...since the day I graduated from nursing school. It is one of the topics of conversations that I have with my parents, managers, and co-workers. Every time I planned to go back to school something always came up, and I had another excuse to put it off. “Time control is life control”, as Lake & Von Baeyer (2005) mentioned and I did not manage that my time as well. Honestly, I will be glad to scratch it off my list of goals. There is a certain weight that I have been carrying on my shoulders, and I will be glad when it is lifted off. Aside from that, I am excited to learn how to be more of a leader in this profession and the opportunities it will bring me. I’m eager to enter “the next stage of professional and personal development.” (Catalano, 2003) The thought of going back to school always scared me overall. Writing has never come easy for me. I feared that my writing assignments might not be college level material since it has been so long. Formatting papers in APA frightened me even more. Knowing that I had to take Statistics was an issue for me because I prefer learning math in a classroom with an instructor present. All these things haunted me but my greatest fear would be of failing. The way I can overcome these fears is to face the fear head on. I will address these as just fears and refocus on the positive aspects like how much better as a person this will make me. I will continue to think positively and filter out these thoughts. That is how I always approach obstacles...
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...Question 3 What do you look forward to, as you begin this educational experience and your personal search for purpose? What is your greatest fear? How can you overcome it? Write about one specific educational experience from your past where you addressed a fear and overcame it and how you succeeded in this process. I look forward to implement my knowledge which I got by this education to be in better position in my professional career and be a efficient clinical nurse for the assistant of my patients. I fear about to implement my thinking in word and sentence on my essay papers I came from India and this is my first experience in online classes but I can overcome my fear by improving my writing skills by writing different essays and many discussion and in presence As I begin this experience, I look forward to expanding my education and becoming a better nurse for my patients. My greatest fear is being able to write well-written papers because it has been a while since I have had to write one. I can overcome my fear by watching the tutorial videos and practicing my writing skills through these discussion boards and future essays. One specific educational experience from my past where I addressed fear was when I came to this country for this first time and had to pass my RN exam. Although I was afraid, I studied to the best of my ability, took the exam and passed it. If I let my fear overcome my dreams, I would not be where I am now. I was able to succed in this process because...
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...System Admin Max Points: 15.0 What do you look forward to, as you begin this educational experience and your personal search for purpose? What is your greatest fear? How can you overcome it? Write about one specific educational experience from your past where you addressed a fear and overcame it and how you succeeded in this process. I certainly look forward to completing the RN to BSN program on schedule. As an experienced and competent RN of 12 years, my management has given me an opportunity to serve as an intermittent Charge Nurse and a Preceptor on a 24-bed surgical unit. I serve as a Charge RN to my colleagues as well as a preceptor to new hires with BSN degree. I have a good rapport and a good working relationships with my colleagues. Assuming roles a leader with ADN, gave the drive and the motivation to advance my education by obtaining my BSN degree. My employment has offered a scholarship program to any diploma and ADN who have ambitions to advance their education through the NNEI (National Nursing Education Initiatives). I took the opportunity and applied for the program which is now being processed. My biggest fear would be a failure to complete the BSN program on schedule. I want to be a good role model and an inspiration to my 12-year old who is a 7th grader. I want to prove and set examples not just to my daughter, but to my employment, colleague and friends that failure is never an option. I’m also under a contract agreement from the NNEI who will be funding...
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...What do you look forward to as you begin this educational experience and your personal search for purpose? What is your greatest fear? How can you overcome it? Write about one specific educational experience from your past in which you addressed a fear and overcame it and how you succeeded in this process. I look forward to achieving my educational goal in order to become a pediatric emergency nurse. I found this to be my purpose while doing a clinical and I have strived even harder since finding this calling. Completing my education is the most important building block to this cause and fulfilling my end goal. My greatest fear is that I will get complacent and comfortable, miss an assignment due date, and get behind in class. I plan on using my planner and a wall calendar to mark my assignments and tests. This method helped me during my associates and I hope it will help me again in this new chapter. In my skills testing for nursing school I became nervous that I wouldn’t pass. The school I attended made it mandatory for the nursing students to pass a skills testing, such as in IV med administration or NG tube placement, before we were able to attend clinicals. This made me extremely nervous that I wouldn’t pass the skills test, and that I wouldn’t be able to attend any of my clinicals. I succeeded in passing this skills test by practicing my skills almost every day and by reading over the rubric constantly. I also had my fellow peers watch and critique me while I practiced...
