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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Oct 21, 2019 8:20:01 GMT -6
My direct supervisor is a foreign-licensed MD with ZERO minutes of management/leadership experience prior to being handed the job. He can't practice medicine in the US, has 10 years less experience in the thing we're doing, 10 years less clinical practice, and 35 years less management experience than I do...but he has an MD from the Caribbean, and at this Physician-owned hospital, that is enough to place him over me because of my ADN. Experience and ability mean very little. It's enough to get me into a fairly high position (like I said, I do supervise MDs and RNs. And I participate in decision-making at a high level at this hospital ---all on the strength of my experience and ability to sell them on my skillset), but there are some roadblocks I can't get through without at least a Master's degree. Sounds like a Biden situation. He gets the title and the money and YOU do all the work. Who is his daddy? Healthcare industry is rife with nepotism, favoritism, classism, and a couple of other isms. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Oct 21, 2019 8:33:45 GMT -6
I just saw this. Congratulations and well done, I'm happy for you. Did you like WGU? I have a family member who's considering them. Thanks. Absolutely love WGU. The ability to accelerate through courses allowed me to do the BSN in 10 months. I know many who completed it in 5. It's 100% self paced, 0% group work, all online, and cheaper than any other school (it's non-profit). Also both regionally and nationally accredited. I could have finished the program months earller, but my youngest grandrotten pulled me up short one night about 3 months in when she asked me "Poppy, why do you always do school work now? We never spend any time together. I miss watching Disney Channel with you." I immediately tapped the brakes and recognized that I needed to make sure I was giving the kids (and my wife) the time they needed. The course of study is quite rigorous. It's a LOT of work, some of which feels unnecessary, but as you know every school has that. I've written maybe 20 papers, and won Excellence Awards on 9 or 10 of them. In my first 6-month term, I completed 24 credits (9 classes) working maybe 20 hours a week on school. You start a semester with the basic 12 credit load (8 for graduate-level). Once you complete the originally assigned courses, you can pull other courses from subsequent semesters into the current term. Tuition is flat-rate, no matter how many credit units you complete. During the first 6-month term, you have to have weekly phone contact with your program mentor. Once you've established that you can handle to pace and the "online" aspect of the school, that is altered. I currently just receive a text from my mentor every two weeks or so, asking if I need anything. The school is competency-based...not based on how many weeks you have your ass in a seat listening to a lecture. Once you can demonstrate competency, you're done with the course...I completed several in a day or 2, based on having decades of experience in those areas. |
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Post by koolade2 on Nov 1, 2019 20:10:55 GMT -6
Well Unarmed Frog I want to congratulate you on this. Watching you through your comments on the board. There is more to say that with my limited Writing skills leave me in a blind.
By the Way I left a Meme that will fit you quite well in another thread. I hadn't been in this area for a very long time. I just read this today
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Nov 1, 2019 20:24:15 GMT -6
Well Unarmed Frog I want to congratulate you on this. Watching you through your comments on the board. There is more to say that with my limited Writing skills leave me in a blind. By the Way I left a Meme that will fit you quite well in another thread. I hadn't been in this area for a very long time. I just read this today Thanks, buddy. Now two classes into my Master's degree course of study, with 10 to go. With baseball being done, maybe I can finish this before Spring Training. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Nov 3, 2019 19:25:23 GMT -6
Well Unarmed Frog I want to congratulate you on this. Watching you through your comments on the board. There is more to say that with my limited Writing skills leave me in a blind. By the Way I left a Meme that will fit you quite well in another thread. I hadn't been in this area for a very long time. I just read this today Thanks, buddy. Now two classes into my Master's degree course of study, with 10 to go. With baseball being done, maybe I can finish this before Spring Training. But if you study, who will entertain us? Think about US, man! |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Nov 3, 2019 19:42:20 GMT -6
Corch vs. Saint, the primitive screwheads, can entertain you while I'm busy
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Post by thomasj13 on Nov 4, 2019 8:46:38 GMT -6
Corch vs. Saint, the primitive screwheads, can entertain you while I'm busy TINWSS |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2019 8:55:06 GMT -6
Corch vs. Saint, the primitive screwheads, can entertain you while I'm busy  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2019 9:29:46 GMT -6
Corch vs. Saint, the primitive screwheads, can entertain you while I'm busy TINWSS Damn it. There is no such acronym. (At least in the search engines) Was that a Pee Wee made you look moment? |
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Post by thomasj13 on Nov 4, 2019 9:48:13 GMT -6
Damn it. There is no such acronym. (At least in the search engines) Was that a Pee Wee made you look moment? Added a N for not That Is Not What She Said. |
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Post by sempersmom on Nov 4, 2019 11:29:10 GMT -6
Corch vs. Saint, the primitive screwheads, can entertain you while I'm busy Ugh, their bickering is not entertaining at all. I may actually do some work instead. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Nov 4, 2019 13:40:03 GMT -6
Maybe we can set up a Refugee fight night. First match will be PaAstro vs. Coach. The winner will face nathangarza the next round.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Nov 4, 2019 13:59:48 GMT -6
lol...
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Nov 11, 2019 12:10:08 GMT -6
One of the negatives associated with a self-guided online college education is that a lazy mfer can really lose focus and waste a lot of time/money by not consistently working on school stuff and instead spending all his time on baseball forums or watching shows on Hulu/Netflix/Amazon Prime.
