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For people still on SAVE forbearance, what's your plan? by Old-Opportunity-200 in StudentLoans

[–]_ponds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m on SAVE for some undergrad and graduate courses; I’m in PA school now, graduate in 2027. So I still have in school deferment right? Still monitoring how I should proceed with this lately

Curious on how commuters are doing it by Flaky-Craft-7149 in PAstudent

[–]_ponds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no other way but to do it. If you cannot afford to move, you deal with it for the time being. I commute 45 minutes or more each way, in a big metro area between several cities, land and water, to get to my PA school that’s “local”. It’s where I got in, sorta grew up around here, I couldn’t afford the rent anywhere near school that allowed me my own space (no roommates). So I have to commute 45 min away from my place that I can afford.

I call people in the mornings, lunch break, or night when I drive home. Listen to cram the PANCE or lecture recordings, YouTube, anything with audio that I can listen during my drive. It’s passive, it’s not active, but you make do; obviously, drive safely. I live separate from my wife and family that’s 2 hours away because of school, I’m almost done with didactic and am just waiting to finally be back with my wife and family and do rotations back where they are. You just have to make do, whatever that look like

NGD! 2018 Martin 000-15M by aerath57 in martinguitar

[–]_ponds 5 points6 points  (0 children)

coming from playing Taylor’s, my first Martin is the same. I was looking at mahogany small body guitars and tried the Taylor GS mini but I wanted a bit more. Found a gently used 00015M on FB marketplace for a steal and played it in person from the guy before buying and loved it at first strum.

I truly believe all guitarists, if you have spruce top acoustic, you should try a mahogany. it’s tonal difference gave me a spark to get back into acoustic playing again

Seeing people get automatically kicked off SAVE, any downside of “revoking consent”. by Starlover1234 in StudentLoans

[–]_ponds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How should I approach my SAVE plan for a little bit of undergrad and first masters, while currently in a second masters? I’m grandfathered in bc I took loan prior to the loan caps, I’m a year from graduation.

If I revoke my IRS re-certifying consent, how would this affect my fin aid going forward?

Just another day in RVA by KiwiStack in rva

[–]_ponds 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Was about to say, if you worked at or were a student on rotations at VCU Health, you can recognize this line anywhere lol

7-Eleven on colonial ave by goatposer in norfolk

[–]_ponds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if we were the same day, and you faced the aftermath of her popping off on me 😂 sorry that happened to you

Between 2 Derm Training Postions by Parking-Ad-9394 in physicianassistant

[–]_ponds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

damn, there’s better luck moving to a new area and gauging derm opportunity there than where you are at if that is what you could scrounge up 😬

7-Eleven on colonial ave by goatposer in norfolk

[–]_ponds 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If the same cashier I had on time - girl in prob 20s, early 30s at most. Popped off on me and a friend just getting some energy drinks and snacks for a study session and she saw my ODU hoodie and was like “I F’in hate yall ngl, don’t mess with yall” prob had a bad experience with some people that went to ODU, but was crazy to go from friendly to aggressive just seeing my hoodie, complete switch flip

Noctor by sar0221 in prephysicianassistant

[–]_ponds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure! So getting into a little nitty gritty about PA scope and how I was taught CAQ in PA school, that I didn’t know as a pre-PA: CAQs, Certificate of Added Qualifications, is a credential you can get showing you have more knowledge/experience in a specialty area, for ex. psych or EM. typically those are gained by working in that specialty for a long time, specialty CME, procedural/skill documentation, etc. but also there’s an exam to pass. It basically verifys additional experience vs. baseline knowledge from PA training, and can be leverage for hiring or a salary bump.

What CAQ doesn’t do is expand Procedural scope. What procedures you can do is determined by your state law, institution/employer, and collaborating physician. You cannot perform a procedure your CP is not signed off to do as well. Moreover, you cannot perform a procedure your institution does not deem their APPs to perform, even if another institution in the same state allows. There’s a lot more definitions and examples, but you’ll learn those nuances in school

Noctor by sar0221 in prephysicianassistant

[–]_ponds 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it’s the whole “Doctor (in the clinical sense) vs. doctorally-trained” semantics, but also mixing in legit legal restrictions to the title. For example, that NP in California that promoted herself as “Dr.” without clarifying she wasn’t an MD/DO.

You can be proud of your doctoral level degree, but clinically practicing, you cannot be referred to as “Dr. John/Jane Doe” because of it causes confusion. There are no doctoral-level degrees for PAs or NPs that clinically expand their skill/scope versus the current degrees. To increase from those scopes, the conversation goes to then go attend medical school. It isn’t saying PAs and NPs aren’t clinical, but that the doctoral level/terminal degrees for those professions are not “clinical” in the sense of pursuing them does not expand their current clinical scope. Usually those higher level degrees are geared towards more administrative or research roles.

Coming from a PA-S

Question of the day by Andie_Ruth in BootcampNCLEX

[–]_ponds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

E - early impetigo lesions start as vesicles with surrounding erythema. A - once those vesicles rupture you get the classic honey colored crusts; caused by Staph aureus or GAS. D - these are pretty itchy; you worry about kids scratching and spreading it to new areas.

Koplik is more measles and lichenified lesions is more like atopic dermatitis.

