Nurse_Of_All_Trades LPN, RN

Nurse_Of_All_Trades has 15 years experience as a LPN, RN.

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   Online self-paced LVN to RN program

   Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to risjohnson's topic in Online Learning

   I think that you misunderstood Pixie. Excelsior IS the college and like most colleges, they don't "meet" with you and try to lure you into their program with sales pitches. The companies that are doing that are third party publishing companies who cl...
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   Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

   Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

   This is a hobby of mine as well. My daughters and I love to watch YOUTUBE videos and pretend we're doing karaoke. We also like to dance to some of them (like the old school videos that had the good choreography... not any of the crap that they play n...
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   Seriously?? Small rant.

   Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to DelaneyB's topic in General Nursing

   In the city that I used to live in, the school nurse was a CNA. I believe that one licensed nurse was over a certain number of schools and made her rounds at each of them but the "school nurse" was a CNA.
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   Transition to Peds OR

   Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to Toast&Butters's topic in Operating Room

   That's what I thought you meant when you said you were an OR tech and not a Surg tech. My OR calls them Perioperative Support Associates or PSA. Everyplace has a different name for the same job. I've seen CNA titles on AN that I've never seen before ...
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   Help with Cpne

   Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to kaylynn1987's topic in Excelsior

   If you have Facebook, check out the group Conquer The CPNE Beast. There is a lot of information from current and past students regarding the CPNE. One of the most talked about workshops (and I'm not making any recommendations at all here), is located...
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   Online nursing programs

   Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to Novasocal's topic in Online Learning

   Are you an LPN by any chance? There are a few online LPN to RN programs out there.
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   Air Force Nursing duty locations

   Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to samiyah1987's topic in Government

   Sorry to hijack this thread... Is the OR undermanned in other branches as well?
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   Use of cellphones while at work

   Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

   ^^^This... It's a privacy issue as well for patients. There have been articles of health care personnel who have violated patient privacy and taken pictures of patients and their health information without their consent (I'm pretty sure you won't do ...
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   Do lpns give vaccinations?

   Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to naomifain's topic in LPN/LVN

   Well if the OP is against vaccinations, he/she won't make it to the point of standing before BON for a refusal to administer vaccines; if you aren't vaccinated yourself, almost no health care program, clinical site, or employer will accept an unvacci...
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    "I have a PhD, I know more than you do!"

    Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    Why does his ethnicity matter? Customer service, or lack of, isn't specific to a certain culture.
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    Is this discrimination?

    Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to WheresMyPen's topic in Relations

    Well what if the OP was an older nurse and the family questioned her capabilities because she was TOO OLD? She may have a case related to ageism and possibly slander, since the family is going around to everyone and outright lying. OP, record all of ...
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    Feel like I'm gonna

    Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to emtpbill's topic in Excelsior

    Sorry just saw your pass post... Congrats!
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    Feel like I'm gonna

    Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to emtpbill's topic in Excelsior

    Did you take LS1 today?
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    Feel like I'm gonna

    Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to emtpbill's topic in Excelsior

    Good luck!
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    Feel like I'm gonna

    Nurse_Of_All_Trades replied to emtpbill's topic in Excelsior

    Do you primarily use SG101 or do you use the required reading as well? Also do you use any of the practice exams?