unreallly replied to huismom's topic in Psychiatric
My last post i forgot to mention, I work in an acute adolescent unit and the pt. to staff ratio's doesnt matter. I can have 34 pt's with 3 1:1's and i still get 5 MHA'a and 2 RN's.
THis pay is not right new grad RN's in chicago is making at least 25 an hour at the bare minimum. Most or making 26-28 an hour with the latter being 30 in some suburbs where it is hard to keep nurses. Just got to keep looking. Even in the suburbs, n...
Hello, I took Math 125 because I knew you need this to get into any BSN program in the future. I took Math 140 a long time ago but it didn't count because it was 5 yrs old
unreallly replied to teacher08's topic in Illinois
WOW! I graduated in 2008 and I'm in total shock! The Professors we so nice. I am sad to see the program disappear. Why are they dismantling the program???
unreallly replied to trulynurseatheart's topic in Illinois
I heard California passed a bill that Nurses to patient ratio cannot be more than 6:1, Is this true? If this is true, I wish IL would do the same. At my facility, if we have less than 18 patients on our floor, I am the only nurse! Management do n...
Ok, let me understand this. If the renew license notification goes out May of 2010. Does anyone know how much time they will give us to get our 20 continuing education credits? Also, I obtained 20 ceu's in the year 2007-2008 when I was in Nursing s...
unreallly replied to teacher08's topic in Illinois
I went to Olive-Harvey from 2006-2008 and they were accredited. The lab is always open for the most part since we have 2 lab nurses on the spot. If the lab wasn't open, we could ask someone from the nursing office to open the doors for us Olive-H...
unreallly replied to TeeTee1982's topic in Illinois
The CCC Nursing programs listed are from best to worst based on NCLEX passing rate: ADN 1) Truman 2) Daley 3) Olive-Harvey 4) Kennedy-King (Bridge Program) 5) Malcolm X LPN 1) Wright