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Congrats, Flames - I just finished too! Great to know I have a month off before starting at Gonzaga. I got accepted into their PMHNP as of last week, so I'm excited :) Also happy to have a month off from writing papers and studying.

I do wonder the same. Day after day I see people copy/pasting straight from sources, etc etc - then again, each DQ is worth like 5 freakin points, so the grand total is 50 points, or .5 of a percent! Why they aren't kicked out of the program for plagiarism is another question. I try to comfort myself, knowing some of these people will get their BSN's, by telling myself that I'm headed to grad school with a 4.0 and that there's no way, even if by some miracle they get into grad school too, that they'd make it past the first semester. I tell myself this, even if it's not true because I know some damned thick-as-a-brick nurses that have their Master's degrees . . . .

I figure some of you won't believe this, but in that class that I turned in two students for blatant plagiarism, I then had to turn in the professor as well - I was going to wait until I finished the program, but I couldn't let it go that long. Sent in the proof last week. Ah well. Two classes to go - Capstone, then Leadership. This Trends CLC was the best so far, everyone followed the instructions I set out and we got done way before the deadline. Happy about that little bit of success :)

Actually, that was a fun - and solo,thank goodness - PP presentation. I did mine on "Rainman" but on Tom Cruise's character, Raymond, and his Narcissistic Personality Disorder, his lack of empathy, inability to create emotional bonds with others or recognize the need for them, all while being mystified by his brother's complete inability to do any of these things as well. And, of course, his journey of emotional discovery by the end of the movie. Really enjoyed writing it, probably my favorite assignment - well, the one I'm most proud of thus far.

Last day of Intro to Research. I am absolutely livid at the moment! I had noticed that week #5, under grading, didn't add up to 1000 points - had a whole 150 pts missing. So when people started asking questions about how to turn in their PICOT etc, I was like, "Um, excuse me, but under the Syllabus there's a CLC listed, but not under the assignment tab...." Long story short, yeah, we ended up getting assigned to our groups last Wednesday, FIVE DAYS BEFORE CLASS IS OVER. And I get to have one of the plagiarists that I've turned in put in my group too. I'm just finished trying to shine this [bleep] of a PowerPoint project into something resembling a submission, no thanks to half of my group since they sent me total garbage, of course, and zero time to tell them to redo it. Lesson learned: Check your assignment tab against the syllabus AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO CLASS. That is all for now. UGH!

Same here as well. I was working as an orderly, saw what the RNs were doing, and said, "I can do that too," and double my income (from $6 an hour to $12 - gee, thanks Florida RN pay!). Funny now, I make that much in ten minutes here in California, all these years later . . . . Sure, it's nice to say I've helped people occasionally, that's not a bad thing at all. As Libby said though, definitely wasn't a calling for me, either.

Yep, I've had several nurse managers who fit that description. Their ignorance of their incompetence is laughable, and dangerous. It can border on delusional.

Like asking an eagle if he cares what the pigs think . . . . If I make a mistake, which certainly I am quite capable of, I am happy to own it. tokmom: the professor has obviously talked to this particular student, as her answers have gone from copied scholarly research paragraphs to, well, her own answers. The Academic Standards board has also responded to me, with their recommendations as to how I would proceed in the future, and what I can expect - which is mainly nothing, as it becomes a private matter between the student and the school, which is fine by me. In any case, it's taking up too much of my time. I'm going to keep my head down and worry about my own GPA. I realize that many people hate to write, and/or don't know how. It's a large part of higher education, however. It can only be faked for so long. I'm glad I will see much less of it once I'm in my Master's program - at least, I can certainly hope so.

As an orderly who was paid $3-4 an hour the entire time I was in nursing school, I now consider that to be volunteer work Thankfully, the hospital had tuition assistance so at least most of my schooling was paid for.

I'm saying that I've caught people copying and pasting straight from an article, without quoting it, without citing it, as if they wrote it themselves - and citing a completely different article. It is outright plagiarism. Yes, I've gone through the trouble of Google-searching their paragraphs, because it is obviously not their writing, and I have turned them in to the instructor and the school. Haven't heard back from either, in this class, but I have from other classes.

In my first week of Intro to Research. Four more classes after that. One thing that is driving me 'round the bend is all the plagiarism that I see - every week, every class, since I started last year. I've had it. I'm reporting every single instance I see to my instructor, and I've sent copies to the Academic Counsel as well, my advisers too. So, if you happen to be in Intro to Research with me (Todd C.), and you're copying and pasting stuff straight from sources (cited or otherwise), and I notice, I will be turning it over. If you're writing your own content, well then good on you :)

Glad I'm in Northern California. 99% of OP doesn't apply. Get your nursing unions, other states.

Coming up on the last week of Stats. Gotta say, based upon the forum posts, I'm glad there's no CLC for this. I do feel empathy for my cohorts that just aren't getting it, but surprisingly more people remain on the roster than I expected. Spirituality next, looks like.

It's so easy to highlight passages nowadays, in Word, if highlighting stuff is really necessary. I have been printing out stuff that I'll want to actually study in the future, like the adult physical assessment articles or whatnot. Finishing Community/Public right now. Writing up my 1,500 word assessment of the experience. So glad to get this class out of the way! Really lucky that I got the day off, last Sunday, when the CLC powerpoint was due - I took one look at what we had, and spent two hours revising it, proofreading, spelling/grammar etc etc oh my goodness. Someone, don't know which, had left double spaces between many words, no spaces between others . . . . Wow was that tedious to fix! Ended up with a 95% on the project, which brought my average down from a 99.83% to a 97.8% for the end of wk 4, grr. Anyway, the class isn't nearly as difficult as it looks like from the syllabus. Anyone headed in to that class, feel free to pm me or ask questions here. I'm taking a two week break before starting Stats.

This is the case for me here in NorCal. I've got 20 years as a psych RN - but many of the decent places to work around here are requiring BSNs now (Stanford, Kaiser, e.g.). I do start with Kaiser tomorrow, actually, at an outpatient chemical dependency clinic. Just mentioning that I was in a BSN program impressed the interviewers. However, it's per diem for the moment - and I met the RN who got the f/t position I wanted . . . she looks to be under 30 yrs old So yeah, nothing stopping me now. I'll be 46 in a few days. I refuse to become irrelevant in my own career specialty!