oeue2007

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1. Your ER policy on giving rides home

   oeue2007 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   Haha - I signed on to rant about the opposite problem ("I need help getting someone out of the car!") and started reading. I can never decide if it makes me feel better or worse that all ER's have the same ridiculous issues! Anyway, let me get it ou...

2. CPNE Mistakes - I would love to learn from yours

   oeue2007 replied to pebbles57's topic in Online Learning

   I did the exact same thing during my first CPNE. Have to really go through that PCS recording form before you hand it over. I had something in almost every blank second time (lots of n/a's :) !

3. CPNE Mistakes - I would love to learn from yours

   oeue2007 replied to pebbles57's topic in Online Learning

   ID ID ID ID ID. Sounds ridiculous while you're comfy at home but when your nerves are rockin' and the patient's got a tray and relatives and an attitude your instinct is to walk over and do something for them. In labs they kind of turn that armband...

4. CPNE Questions

   oeue2007 replied to MrRacer98's topic in Online Learning

   I flunked the CPNE in Savannah in May and I'm going back next month for my second try. The hospital is pretty easy to get to from the recommended hotels. Easy to maneuver around once you're there. (Sounds minor but not having to stress major traff...

5. Anyone else sent home on first PCS day?

   oeue2007 replied to oeue2007's topic in Online Learning

   So much for my break :chuckle I (always) love your comments Lunah, love your heart and passion and know that you are a great nurse. I feel like I'm the same kind of nurse. I totally respect your different opinion. I disagree though that the second...

6. Anyone else sent home on first PCS day?

   oeue2007 replied to oeue2007's topic in Online Learning

   I'm going to take a break from all of this for a few days. I'm tired! Excelsior has just been one stress bomb after another between the CPNE and the GA BON.....I'm just going to go be me for awhile and then decide what to do. Right now it feels li...

7. Anyone else sent home on first PCS day?

   oeue2007 replied to oeue2007's topic in Online Learning

   I guess my POV is NOBODY should be in that position. We're all there for the same test. We've definitely all paid the same fee. We should all be given the same opportunities and be testing under the same parameters. There is a HUGE HUGE advantage...

8. Anyone else sent home on first PCS day?

   oeue2007 replied to oeue2007's topic in Online Learning

   Tee hee, so funny and so true. I just can't believe that they've been getting away with treating students differently all this time without a fight. That's why I'm appealing to the allnurses crowd for info to see if I'm about to jump on a dead hors...

9. Anyone else sent home on first PCS day?

   oeue2007 posted a topic in Online Learning

   OK, so much for my good attitude. At my CPNE there were 6 students, 4 adult examiners and 2 peds examiners. They made assignments with their weird little grid so 2 of us had 2 adults day one and the ped day 2. (Savannah always has peds.) The othe...

10. Flunked the CPNE - some thoughts

    oeue2007 replied to oeue2007's topic in Online Learning

    eyerishone-Don't stress the CPNE yet, focus on your courses. With the wait times, you'll have plenty of prep time for the CPNE. When you're to that point, the first thing you have to do is read the dreaded 500+ page EC Study Guide and they won't ev...

11. Flunked the CPNE - some thoughts

    oeue2007 replied to oeue2007's topic in Online Learning

    Thanks all for the encouragement. COP, I did do a grid. In this hospital there was no "neutral" surface to put your paperwork on and it was in, out, in, out of my pocket. This is part of what I'm talking about with the mercenary thing. It went ag...

12. Flunked the CPNE - some thoughts

    oeue2007 posted a topic in Online Learning

    Just flunked my first attempt at CPNE. Passed all labs on the first try then flunked two adult PCS's in a row! Thought I'd share some random thoughts since Excelsior likes to keep this mysterious. LPN's especially - do not think of this as clinical...

13. GA BON no longer accepting Excelsior education; Speak up Cont. Updates!!

    oeue2007 replied to zimsaint's topic in Excelsior

    I think I just heard a giant sigh of relief echoing across GA! Excellent!

14. GA BON no longer accepting Excelsior education; Speak up Cont. Updates!!

    oeue2007 replied to zimsaint's topic in Excelsior

    Somebody on the BON was in collusion w/ Rep. Cooper and I would have to guess somebody with the University System as well because they are the only ones who would "benefit" from getting rid of EC in GA. It's all ridiculous because every nursing prog...

15. GA BON no longer accepting Excelsior education; Speak up Cont. Updates!!

    oeue2007 replied to zimsaint's topic in Excelsior

    This was done in such an underhanded, almost vindictive way...I really hope when it all shakes out that the primary perpetrators find themselves unemployed. Someone had an agenda. This was presented as a seemingly benign revision to an existing law...