kimlpn

kimlpn

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  1. Excelsior Grads - Where are they now?

    I graduated in 2005 from EC. I have been working in pediatrics since 2005. I am currently enrolled in Thomas Edison's RN-BSN program.
  2. LPN to RN Hurdles!!

    The clinical at Excelsior is fairly expensive. I took it last a year ago and paid about $1250.00. The clinical is tough but very doable. I liked the Excelsior (Regents) program. I feel that I learned a lot and I was able to continue working and c...
  3. Advice please....

    I have been an LPN for several years and graduated recently from RN school. I am working on a peds step-down unit that gets pretty busy. We usually have 2-3 patients. We see lots of the home vent kids (I worked the past 5+ years with home vents--s...
  4. Almost fired today

    especially in the ICU setting you should be careful with medications. These patients are fragile! I have never heard or seen anything that equates to this wide variety (essentially you were setting your own time frames and amount)....I really agree...
  5. Almost fired today

    I simply wouldn't have carried through with an order that wasn't complete. I am a new RN working in a critical care unit. We do not follow orders that do not have the correct data (med, dose, route, frequency). I would have immediately did a telep...
  6. New LPN Burn&Crash

    I somewhat disagree with the above poster about HH being only for experienced nurses. I pretty much started out in HH and learned so much. I did pediatric HH for years. I had some clients with very interesting and rare conditions. I learned how to...
  7. Do you have children? This is a fairly common problem--and more so for boys. It is not always an issue of enabling.
  8. My daughter did the same thing...although she finally totally trained at 3. She would pee in the potty but ask for a diaper to poop in. I think this is fairly common. Boys are typically slower at training than girls...I would just keep up with the...
  9. New LPN Burn&Crash

    I have found that those who do the most complaining are the nurses who really aren't doing the best job. Hang in there! Make a list of the things that need to be done and mark them off as you go. Like the other poster said grow tough skin...NEVER ...
  10. I was totally dissed last night

    Wow! I haven't been on here in several months. I did not realize how EC was looked at so negatively on these boards...and to me it is more on the boards than in real life. I have had no problems obtaining jobs. Ignore it and move on!
  11. I passed the CPNE a year ago. It was stressful, but it was doable. I agree that you could get a CE that was really picky...although this was not my case. Study and do your best...its a roll of the dice.
  12. online schools cheapen our profession?

    Some of my on-line courses through the local community college were more intense than the ones I went into class for. I felt like I was doing more research and writing than in my traditional classes. I really think it also has a lot to do with how ...
  13. Taking NC1 exam this thursday.

    LPN-- Take more time with the preparing. I thought 5 was difficult mainly because of the content being somewhat dry to me. This is how I order the exams in level of difficulty...CPNE,2,1,5,4,7,6,&3. Cpne hardest and 3 easiest for me. Just pic...
  14. Trach Care..How do you keep from gagging?

    I guess I am weird too LOL! I have done nothing but trach care and vent clients for 5 years. It is rather strange to be eating your lunch in a chair situated right next to the suction container with yellow sputum floating around :) I used to bothe...
  15. New Cpne Site For Excelsiors

    I have heard the new Texas site is good. I believe there are some posts on a site called alittlesarcasm.com from someone who has gone there...and YES, it was positive! Kim