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I applied to 2 programs and one of them required all prerequisites be completed prior to the start date (but no CNA license was required), and the other program was the exact reverse. I had A&P II this summer and one guy in there was sweating i...

LYNDAA, your stats final post cracked me up. I do that all the time -- figure out what I need to score on the final to keep my grade in a class.

I feel the OP's pain. I ended up taking a remedial (now called developmental) algebra class, then college algebra, then finite math (was originally an accounting major), and then calculus for biz and social sciences (which is calculus I & II com...

At my local community college, several successful applicants got a C in either AP I or AP II; many got Cs in chemistry (low Cs at that!). As another poster already mentioned, many colleges now adhere to a point system to try to bring some transparenc...

I got curious about St. Joseph of Cupertino and found this on a Wikipedia page about him: Joseph was beatified in 1753 and canonized in 1763. He has been declared the patron saint of air travelers, aviators, astronauts, people with a mental handicap,...

Love both pics above.

Chemistry. Definitely. My professor used canned, unedited test questions from the textbook test bank and the questions were often very unclear. I have an English degree from a while ago and I was continually pointing out questions that were ambigu...

Could they have found out that you were seeking counseling? This should NOT have mattered..I'm just curious about this since you (the OP) mention this in your post. Were you seeking counseling through a university resource, such as a university run...

I agree with the others who suggested moving. Where I live in rural NW IL, the local community college's ADN program is far less competitive than it used to be. Part of the reason is that ADNs are slowly but surely being phased out, and many hospit...

This is a great thread. Each company/ hospital will inevitably develop its own culture, and apply standard, industry-wide rules in slightly different ways w/ varying interpretations. My thought in your situation would be ask the charge nurse what t...

Yeah, the part about not over sharing. Goes for any job, not just "professional" jobs. Goes for school, too. Heck, I even practice that advice in my social/ private life!

Congrats to the OP and kudos to all the responders, too. As I read the original post, I was thinking, "uh-oh, here we go!" and expecting some kind of backlash. I am happy none has occurred as yet. I have not struggled with addiction, and thank my ...

I believe if you deem a situation to be serious/ potentially life-threatening, you need to strongly advocate your position. This is the exact phrase used in Crew Resource Management lingo. "I am advocating my position." CRM also champions using th...

Is there a way to appeal the write up? I would try to appeal it if at all possible. This whole situation is pretty goofy. At a company I used to work for (not health care related), write-ups became SO common. I knew of several co-workers who got ...

This made me laugh!

Just because the state boards of nursing choose to establish higher standards than those that might be set by the government, does not mean it is not government regulated. By your own words, there is a point at which lower standards would trigger go...

I agree with some of your post, and understand where you are coming from, and I support the right to home school, but I do not believe that someone who is home schooled is necessarily "far better equipped to cope than the average American youth, who ...

Sorry, this may sound harsh, but I'd say you need to make new friends. That guy sounds like a kook. You are against the idea of his daughter going to a third world country with no regulations to practice w/out credentials... If we abandon formal ed...

I believe some people are well meaning when they ask this, but for others, there might be a little envy at play. No better way to squelch feelings of envy than to try to one up a person, even if indirectly w/ a comment like that. While I realize it...

This just shows you how different people have different perceptions about things. 24 too old? Wow. That's like an actress in her 20s getting a face lift. 24 is an excellent age to begin nursing school. I am sorry your parents are not that suppor...

Should this surprise anyone? NPs are a threat to their hegemony. NPs have taken over many roles in health care once solely filled by physicians, and have affected the salary dynamics of the profession. AAFP is a physicians' lobbying organization a...

I kind of hesitate to say I told you so, but...um... I told you so!!! I'm happy you took the initiative to investigate this issue w/ the powers the be -- very constructive and proactive. This puts this issue behind you and allows you to concentrate ...

CrazierThanYou, That nurse has a friend punch her in? That is a fire-able offense at most work places from my experience. Even one time, even for one minute. That's a form of employee theft in the eyes of employers. I'm surprised she has gotten a...

I would like to re-iterate what others have said. Check with the programs you are interested in and go from there. Here in IL, I am amazed at the prerequisite differences. Northern Illinois U's BSN program only requires one basic chemistry w/ a la...

er..I meant "unemployment offices are tasked w/ bringing down unemployment numbers, not employment numbers..." Also, I would ask about time limitations on these restrictions, such as when they expire. I was unclear about this in the original post. ...