taurus099

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1. Travel Nurse Offer. Yea or Nea? Anyone with experience please help!

   taurus099 replied to Nurse4lifeNC's topic in Travel

   How many years old is this thread? I only ask because $15 an hour seems ridiculously low....I get offers for $40-$45 am hour plus $1000 weekly stipend....the lowest I've seen was before I got my RN, when I was an LPN, and even then the offer was like...

2. Putting myself at your mercy...

   taurus099 replied to EastTexasHospice's topic in Hospice

   Yeah you are right , I forgot to figure in the on call staff , but as far as regular staffing that works , well at least that's how my hospice does It

3. Putting myself at your mercy...

   taurus099 replied to EastTexasHospice's topic in Hospice

   Yeah it seems like you are overstaffed higher up on the ladder...you don't need a DON and a ADON...2 field nurses for 30 patients is good..that is 15 patients per case load...and you could reduce down to just 1 LVN..you would need 3-4 CNAs for that t...

4. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

   taurus099 replied to Flames9_RN's topic in School Programs

   Thanks guys for all of the responses; they are very helpful! Good luck to you guys =)))

5. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

   taurus099 replied to Flames9_RN's topic in School Programs

   Tough or just time consuming ? You think it's feasible to work 3 12's and do this program ? I am single and do not have any kids

6. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

   taurus099 replied to Flames9_RN's topic in School Programs

   WOw, I keep trying to respond to someone's thread and it keeps placing it at the end of the message board!! Why is that ??

7. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

   taurus099 replied to Flames9_RN's topic in School Programs

   Which 2 can you test out of ?

8. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

   taurus099 replied to Flames9_RN's topic in School Programs

   Thanks for the response, that makes sense..I just had read somewhere on this thread that someone could test out of a couple of classes...SO you did not end up going to GCU? Any specific reason why you chose not to attend GCU?

9. Grand Canyon University RN to BSN Reviews

   taurus099 replied to Flames9_RN's topic in School Programs

   Which 2 classes can you test out of? I am scheduled to start 6/2014 and I have a total of 12 classes to do as well.

10. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    taurus099 replied to jilljw's topic in NP Students

    What online NP program did you do? Despite everyone's negative comments on here about online schooling, I am considering an online program...can you message me?

11. applied to kaplan Rn to Msn Fnp program

    taurus099 replied to veterannurse's topic in School Programs

    Hello, I am also considering Kaplan..I am graduating June 3rd from Kaplan College in Las Vegas and have a tentative start date for July 30th into their online RN-MSN program. I also would like to then do the FNP certification...So how are classes goi...

12. Let's talk $$ for hospice. (Idea lifted from Agency nursing)

    taurus099 replied to SuzieVN's topic in Hospice

    I am an LPN and I work for a hospice...I do everything the RN does except pronounce and do admissions.. my pay is the following $23 an hour; then will be $33 an hour in 2months after I finish RN school (about 68,000 a year) $5 an hour on call (equate...

13. Anyone getting their NP certification through Kaplan University?

    taurus099 posted a topic in NP Students

    Hello, My name is Jessica, I have been an LPN for nearly five years and I am finally finishing up my RN June 3rd, 2014. I am eager to quickly go back to school and am thinking about going to Kaplan for their RN-MSN program. Then after that, I would l...