It's me. I'm the lazy mfer.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Dec 11, 2019 10:00:12 GMT -6
Maybe we can set up a Refugee fight night. First match will be PaAstro vs. Coach. The winner will face nathangarza the next round. Did you ever watch those Clay-mation celebrity fights they used to have on MTV back when it was still a good channel? Hilarious. Since I finished the Bachelors degree in October, I have completed 4 of the graduate-level courses in my program... just wrapped up Contemporary Pharmacotherapeutics last night, and it SUCKED. 8 classes to go for my Masters degree. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2019 10:06:03 GMT -6
Say versus vintage Pharmacotherapy? Alex, I'll take Laudlum, electro-shock, and Snake Oil for $2000 please.  |
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Post by abregmanfan on Dec 11, 2019 10:11:12 GMT -6
Maybe we can set up a Refugee fight night. First match will be PaAstro vs. Coach. The winner will face nathangarza the next round. Did you ever watch those Clay-mation celebrity fights they used to have on MTV back when it was still a good channel? Hilarious. Since I finished the Bachelors degree in October, I have completed 4 of the graduate-level courses in my program... just wrapped up Contemporary Pharmacotherapeutics last night, and it SUCKED. 8 classes to go for my Masters degree. I remember a Marilyn Manson clay-mation fight. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Dec 15, 2019 12:39:52 GMT -6
As some of you know, I'm in school at an older age than normal. I'm a registered nurse with just an Associate's Degree in Nursing. The program I'm in is what they call a bridge program...it basically is an RN (non-Bachelor's) to MSN (Master of Science in Nursing). The program does confer the Bachelor's of Science in Nursing when the appropriate courses are completed. My last task has been submitted and awaits grading by evaluators. If it passes, I will have achieved the BSN portion of my program, and will be 75% done with my Master's Degree. I turned it in yesterday morning at 0900. They allow for a 72 hour turnaround, though it isn't guaranteed. Hoping it passes without need for revision so I can get that degree under my belt. I was the first person in my family to graduate from High School. I was the first to attend and graduate from college. I will be the first with a graduate degree if I somehow manage to complete this exceedingly difficult program. I worked myself out of Appalachian-level poverty through careers in law enforcement and corrections followed by a stint in call center management, and finally neonatal nursing. None but the nursing required any college degree. Being a poor kid in high school, I never got any "guidance" from our "guidance counselors" and had no idea how to go to college. I just knew I didn't have any money to pay for it, so I just kept working instead. I wanted to go to college, I just didn't know how to accomplish it. The years passed, and I just focused on my careers and bettering my life. I went to nursing school, and finally got a degree in my early-40s. Now in my mid-50s, I'm finally nearing the goal I set in the 1980s. I won't lie...it makes me feel prideful. The job I have currently has me supervising physicians and nurses. All but one of them have superior education to mine. It's becoming hard to compete in healthcare and hospital management, especially at my age, without at least a Master's degree. Here's hoping that I wake up to my Bachelor's degree tomorrow, so that I can get back to work on the Masters classes. I guess I missed this......Congratulations, Bortaz.....i was the first member of my father's family to earn a college degree. He passed away when i was 20 and didn't live to see me get that degree. He had quit school at a young age to work to help support his parents and siblings. He was determined that my sister and I would not only graduate high school,but, also earn college degrees......Both of us did that and both of us spent over 30 years in public education in Texas and are now retired. i not only congratulate you,but, I salute you for your hard work and determination to succeed at reaching your goal. You have every right to feel prideful. You worked hard for what you accomplished. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Dec 15, 2019 15:01:55 GMT -6
Thanks corch. I appreciate it.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jun 12, 2020 0:06:51 GMT -6
After 18 months of hard work, I’ve finished my Masters degree in Nursing Leadership and Management. It wasn’t easy to do this at my age. Very happy to be done, but bittersweet that my biggest supporter (mom) didn’t live long enough to see me complete it.  |
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Post by Saint on Jun 12, 2020 14:03:02 GMT -6
After 18 months of hard work, I’ve finished my Masters degree in Nursing Leadership and Management. It wasn’t easy to do this at my age. Very happy to be done, but bittersweet that my biggest supporter (mom) didn’t live long enough to see me complete it. Well done, sir. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jun 12, 2020 16:43:32 GMT -6
Saint thanks, you still considering it?
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Post by abregmanfan on Jun 12, 2020 20:27:45 GMT -6
After 18 months of hard work, I’ve finished my Masters degree in Nursing Leadership and Management. It wasn’t easy to do this at my age. Very happy to be done, but bittersweet that my biggest supporter (mom) didn’t live long enough to see me complete it. But the thing is Boraz is that your Mother knew you were going to complete it. I am sure that made her very proud. Rock on Brother!!! |
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Post by Saint on Jun 15, 2020 6:21:09 GMT -6
Saint thanks, you still considering it? Considering? Yes. Close to doing anything about it? No. Covid has kind of put a halt to a lot of plans at the moment. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jun 24, 2020 8:18:09 GMT -6
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Post by abregmanfan on Jun 24, 2020 11:23:02 GMT -6
Way to go Idaho! Congrats! |
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