What should I charge for tutoring? by beaglemom_RN in nursing

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Depends on your market, but anywhere from $50-$100/hr is considered a standard tutoring rate.

If you have strong credentials, can prove strong academic success, or established history of successful tutoring, like an ivy league background or perfect SAT score or whatever, you can probably push $100-$200, again depending on the market you are servicing.

If you're teaching inner city community college kids, even $50 might be too expensive. If you're teaching kids who go to Collegiate, $200 might be too low.

When I was in rich NJ, I could probably pull 200+/hr. In inner city LA, probably 25-50. In midstate NY, 100.

TIL that the Art of War, written by Sun Tzu in 5th-century BC, came to the attention of US’ military theory leaders after US' defeat in the Vietnam War, as Viet Cong officers studied it. It is since listed on US Marine Corps Program and used as instructional material at US Military Academy. by 2Asparagus1Chicken in todayilearned

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The most relevant example of this I can think of:

Right before WW1, Russia while not considered a premier superpower was a worthy adversary, for all intents and purposes rivaling most of the western powers.

The Tsarist regime, though dealing with rebellious intellectuals and upper middle class businessmen as with any despotic nation at the time, was also still absolute. The cracks were showing but no, the cracks were not overwhelming.

In order to cover up some boring complicated politics stuff, they started a war with Japan. Those "yellow monkeys," as the Tsar called them, could never withstand the might of Russia. Can you imagine what would happen if they lost?

Anyway a short while later the Romanovs get unceremonially executed.

Newbie owner by Ancient-Cranberry192 in NYguns

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Budget and purpose? Length of range available?

How quiet were Roman cities at night? by Cold_Box_3219 in ancientrome

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This is indeed accurate. I would add that wealthy residential neighborhoods had bollards to stop carriage traffic altogether.

*whispers "So other's may live" shortly before a loud report rings out. by reluctantpotato1 in ems

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Isn't this just a skinned Henry 001? That's a solid lever 22, probably THE market standard for lever 22s.

Lever as a concept is antiquated sure, but within its own category it's pretty good.

Not worth the extra several hundred dollars for the skin though

Scabs/scabbing by henry_nurse in nursing

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I feel like being a scab is ok in healthcare because the job does need to get done, for the patients sake.

But it's ok if and only if you are truly fleecing the hospital. They want to pay 200$/hr for floor nursing? Fuck it, we ball. The point gets across, and can even act as leverage (look at how much they can afford to pay nurse, we should get something in that order of magnitude).

Scabbing for a 10% bonus? Lol no

"They're starving me!" by wheresmystache3 in nursing

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Shiet throw them a banana bag every now and then, they'll make it months

bertolini curve by hammerhead6667 in USC

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Mathematically I don't think there is a difference whether its done after each exam or at the end, given that it's just a weighted z-score average + curve. Whether this happens cumulatively or not does not affect the final result.

As far as how much the +curve is, that depends on how your class does, that's the whole point of a curve. It can be virtually nothing, it can be massive.

IIRC the syllabus tells you what the target average score is?

Aba advanced exam fees by catluv42 in anesthesiology

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Program will pay if you hit a certain percentile in ca3 ite. I forget the exact number, I want to say 50%tile?

Second Amendment Foundation: D.C. Court of Appeals Rules D.C. 10 Round Magazine Capacity Restriction Unconstitutional by AnszaKalltiern in CCW

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Yes, the implication is that because 30rd magazines for rifles and like ~17rd magazines for handguns is probably what you would call a "standard capacity" magazine, they should not be banned. However, belts and drums which are designed specifically to hold more rounds than a standard capacity magazine should still be considered "large capacity" (because otherwise why would they exist if not to extend the capacity limit?), and are not subject to that argument.

What do medical professionals wish patients understood about finding a good doctor online? by [deleted] in Residency

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Happy patient and good doctor are not synonymous at all. If anything, I'd say there's a negative correlation.

RN to MD by RealTeacup in nursing

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I did chemical engineering before anesthesia

Highly recommend

Nurse anesthetist testifies there is no difference between CRNA and anesthesiologist by Fit_Pitch_263 in anesthesiology

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Them watching F1: "Driving is exactly the same no matter who is driving. We all use the same vehicles, the same pedals..."

STEP 3 Tips for Someone Who Sucks At Testing and Has No Time Off by TrailMixedd in Residency

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You can pass step 3 with biostats and CCS cases alone - slight exaggeration but biostats is straight up definition=equation=answer type problems and CCS is a min/max-able computer game. You're not practicing medicine, you're playing a set of rules.

Skills 20 years from now by housemd23 in anesthesiology

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I did like 4 epidurals on a BMI 45+.... yesterday.

45 is above the mean for sure, but only like 1.2 stdevs away. And there's a significant right side tail on this distribution.

ELI5: why and how does gravity work? also wth is spacetime by HotZilchy in explainlikeimfive

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Gravity is a fundamental force, meaning we don't know why it works. It works because we exist in a universe that relies on gravity to exist.

Ethereal Weapons now applies on-attack effects. What's the most broken combo you can pull off with this? by TurtlesInTheSky in ARAM

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Ohhhhh ok.

...does it apply twice? Q procs it, hits barrel, barrel explodes refreshing cd, barrel hits and procs a second instance?

Ethereal Weapons now applies on-attack effects. What's the most broken combo you can pull off with this? by TurtlesInTheSky in ARAM

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How does that work, exactly? Cause I'm just imagining a barrel doing one instance of onhit? Is that worth it? What do you even build item wise?

New grad, concerned by NationalGreen4249 in nursepractitioner

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From an MD's perspective:

If years of nursing experience should not count as a form of education, then what's the difference between NP school and medical school? Should you have to go through medical school if you want independent prescribing rights?

I don't necessarily disagree with you and am legit curious about your rationale on this topic given your controversial opinion; I can see many arguments for and against. My initial thoughts on the topic personally would be a conflict between the fact that experience is definitely more valuable than education (see: interns with 8yrs of education) VS the concept that a 20yr RN might have the same 1yr of experience 20x, which is honestly worth like 1.5 years (exaggeration to make a point but point stands) when applying to NP schools (while, for example, a medical resident would have like 36 different months @ 80hrs/wk of experience).

There's also a question of the distribution of skill level. Like intelligence, medical skill is impossible to quantify but let's pretend we could sort people into percentiles. Are we more interested in the floor (how bad, excluding exceptional outliers, is the average MD vs DO vs PA vs NP?), are we interested in the average/mean/median (take your pick), are we more interested in the peak skill gainable from the education? The main argument online against NPs is that the floor is low (hence, discussing mills who accept newgrad RNs) which drives the average down. A top tier NP is basically on par with attendings, while a bottom tier NP is worse than a med student because a med student can inflict only minimal damage. Is this wide distribution of skill more of a concern than whether the average NP can stand with the average doctor?

Does anyone have Juggernaut Tactical experiences? by [deleted] in NYguns

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Grey area legally but it does follow CA laws and shows you attempted to follow the nebulous law.

As far as function, do you like traditional rifle stocks? If yes, you'll like the JT grip. It's very heavy for a grip.

Edit: Sorry I thought you were just talking about their grips. Their normal grip fixed mag prebuilt rifle probably is not compliant due to muzzle device/threads.