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Running head: Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Personal Success

Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Personal Success
Pang Hang
HCS/504 Introduction to Graduate Study in Health Sciences/Nursing
February 13, 2013
Professor Danielle Patrick

GRADUATE STUDY CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR PERSONAL SUCCESS
Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Personal Success In my graduate study challenges and strategies for personal success paper, I will be touching upon what my personal and professional goals are and what I need to do to succeed. I will include reasons I am pursuing my graduate studies and what my short-term and long-term goal will be and how to reach them as I start my journey through my graduate
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It would be great to see that I have use these strategies to help me get through all the challenges of milestones to get to my shot-term and long-term goals. To see that I improve in my weakness and even advance my strength would be another great accomplish to get to the next step of my journey. Hope that with practices and through graduate school I will see the improvement on my communication skills.

GRADUATE STUDY CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR PERSONAL SUCCESS
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Crossing, G., Heagney, M. (2009). Improving student retention in higher education. Australian
Universities Review, 51(2), 9-18.
Ediger, M. (2011, December). The Master 's Degree in Education. College Student Journal,
45(4), 847-850.
Forbus, P., Newbold, J. J., & Mehta, S. S. (2011). A study of non-traditional students in terms of their time management behaviors, stress factors, and coping strategies. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, suppl. Special Issues, 15, 109-125.
Nonis, S. A., Hudson, G. I., & Logan, L. B. (1998, October 1). Influence of perceived control over time on college students ' stress and stress-related outcomes. Research in Higher
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