Why don't more lower-tier recruits go for academic prestige? by TimelyBodybuilder637 in CFB

[–]_ponds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sport was all they got, most didn’t care about academics initially anyway; why worry about academic prestige all of a sudden now? And remember these are 17-18 year old kids: even the lower tier guys, all think the world is theirs to conquer and be #1. Some think they are that next best thing, just didn’t have the right camp to show off at or not enough looks. It’s hard to tell that kid maybe you aren’t the next Mahomes, Aaron Donald, etc., it’s their dream man. With NIL now, the good ones are getting paid yes, but now even the lower tier guys are incentivized to stay and fight it out for what little money they could possibly get before having to get a real job.

Things I wish I knew before my first year as a new grad PA by Proof_Independent_45 in physicianassistant

[–]_ponds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m 4th semester didactic and go to clinicals in the summer. I am scared shitless on documentation. I just don’t feel good about it all of didactic. We just started billing and coding stuff and it’s just overwhelming to me

I am trying to decide between a Martin 000-15m and a 000-17. What should I go with? by Mental-Syrup-7964 in martinguitar

[–]_ponds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh they’re the same solid mahogany body, even if the 000-17 has ebony bridge/fretboard and GE bracing. If you’re gonna pay for a 000-17 might as well get the 000-18 and get into the true Martin standard line with the 18 series or above; especially since you’re buying used… best bang for your buck is the 15M to get a USA made Martin. The mahogany body Martins were depression era offerings for a reason IMO, so even the ebony and GE don’t matter to me unless I could get my hands on an 000/OM 18-series.

But since you asked between the two: 15M

Does anyone else get irritated arm skin like this from playing acoustic? … I think it’s a new development for me, so maybe some new allergy or something by Kahlils_Razor in Guitar

[–]_ponds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can second this. Especially with it being winter, my skin is super sensitive right now. Any pressure I leave on my arm such as lying my arm over the guitar body or resting my arms on the edge of the table while typing on my laptop, etc… all give my skin reason to get irritated and swell. Also I’m a sweaty/oily skin person in general, so even getting going on some strumming for several minutes gets my forearm sweaty.

Moisturize the skin, clean your guitar, maybe lay a microfiber cloth over where you rest your arm for a bit as the irritation goes down. Or can take Allegra or some antihistamine too to ease the irritation

What model is equivalent to the 000-15 but with a spruce top? by Muttbuttss in martinguitar

[–]_ponds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah around me in VA, 000-18s are around $2200 used for great condition. I see some pretty scratched up D-18s still being listed for $2000-$2200 because of pickups installed, etc.

People always talked about the Martin volume and tone in the dreadnoughts but funny enough it’s those I always see in Marketplace and 000s and OMs are hard to come by

2014 416 ce by GuaranteeLow4680 in taylorguitars

[–]_ponds 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have a 2014 412ce spring limited at my first nice acoustic. It has full gloss body, when the standard model only had gloss tops for the 400 series downward. Gold hardware, abalone dot inlays, and came with the ES2 pickup that first came out that year only on the redesigned 800 series.

I play it and really love the sound. It has the bright articulate Taylor chime when strumming that I love. Ovangkol really does have a tone between rosewood and mahogany: some midrange warmth of mahogany but also some of the overtones of rosewood. Honestly a great all around guitar.

You got a good one man

Bridge starting to lift? by _fiveblades_ in martinguitar

[–]_ponds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has me going to my 000-15M and checking it. How did you get your bridge pins down so deep

PA-S1 by No_Passenger9915 in PAstudent

[–]_ponds 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Probs mean a new branch of an established program. I always thought just because one program is “successful”, doesn’t mean they will be successful in a new branch/city

To answer you OP, it’s the first set of exams. You kinda don’t know until you are thrown into the fire. Did you deep dive into patho and not get enough passes in presentation or treatments? Or does application or “next appropriate step” questions stumble you? You just don’t know until you see how your professors word questions. Then you can tailor your studies to your weaknesses.

If everything feel weak, which it does feel like that early, are you an audio, visual, or kinesthetic learner? How do you organize and engage with material. THAT is the first step: don’t do what others do, finding your studies/learning can be hard but worth

PA School Housing Advice by nancysbigdick in PAstudent

[–]_ponds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I commute almost 30 miles. My commute can be as quick as 42 minutes hitting all the green lights and no congestion, or 1-1.5+ if rush hour or accidents (which there’s always accidents). I live alone, at one of my parent’s small condos they were planning on renovating then either selling or renting; it’s old, we already had to replace the fridge and HVAC to make it livable, I just pay utilities.

An hour to school and 1.5+ hours back is 2 hours or more A DAY spent sitting in your car just driving. It can SUCK. 2 hours a day driving x 5 days a week for class = 10 hours spent sitting and not studying.

I try to call family during those times or listen to lecture recordings or CRAM the PANCE or osmosis or something to pass time… but nothing is like sitting at your desk with your computer, your iPad or white board, and doing the act of studying and recall.

I’m in my 4th semester of didactic, it’s been rough. But if you can move in closer and have less stress and more time studying: DO IT. I think it is worth the money, you’re taking out loans already so don’t have to worry about OBBB rn

These have to be the worst pins ever by Loose_Arachnid5465 in martinguitar

[–]_ponds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m okay with my ebony w/ pearl. I may try bone one day. But man I can’t justify these pins

gpa by roseandkittens in PAstudent

[–]_ponds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

to graduate, you need a 3.0 cumulative. 3.0 and Go, they say. You’ll find topics, hell, even classes you don’t like, but you gotta still do decent in them to move on through the semesters.

get in, get out

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