#diploma in nursing assistant

[academia04]

Diploma In Nursing Assistant in Qatar

The Diploma in Nursing Assistant in Qatar is an excellent choice for individuals who have a strong desire to help others and are interested in pursuing a career in the healthcare industry. With the increasing demand for healthcare professionals, this program provides a pathway to a rewarding and fulfilling career in nursing assistance.

[dpmiagra]

[tbcnp]

How can I boost my career in the technical field?

At Woolwich College, we offer a comprehensive range of educational programs designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge required for a successful career in health and social care. Our Pharmacy Assistant Course stands out as a premier option for those looking to enter the pharmacy field. This includes our Pharmacy Assistant Courses which are tailored to meet the industry’s demands. Here’s why choosing our Pharmacy Assistant Course UK is the right decision for your professional development:

Why Choose The Woolwich College for Your Pharmacy Assistant Course?

Comprehensive Pharmacy Assistant Course Curriculum

Our Pharmacy Assistant Course provides a detailed curriculum covering all critical aspects of pharmacy practice. From pharmaceutical calculations and medication management to understanding legal and ethical considerations, our course ensures you are well-prepared for real-world challenges.

Flexible Learning Options for Pharmacy Assistant Courses

We offer various learning formats for our Pharmacy Assistant Courses. Whether you prefer online learning or a traditional classroom setting, our Pharmacy Assistant Course UK provides flexible options to accommodate your needs and schedule.

Career Support and Guidance

Our dedicated career services team supports you throughout your course and beyond. We assist with resume building, interview preparation, and job placement, helping you smoothly transition into the pharmacy sector.

Explore Our Health and Social Care Programs

Woolwich College offers a range of health and social care programs designed to cater to different career goals. Our courses provide the skills needed for success from introductory to advanced levels.

Level 2 Health and Social Care Course

Our Level 2 Health and Social Care course is ideal for those beginning their career in health and social care. It covers essential principles and practices necessary for entry-level positions.

Advanced Health and Social Care Level 3 Online Course

For those looking to advance their knowledge, our Health and Social Care Level 3 online course offers deeper insights into specialised topics and advanced practices, allowing you to study at your own pace.

Diploma in Dental Nursing Courses

Our Diploma in Dental Nursing, which includes the Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing and National Diploma in Dental Nursing, equips you with the skills required for a successful career in dental care. This comprehensive training covers a broad spectrum of dental procedures and patient care.

Advanced Diplomas in Health and Social Care

Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care

Our Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care provides a thorough understanding of health care fundamentals. This course is perfect for those looking to build a solid foundation in the field.

Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care

The Health and Social Care Level 3 Extended Diploma offers advanced training and is available through flexible online learning options. This program delves into more specialised areas of health and social care.

Level 4 and Level 5 Health and Social Care Courses

For those aspiring to take on leadership roles, our Level 4 Health and Social Care and Level 5 Health and Social Care courses focus on advanced management and strategic care practices. These courses are designed to develop your skills for high-level health and social care roles.

Education and Training Qualifications

Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training

If you’re interested in teaching and inspiring future professionals, our Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training is ideal. This qualification provides you with the skills needed to teach effectively and includes options for online learning to fit your schedule.

Why The Woolwich College is Your Best Choice

Choosing The Woolwich College for your Pharmacy Assistant Course or any of our health and social care programs ensures that you receive a high-quality education that is both practical and relevant. Our commitment to excellence, combined with flexible learning options and a supportive environment, makes us the ideal choice for your educational journey.

For more information about our Pharmacy Assistant Courses, Health and Social Care Level 2 and Level 3, or any other programs, visit our website or contact our admissions team today. We look forward to helping you achieve your career goals and make a positive impact in the world of health and social care.

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[fools-ramblings-and-whatnot]

FOOL'S DISCUSSION: Yuu's future occupation

If on the likelihood that the Prefect stays in Twisted Wonderland and they don't find a way to get home after Graduation or even years after, what so you think their chosen career would be?

They do not have a birth certificate to their name but they do have a diploma from one of the most prestigious schools in Twisted Wonderland!

I doubt Crowley would keep them in NRC after Graduation, he is just gracious that way, teaching the Prefect to stand on their two legs!

I think they'll do well as a professional photographer, after all they did have a lot of practice with thr Ghost Camera. Maybe they'll attend a photography internship.

Or, if they want to stay in NRC they could always work as a Groundskeepeer, they are used to odd jobs and Ramshackle is in the campus

Or a Guidance Counselor, if they want more stress

Or the school nurse assistant

Or a teaching assistant

Or, alternatively, the fun option: they get a job offer from one of their upperclassmen or are recommended by them!

If they're with Riddle maybe they'd recommended them to go to the medical field, Yuu will opt to be a veterinarian since they're used to taming animals because of Grim

If they'd come with Vil, they might get an assistant job or maybe a marketing one. Tasked to take photos or market Vil's cosmetic line

They can work for Kalim

Or maybe they'll accept that deceptively lucrative job offer from Azul

They can work in Trey's parent's bakery!

Or the more secure fun option: Just get married, Yuu has options!

Feel free to give your thoughts in the Asks!

[macgyvermedical]

What's the difference between a nurse and nurse practitioner?

They are two different "levels" in the nursing hierarchy.

