Ann.E

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1. WGU statistics completed in 1 wk

   Ann.E replied to $$ICU-RN$$'s topic in Western Governors

   I also just finished stats through WGU and was surprised at how quickly I was able to move through it. I have taken a stats class previously, but to be honest the class was a complete joke. I really cannot tell you a single thing I learned. What I fo...

2. Transferring Credit from Aspen University

   Ann.E replied to Ann.E's topic in Online Learning

   Hello, I was just going to give everyone a quick update. I started at WGU on the first of November and since then I have completed five classes. I wasn't quite sure if I would enjoy the online classes, since I saw it more as just being completely on ...

3. How do you scan insulin?

   Ann.E replied to Ann.E's topic in Med-Surg

   Thanks everyone for the replies. Unfortunately, while I would love to tell my hospital that each patient needs their own vial in their room, we are a rural hospital with not a lot of funds. I did tell my nurse manager about the idea of having at leas...

4. How do you scan insulin?

   Ann.E posted a topic in Med-Surg

   I have a question for those who use medication scanners and that administer insulin. At our hospital we have insulin that is given, but in order to scan it we have to scan these little stickers. We are supposed to get a new little sticker each time w...

5. 7pm-7am shift

   Ann.E replied to Momof8CNA's topic in CNA/MA

   When I work night shift I try to get up every hour and take a 15 minute walk. Sometimes you have time for this and sometimes you don't, but I find that when I do this it really helps to wake me up. We have a candy bowl on our unit and I only allow my...

6. Considering a Job in Urgent Care

   Ann.E replied to nurse7502's topic in General Nursing

   I currently work on a med/surg floor, but before that I went back and forth between an urgent care and primary care clinic. I have to agree that I think most nurses who work in urgent cares get frustrated because of your limited scope and not being a...

7. Thinking of Dropping Out

   Ann.E replied to urbangirl2020's topic in Student Assist

   I am not sure where you are with this situation, but I just wanted to give you a little bit of encouragement. In my experience and in talking with other nurses who went to other schools, nursing school is frustrating. I feel like a lot of nurses all ...

8. What is the best NCLEX review course or question bank?

   Ann.E replied to aldrich21's topic in NCLEX

   I would have to agree that Priority, Delegation and Assignment was awesome! It helps a ton with figuring out what tasks can be given to another RN, LPN and then aides. It's not a very big book either, I did all of the questions over a month along wit...

9. Would you live in a rural community for nursing?

   Ann.E replied to thenursehopeful's topic in General Nursing

   I am currently working in a rural hospital and I am really enjoying it. Our CNO has already talked to me about which area I would be interested in cross-training to (I mentioned ER). We have people that actually work all units, ER, MS, OB and ICU. We...

10. About how many questions can I expect to be asked at hospital interview? How many did you

    Ann.E replied to Jaellys's topic in Job Hunt

    I have had three different jobs in various health care areas and each one had one or two sheets of paper with interview questions on it. Overall I didn't feel that the questions were very hard. Just a lot of "tell me of a time you...resolved conflict...

11. Least Favorite Things Patients Say

    Ann.E replied to remotefuse's topic in Relations

    My favorite is when the narc seekers get admitted and then when I don't give them the big D right away because the doctor hasn't ordered it, they say things like "wow I thought nurses could just do this stuff. I didn't know you had to get a doctor's ...

12. NCLEX Tips

    Ann.E replied to ATN1215's topic in NCLEX

    I have been a nurse for just a little bit over a year and took NCLEX last August. It was very overwhelming for me at first to figure out how to study. I tried a lot of different approaches, sticking with the main two of reviewing content and doing a ...

13. Wgu bsn start date 11/1/15

    Ann.E replied to BrittanyMcGheeCole's topic in Western Governors

    I am starting in November as well! I have 37 credits to take. Going to be taking sociology, stats and biochem first. Is there a FB page for the WGU nursing program? I saw the main FB page, but I thought that there was one specifically for the nursing...

14. Transferring Credit from Aspen University

    Ann.E replied to Ann.E's topic in Online Learning

    Hi Everyone, Thanks so much for all your feedback. In the end I decided to go with WGU. I did look into a couple schools that said (without saying it officially) that they may not accept classes transferred from Aspen because they aren't regionally a...

15. Transferring Credit from Aspen University

    Ann.E replied to Ann.E's topic in Online Learning

    I was sorta afraid of that with Aspen University. I guess a couple hold ups for me with WGU is that pass/fail grading. I don't know what I would like to do beyond bachelors, but I do know I do want to continue at the graduate level. Which means that ...