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Show Page AggieLife 10 Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 Nursing: Clinical time is required continued from page 9 Degree in Nursing at WSU. "It is hard going to USU for all my schooling and then not being able to graduate from here, but I am glad that they do have the nursing program," Bell said. According to the nursing website, coursework covers such aspects as nursing care, diagnostic procedures, the use of specialized equipment and medical and surgical intervention, as well as prerequisite courses in anatomy, physiology and chemistry. All students admitted to the program and required to join the Utah Student Nurse Association (USNA) for opportunities to interact with members of the profession while developing professional attitudes and responsibilities. In addition to normal coursework and joining USNA, nursing students have to complete a clinical experience. "We are not like traditional college because we add a clinical portion to it, which takes a lot of time. Most of the time it requires going to a hospital once a week and working a 12hour shift," Kelly said. The number of clinical hours a student has to complete is determined by the course and professor. "There are a lot of assignments that must be completed every week for clinical but I enjoy going and following a nurse around and perform the skills I have learned," Price said. The program is designed to prepare students to provide nursing care in beginning staff nurse positions as registered nurses. According to the nursing requirement sheet, the nursing program is based on the concept of career mobility; it takes into account the various types of nursing programs and job possibilities. This allows flexibility for student's career aspirations and goals. "I want to be a nurse because I enjoy working with people and I want to help those who are sick," Price said. Bell said she didn't always want to become a nurse. She wants to open an orphanage in another country. She said she since so many developing countries need medical help, a nursing degree would help her reach her goal. "I just want to help those in need," Bell said. - chelsee.niebergall@aggiemail.usu.edu USU NURSING STUDENTS work to become a registered nurse in class. Students can earn their associate degree from Weber State University while going to school here in Logan. ANI AGHABABYAN photo Costume: Unity and cooperation continued from page 9 qualified costume designer with a master's degree from Utah State. She has worked for theaters all over the country and was on television for Saturday Night Live. "When I tell people that I'm a costume designer they always say the same three things: First, 'Really, that's a real job?' Yes really. You have to have a master's degree in costume design to be a costume designer," she said. She said the second reaction she often gets is, "You must really love Halloween." "No I really don't enjoy Halloween, I do Halloween 364 days out of the year," she said. The third clarification she said she must often make is that the actors don't own the costumes. No actor brings their own costumes to the set. "If you look at the credits of a movie, you'll see how many people are involved in one production. We're all different puzzle pieces in a gigantic puzzle and we all have to come together to make it work," Profraizer said. Unity is also a big part of the costume shop. "I think the reason people love the costume shop so much is it's a home away from home," said Annie Lyman, a graduate student in set design. "We can tell our secrets here and share our funny stories with our friends but it's still a work environment and we get a lot done here while having fun." Many different people create the story that shows up onstage, and collaboration is important for everything to flow smoothly. "I like being a collaborator, a storyteller, I tell stories through the clothing. People don't realize how powerful and important it is to the telling of the story," Lyman said. - jess.wallace@aggiemail.usu.edu Street Speak When do you think is an acceptable time to play Christmas music? "The day after Thanksgiving obviously. You have to get Thanksgiving closure first before moving on to Christmas." - Danelle Shrader, freshman public health 4. hi "After Thanksgiving would be less annoying, but ... I think it's acceptable to play it after Halloween." "You need to focus on each holiday so I think after Thanksgiving is best." - Braquel Woodward, sophomore business - Vanessa Peterson, junior biology information gathered by BRANDEN FONDA Off Sa&gie-te It's one of those things people just can't escape - much like a pandemic or Facebook comments about the latest episode of "Glee." It's loved and anticipated by many a college student, and sheepishly despised by others. It's the sure symbol of tough decisionmaking and disregard for embarrassment. People do well to avoid it for fear others will see, but no one is safe. Run, hide, try if you must - but over time you will be overtaken. From my mouth to heaven's ears, you will be assigned to do a group video project. Did I scare you there for a moment? I'm sure I did, and I can't blame you. Video It combines the melting pot of great ideas with the fear of peers seeing you in a giraffe costume exclaiming, "and that's why bi-partisan government, according to the textbook, is wiiild!" In many ways it is quite the spectacle. Most every video project follows the same process. At first the adventure-seeking professor assembles everyone into random groups. You get situated into a group of four or five who sit together in a circle of desks and do their absolute best not to look each other in the eye. The first three hours as a truth-seeking squad is mostly occupied by "brainstorming," which encompasses one of the team members asking millions of questions while the rest of the group gives the most reliable response: "I don't know." This is generally followed by shrugging shoulders and texting people about "Glee." By the end of the first day, a team member has finally come up with a good idea for the project. Shock and awe! But don't let that get you down, for you still have three weeks to hold the project to the absolute last minute. The next several days are made up of a consistent barrage of dodging frequent phone calls and texts from the token overexcited team member who wants to meet in the library to talk about the project. You respond that you are "busy," which literally translates to either "with girlfriend," or "at Arbys." You use what's left of your free time fulfilling your group assignment SALON November 20 at 7 p. 1115 N. 200 E. 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It is now time to pull out the no-huddle offense. You meet with your group in a small apartment as soon as you get back from a three-hour drive home to grab that old camera in your family's basement - not realizing the camera doesn't work and you'll have to settle for your roommate's iPhone - prepared for the course-materialinduced all-nighter of your life. The duration of the evening kind of goes in a blur: Put on costumes. Pass out scripts. Start camera. Stop to giggle. Check first clip eight times. Start second clip. Giggle. Continue giggling. Resume filming again until someone farts. Join in 20-minute long collective giggle. Change costumes. Cut out four scenes. Pizza break. Continue filming. Giggle. Talk about "Glee." Change project idea. Smack guy who hasn't stopped giggling since the farting incident. Finish filming. Marathon over. Couple that with a morning laden with skipped classes and endless panicking over the videos not burning onto a disc, as well as not being able to sync the beginning of the video with "California Gurls" by Katy Perry, and you have got yourself a finished video project. Now to commence curling up in your desk wondering what in tarnation you were thinking while everyone watches your video in class. Your video, though gripping, leaves only one final question, "why did we have Jeremy dress up as a mime again?" It was embarrassing, but after that long haul of duty and stress, it may be the best B- you ever got. Lesson learned: next time, just choose to do a power point. And for the record, what's "Glee" even about anyway? Tinsel? Have an opinion on Steve's column? Email him at steve.schwartzman@aggiemail.usu.edu tri•chol•o•gy JVCSCHMI haTt list a few laughs projects can easily be viewed as a most horrifying aspect of collegiate studies. 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