Here's how that hierarchy works in the USA:

At the very beginning rung you have STNAs, or State Tested Nursing Assistants. STNAs have taken a class that lasts in the weeks-months range of time and received a certificate. They have then taken a test to prove that they understand the material. In a job context, STNAs do a lot of the direct patient care- they bathe and feed patients, take vitals, turn patients who cannot move for themselves, etc...

The next rung up is an LPN, or Licensed Practical Nurse. LPNs have gone to a nursing program lasting usually between 1 and 2 years, have received a diploma, and have taken a test called the NCLEX-PN. In a job context, LPNs can do everything an STNA can do, plus they can gather information about a patient's condition, pass medications (except some IV medications) and do many nursing interventions like wound care, placing IVs and catheters, etc... An LPN must work under the license of an RN.

The next rung up is an RN, or Registered Nurse. RNs have either an associates' degree (2-3 years) or a bachelor's degree (4 years) in nursing, which has allowed them to sit for a test called the NCLEX-RN. No matter which education route the nurse takes to get their RN the license is the same and they are allowed to do the same things in a clinical context. In a job context, an RN can do everything an LPN can do, but can give all medications (including IV) and are allowed to also make care decisions LPNs cannot. They also hold an independent license, meaning they can provide nursing level care without needing to be supervised by a higher license-holder.

The next maybe half rung up is a Certified Registered Nurse. These are nurses who have worked in a particular area of nursing (med-surg, psych, ICU, etc...) for a certain number of years and taken classes and a test to say they know a lot about that area of nursing. Now, unlike the nursing license itself, this certification is usually through a private organization instead of the state of practice. Certified Registered Nurses don't have any additional skills they can do, but they do act as a resource for other nurses and may get paid more depending on the organization they work for.

The next rung up is an APRN, or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. An APRN is a nurse who has a masters degree or higher in nursing, and who, again, has taken a test. Here is where things get complicated. Because 4 different licenses fall under APRN:

Nurse Practitioner (NP). An NP is an APRN who works under a physician's license in some states and hold independent licenses in others. They are able to do a lot of things that doctors can do, including diagnose, treat, and prescribe (what they are able to prescribe depends on the state they are in). NPs specialize in a specific patient population, and they can only work with the type of patient they have specialized in.

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). A CNS is an APRN who acts as a consulting nurse. Basically, they have gotten specific education in a specific area of nursing for a specific population, and they consult with the multidisciplinary team, generally at a hospital, about the nursing care for that type of patient. CNSs typically cannot prescribe medications, but may prescribe nursing interventions.

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). A CRNA is an APRN who works as an extension of an anesthesiologist. They provide anesthesia during surgery and procedures.

Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM). A CNM is an APRN who delivers babies and helps mothers and children through the entire maternity and birth process. They may also do things like women's health exams, nutritional counseling, and the like.

[pokelackaacademy]

About Us

*Note: This is a fictional academy of course.

"Honing the skills of the exceptional" is our motto and we've being doing just that for years! We wish to see our students form a deep bond with Pokemon by understanding their world, along with teaching them how to survive in the professional and competitive world of Pokemon raising and training. We have the best and the brightest in order to do this.

Atlas May, the teacher of psychic, dark, and ghost types is a world renowned Pokemon researcher. Mitzi May, his wife, who teaches bug, fairy, and grass types is also world renowned for her breakout into the stylist world. Wick Sable, teacher of rock, ground, and normal types has contributed important findings when it comes to the research of Pokemon fossils. Nina McMurray, teacher of ice, water, and fire types created the first Pokemon nursery in her home city of St. Louis. Asa Sweet, whom teaches dragon, flying, and fighting types, is an expert in the business of Pokeball creation. Lastly but not least, Dominic Drago, the teacher of steel, poison, and electric types, was a part of the detective force alongside Pokemon for years before changing careers as a teacher.

What Students Can Do With A Diploma

Here are some careers our students can look forward to in the future:

Pokemon trainer

Gym Leader

Gym assistant

Pokemon Stylist

Pokemon Researcher

Pokemon Breeder

Pokemon Nurse/Caretaker

Professional Battleist

And many more!

You can find some of our students below the cut (please fill out this form if you want your OC to become a student).

Atlas Students (psychic, dark, and ghost)

Mordecai: Physic type - Espeon

Silver: Ghost type - Banette

Valentin: Dark type - Shiny poochyena

Mitzi Students (bug, fairy, and grass)

Charlotte: Fairy type - Shiny Spritzee

Dorothy: Fairy type (OC of @horsegurltrainor) - Fidough

Ivy: Grass type - Petilil

Wick Students (rock, ground, and normal)

Tawny: Ground type (oc of @deerslutsworld) - Sandshrew

Freckle: Normal type - Lillipup 

Nina Students (ice, water, and fire)

Rocky: Fire type - Growlithe

Lacy: Ice type - Cubchoo

Walker: Ice type - Glaceon (oc of @floofyboi57)

Irene: Water type - Luvdisc

Asa Students (dragon, flying, and fighting)

Viktor: Fighting type - Timburr

Nico: Dragon type - Druddigon

Dominic Students (steel, poison, and electric) 

Zib: Poison type - Koffing

Serafine: Poison type - Seviper

Clarence: Electric type - Jolteon

[berniesrevolution]

CATALYST JOURNAL

While the uptick in strike activity in 2021 is heartening, its influence should not be exaggerated. The number and extent of job actions was noticeable but still very small by historical standards, and union density continued to decline. A significant labor upsurge might be in the works, but it is not in evidence yet.

