lauren313

I just wanted to share some excitement with you guys!! As you probably know, I'm training to be a psychiatric nurse. Back in February, I had an assignment to do on the role of physical health promotion in recovery from mental illness. I got a really good mark for it, and my tutor suggested that I could try and get it put into a journal of some description.

I sent it off to one journal, not really expecting much, but I got a reply from the editor saying she thought it was really good, it just needed a bit of tweaking here and there, but she thought she could use it.

So I tweaked it, and re-sent it, but didn't hear anything back for months. She had said it would either go into the July or September issue, but some September, I still hadn't heard anything. I then realised that there had been a new editor for a couple of months, so I emailed her directly. She said she had taken over recently, but still intended to use it in October's issue.

And what happened this morning? My copy of Mental Health Today arrived on my doormat, and there was my article!!!!! I'm so excited!! It's a 3 A4 page spread, and it has a little description of who I am and what I do. This is so great for me, when it comes to applying for jobs, there aren't many students who can say they have had their work published, and I really think it will work to my advantage.

I really wish I could share it with you. It does get put online, but you have to be subscribed to the journal to access it. Perhaps if anyone really is interested to read it, you can PM me, and I'll be naughty and give you my login details.

Ahhhhhhh, yayyyy!!!

raoulduke

Well done Lauren.

It'll definitely look good on a resume.

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mbo108

Nice job! Thats awesome stuff...and as much as I love naughiness, couldn't you repost just the text yourself here...

Joking aside I should show my sister, she's at college studying to be a nurse right now.

Again, congrats.

mish99

Congrats!! Thats really awesome!

Esterina

I'm excited for you ! Congrats to our brilliant tpunk student !

I hope you'll also get some pounds for that article.

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Thats amazing Lauren!!! Well done, and congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thats awesome!!! Congrats!! It will definately be an an advantage in the future

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That's great news Lauren! Btw, I had to look it up, A4 is roughly the same size as "Letter" (8.2" x 11.7")

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Woohoo - published even before you're really begun - way to make your mark...

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sweet! Well done!!

I know what you went through I've tried to get a few articles publish about my profession and it's almost impossible to break into this kind media.

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Thats great Lauren CONGRATS!!!!

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Great accomplishment Lauren!

That should get some serious attention when you go to apply for jobs. Maybe you'd make a good academic? Dr. Lauren!

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that's an amazing accomplishment dude, congrats!!!!

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congrats.
feels good to see your name in ink doesnt it

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Congrats! Being published will definitely help you in the future, but I'm sure you already know that.

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lauren313

Thanks for all the great things you've had to say, guys, I really appreciate it!!

If I reposted the text here, it would be ridiculous, it's somewhere between 2500 and 3000 words, it would be soooo long! (How far along is your sister in her studies, by the way?)

Thanks Esther! Unfortunately, no pounds for me It would have been nice, as I'm very very poor at the mo, but never mind!

Hold the phone! There's no such thing as A4 in the US?! I had no idea!

Ooh, what do you do? Keep trying, and good luck. I think the only reason mine got put in is because it's not a hugely academic journal, it's more like a magazine than anything.

Come to think of it, that does sound good! But, ugh, I can think of nothing worse than being an academic, I'd hate it!! But it would be funny, Dr. Lauren, the nurse. Hehe.

Thanks again peeps!

SGRHewitt

Congrats to you, I know exactly how you feel!

The first time I ever got a copy of my article in a magazine called 'The Venue' here on campus, it felt awesome. Knowing that 1000+ were going to read my article was a good feeling.

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Exactly thats why I didnt know it was so long. Thats even crazier. Way impressed over here.

She's into her second year of college, just started doing actual clinical work about a week ago. She's spending the spring semester in Florence too doing nothing nursing related at all, but taking care of all her general education credits.

joe7f

There is... but it isn't standard. On our copiers we have the "A" sizes in the same way we have kilometers on our speedometers and 3.78 liters on our milk containers (1 gallon). I was just vaguely aware that there was another size but I have never seen it in a store.

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