wesmom

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1. DONE! (With exams at least....)

   wesmom replied to RNBearColumbus's topic in Excelsior

   Congrats! I'm in a similar boat. This week is the last week of my last class too! I only have the FCCA and CPNE to do as well! Hopefully starting the FCCA in Jan as well. I cannot wait to be done!!! :)

2. Excelsior College

   wesmom replied to NiteNurseNY's topic in Excelsior

   If you have any questions or wanna brainstorm, let me know.

3. Excelsior College

   wesmom replied to NiteNurseNY's topic in Excelsior

   Yes, the online courses are much more expensive. You can get student loans for it or if you are eligible for student aid (TAP or PELL) if you take a certain amount of credits within a certain time period and fall in the income requirements. The self ...

4. Excelsior College

   wesmom replied to NiteNurseNY's topic in Excelsior

   Hi there. I live in Phoenix, NY & have been doing the online program for longer than it should take. I was doing it by self studying and testing out but have just this week started my first 8 week class online, lifespan 1. I thought that trying ...

5. Passed my last of 8 exams today + Advice on studying

   wesmom replied to nursewithskills's topic in Excelsior

   Thanks, BarbaraNM. I will be sure to do that. I haven't used EC's website that much, so wanted to make sure I wasn't missing it. :)

6. Passed my last of 8 exams today + Advice on studying

   wesmom replied to nursewithskills's topic in Excelsior

   I am going to be taking the Health Differences test soon. I have bought the 2 practice tests from EC and have the textbooks you mentioned and th NCLEX review books but am not sure where to find or get the study group 101 notes. I looked around on the...

7. 3rd Semester Apprehension

   wesmom replied to wesmom's topic in Student Assist

   I wasn't trying to say that CNAs do the same work as RNs do, that's like comparing apples and oranges, but that the position of a CNA would give me more experience of working on a hospital unit floor. One of my instructors last semester said several...

8. 3rd Semester Apprehension

   wesmom posted a topic in Student Assist

   I just started my 3rd semester last week. (I'm half way there---yeah!! lol). I am having thoughts about taking this semester off so that I can work on the hospital floor as a CNA to get some more experience. I am feeling VERY nervous about this s...

9. Care Plan for nursing diagnosis: Impaired Skin Integrity

   wesmom replied to wesmom's topic in Student Assist

   Well, I mean that I didn't want my post to seem like it was too long (not that I didn't want to spend more time on it) so I tried to condense it by not adding all of my assessment info in it. I was thinking about what nursing interventions to write u...

10. Care Plan for nursing diagnosis: Impaired Skin Integrity

    wesmom replied to wesmom's topic in Student Assist

    That is the nursing diagnosis that my instructor wants me to use. Tissue integrity makes a lot more sense than skin integrity though. Delayed surgical healing would be optimal but I turned it in already and am doing revisions and don't really want to...

11. Care Plan for nursing diagnosis: Impaired Skin Integrity

    wesmom posted a topic in Student Assist

    I need some help with a care plan I am doing. The diagnosis is impaired skin integrity r/t excretions and/or excretions. The pt has been an inpatient for several months. She originally was admitted for fistula repair, incisional hernia repair with me...

12. Help with nursing dx chronic pain r/t....

    wesmom replied to wesmom's topic in Student Assist

    After looking at the time period for both of them, I won't be able to use acute pain. Her pain has been present for a lot longer than 6 months. I will try and use the article as pain management in general, not specifically towards acute pain. Agai...

13. Help with nursing dx chronic pain r/t....

    wesmom replied to wesmom's topic in Student Assist

    Thank you so much!! The resources you gave me were great!! I am trying to include acute pain as well as chronic pain. I am writing a paper on elderly in the community. I have a great article I want to refernce to about pain management but it's about ...

14. Help with nursing dx chronic pain r/t....

    wesmom posted a topic in Student Assist

    I am doing a care plan for a 73 yof who has scoliosis, arthritis, back pain and osteoporosis. Her primary dx is chronic pain but I am having a hard time figuring out what to put for r/t without using her medical dx. Any help would be greatly apprec...