In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis spoke movingly of the workers keeping the world turning in dark times:

People who do not appear in newspaper and magazine headlines or on the latest television show, yet in these very days are surely shaping the decisive events of our history. Doctors, nurses, storekeepers and supermarket workers, cleaning personnel, caregivers, transport workers, men and women working to provide essential services and public safety, volunteers, priests, men and women religious, and so very many others. They understood that no one is saved alone.1

These workers have done everything we’ve asked of them and more. They have been through hell, particularly those who have risked their health and well-being to care for the sick, educate the young, feed the hungry, and deliver the things the rest of us need to get through this period of grinding uncertainty. Employers, politicians, and talking heads have lauded them as essential workers, but the stark gap between the praise and the grim realities of working life in the United States — which was already miserable for millions before the pandemic — have pushed many to the breaking point. Indeed, record numbers of American workers have quit their jobs in what the media has dubbed the Great Resignation. According to the US Labor Department, 4.5 million workers voluntarily left their jobs in November 2021. The number of monthly quits has exceeded three million since August 2020, and the trend shows no sign of slowing down.2 Job switchers span the employment ladder, but turnover has been largely concentrated in the low-wage service sector, where workers are taking advantage of the very tight labor market to get a better deal for themselves. According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, workers with high school diplomas are currently enjoying a faster rate of wage growth than workers with bachelor’s degrees, a remarkable situation that has not occurred in decades.3

Worker discontent is not only finding expression in the form of quitting and job switching. In 2021, we witnessed a modest increase in the frequency and visibility of collective action in the workplace. Tens of thousands of workers, union and nonunion alike, challenged employers through protests and strikes across sectors and in many different geographical regions. Workers in health care and social assistance, education, and transportation and warehousing led the way, but they were joined by workers in hotels and food services, manufacturing, and other industries. Protests and strikes tended to be concentrated in states where labor is relatively stronger, namely California, New York, and Illinois, but some states with low union density, like North Carolina, saw an uptick in labor action, too. Pay increases were easily the most common demand, but health and safety, staffing, and COVID-19 protocols were high on the agenda as well.

The year 2021 was less a strike wave than a strike ripple, and it has not yet resulted in any appreciable increase in unionization. A few trends stand out. The first is that labor protest and strike action were heavily concentrated among unionized groups of workers. Unionized groups of workers accounted for nearly 95% of all estimated participants in labor protests and more than 98% of all estimated participants in strikes. The second is that protests and strikes were concentrated by industry — namely health care and education, which together accounted for roughly 60% of all labor actions. Finally, protests and strikes were heavily concentrated geographically. Just three states with relatively high levels of union density — California, New York, and Illinois — accounted for more than half the total estimated participants in protests and strikes. In short, collective workplace action is by and large taking place where organized labor still retains residual sources of strength. In this context, spreading protest and strike action beyond its current industrial and regional confines depends on unionization in new places.

Conditions conducive to labor action — rising inflation, pandemic-related pressures, and a tight labor market — are likely to persist into 2022, and the Biden administration’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been meaningfully supportive of worker organizing. US labor is probably not on the verge of a historic breakthrough, but in this context, workers may have an opportunity to make modest material and organizational gains.

Making new organizational gains is critical to the fortunes of the labor movement and the reviving US left. The vast majority of the workers involved in strikes and labor protests last year were already members of unions, not unorganized workers looking to unionize. This is why it is so concerning that last year’s uptick in labor action occurred amid a further decline in union density in 2021. The overall rate of union membership stands at 10.3% of the total labor force, while the total number of union members, just over fourteen million in 2021, continues its long decline.4 While some have argued that treating union density as the key measure of labor’s strength is a mistake, it seems clear that, at least in the US context, where union density and union coverage almost entirely overlap, it does provide an effective measurement of working-class power.5

Boosting the level of union density should therefore be among the leading priorities of progressives and socialists in the United States. As the power resources school of welfare state scholars has long argued, the relative strength of the labor movement and its affiliated political parties has been the single most important factor shaping welfare state development over time and across countries. Here in the United States, where we have never had a nationwide social democratic party aligned with a strong labor movement, the weakness of working-class organization is clearly reflected in the fragmentation and stinginess of our welfare state. The state-level wave of attacks on organized labor that began in 2010 have made it that much harder for unions to defend working-class interests and reduce inequality. But the fact that they were able to meaningfully mitigate the growth of inequality, even during the period of neoliberal retrenchment, shows that rebuilding the labor movement needs to be a chief priority of any progressive political agenda.6 The Biden administration’s pro-union stance suggests it understands this. But if it’s unable to act decisively to boost union membership, all the pro-union rhetoric it can muster will ultimately amount to little.

TRACKING LABOR ACTION

Researchers at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) began documenting strikes and labor protests in late 2020. Their ILR Labor Action Tracker provides a database of workplace conflict across the United States, based on information collected from government sources, news reports, organizational press releases, and social media. It counts both strikes and labor protests as “events” but distinguishes between the two. The major distinction between strikes and labor protests, according to this methodology, is whether the workers involved in the event stopped work. If they did, the event is defined as a strike; if they did not, it is defined as a labor protest. The Labor Action Tracker also collects data on a number of additional variables, including employer, labor organization (if applicable), local labor organization (if applicable), industry, approximate number of participants, worker demands, and more.7

ACTION TYPES

In 2021, there were 786 events with 257,086 estimated participants.8 Over 60% of the events were labor protests, while less than 40% were strikes (there was one recorded lockout). Roughly one-third of the estimated number of workers participated in labor protests, while roughly two-thirds participated in strikes. Further, the average number of estimated workers per labor protest (188) was significantly smaller than the average number of estimated workers per strike (553, see Table 1 for details).