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...What do you look forward to, as you begin this educational experience and your personal search for purpose? What is your greatest fear? How can you overcome it? Write about one specific educational experience from your past where you addressed a fear and overcame it and how you succeeded in this process. I look forward to building and expanding my critical thinking skills. I’m a new grad and am loving my position but sometimes it frustrates me when I ask my fellow nurses at work about one of my patients and they give me an idea. I get frustrated because usually a “light bulb” goes off in my head and I’m like “that makes perfect sense, why didn’t I think of that”. Like it all comes together. I know it will take time and that is what my other nurses are there for, I just don’t like being the novice, in my previous job I was usually the person doing the training or the person who people went to for solutions or ideas. I also look forward to the all of the doors that will open once I receive this degree. This is one of the best things about being a nurse, the opportunities are endless! One of my greatest fears was pursuing my bachelor’s (actually it started with the beginning when I first enrolled for nursing school) is if I’m smart enough, can I handle it? I always struggled through high school barely graduating but I did it with support of teachers. I do feel that if I can get through nursing school and will get through this program, but I can still feel that fear in the...
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...What do you look forward to as you begin this educational experience and your personal search for purpose? What is your greatest fear? How can you overcome it? Write about one specific educational experience from your past in which you addressed a fear and overcame it and how you succeeded in this process. Besides to have a BSN degree from the program, my goal for the RN-BSN program is to become an effective APA style journal writer in a language of English. English is my second language, and I have to admit that I have fear and difficulty to express fully my thoughts in English. I was hesitating to choose an online program for BSN degree because of the concern for the extensive writing requirement of the program. However, I chose to challenge myself to overcome my weak point for the ultimate goal in career to become an excellent nurse anesthetist. I remember I had the same problem when I was at a nursing program several years ago. It was the first semester, and they gave me a quite extensive journal assignment for a new nursing student. It was a 5-7 pages long APA style scientific writing. I was worried very much because I never wrote an APA journal before. On top of it, I had to write in English! Out of anxiety, I started the assignment a couple of week in advance. I started researching journals and articles and studied APA style. After writing a rough draft, I brought it to the writing center at a school to check the grammar errors and awkward expression. I had to revise...
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...What do you look forward to, as you begin this educational experience and your personal search for purpose? What is your greatest fear? How can you overcome it? Write about one specific educational experience from your past where you addressed a fear and overcame it and how you succeeded in this process. I’m looking forward to the actual school work. It is a double edged sword thought because I am not computer smart and I do not have experience in writing papers either. I have been out of school for over fifteen years and my big fear is that I won’t make the grades. I have setup a support systems from fellow nurses who have already succeeded taking online classes to my husband who is in charge of keeping my computer working smoothly. I am the first person in my family to pursue a college degree. My biggest fear was if I was smart enough for college. When I first started I took classes to meet my humanities requirements. I took a class called Good Books not knowing the instructor had recently discovered his Native American roots. Thus all five books he chose for us to read that semester were related to the struggles and accomplishments of the Native American people. Now I was very upset thinking what on earth could reading these books do for me personally or professionally, I felt I was wasting my time and money. I thought if college was about taking classes that did not mean anything to me then maybe college was not where I needed to be. Now twenty six...
