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so how did the meeting go?

Since I can no longer edit my post I'd like to add Tanning to the list of nonsensical but legal crap that people do that negatively impacts ones health but employers aren't running around testing people for to manage health insurance premiums. When my non-smoking peers have to stop binge drinking, tanning and eating at fast food restaurants then I will surrender my qualm, to whatever nicotine test I'm prescribed to.

The hospital programs can be pretty flexible, especially if you get the college courses out of the way first. Pretty much any program you participate in, you will have to take A&P 1 and 2 at the same school because different colleges structure the courses differently. Even though you are taking A&P 1 at CCAC, you can still go to a hospital program and take A&P 2 at CCAC and then transfer the credits in later.

I've heard of nicotine testing and I think its a total load of bullcrap. I am a "light" or "casual" smoker. I can go an entire shift without smoking.... or not smoking before work. Regardless I would fail a test for nicotine. I have no issue with employers imposing rules regarding to smoking "on campus" or coming to work smelling of smoke. One's appearance (including odor) and activities on the clock are 100% the concern of an employer. Believe it or not, many people, myself included, despite being smokers can manage appropriate professional decorum. Shocking, I know... Until employers begin imposing rules and limitations for casual alcoholism or poor diet which MANY MANY non-smokers participate in and still very negatively impacts those individuals health care needs and costs without impacting their ability to perform, I will still think its a load of said bullcrap.

Yeah... I think those are the replies she gave an "honest thanks" for.

Why don't you just retake the chemistry?

or.... to an accelerated BSN since you already have a BA and then do an MSN psychiatric focus... if that's an interest of yours. A Masters degree in Counseling + an RN license does not give you license to prescribe therapeutic devices or medications, order referrals and may not allow you to practice independently. Depending on where you end up working you may just be seen as a counselor who happens to have an RN license or an RN with a masters degree in something else but not really be able to unite the two. Ex: Earning a masters degree in engineering + an associates degree in architectural studies would not allow you to to obtain licensure as a practicing architect, earning a PhD in education and a nursing license does not qualify you to be a clinical nursing instructor. Nursing scopes of practice between education levels differ from Psychology and counseling scopes of practice in the same education levels. Combining the two won't necessarily take you to the place you want to end up (not really sure where that is). Basically what I'm trying to say here is try your best to figure out what you want to do in the end, just because you have a grab bag of credentials doesn't mean employers or Licensure boards are going to acknowledge them all. Since debt is an issue, look at it this way: Is it more reasonable to pay off Bachelors and Masters on a counselors pay... or Bachelors Masters and ADN on nurses pay. Just some thoughts.

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That seems a little extreme ^ I think OP is entitled to be proud of themselves and their work. Not sure how we read that they're trying to be the "center of attention". This "working when you're off" stuff happens pretty much to everyone I know that works in any specialized area.... that isn't a paper pushing office job. My mother is a prime example. She has been working in litigation for over 20 years and any time anyone needs a title transferred, a support order modified, a divorce settled, a DUI handled..... every Tom, Dick and Harry is ringing her phone for "advice". My uncle... a contractor. Broken dishwasher? Ceiling caved in? Pipe leak? Circuit breaker? Clogged flue? everyone and their mother is calling him for ..."a quickie fix". Free-loader culture is everywhere, OP you're not alone. It's especially difficult with family and close friends.... and spreads like a virus once something emergent happens to one of THEIR best friend... and THEIR brothers kid... and so on and so on.... then you're known as the "go-to" person. But you're NOT the go to person... the only thing you want to "go to" is BED! I agree with another poster that said to work on your go-to lines. "Thats really outside the scope of my practice, I recommend you call Ms. xxx" or whatever. I do hear ya on this: Isn't it odd how Lawyers are over priced sheisters, cops are out of control jerks, nurses are lazy and over paid, contractors are liars and crooks...... UUUUUUNNNNNTTIL: They get a parking ticket...or an infection....or a broken window.... and want someone to help them for free...

Well, some "online" programs still require that you participate in proctored tests on campus....I think Pitt offers their Rn to bsn program online via satellite campuses but you still have to come in occasionally for labs and stuff. I've heard Chatham and rmu can he fully online (both are Pittsburgh area)

Where in Pa?

"I think if the hospital offers a permanent job on a unit (not on float pool) after the internship, we have to sign a year contract." So if they offer you a job you have to take it and sign a contract? or you can decline? I think you need a 100% yes or no on that. Really scope out the details of this program before you make a decision. Are other people intending to proceed with employment after the internship? Is the program architected to be a training program with the possibility of long term employment? An orientation to hire situation would be an all together different story, as .... you'd be walking away from a job you were hired to after x amount of time. I'd really make serious inquiries into your employers expectations of you before you make a decision either way, as... you might not really have anything to worry about...or you might.... nobody can say though until you know the specifics of the situation you're in.

