kappykatlpn

kappykatlpn has 12 years experience and specializes in LTC.

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1. having success with Sociology?

   kappykatlpn replied to prettyplay24's topic in Excelsior

   tnmarie, What materials did you use to study for this?

2. Do Excelsior grads have a hard time being hired?

   kappykatlpn replied to nurse2be123's topic in Excelsior

   It probably depends on where you live. I do know that the major hospital here in Grand Rapids michigan will not even look at you if they see Excelsior on your resume/application

3. Isu in Michigan, and straighter line credits.

   kappykatlpn posted a topic in Indiana (ISU)

   Has anyone done the Lpn to bsn through ISU in Michigan, and if so did you have problems with finding a place doing your clinicals? Also does anyone know how many credits ISU accepts through straighter line? I know excelsior will only accept 7. I h...

4. ISU pre reqs

   kappykatlpn replied to kappykatlpn's topic in Indiana (ISU)

   Yikes! Ok thank you!

5. ISU pre reqs

   kappykatlpn replied to kappykatlpn's topic in Indiana (ISU)

   Sorry not sure why it posted in one big paragraph. I didn't type it that way.

6. ISU pre reqs

   kappykatlpn posted a topic in Indiana (ISU)

   Hello everyone. I have been going back and forth between excelsior and ISU. Frankly the cpne scares me. I like the idea of ISU and actual clinicals. But I got this info from ISU:Enrollment in Indiana State University is not required for completio...

7. Documenting on patient falls or what looks like one in LTC

   kappykatlpn replied to lumbarpain's topic in Geriatric

   Hello, What I usually do is start like this "observed resident on the floor on his/her left side......." and describe exactly what I saw when I entered the room.

8. A&P through Straighterline Approved

   kappykatlpn replied to michellezlpn's topic in Excelsior

   Oh, ok ty!

9. A&P through Straighterline Approved

   kappykatlpn replied to michellezlpn's topic in Excelsior

   what do you mean by 7 acceptable ace exams? Excelsior only accepts 7 of them? thanks, Kathy

10. Incompetent nursing assistants

    kappykatlpn replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in General Nursing

    Just have to add, I am an LPN in LTC and the cena's do the vitals there for us. I put out the list of the vitals that needed to be done at the beginning of the shift. At the end of the shift I looked at the vitals and noticed I had put a patient o...

11. How many hours can a nurse work.

    kappykatlpn replied to kappykatlpn's topic in General Nursing

    We work 12 hour shifts, and when the next nurse calls off or there was not one scheduled then we have to stay over, this is where some of the nurses and doing 24 hr shifts. All management has to say is "they can do it". I miss the days when we had...

12. How many hours can a nurse work.

    kappykatlpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone. Does anyone know how many hours legally a nurse can work in Michigan? Where I work some of the nurses are working 20 to 24 hour shifts. This seems extremely unsafe to me. I have tried to Google it and can't really find anything sp...

13. the college network

    kappykatlpn posted a topic in Online Learning

    Goodmorning everyone! I have seen a lot of post here regarding the college network. I just wanted to make everyone aware of this before they decide to sign on with them. A friend of mine signed on with them. I tried to explain that they were a pub...

14. I can't believe the hootzpah of some people!

    kappykatlpn replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Gummybear, My facility is same as yours! I work in a LTC facility and they are so overly focused on customer service and nothing else. The other day I was told to drop what I was doing (I was working on Doctor orders and in the middle of transcrib...

15. Is leaving the premises and coming back considered job/ patient abandonment?

    kappykatlpn replied to lashuna1028's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I work in a LTC facitlity. If we don't get a chance to take our lunch (which is often) we fill out a time edit slip stating that we didn't and the facility pays us for the half hour. There are actually some staff memebers who didn't get to t...