DURATION

Neither labor protests nor strikes tended to last very long, which tracks with the generally sharp decline in strike duration in recent decades.9 Labor protests in particular were very short affairs. Of the labor protests with a start and end date, 96% lasted for just one day or less. Strikes also tended to have a short duration, but they typically did not end as quickly as protests. Of the strikes with a start and end date, one-third lasted for one day or less. Roughly two-thirds of strikes (68%) ended within a week, and over 90% ended within thirty days. One strike stands out for its unusually long duration: a 701-day strike by United Auto Workers (UAW) members against a metallurgical company in Pennsylvania, which began in September 2019 and ended in August 2021.

INDUSTRIES

An informed observer will not be surprised by which industries saw the largest number of labor action events (Table 2). The leading two industries by far were health care and social assistance and education, which are both highly unionized and have been subjected to enormous pressures during the pandemic. Together, they accounted for nearly 40% of the total labor protests and strikes. These industries also comprised over 60% of the overall number of estimated labor action participants — health care with 41.5% of the estimated participants, education with 18.8%. The overrepresentation of health care and education workers becomes even starker when we compare this to their employment shares in the overall labor force. In 2020, these two industries accounted for 16.3% of total nonfarm employment — health care with a 13.8% share and education with 2.3%.10 Put another way, the share of health care workers in 2021 labor actions was roughly three times larger than their share in the nonfarm labor force, while the share of education workers was more than eight times as large.

These two pace-setting industries were followed by a second tier of industries including transportation and warehousing, accommodation and food services, and manufacturing. It is not surprising to see these listed among the most turbulent industries, as they contain a mix of highly unionized employers and nonunion employers that have become a major focus of labor organizing activity, namely Amazon — the most frequently targeted employer, with twelve total labor actions — which was the target of twice as many labor actions as McDonald’s, the second-most targeted employer.

The industrial distribution of labor protests generally follows the overall distribution of labor action, with the notable exception of manufacturing, which saw far more strikes than protests. While the health care industry did not experience the largest number of strikes, it accounts for more than half of estimated strike participants (53%). Workers in education (12.4%) and manufacturing (16%) also accounted for outsize shares of the estimated number of participants.

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[wonderfuldeath]

.o| It's a small world : O |o.

Warnings : Violence, injury, graphic depictions

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« - Here, next time your mom tells you not to jump, don't. Okay? 

- Thank you, Dr. Kim. 

- Put her on antibiotics, and clean the stitches every day, if you see them red and swollen come back and see us. 

- Well, say good-bye to Dr. Kim and his lovely assistant? 

- Goodbye. »

Dr. Kim watched the child leave the room before signing a few papers and handing them to the nurse, before huffing and puffing. Kim Taehyung was a genius, a veritable medical freak: graduated at just eighteen, he had broken all records, making him the most coveted and admired doctor in the whole country. A pediatrician with many diplomas under his belt as he wishes to help as many children as he could. Another deep breath passes his nose as he lets his back rest against the armchair, running a sweaty hand over his face. Truth be told, after seventy-two hours on call without stopping, he needed a full pot of coffee, or three nights' sleep in a row. 

« - Doctor Kim? 

- I swear to God, if you come to tell me another kid took a flying leap off a toboggan, I'll kill you. 

- It's a good thing I came to tell you your shift's over. Dr. Ming just arrived. Shall we go home together? 

- Gladly. »

Without further ado, the doctor leaves his armchair to follow the young nurse down the long, colorful corridor. Separating only to go and change, allowing Taehyung to take a hot shower to sign the end of his shift for the next two days. Outside the night is pitch black, the overcast sky heralding the arrival of a big storm, and he's not surprised when the black car is already waiting for them in front of the entrance. 

« - Jimin? 

- I can't decently let you go when you just had three days of abusive work and Elyzabeth twenty-four hours. 

- Who warned you? 

- I do, I don't see myself driving and getting into your car is out of the question. I value my life. »

Elyzabeth smiles proudly before climbing into Jimin's car, taking the passenger seat while Taehyung climbed into the back, tiredness weighing heavily on his shoulders and not wanting to had the headache for a simple seat. He let his head fall back against the window, ready to begin his long-awaited night, before hearing the door open without anyone being able to do anything about it, and a strange noise being heard. The newcomer seems to be hiding behind a black and white bandana, his hood and the darkness of the car preventing them from seeing anything of his face, and none of the three recognize the assailant's voice as he begins to speak. 

« - You're doctors, aren't you? Perfect. Don't be a clown. You're going to follow my instructions very nicely, or I'll blow your brain out and then it'll be the pretty doll's turn. 

- I'll do it. I'll do it. W-we will do whatever you want, I promise... »  

Anxiety builds in the car, as the man gives clear directions, leading them directly to an obviously abandoned warehouse. He first makes Taehyung get out, so he has someone to aim at and make sure the other two follow suit before making them move forward to reach the back. Several visibly armed men seem to be whispering things to each other, before the sick man with the bandana pushes Jimin towards the middle. 

