snickersBRaccel

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1. Beginning RN Salary in Louisiana

   snickersBRaccel replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Louisiana

   New grads at OLOL start at 19.75/hr. There will not be another orientation class until January, so enjoy the holidays :)

2. Moving to Baton Rouge

   snickersBRaccel replied to meaganellise's topic in Louisiana

   OLOL's new grad pay is 19.75/hr

3. Lady of the Lake Accelerated ASN

   snickersBRaccel replied to lagrl1974's topic in Louisiana

   In the beginning there were papers to write, and every class had some type of project, but it usually wasn't something you had to spend more than a day or so on. There wasn't enough time to research something for weeks to write a 10 page paper :) ...

4. Lady of the Lake Accelerated ASN

   snickersBRaccel replied to lagrl1974's topic in Louisiana

   I did do the contract, and it's true that another hospital can buy it out. However, I'm not sure in this economy that a hospital would be willing to spend more on a new grad. But it is possible. Feel free to ask anything, and vent often... we di...

5. Lady of the Lake Accelerated ASN

   snickersBRaccel replied to lagrl1974's topic in Louisiana

   "I'm a 35 y.o. single mother of 2 boys (9 & 13). Can you tell me more about the "type" of students that actually completed the program? i.e. age, etc."-- As for the type of student, we had young twenty-somethings who were single or dating, and w...

6. Lady of the Lake Accelerated ASN

   snickersBRaccel replied to lagrl1974's topic in Louisiana

   well, I finished this program in Aug '09. It is intense in the sense that you will never have time to let your brain rest in 10 months time. It's tough physically... there were many sleepless nights filled with care plans, and clinical during the d...

7. Louisiana Nurses--Need Info!

   snickersBRaccel replied to ALH2004's topic in Louisiana

   From what I understand, it takes about 3 weeks from the time your transcripts are sent to to the LSBN until your temp license comes in. Also I don't think the job market in the NO area is great right now. They're talking about 7% salary cuts and hi...

8. OLOL accelerated nursing program EJGH

   snickersBRaccel replied to allison504's topic in Louisiana

   1. Is there something we can do now to start preparing for these things? –yes! Know your A&P like the back of your hand. So much of the exams is understanding the physiology. If you know your physiology, you will understand why you do the nurs...

9. OLOL accelerated nursing program EJGH

   snickersBRaccel replied to allison504's topic in Louisiana

   My last final will be in about 4 weeks, so I'm almost done! Typically we had lecture 9am-4pm for two or three days a week, plus clinical 7am-5pm or 7am-7am two days a week. There is no clinical for pharmacology, but there are a lot of lab hours for...

10. OLOL accelerated nursing program EJGH

    snickersBRaccel replied to allison504's topic in Louisiana

    Hey y'all, I'm just finishing up the OLOL accelerated program in BR. I can give you some specifics as to what our tuition and fees were for this year, but keep in mind the tuition increase: Fall '08: 11 hours (Intro to accelerated nursing, Pharmaco...

11. OLOL Students or Graduates

    snickersBRaccel replied to debbie54's topic in Louisiana

    the Mosby's 2009 Nursing Drug Reference has about 60 pages in the beginning of it that is excellent. If you study those 60 pages before school starts, you will be well ahead of the game. It outlines the different classes of drugs, their mechanism o...

12. accelerated asn olol

    snickersBRaccel replied to rpc19's topic in Louisiana

    the biggest topics so far are autonomic nervous system, heart (conduction system), & Kidney A&P, but everything physiology wise is important. Understand what the different hormones do to blood pressure, and what factors affect blood pressur...

13. OLOL Students or Graduates

    snickersBRaccel replied to debbie54's topic in Louisiana

    first, in dealing with the college, keep copies of EVERYTHING you have to send them. We've had lots of problems with them losing papers. second, study your notes they give you and the notes you take in lecture first, then after you know them, if yo...

14. accelerated asn olol

    snickersBRaccel replied to rpc19's topic in Louisiana

    also, Pharm is all memorization and understanding A&P. I don't think someone could do well in Pharm if she didn't do well in A&P. Fundamentals so far has been mostly application of knowledge... and knowledge alone will not get you through.

15. accelerated asn olol

    snickersBRaccel replied to rpc19's topic in Louisiana

    I'm in OLOL's accelerated program right now, and there isn't any one reason why people don't make it. I know 3 students who were wait-listed for acceptance (but did get a spot due to people declining their acceptance) who made As in pharmacology (wh...