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...as explained in the lecture. As you consider these, which is your strongest characteristic? Why? How will this characteristic help you to become a successful student in your program of study? Me: My strongest characteristic related to the article "Tips for Successful Students," (Lake and von Baeyer, 2005), include the fact I am a very responsible individual. When in the classroom setting I always strived to find a seat in the first couple of rows, because I knew I'd benefit from avoiding anonymity - and this stemmed from being responsible and accountable for my self and my own education. I feel this will help me remain a successful student while transitioning from my RN to my BSN, RN. Lake and von Baeyer. (2005). Tips for Successful Students. Retrieved June 23, 2015, from http://homepage.usask.ca/~clv022/success.htm 6/26/15: What do you look forward to as you begin this educational experience and your personal search for purpose? What is your greatest fear? How can you overcome it? Write about one specific educational experience from your past in which you addressed a fear and overcame it and how you succeeded in this process. Me: I am looking forward to obtaining my Bachelor’s degree. I am excited everything has gone smooth up to this point transitioning. My fear, however, is this won’t be smooth sailing the whole time. I fear I’ll struggle with online classes and be unable to fully commit as I plan. My plan to overcome this is to stick to a schedule made...
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...Professional Dynamics Details This course is a bridge course for the RN who is returning to formal education for the baccalaureate degree in nursing. The course focuses on differentiated nursing practice competencies, nursing conceptual models, professional accountability, integrating spirituality into practice, group dynamics, and critical thinking. Emphasis is also placed on writing and oral presentation skills. 3.0 None None Additional Material Textbook Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice Cresaia, J., & Friberg, E. (2010). Conceptual foundations: The bridge to professional nursing practice (5th ed). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. ISBN-13: 9780323068697 (Available as eBook) Important information about this text: All required GCU RN-to-BSN eBooks are accessible anywhere-anytime, with lifetime access via Evolve at (http://evolve.elsevier.com). Refer to “Pageburst/Evolve eBooks” for details on how to access the course’s required text. http://evolve.elsevier.com Topics Topic 1: Essentials of Baccalaureate Education Description: Objectives: 1. Identify uses of the various elements of the virtual classroom. 2. Identify best practices for conducting academic research. 3. Access the GCU online Library Catalog to access the journal databases and locate scholarly/peer-reviewed articles. 4. Define plagiarism and distinguish between plagiarism, paraphrasing, and summarizing. 5. Differentiate between academic and nonacademic writing. Topic Material: Electronic...
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...Ace The IELTS Essential tips for IELTS General Training Module © September 2005 By Simone Braverman All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system without prior permission of the author. Making copies of any part of this book for any purpose other than your own personal use is a violation of International Copyright Laws. Limits of Liability/ Disclaimer of Warranty The author and publisher of this book and the accompanying materials have used their best efforts in preparing this program. The author and publisher make no representation or warranties with respect to accuracy, applicability, fitness or completeness of this program. They disclaim any warranties (expressed or implied), merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. The author and the publisher shall in no event be held liable for any loss or other damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential or other damages. As always, advice of competent professionals should be sought. This manual contains material protected under International Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is prohibited. From Author I am very grateful for all the help and support I’ve received from all the members of my team. I'd like to thank Vladimir Levitin – for great research Roman Itskovich and Zvi Braverman – most talented Internet gurus Nataly Dehter-Vaksman - for...
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...279 - 5274 Fax: (315) 279 – 5329 Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Types of Job Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Showcasing Your Job Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Before the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 6 During the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 After the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 9 Interview Tips and Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Interviewing Do’s and Don’ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Some Actual Don’ts from Employers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Answering Questions the 1 + Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Sample Interview Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ten Major Fears Behind the Interview Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Illegal Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2 Touchy Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...Structure of Programs Your Technology Choices 1 1 4 4 5 11 14 22 STUDY SKILLS Introduction The Importance of Time Management A Place to Study An Approach to Your Studies All about Learning Styles The Art of Taking Notes 26 26 26 30 32 33 44 EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS Introduction Saving Your Written Work Types of Assessments Prepare for Online Exams Take Online Exams Deal with Test-Taking Anxiety Strategies for Multiple-Choice Exams Strategies for Essay Questions 49 49 49 50 52 53 53 54 55 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SKILLS Introduction Summary 59 59 62 CHECK YOUR LEARNING ANSWERS 67 LEARNING AT ASHWORTH iii INTRODUCTION Welcome! Welcome to Ashworth College! And welcome to your very first Ashworth lesson: Learning at Ashworth. Why are we starting you with this lesson? First—and most importantly—we want to make sure you have the foundation you need to be successful with your studies. The most basic foundation for success is knowledge of both what and how to study. Most people think “studying” involves reading pages from a textbook or lesson. That’s only partially true. The word study is a verb—that means it’s a process. Studying does involve reading. However, successful studying involves much more than that. It involves active engagement with the material. In this unit, we’ll share techniques you can use to learn more easily—and remember more. Second, your home base for your studies is the Ashworth College website. This website is a learning...
