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1. Anyone familiar with Florida Hospital College?

   capgirl replied to CindyJRN's topic in Online Learning

   Hi, happy to answer your questions No clinicals were necessary in this program, as we are all RNs already. There was some 'service hours' in the courses, but those were fulfilled by the course requirements such as in the population focused community...

2. Anyone familiar with Florida Hospital College?

   capgirl replied to CindyJRN's topic in Online Learning

   I enjoyed this program...but as with courses taken online, there are a ton of papers to write!!! It was a challenging program, but definitely do-able, and it is accredited and the tuition is definitely more affordable than other programs. I would re...

3. Anyone familiar with Florida Hospital College?

   capgirl replied to CindyJRN's topic in Online Learning

   How funny that this thread is finally answered!!! I have since gone on to this program and graduated in April. I would recommend this program, and would be happy to answer any questions....

4. Microbiology - Fall 2005

   capgirl replied to maliat's topic in Pre-Nursing

   We got our grades from the first test back last night. The entire class got C or D. No A or B or F. That is kind of weird... The professor gave us a long chat about how to get organized,and to follow her outline to only study what she has mention...

5. Microbiology - Fall 2005

   capgirl replied to maliat's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I was happy to see I got a 90 on my lab quiz last week, but this week we had a lab practical exam. While I could identify all the microorganisms, I messed up on kingdom/phyllum. I think I switched all those answers So much for that easy A+

6. Microbiology - Fall 2005

   capgirl replied to maliat's topic in Pre-Nursing

   We had to buy a black plastic apron for the lab. I think it was $6. It doesn't even cover too well (so don't wear anything nice to lab!) The instructor had the gloves in the lab. I really like my instructor, he is very funny and keeps it interesti...

7. Protonix IVP

   capgirl replied to babynursewannab's topic in General Nursing

   I never heard of giving it IVP either. We always give it as a mini, sent up premixed by pharmacy. This is from the FDA website: DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION PROTONIX I.V. for Injection admixtures should be administered intravenously through a dedicat...

8. How many questions did you take? Pass/fail?

   capgirl replied to futuregaspasser's topic in NCLEX

   75/passed Congrats to all you new nurses!

9. what method most used

   capgirl replied to Ready's topic in General Students

   You gotta learn them all, however, with the new focus on medication safety, they are trying to make things more consistent. There is now a list of unapproved abbreviations - no more using cc, it's ml only. I think there is something in the plan abou...

10. Microbiology - Fall 2005

    capgirl replied to maliat's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hi glimmer, I will be taking this class at Hudson Valley - I am in the Capital District... Lake Placid is so beautiful - but far too COLD for me...

11. Microbiology - Fall 2005

    capgirl replied to maliat's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I am also taking it this fall, it is the prerequisite to officially matriculate into my RN to BSN program. How I have wished over the years that I had taken it as part of my ADN, but it wasn't required and I took gerontology courses instead. MISTAKE...

12. How much did it cost for your ADN?

    capgirl replied to JennaC's topic in Career Support

    I went to a small private college for my ADN. I think it was about 3500 per semester, x 5 semesters = $17,500 plus books and fees. It was about double the cost of the community college here, but no waiting list, and luckily I qualified for some fin...

13. Why Are 12 hour shifts the standard?

    capgirl replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit originally went to 12s because they could never fill the evening shift. So they just deleted that shift entirely! Now the only option is to work 12s.

14. Baby Powder at your hospital...

    capgirl replied to evans_c1's topic in General Nursing

    Back when I worked LTC, they stopped stocking baby powder because it had set off the fire alarm system. EMS, police, fire departments all responded to every alarm triggered. Yep, it was the powder.

15. Staffing coordinator way out of line

    capgirl replied to misschelei's topic in Agency

    Apparently she doesn't have any idea what we do, if she would walk over fire for $38 an hour! You could suggest she go back to school... I would just let it go, especially if she is a person responsible for booking your shifts! I agree with trauma ...