And actually it does matter if they like it or not, since their tuition is paying for it.

I HATE blackboard. Moodle ftw!

Didn't you all start this week???? HOW IS IT :D : O

Nobody can say whether or not you will get accepted into the program with the arrest record and charges. Many schools will accept students with criminal records....however... clinical sites and future employers may not allow you to participate in their program/employment. Depending on whats on your record the BON may not give you a license. But nobody here can speak to what they will say to you... only those entities can. Honestly talk to the school and see what they say....BEFORE you take all kinds of classes only to find out you may not be eligible for clinicals.

hey cbarbello. I'll scan it in and email it to you.

I've got 4 diffusers. A Solano, A Sedu, A T2 and a Conair. Not one of them really helps me dry my hair any faster, Unless I'm in a high humidity situation which in Pittsburgh is a little less than never wahhhhhh. Diffusers DO on the other hand make my hair BIGGER. doublewahhhhhhh Perhaps I should just ...SHAVE IT ALL OFF : O

Oh yall thanks so much for participating in this ^^ I felt really stupid making this post in the first place. I really don't want to outright ask my clinical instructor up front and say "oh hey can I come in with wet hair" because I'm certain the immediate response will be "absolutely not", without them having seen it to know that it might not be as dramatic as it sounds. In reality an outright "no" or "absolutely not" or something of that nature would effectively shackle me to an additional 10 hours a week of hairstyling and hundreds of $$ on treatments and products. To be honest, my hair isn't even really that unmanageable. The only time its unmanageable is when it needs to be dry by a certain time or straigtened or coiffed to a certain standard. Its just gorgeous (not to toot my own horn but ) when I wash it and leave it the hell alone. If only social and professional standards accommodated that!! grr. Its been a mixed bag of advice so I think I'm going to: a. Flatiron for a bit to stay under the radar. b. Show up one day with my wet (not soaking) hair, but with supplies to remedy just in case and gauge response. c. Repeat a & b until I either get a "stop doing that" or a go ahead. Or perhaps ask on a day that my hair is wet if its ok to be in that state so it can be SEEN while the judgement is being made. I still can't get over how stupid this whole thing sounds, but I simply cannot fathom the idea of waking up at 4 in the morning and sitting on the couch every day waiting for my hair to dry. Hopefully I can land a 2nd or 3rd shift job when I graduate and not even have to worry about this (amongst other reasons.) Thanks again everyone clinicals start very soon and I'll be sure to let you know how the whole thing pans out.

. As for the job interviews... Every serious job interview I've ever been on, I've had my hair professionally styled beforehand. LOL, ITS LIKE THAT. People are not always hep to the jive on how the whole curly styling process works so I just cut the crap and go to a pro.

Glad you can relate! I'm thinking flatironing the night before is the only option, which stinks because I like being a curly and don't want to chemically process it! Better grow this stuff out by the time I start working so I can bun-it. Also don't want any readers here to think I'm so shallow as to write about my hair on a nursing forum. It's just that, having "unmanageable" hair really integrates itself into your life. I know many a curly from my curly forum that spend hours (yes hours) a day making their hair look presentable so they can adhere to the professional standards of others. I'm trying to avoid having to be that person ^

Mine was big and raised right after it too. And then it flattened out and disappeared. There was almost no indication that I had even had the test done by the time I went to get it read. Nurse chocked it up to being sensitive to the delivery solution.

Hey all thanks for the advices! Problems though. The idea of a bun is great and all but my hair is not even close to long enough for such a contraption. So there goes that. Curly or straight, its still above my collar. About an inch or two shorter than Rachel True's in this pictar: http://i2.listal.com/image/1146944/600full-rachel-true.jpg Also for those who are familiar with hairtyping, I'm a mixed ethnicity, mostly 3c some 3b. "Second Day Hair" does not exist for me. If I slept on my hair and showed up to work I'd look worse than if I had come with it wet. I'm a religious headbander and have probably close to 10,000 bobby pins in my house currently for curly hair styling, but it really just looks like garbage when I diffuse it or sleep on it. Guess I'll be flatironing

So I'm a curly girl (very). I'll soon be starting clinicals and would like to avoid even having this discussion with my professors unless I have to. As many curly haired people know, there is a fine line (often dictated by a .10 point change in barometric pressure or wind direction) between having beautiful springy curls and looking like a bat-**** crazy bag lady. Now, many of my curly haired brethren rely on air drying their hair (which for me can take anywhere for 1 - 8 hours lol). Is it totally unprofessional to show up to work in a medical setting with wet or partially wet hair? Is that allowed? Unsafe? There is a long discussion about this on a naturally curly hairstyle site I participate in, but most of the discussion is focused on office jobs, which doesn't really apply to this type of work, so I figured I'd ask here!

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