" are going in for tissue(s) for research, separately from anything being removed for transplantation? or they are working on...

  24. excessive talking and opinions might hurt me in the medical field

    coast2coast replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Johnny, I know a place where your opinions would be valued and celebrated. I'm pretty sure it's against the rules to give you the actual link, but it rhymes with "schmudent proctor

  25. Best makeup for clinicals?

    coast2coast replied to chinacatSN's topic in General Students

    It's the only way I can make myself feel human at 5 in the morning ... eyeshadow in one hand, coffee in the