erinp88

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1. Stay At Home Mom - Former LPN/RN - Unsure of What To Do

   erinp88 posted a topic in ADN/BSN

   Hi Everyone! I completed my ADN a few years ago and unfortunately the hospitals were all on a hiring freeze and requiring BSN's which left me feeling quite defeated. I remained in my current position as an Intake Nurse (paid $8/more an hour going fro...

2. Career advice for a pregnant RN

   erinp88 replied to ExpatHopeful's topic in General Nursing

   Stay home! Sorry, I was new RN and wounded up pregnant unexpectedly. I tried until I was ~6 months pregnant landing a stable job in a clinical setting. No one wants to hire a preggo nurse. I was working per diem with my current company in an Intake (...

3. Infection Control help - please!

   erinp88 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Yikes, I am in a bit of a pickle and haven't worked in an acute care setting for years. I've been trying to research my situation but have stumbled across multiple conflicting posts - many of them outdated. My aunt is terminally ill and I had a big ...

4. Wasted my first year as an RN..learn from my mistake!

   erinp88 posted a topic in Career Support

   I obtained my LPN degree in 2002 at my local community college. Of course the program wasn't laddered so me being the 21 year old I was, decided to have 'fun' and chased the dollar signs from my hospital ER tech job to the local LTC facilities. Event...

5. No experience with MDS, can you learn it?

   erinp88 posted a topic in MDS

   So, I've read through the forum 'getting started with MDS' but it hasn't been active in a while. I have had my LPN license since 2003 and most of my experience has been in the LTC setting. I got my RN license in 2010 and have been working in an inta...

6. IV Certification / training - specifically West Michigan

   erinp88 posted a topic in Michigan

   Hi - I'm an RN with limited experience in administering IV fluids. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas as to how I could gain experience with IV's and somehow become comfortable with them? I don't work in a hospital so I have minimal resources th...

7. MI taking forever processing license

   erinp88 replied to jan18's topic in Michigan

   I won't even go into my rant, but it took 10 weeks for my application to be processed for a new license.

8. Interview for Hospice Case Manager Position

   erinp88 replied to erinp88's topic in Hospice

   Yikes! Well, I went to the interview and it honestly didn't feel like a good fit. What the HR rep told me and what the actual director wanted was quite different. He was looking for someone with hospital experience, which I don't have. There will be...

9. Interview for Hospice Case Manager Position

   erinp88 posted a topic in Hospice

   Hi everyone! I have an interview later today for a Hospice Case Coordinator position. I was told over the phone that most of their patients are in nursing homes which is a big reason they called me. The majority of my experience has been in a long-te...

10. Penn Foster Transcript Request/College Algebra CLEP question

    erinp88 replied to erinp88's topic in Online Learning

    Thanks for the replies!! Definitely both posts were quite helpful! @christy78: Which Algebra CLEP book did you use? I know REA has one? Ok, well I am off to email this Katie person to hopefully get my transcript!! This is getting so ridiculous!!

11. Penn Foster Transcript Request/College Algebra CLEP question

    erinp88 posted a topic in Online Learning

    Hey everyone! I hope you all are doing well and testing away...........Congrats to those of you who have had recently been successful in your accomplishments. Ok, any Penn Foster Info Lit people have problems with getting official transcripts sent o...

12. Who can administer medications in Michigan?

    erinp88 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Michigan

    Sorry, I don't lack 'research'. This is recent and personal experience from just a few months ago. I understand medication errors occur amongst everyone. However, if a medication error occurs on my license, it had better be done by me. Where I worked...

13. Who can administer medications in Michigan?

    erinp88 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Michigan

    Assisted living centers often train "Resident Care Aides" and/or "CNA's" to pass medications. It's a scary thing! They train them for about 2 hours and there's no information given on specific drugs or adverse reactions. They are not allowed to give ...

14. How long for State of Michigan to post my license?

    erinp88 replied to erinp88's topic in Michigan

    So glad eveyrone who followed this thread had good outcomes with their NCLEX too! I got my license 1 day in the mail after it had been posted!

15. How long for State of Michigan to post my license?

    erinp88 replied to erinp88's topic in Michigan

    Getting my ATT was a longer process for me than scheduling, studying and taking the NCLEX! I went to an out of state school too and michigan would not accept anything but the official transcript. Of course my transcripts weren't released until May 21...