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...For information, write: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 75 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116 (617-399-4000) ISBN-10: 0–312–44705–1 ISBN-13: 978–0–312–44705–2 Instructors who have adopted Rereading America, Seventh Edition, as a textbook for a course are authorized to duplicate portions of this manual for their students. Preface This isn’t really a teacher’s manual, not, at least, in the sense of a catechism of questions and correct answers and interpretations. Because the questions provided after each selection in Rereading America are meant to stimulate dialogue and debate — to generate rather than terminate discourse — they rarely lend themselves to a single appropriate response. So, while we’ll try to clarify what we had in mind when framing a few of the knottier questions, we won’t be offering you a list of “right” answers. Instead, regard this manual as your personal support group. Since the publication of the first edition, we’ve had the chance to learn from the experiences of hundreds of instructors nationwide, and we’d like to use this manual as a forum where we can share some of their concerns, suggestions, experiments, and hints. We’ll begin with a roundtable on issues you’ll probably want to address before you meet your class. In the first section of this manual, we’ll discuss approaches to Rereading America and help you to think through your class goals. We’ll examine some options for tailoring the book to fit your interests and the time constraints of your term. We’ll also...
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...child to his father’s second wife. When Freud was four years old, his family shifted and settled in Vienna. Although Freud’s ambition from childhood was a career in law, he decided to enter the field of medicine. In 1873, at the age of seventeen, Freud enrolled in the university as a medical student. During his days in the university, he did his research on the Central Nervous System under the guidance of German physician `Ernst Wilhelm Von Brucke’. Freud received his medical degree in 1881and later in 1883 he began to work in Vienna General Hospital. Freud spent three years working in various departments of the hospital and in 1885 he left his post at the hospital to join the University of Vienna as a lecturer in Neuropathology. Following his appointment as a lecturer, he got the opportunity to work under French neurologist Jean Charcot at Salpetriere, the famous Paris hospital for nervous diseases. So far Freud’s work had been entirely concentrated on physical sciences but Charcot’s work, at that time, concentrated more on hysteria and hypnotism. Freud’s studies under Charcot, which centered largely on hysteria, influenced him greatly in channelising his interests to psychopathology. In 1886, Freud established his private practice in Vienna specializing in nervous diseases and soon afterwards got to his fiancée Martha Bernays, who came from a well-known Jewish family in Hamburg. In 1888, Freud started using hypnotism in his practice. But, later he dropped it and started...
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...s Praise for How to Interview Like a Top MBA “A must read! As someone who has also recruited top MBA candidates for investment banking, I unequivocally recommend How to Interview Like a Top MBA. It does an exceptional job of explaining what recruiters at the most sought-after corporations look for when deciding whom they should hire. Easy to read and very well organized, Dr. Leanne’s book covers important aspects of the interview process and provides valuable anecdotes. Readers will find the ‘100 Tough Questions and How to Answer Them’ particularly useful. I wish I had had this book as a resource when I was interviewing for a job years ago.” —YAHPHEN YVONNE CHANG Columbia University and Oxford University graduate Vice President, Debt Capital Markets—Investment Banking Group BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. “Dr. Leanne’s How to Interview Like a Top MBA has codified the nuances of landing a job in a way that I—a former recruiter for McKinsey & Co. who currently hires for my Venture Capital Firm and, at the Board Level, selects senior management in portfolio companies—find extremely compelling. I highly recommend How to Interview Like a Top MBA!” —DALE LEFEBVRE MIT graduate, Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School graduate Former McKinsey & Company Consultant Managing Partner, Pharos Capital This page intentionally left blank. HOW TO INTERVIEW LIKE A TOP MBA Job-Winning Strategies from Headhunters, Fortune 100 Recruiters, and Career Counselors DR. SHEL LEANNE ...
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