olivia60

olivia60 has 8 years experience and specializes in Inpatient & family practice.

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1. Taking 20 credit hours?

   olivia60 replied to Kaylle's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Don't do it! Learn your material well.

2. The Nursing Licensing Cartel

   olivia60 replied to rickbrown23's topic in General Nursing

   Well I believe in getting paid for what I have accomplished, and that is not a privilege, it is what is due. Those who hire us are privileged to have us work work them.

3. The Nursing Licensing Cartel

   olivia60 replied to rickbrown23's topic in General Nursing

   Ditto to that!

4. The Nursing Licensing Cartel

   olivia60 replied to rickbrown23's topic in General Nursing

   You can sure say that again. When I got my LVN I only paid $25.00 for the Board Exam. It seems that anything that has medical in it is automatically overcharged. Medical Coding is the same. Before you take the certification exam you have to come ...

5. LPN'S are not going anywhere!

   olivia60 replied to lucrecole2009's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Getting help on the tuition for furthering your education is a must and a plus.

6. Internship programs for critical care nursing?

   olivia60 replied to JoseQuinones's topic in Critical

   That is an excellent idea Jose. With a shortage of skilled workers in nursing but also other professions, the internship would stand as the go between the knowledge and the clinic. What has happened to the apprenticeship programs anyway? For the n...

7. Why would nurses voluntarily sign up at for profit schools?

   olivia60 replied to RNdynamic's topic in School Programs

   Well, the High School's in the early sixties were pretty darn good. However, I have never been informed that I may have learning disabilities. That would be a first.

8. Why would nurses voluntarily sign up at for profit schools?

   olivia60 replied to RNdynamic's topic in School Programs

   Well I can hardly move after reading that. The best Registered Nurses I ever knew were all C students. For that matter so were the LVN's those many years back. The schools never went by GPA's back then because just because you have a 3.9 GPA doesn...

9. Why would nurses voluntarily sign up at for profit schools?

   olivia60 replied to RNdynamic's topic in School Programs

   What about taking individual courses that move too fast at the college levels? I have a couple of classes that I understand but they move too fast for me so I don't do well on the tests. I am thinking about maybe using Straighterline. Have any of ...

10. Other Jobs That a Nurse Can Do?

    olivia60 replied to westieluv's topic in Career Support

    That is exactly what it is. Your adventure. Now is the time you can do the second most wanted desire in your life. You were a nurse so that was your first, now what was it you also thought you would like to do? You are retired now, you don't need...

11. Other Jobs That a Nurse Can Do?

    olivia60 replied to westieluv's topic in Career Support

    If you have either an AS or a BS degree you can get into Health Information Management or get certified as a medical coder, your background in nursing is going to take you a long way for this field. Being a coder you would assignment codes to diagno...

12. Can old prereqs be used to bridge program?

    olivia60 replied to msJoJo's topic in LPN-RN

    This issue of schools refusing prerequisites is becoming a big topic in the student loan debt. It seems that they are going to start determining just why the student loan debt is so high and checking on these schools that are making students take cl...

13. What are you doing summer break?

    olivia60 replied to missmollie's topic in General Students

    Well I know what I am going to do. Catch up on my lost sleep and go out for a change. Get to know my neighbors who never see me and probably think I am a shut in. In a way, I guess I am.

14. Can old prereqs be used to bridge program?

    olivia60 replied to msJoJo's topic in LPN-RN

    Yes, I have. I was an LVN for about 8 years, but had to give it up due to not being able to find evening care for my 3 children. I did not realize that they had the bridge programs open anymore. The CC I am attending requires the course to be withi...

15. Still on my soapbox

    olivia60 replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    Well I was watching Nurse Jackie last night and the episode had a computer holding medications and nurses having to push a pin number to get patient's meds. Are computers going to take over nursing too? Can you imagine, a computer just like vending...