tlackey

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1. Chronically late patients...

   tlackey posted a topic in Ambulatory

   How do you all handle late patients? I work in a peds clinic where there are a fair amount of chronically late patients, not 5 minutes late, but more like 15-20 minutes late. They never apologize, or acknowledge that they are late at all. The MDs don...

2. Stickers and prizes for peds

   tlackey posted a topic in Ambulatory

   I'm just looking for suggestions from those of you who work in peds or family practice clinic - does your practice have any prizes or stickers for the kids? We used to have a prize box for kids who got a lot of shots, but it was getting abused when e...

3. Denver School of Nursing --

   tlackey replied to aprila1's topic in Colorado

   One of the girls in my class contacted CU about a year ago to see if they would take our credits, and they said that yes, they would. However, I don't know of anyone personally who has gone on to finish out there BSN there yet. As far as Children's g...

4. Denver School of Nursing --

   tlackey replied to aprila1's topic in Colorado

   Hi - I just graduated from the ADN program at DSON on June 22nd; took my boards this past Wednesday and passed (yea!). As far as I have heard, everyone in my class except one has passed, and most people stopped at 75 questions, which is the minimum....

5. Below 3.0 GPA -

   tlackey replied to ocean9900's topic in Colorado

   I wouldn't worry too much about your GPA unless you are planning on applying to any of the BSN programs (Regis, CU, etc.). The community colleges and ADN programs are usually much less strict about GPAs; as long as you have a C or better in all your ...

6. Any preceptors out there? Starting my preceptorship, nervous...

   tlackey posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi! I'm in the last quarter of nursing school, and got my preceptorship/clinical capstone in an ER, which I really wanted and am totally psyched about. But now I'm getting nervous; I don't know if I'll be able to do everything that is expected of me....

7. Denver School of Nursing

   tlackey replied to spenceandchris's topic in Colorado

   This is why I'm going there: http://www.nlnac.org/Forms/directorySearch.asp Colorado nursing programs accredited by the National League of Nursing: CSU-Pueblo, Metro State, Otero JC, Pueblo CC, and UCHSC. Not Front Range, not CCD, not Arapahoe, not A...

8. Denver School of Nursing

   tlackey replied to spenceandchris's topic in Colorado

   The homework really was not too bad. The first quarter it kind of sucked, only because we had weekly quizzes in pharm. calculations, and we had to practice our skills and get checked off for assessment and Foundations class. Overall, because we spe...

9. Help, very discouraged, want to quit

   tlackey posted a topic in LPN-RN

   I graduated from an LPN program in this past June, took and passed my PN boards. Started an LPN-RN program four weeks later. I am totally discouraged and feel like I have been beaten by the system. I loved my LPN program; it was challenging and bus...

10. Denver School of Nursing

    tlackey replied to spenceandchris's topic in Colorado

    No, DSN's schedule is not that crazy...no one would go if it was. I just finished the LPN program this past June, now I'm in the LPN-RN program. The first quarter was a little rough, but looking back through the program it was definitely the worst ...

11. University of Phoenix in CO, LPN to BSN

    tlackey replied to committedtonursing's topic in School Programs

    Hi, I looked into Phoenix just a few months ago. The program is 30 months and costs about 24,000 for the program. You have to go one night per week for the 30 months, and the class changes about every 5 weeks. The majority of the classes are at th...

12. How much did you study for the NCLEX-PN?

    tlackey posted a topic in LPN/LVN Students

    I'm taking my boards next week, and am a little overwhelmed with all the study materials available. When I review books like Saunders or Mosby's, I feel like I'm redoing all the stuff I already studied in Med/Surg or Pharmacology. So I've been doin...

13. Looking for LPN school in Colorado

    tlackey replied to phines8098's topic in Colorado

    I just finished the LPN program at DSN, and I'm now in the RN program, graduating June '07. Becky Lynch (one of the deans) told our class they expected to attain accreditation by late spring of 2007. They are still working on going through the accr...

14. POLL: What is the waitlist like in your area?

    tlackey posted a topic in General Students

    What state do you live in? For schools in your area which accept students on a "first-come, first-served" basis, how long is the typical waiting time from application to starting school? I have been noticing that some states are not bad at all, some ...

15. Looking for LPN school in Colorado

    tlackey replied to phines8098's topic in Colorado

    Hi! Regarding winnie's post from yesterday, I haven't heard anything about instructors not showing up at clinicals. I'm in my fourth clinical site and all my teachers have been there. I think the person you heard who had this happen six times may h...