Cranberrygirl

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1. Help speeding up

   Cranberrygirl replied to Cranberrygirl's topic in Geriatric

   Thank you all for your advice (and concern!). You have given me wonderful suggestions and I plan to incorporate these suggestions in my daily work. I had no idea how difficult it is to work in LTC. Wish I had more time with the patients! But at l...

2. Help speeding up

   Cranberrygirl posted a topic in Geriatric

   New to LTC. I have 40 patients and can’t seem to do all my med passes in time because of so many interruptions. All 40 patients have 8 o’clock meds; that leaves me a 2-hour window which is 3 minutes per patient. Plus, I have to take vitals and finger...

3. CLEP hard class?

   Cranberrygirl replied to Cranberrygirl's topic in Online Learning

   To CLEP a class is a piece of cake. All you do is read the materials, take the test, and if you pass you get credit. I wish I had known about this before spending hours in classrooms and thousands of dollars on college classes that are not used dir...

4. Need spreadsheets or worksheets please!

   Cranberrygirl replied to soshore's topic in LTC Directors

   Could you send me a copy as well? Thank you! :)

5. Advice needed on job offers

   Cranberrygirl replied to Cranberrygirl's topic in Geriatric

   Thank you all for your thoughtful replies and input. You have given me a lot to think about! :)

6. Advice needed on job offers

   Cranberrygirl posted a topic in Geriatric

   i have 2 job offers and could use some advice. job #1 is at a teaching hospital 2 hours from my house. job #2 is at a ltc/snf facility 10 minutes from my house. salaries are about the same. to tell you the truth, the 2-hour commute in bumper-to-bumpe...

7. Just took NCLEX...i'm a nervous wreck!

   Cranberrygirl replied to LaliRN's topic in NCLEX

   Congratulations! :)

8. kaplan really messes with my head this close to boards! anyone else agree!!

   Cranberrygirl replied to Amy10BSN's topic in NCLEX

   Just using Kaplan worked for me. For me, too many resources just confused me! Do as many questions as you can and examine the rationales. Many of the questions on NCLEX followed the Kaplan Tree. Ask yourself why you answered a question right or w...

9. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

   Cranberrygirl replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

   Congratulations!!! :yeah:

10. July Washington Hospital Center RN Residency

    Cranberrygirl replied to GuatericanNurse's topic in Washington DC

    Hi Sasi! Great to hear you have an interview! I was one of many applicants who met in the True Auditorium. We had a brief interview with the nurse recruiters who are VERY nice. It was relaxed, no pressure other than the usual job interview anxiety...

11. July Washington Hospital Center RN Residency

    Cranberrygirl replied to GuatericanNurse's topic in Washington DC

    Med/Surg here. When you go for the interview, they will ask you what unit you want. If you have one you really want, tell them. There were a few different managers there that day. Looking around the room at all the applicants, I said to myself ho...

12. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    Cranberrygirl replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

    Pearsonvue trick worked for me. Took the test on the 14th. After that, I kept getting the good pop-up. By the 16th in the a.m. my results were on the Board of Nursing website. The test cut off at 75. I had many SATA in a row, was about to pull ou...

13. July Washington Hospital Center RN Residency

    Cranberrygirl replied to GuatericanNurse's topic in Washington DC

    Hi guys, I had an interview last week. During the interview, I met the unit manager and she was AWESOME! I got a call this am and was offered the job. I am super excited to have a job and saying prayers for all other new grads to be so lucky. The...

14. CNA Training?

    Cranberrygirl replied to roxybabe84's topic in Maryland

    Have you considered taking an entry level job, like Transporter, at this time? The reason I say this is because after Foundations (semester 1), you can apply with the State and get your CNA license without any classes.

15. New to Baltimore! Where should I live?

    Cranberrygirl replied to Joie de Vivre's topic in Maryland

    Hi Joie, Here is a link that gives many opinions. Owings Mills is outside the city and has a train that goes straight to Hopkins (I took it for my clinicals at Hopkins and recall it was about a 30-minute ride). I hear the immediate area around Hopk...