RHope

RHope has 15 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg/Telemetry.

Latest Activity

1. Excelsior

   RHope replied to Nurse 26's topic in LPN/LVN

   Excelsior College Associate Degree nursing program recently lost its accreditation with the ACEN, and a lot of state nursing boards have stopped licensing Excelsior grads. I was one of their LPN to RN grads way back before any of this happened, pass...

2. Feel like I'm too dumb to be a nurse

   RHope replied to coconut3431's topic in General Nursing

   You feel dumb. The only problem is there were other nurses that cared for the patient before you. So that would mean you're all dumb together. It took more than one shift for that patient to get like that. The nurse that worked before you, don't y...

3. Excelsior Pass Rates!!!

   RHope replied to j1l4d's topic in Excelsior

   You really should consider appealing now before anymore time passes.

4. Excelsior Pass Rates!!!

   RHope replied to j1l4d's topic in Excelsior

   I also agree that if they still allow you 2 1/2 hours to complete a PCS, you should not have been rushed. It was up to the CE to stop the clock if the patient had to go somewhere, and restart it upon the patient's return.

5. Excelsior Pass Rates!!!

   RHope replied to j1l4d's topic in Excelsior

   I'm so sorry that you were not successful with the CPNE. I do remember that you must chart every assessment finding that you assess according to the critical elements, even if it is not an assigned assessment or area of care. So if it was not assig...

6. ADN vs. BSN - patient mortality rates

   RHope replied to Katniss88's topic in ADN/BSN

   This is so true. I have encountered some BSN prepared nurses who have NO CLUE what they're doing and they graduated from the prestigious schools. I'm not exaggerating. Trust and believe.

7. ADN vs. BSN - patient mortality rates

   RHope replied to Katniss88's topic in ADN/BSN

   I think that study on patient safety decreasing when there are less BSN prepared nurses working is seriously flawed and should have gone right into the shredder. It seems to be more of a gimmick to bring in more money to 4 year universities. The fu...

8. New 2-year contract required months after being hired on. Should I decline?

   RHope replied to LonghornChic's topic in General Nursing

   If you like hospital A better, you may do better staying there. Would also consider things like staff to patient ratios, unsafe policies, working conditions, attitudes of staff, managers, and doctors. Even though hospital B may offer a dollar or tw...

9. Nurses setting up other nurses!

   RHope replied to gerotina's topic in Ohio

   I worked on a hospital floor that was very clickish. Half the nurses had no clue in hell what they were doing or how to be a nurse. I never bragged or put myself on a pedestal. I was nice and helpful to everyone. The new doctor and the NP were ho...

10. New laws requiring LPNs and RNs to become BSN by 2016

    RHope replied to Vocationofalifetime's topic in LPN/LVN

    Does anyone feel they should end all associate degree nursing programs being that most employers are beginning to no longer hiring them? What's the use of graduating new associate degree RNs if they can't get hired? Nursing homes are still using as...

11. New laws requiring LPNs and RNs to become BSN by 2016

    RHope replied to Vocationofalifetime's topic in LPN/LVN

    Nice. Nursing is just such a rewarding, welcoming profession. When people say, "You must really like being a nurse", is it hard to hold in the laughter?

12. Why are Nursing Programs so Cruel to Students

    RHope replied to soon_2Bnurse's topic in LPN-RN

    That sounds like the school I went to. But thank God there were a few professional, ethical instructors and managers there too. I stuck close to them. The unreasonable, rude, unprofessional ones, I'm so glad I had no interaction with.

13. Buffalo NY nurse agency recommendation?

    RHope replied to dbzzz's topic in New York

    This is all true. 100%.

14. Excelsior Pass Rates!!!

    RHope replied to j1l4d's topic in Excelsior

    When I was an Excelsior College associate degree nursing student, I was enrolled in a phlebotomy program and an EKG/monitor tech program at a local college. I also had LPN med-surg experience at local hospitals through a temp agency for a few years ...

15. Being blamed for fall after shift

    RHope replied to notyetnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hearing about situations like this make it all more clear to me that I should not invest anymore time and money into getting a BS in a profession as awful and unfair as nursing.