« - Heal him. You can do it, can't you? If you don't, I'll shoot your two buddies. But first I'm banging the powder puff. 

- I... I can't fix him. You got the wrong guy. 

- What? What do you mean I got the wrong guy?! »

The fact that he raises his voice makes the beautiful Elyzabeth instantly tense up, although she's already tensed at the idea of being taken for a sexual object. She hesitates between taking several steps back and crying or trying not to have an anxiety attack. Closing her eyes tightly as she hears him start to panic, cursing several times as he starts aiming his gun at the three of them in a row. 

« - Aren't you a doctor? Damn it, why didn't you say so, huh?! 

- He's not a doctor, but I am. 

- Oh, yeah? »

The gun turns to Taehyung and Jimin can be heard yelping as Elyzabeth takes a deep breath, trying to calm the anguish coursing through her veins. Without further ado, Dr. Kim strides into the middle of the room, confident as he look for why they had bothered to kidnap three people and the urgency of the situation. Lying before him, on the white and green hospital bed, a man appears to be fighting for his life. The wound in his abdomen and the blood covering his hands are a bad sign, and he wastes no time in ripping off his clothes. 

« - Elyzabeth, I need assistance. Do you have a surgical kit? A suture kit? A scalpel at least? 

The men stand open-mouthed, looking around like idiots before another voice echoes through it. 

- Didn't you hear the doctor? Let's get him what he needs, damn it ! And get moving ! »

He doesn't need to shout to make himself understood, and like thousands of little ants setting off they all start to move, mostly in circles, while the newcomer grabs Elyzabeth rather violently by the arm, forcing her to join Taehyung already pressing on the bullet's impact. 

« - It seems that Dr. Kim has called you my pretty, so let's get a move on. 

- Hey, don't hurt her !

In a show of solidarity, and certainly thinking that the newcomer wasn't armed like his colleague, Jimin pounced on him, being easily dealt with by a punch that probably broke his nose, followed by a shout from the pretty Elyzabeth. 

- Stay in your place. Just because you've got a nice ass doesn't mean you can touch me. »

Seeking her composure, Elyzabeth joins Taehyung, even more so when the guy with the bandana returns to point his gun at Jimin, seeming to understand the situation fairly well. When at last they have what they need, Taehyung is meticulous, as he is with every operation : opening cleanly, checking whether the bullet extraction is necessary or dangerous, before suturing cleanly and professionally. Asking his patient's friends to come and hold him, who doesn't seem to appreciate the raw sutures. When he's done, Taehyung turns to look at the assembly. 

« - He needs a blood transfusion, he has lost too much, and antibiotics. Do you have paper and a pen? 

One of the armed men looks at him, before taking a notebook out of his pocket with a Bic pen, and Taehyung takes it without thinking, writing several lines on it, before signing it. 

- Do you need anything else ? Or can I go to sleep ? » 

[dpmiagra]

Which Diploma is Best For Nursing- Dpmiagra?

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[alazyparallelworld]

SO YOU'RE IN A CRISIS

these resources are US centric. i don't know enough about overseas support, and this list is mostly complied from experienced hardship.

also, bc these are from my personal experiences, they pivot around my states of longterm residency. i've tried my best to provide general resources and use unspecific enough terminology. if you need help navigating resources (eligibility, applications, etc) in your state, my DMs are open and i would be happy to help.

eternal WIP. i am sure i've forgotten something. rbs are welcomed n appreciated. questions/corrections/etc should go in my DMs.

department of human services / department of social and health services | applicable to: low-income

housing (most applicable for eviction-notice crisis, NOT homeless or housed situations. there are still programs for unprovided/unsafe shelter emergencies, but they vary wildly. please DM me for more info.)

food (food stamps which bring a wide variety of benefits on their own, meal plans, etc)

cash (washington residents: if you qualify for SSI* you can receive cash assistance. other states: whether or not it is provided in your state, and the qualifier i.e needy families/food assistance, varies. please DM me for more info, whether or not you are a resident of washington.)

medical (public insurance, as well as other services i.e delivered meds, caregiving. please DM me for more caregiver-specific info.)

transportation (gas vouchers, necessary/medical transportation, discount on bus fare)

education: see etc below, as the most beneficial support will come from social workers.

child support: see etc below, as most beneficial support will come from social workers.

cellular (lifeline/ACP, a federal program in which you can acquire a fully paid smartphone or discount on wifi. you can transfer the wifi benefit to another internet provider)

etc: social workers are in-house, who can provide many services i.e housing situation, mental health support, job opportunities, applying for SSI, pretty much anything. if they cannot help you, they should transfer you to another worker who can, or provide you with another resource. through my social worker is how i got my housing paid. if you are on medicaid and/or food stamps, those benefits open a wide door to other benefits - this is how you qualify for lifeline/ACP, discounted amazon prime, etc.

