dolphn545

dolphn545 specializes in Peds HH, LTC.

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1. CLEP, testing out, etc

   dolphn545 replied to dolphn545's topic in Online Learning

   Thanks everybody! Decisions, decisions ... trying to decide which order to study and test out of!

2. CLEP, testing out, etc

   dolphn545 posted a topic in Online Learning

   Hi Everybody! I am going to start Excelsior for LPN to RN. And the more I'm reading about the testing out, the more I'm getting confused as to which to test through who. I know that I can test out of the gen eds prior to enrolling and saving on the ...

3. Need advice on how to find a job (New Grad)

   dolphn545 replied to jamintz's topic in General Nursing

   The hospitals in my area offer a nurse intern (extern?) program over the summer for new grads. Start there, see if the hospitals in your area offer something like that. Also in this area, it is preferred that you get one year med/surg experience und...

4. can a rn or lpn answer my interview questions?please

   dolphn545 replied to heavenangel90's topic in General Nursing

   1.whats a typical day at work like? My typical day may not be what you're looking for. I am a pediatric private duty nurse. So I go to people's homes, help with their disabled, medically fragile children. My duties may vary, depending on the client. ...

5. Interim Healthcare - Need Info Please! :-)

   dolphn545 replied to dolphn545's topic in Pennsylvania

   Thanks for your response! I did meet with them a second time today, and think I've decided to go with them. They have 2 cases they want to get me on. Hopefully I'm making the right move. I've been with my current agency for 2 1/2 years, and feel...

6. Interim Healthcare - Need Info Please! :-)

   dolphn545 posted a topic in Pennsylvania

   I live in Northeast PA, and recently met with Interim, and am looking for info from anybody with experience with dealing with them. (I have to go in for more paperwork, but I like to hear what others have to say) Are they good about getting you assig...

7. Any ADN(RN) nursing schools without waiting lists in the United States?

   dolphn545 replied to thejourney's topic in General Students

   Click on this link: http://www.discovernursing.com/ and look on the right for the "HOW" tab. In there, it says "Nursing Programs Without Waiting Lists" Maybe through this, you will be able to find one closer to where you are. Good Luck!

8. LPN to RN online

   dolphn545 replied to bumsha's topic in Online Learning

   I don't have an answer to your question -- but I must be missing something in my research for LPN to RN online schools. South University, from what I've read, does RN to BSN. I'm aware of Excelsior College for the LPN to RN (Associate) completely ...

9. Know of Any ADN Programs With No Wait List?

   dolphn545 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

   go to discovernursing.com Put your mouse by the "HOW" tab toward the right, and there is info for nursing programs without waiting lists.

10. How Do You Promote Yourself as an Almost-Grad?

    dolphn545 replied to EquuszARNP's topic in Online Learning

    I did post on your other thread, that's closed now. And my suggestion is to see if any of the local hospitals will offer an internship type program, that way you can get your foot in the door, and satisfy the technicality of clinical hours. After re...

11. Got My First Job Refusal Due to Being EC Student

    dolphn545 replied to EquuszARNP's topic in Online Learning

    Maybe check with the same, or other local hospitals and see if they offer an internship program that will give you the clinical skills you need to pursue your career.

12. lpn test in pennsylvania

    dolphn545 replied to mrobinson22's topic in Pennsylvania

    I graduated June 7, and sat for (and passed) boards on June 13. The DON at my school was on top of getting her paperwork into the State ASAP. So, part of the "wait" depends on your school.

13. Any advice for smoking/non-smoking relationship?

    dolphn545 replied to thetravellertoplaces's topic in Stress 101

    I don't smoke but my husband does. The last two places that we lived had a basement, that was "his" room, and he could smoke away down there, but not in the main part of the house. Now that we are living in an apartment, he can NOT smoke inside, an...

14. Question about charting?

    dolphn545 replied to Lorie P.'s topic in Private Duty

    I work agency, and make a notation every hour. So if my client is sleeping the day away, I will write every hour "remains sleeping" "sleeping soundly", etc.

15. Can nurse ask family to wait outside while doing treatment

    dolphn545 replied to muleboy's topic in General Nursing

    You can't refuse to do the treatment, but maybe you can get the time that it's done changed. Hopefully there should be at least SOME period of time when no one is there with your resident, (first thing in the a.m., at bed time, somewhere in between)...