Drysolong

Drysolong

LTC and MED-SURG

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About Drysolong

Drysolong specializes in LTC and MED-SURG.


I've decided to change careers to Nursing. Skip to 2008: I am now working in MedSurg after 1.5 years in LTC and am currently an Excelsior RN student, hoping to finish by 2009.

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  1. Question about Med/Surg...

    In the hospital that I work in, our department is termed med-surg. One floor is dedicated to medical patients, while the other is dedicated to post-surgical patients. There is no Telemetry monitoring on the "surgical" floor, so post op pts needing ...
  2. Your comment, "the bottom line was I just needed the time off to really reflect on what I wanted to do." is a very good reason.
  3. what a day last wednesday.

    I understand calling the DON's cell #. Why didn't the nurse manager know to call the DON's cell? All of this information should have been included in your orientation as clear-cut policies. They dropped the ball, but the blame is put on you. That...
  4. Toxic Healthcare Personalities

    Healthcare workers who lose sight of the reason we are here, "the patient". Because of this attitude, they refuse to assist, answer questions or share their experience or expertise with others on the "team" on behalf of the patient. (I don't mean d...
  5. Hello again

    congratulations!!!! and welcome back!!!!
  6. I found med/surg to be very boring

    I've been in Med/Surg one year. Appreciate the experience. I'm keeping it as a PRN, but now ready to move on. I'm involved in home health and I'm now leaning toward it and hospice. I think I just like to do different things. Agency is probably t...
  7. Nurses who became famous

    Cindy Birdsong, former member of Supremes (the one who replaced Florence Ballard) is an RN
  8. Corrupt Managers/Clinical leaders

    I completely agree!!!
  9. ER nursing in NC

    Hi Amanda: What is the cost of living like in Las Vegas (housing, car insurance, etc)?
  10. Excelsior College Paramedic to RN Program ?

    Check out the DISTANCE LEARNING FORUM. Also, Excelsior is not necessarily an online program. You study from actual textbooks and take exams on computer at PearsonVue locations. Excelsior does provide online study resources. Beforehand you should de...
  11. Does GPA matter in terms of getting a job?

    For better or worse - Some schools do just require maintenance of a "C" average. Mine (LPN - technical college) was one. As do some of the RN programs in my area also
  12. The NEW Nurse (Not the ones AOL speak of)

    :yeah:YEAH!!! TO ALL THE ABOVE. JMHO 2!
  13. Does GPA matter in terms of getting a job?

    I also agree. I had a high GPA, but a "D" (my assessment) in experience & skill when I first graduated from LPN school. 4.0 + NCLEX = Nurse 3.0 + NCLEX = Nurse 2.0 + NCLEX = Nurse
  14. New Nursing Student With Excelsior

    I passed Excelsior's A&P & NC1 last year. In my experience, NC1 was fundamentals that were covered in my LPN course. So I used my LPN course textbooks only. For A&P, I used the simple (made easy & for dummies type-this was a perso...
  15. Bad Outcome....

    WHY? In particular.