*disability. to receive disability YOU CANNOT BE EMPLOYED FULLTIME. what follows is, almost always, automatic rejection. part-time is still susceptible to automatic rejection. do not turn to a lawyer for help; ask a social worker for help with the specifics of your situation. however, even if you are employed full/part-time, it is still beneficial to apply for SSI as this provides an earlier 'date of onset,' and is extremely helpful for a potential future claim. this is true in all states, AFAIK.

job corps | applicable to: low-income, 16-24 (24 maximum, unless in extraordinary circumstances)

housing (boarding rooms; roommate situation heavily varies)

food (3 meals a day, everyday, and vending machines)

medical (wellness center, staffed with nurses and doctor(s) - can provide medication and therapy)

transportation (drivers' license, will give rides to workplaces*)

education (GED, alternative HS diploma, training and certifications)

child support: dependent on center, alternative boarding for mothers* and their children

cellular: dependent on center, free 24/7 wifi is provided.

etc: there are significant drawbacks to job corps, which are very dependent on center-to-center. as it is federal property, no drugs or alcohol usage is permitted on campus. when arriving and returning to JC, campus security will administer a breathalyzer test. it is a 'ZT'/zero tolerance - you will be expelled if drug/alcohol usage is discovered. there's also a 'cash stipend,' but i don't know the exact amount or the frequency. when i went to JC ('17-'18) it was $20 biweekly, increased to $30 after ~12-16 months of enrollment. i was told that it has increased to $50, still biweekly. there is A Social Worker Lite upon graduation. they will check up with you, and for a time, will support you in finding stability. this includes housing and education. *IME, you cannot have a job and then enroll to job corps. but if you are employed while in job corps, they will provide transport. **IME, fathers/second parent/partners, cannot board with the mother or children. at my JC, the alternative boarding was only applicable to the biological parents - but in couples, the bio father would be boarded in the men's section.

community college / open admission colleges

near-universal acceptance rate, and some provide boarding. my CC provided holiday housing, including summertime. some CCs provide medication and therapy. there are opt-in meal plans, which are a part of your tuition. however, if you are under the age of 25 and applying for financial aid, you will need to have your parents' relevant tax records. even in extraordinary circumstances such as estrangement, the separation needs to be in legal documents and may be rejected anyway. and in the event that you are financially independent, some colleges will still require your parents' taxes.

food stamps and public insurance/medicaid

as mentioned before, these two are such qualifiers for OTHER benefits, they get their own separate piece. generally speaking, when filling an application for one resource on your state's website, there's an option to apply for others. TANF, medical caregiving, etc… save time and tick that option. if you're worried about 'fucking up' your application, see if your department has a social worker.

EBT discounts amazon prime, and your EBT card can be used in orders with EBT-eligible items. there's also a splinter called 'amazon fresh,' but that's only provided in some areas. if you receive EBT and/or medicaid, you qualify for lifeline/ACP. lifeline/ACP is a federal program, nationwide. sometimes other resources, i.e housing, transportation, and child support, can be locked behind receiving EBT and/or medicaid. wildly varies on state, situation, and the resource in question.

what medicaid covers… wildly varies on your state and situation. however, if you are need of an assistive device or treatment (a brace, cane, wheelchair, shower chair, physical therapy, medically necessary transportation, medical marijuana) ask your PCP for a prescription or referral. every time. avoid using money on what your PCP can provide - and these prescriptions are highly useful documents in SSI applications. your states' medicaid should cover most of these services - and talk to your routed insurance in the case of a denial. i'm aware this section is bulky and difficult to parse; please DM me if you need help understanding. this is a complex topic.

rent assistance

your local salvation army may pay for up to three months of rent. you can only ask for this assistance once a year. as aforementioned, your local housing authority / DSHS/DHS also can provide rent assistance. your state probably has its own program(s), which have different requirements, i.e income or age.

section 8/public housing | low-income, legally disabled/recipient of SSI

the application for section 8 is so daunting, i didn't do it independently. i had my social worker help me. i would heavily advise you do the same. section 8 housing is basically a waitlist for discounted/free housing, whether it be apartments or full houses. it is... extremely complicated. my advice is to apply for section 8, well before any significant financial changes. if your income goes up, you will have to reapply. i would suggest, if you are applying for SSI, to do both of these applications at the same time. there is a slim, but still possible, chance that you will get public housing before SSI.

emergency housing/unsheltered

some hotels/motels will offer temporary room, moreso if social worker requests it. you can google and find out what hotels/motels near you offer these services, and ask your social worker to contact them. your social worker may even provide transportation to the hotel/motel. i am Professional Enough that i was able to acquire a room for two strangers. (a small misunderstanding, as i was mistaken for a social worker. i rectified this mistake as soon as i realized - do not pretend to be a social worker. they will ask 'what company you're with,' and your name and contact information. lying is a very good way to get blacklisted.) this is an outlier, but if you're well-versed enough, you could do this yourself. get in contact with your local housing authority (what its called here) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. there is a massive waitlist for unsheltered people; it is easier and faster to acquire shelter when you're still in the eviction/about to be kicked out bubble. whether or not they can help you is usually, IME, more dependent on your age than your income. work fast, keep steady contact.

domestic violence

in certain states, survivors of DV can have their voter registration removed from public access. this 2020 PDF lists the eligibility for each state. AFAIK, when applying for your voter registration, this is not a mandated question. you will have ask the relevant programs for your address to be private.

most applications for food stamps/insurance/housing/etc will ask if you are a survivor of DV. this has an increase of your cases' 'priority,' especially for housing. this applies to both fleeing and survivor situations.

furniture, clothing, laundry vouchers, hygiene products, household necessities | low-income, new residents

contact your local charities and/or relevant local nonprofit organizations. while there are online sites (i.e freegeek for electronics) these are very hit-and-miss. your local charities are more likely to have stock. several nonprofits offer vouchers for off-site laundry units, and sometimes for children hygiene products. furniture and other household appliances tend to ship directly to your home. for clothes and household necessities, you'll probably have to go to the office for pick-up. IME, clothes can be picked up any time at community closets, while i've had to schedule appointments to pick up bleach, tissues, etc. hygiene products are high-demand, low-supply. diapers are the 'worst offender' for low stock.

animal support

online grants for vet payment/assistance either are very specific, or have very long waitlists. most of the time, these grants apply to service animal canines (not emotional support, nor felines, or other animals) and/or serious conditions that already have a diagnoses - they won't pay for preliminary visits, bloodwork, etc. if your animal needs to be fixed, there are coupons for the procedure. you will have to se what vet accepts that specific coupon or not. for food, i would recommend, if you are financially able, to have a chewy subscription. this saves a lot of money in the long run - amazon's subscribe & save is an alternative, but not as cost-effective for high-quality food, IMO. your local charities/nonprofits may provide animal food.

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connected ocs, new york city at the turn of the century / early 1900s, so come get yall juice.

cecil algernon. fifty-four. triple threat vaudeville performer. cecil grew up in the business. his entire family formed a traveling troupe, and they haven't slowed down, even if they've splintered and joined various acts throughout the years. cecil got an audience of his own after his bawdy song-and-dance routine proved popular with the younger crowd, eager to push boundaries, and infamous with the aging crowd -- all since passed on. since then, his life has been one of non-stop action. passionate, earnest, and always heard. never married, the stage is his passion. he considers the younger performers his children, more or less.

freida radzin. thirty. caberet singer and in-a-pinch nurse, former circus performer. optimistic and imaginative, freida thrives in just about any environment. when she isn't working nights, she helps her father -- a pickle salesman -- with the business, and scrubs floors with her younger sister. her older sister is a milliner, and her little brother is still attending school, and will be the first in the family to graduate with a high school diploma. fluent in yiddish.

pakur "patrick" al-muqri. forty-four. immigrant ship doctor. pakur didn't necessarily attend medical school. as a young boy, he was chosen to be a surgeon's assistant on a boat crossing the atlantic en route to america. that's where he learned the ropes, and spent more time on the sea than he did dry land throughout his twenties. soft-spoken and no-nonsense, pakur can sometimes be read as an unapproachable recluse. through his work, he advocates for the rights of immigrants, especially children. polyglot, part of the job.

marion larue. thirty-five. saloon owner, former circus performer. the only one who didn't stay in a metropolis, marion's found his niche owning a bar in a nondescript midwestern town. tenacious, foppish, occasionally arrogant and vain, though incredibly charismatic, so it's hard to stay mad at him for long. still performs his magic tricks, but only if you ask nicely. light in the loafers, queer as a three dollar bill, etc etc -- it's a bit of an open secret where he's moved to, and not one at all back in new york. him and freida are best friends.

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Medical licensing officials in multiple states are scrambling to stop nurses with fraudulent academic credentials from caring for patients, after three Florida schools were accused of selling thousands of bogus diplomas.

New York regulators told 903 nurses in recent weeks to either surrender their licenses or prove they were properly educated. Delaware and Washington state officials have yanked dozens of nursing licenses. Texas filed administrative charges against 23 nurses. More actions in additional states are expected.

In some cases, lawyers for the nurses contend states are questioning the credentials of caregivers who earned diplomas legitimately. But there's wide agreement in the industry that nurses with fraudulent degrees need to be rooted out.

"The public needs to know that when they’re the most fragile, when they’re sick, when they’re in a hospital bed, that the individual who is at their bedside has gone through the required training," said Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, president of the American Nurses Association union.

States are acting in the wake of Operation Nightingale, a federal investigation into what officials say was a wire fraud scheme in which several now-closed Florida nursing schools sold phony nursing diplomas and transcripts from 2016 to 2022. Twenty-five defendants, including school owners and alleged recruiters, have been charged, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Markenzy Lapointe announced in late January. Those cases are pending.

About 7,600 students paid an average of $15,000 for bogus diplomas, according to prosecutors. Around 2,400 of those people then passed a licensing exam to obtain jobs as registered nurses and licensed practical nurses or vocational nurses in multiple states, prosecutors say.

FEDERAL AUTHORITIES IN FLORIDA CHARGE 25 PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH SCHEME TO CREATE FAKE NURSING DIPLOMAS

How did so many test takers pass without the required classroom and clinical work? In some cases, they were experienced L.P.N.s seeking to become R.N.s. Some had been health care providers in other countries.

The nurses got jobs across the country, including at a hospital in Georgia, Veterans Affairs medical centers in Maryland and New York, a skilled nursing facility in Ohio, and an assisted living facility in New Jersey, according to court filings.

Students came not only from Florida, but also New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and Delaware. Many of the students took their licensing exam in New York, where they can sit it multiple times, according to investigators.

Investigators identified the Florida nursing schools as the Palm Beach School of Nursing; Siena College, a school in Broward County that wasn't related to the college of the same name in New York; and the Sacred Heart International Institute, which was also based in Broward County and had no relation to a university with a similar name in Connecticut.

It was not entirely clear how many of the roughly 2,400 nurses with credentials from these schools are currently employed, or where.

Federal officials shared information so states could pursue nurses with phony academic credentials. Some states have taken action.

The Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission rescinded the R.N. licenses of 17 people and denied license applications for four. The Delaware Board of Nursing annulled 26 licenses. The Georgia Board of Nursing asked 22 nurses to voluntarily surrender their licenses.

TEEN GETS COLLEGE DIPLOMA BEFORE FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL

The 23 nurses facing possible license revocations in Texas can continue working while their disciplinary cases are pending. Texas Board of Nursing general counsel James "Dusty" Johnston said more charges could come as officials develop "the necessary information for each individual."

A spokesperson for Veterans Affairs said it removed 89 nurses "from patient care" nationwide last year immediately after being notified by federal officials. The agency has not found any instances of patients being harmed.

New York's Office of the Professions posted on the state education department's website that it expects some of the 903 licensees who attended the schools "did, in fact, attend required hours and clinicals and are properly licensed." Those people are being asked to have a qualified nursing program submit verification.

Attorneys for some of the nurses in New York and Georgia say nurses who legitimately earned diplomas are getting caught up in the investigation.

"There are obviously people who bought transcripts who are fraudulent and should not be practicing nursing under any circumstances," said Atlanta attorney Hahnah Williams. "But there are also people who went to those schools legitimately and did nothing wrong. And they are somehow being lumped together with the fraudulent nurses."

Williams said her clients are hardworking immigrants who went to schools that were accredited at the time and have since worked for many years without incident.

Similarly, attorney Jordan Fensterman in New York said he has clients who attended classes at one of the schools to finish up their R.N. degrees and then worked during the pandemic. He said those nurses deserve due process now.

The state board actions are taking place as hospitals across the nation try to deal with chronic staffing challenges.

"Hopefully, the number is smaller once the authorities sort things out," said Kennedy, the American Nurses Association president.

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Name: Zane Rosario Species: Vampire Occupation: Nurse Age: 25 Years Old Played By: Hera Face Claim: Mason Gooding

"Love should be unconditional."

TW: Homophobia (mention)

From one wicked cult to another, Zane really seemed to have a penchant for joining large, dysfunctional families as he would still lovingly refer to them. Although The New Religion hadn't exactly been a cult. Zane had gotten used to the reading and re-reading of the prophesized end, only ever referred to in the pamphlets The New Religion aptly named the true scriptures, and even assumed the occasional sleep overs out in the fields waiting for the rapture were a part of regular, daily life. A life he would have happily lived out until the inevitable (but never quite predictable) end if not for the loose lips of a close friend. At 15, wondering about what was left of their future with his childhood friend and destined wife if the townspeople had any say, Zane had let it slip that he sometimes wondered if any of the other boys ever had… those kind of feelings for their fellow choir boys.

Without much explanation or goodbye, Zane was part of the adoption system now. He kept his good manners and bright outlook but the internet made its mark on the unyielding belief that the world would soon end. It also gave him an idea of why his parents and family in belief had left him to fend for himself, thrown between families for the next three years. Despite his best efforts to connect and bond, most of those who housed him had their own lives to live and preferred the pay out for housing him to actual conversation. So the search for a new family continued.

Community college was a bust when it came to making friends (15 years of communication within a gated community left something to be desired) and his distaste for alcohol didn’t much help. With money in scarce quantity and no clear path for the future in college - it was hard to wonder what you wanted to be when you grew up when there wouldn’t be a world to grow up into - Zane signed up for a new religious mission. Just because his old family had lied about… well, almost everything, that didn’t mean he couldn’t believe in something… right?

So Shining Light, a non-profit charity group of stragglers like himself, took him in as one of their own, travelling to poor areas and providing assistance where they could. Zane started out as a grunt, carrying supplies and cleaning up after the unofficial medics but slowly he climbed up the ranks to medic in training. Informal and no diploma awarded but he was helping and the people he travelled with almost felt like a family. A family that regularly changed members and deployed people to different stations but still. Until the big implosion of his makeshift family due to lack of funding, stranding him in a small town in Maine with no family and no mission. At least he somewhat knew what he wanted to do with his life moving forward.

It was at the ER, hour 15 of his 16 hour shift, when an older woman approached him. The fangs gleaming in her mouth could have been from delirium after running around all night but no. She was indeed a vampire. Their clan - their family - was in trouble and Zane seemed like the kind of person to help anyone, mortality status included. She was right. And so he did. Not to mention that a nice, caring vampire spat in the face of all the "devil creatures" talk he could regularly overhear at the hospital.

Alma, the unofficial leader of their somewhat democratic clan, offered a safe space to stay surrounded by people (vampires) who treated him kinder than anyone had before. It did feel wrong at first, stealing blood from the ER but the warm embrace of a family that had been together for decades, centuries even, welcoming him as one of their own… it was almost too good to be true. So what if the way to stay here was to let them technically kill him?

Character Facts:

Personality: Impressionable, optimistic, hard-working, caring, self prejudiced, codependent, romantic, loyal, stubborn

After years as an "unofficial medic", he's very good at improvising and thinking on his feet. General knowledge (and math) however is not something he particularly excels at. 

His social skills are still a bit lacking, except when it comes to patients, which he has a real knack for talking to. Provided they're not too attractive.

Spent all of his life alcohol free and really doesn't understand what all the fuzz is about.

Has an instagram account full of filtered pictures from various spots around town including interesting graffiti or weirdly dressed guy smoking cigarette. He will also troll someone's profile taking the utmost care not to leave an accidental like.

Almost definitely undiagnosed ADHD.