sacralciara

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1. Want to transfer to WA

   sacralciara replied to Jessica831's topic in Washington

   WSU had me send my transcripts to their nursing advisor for evaluation before they sent me their nursing program app. For UW and WSU, you apply to both the college and the program, I don't remember SU's process. Shoreline CC's nursing program also e...

2. Want to transfer to WA

   sacralciara replied to Jessica831's topic in Washington

   Shoreline has a good ADN program; they admit quarterly, too.

3. Minimum passing grade

   sacralciara replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Students

   I think we take 2nd place to ahalter's 85%. 82% theory 100% med calc & skills checks 82% clinical for pass/fail grade ATI test scores must be in the 70th percentile on first try. If retaken, then score needs to be 90% (not percentile). Ciara

4. What is your opinion of this situation?

   sacralciara replied to newgrad06's topic in General Nursing

   Has it been suggested to the 1/3 who sound like they are putting their energies toward ruining the graduation celebration for everyone that, since the vote to ban the dean was not unanimous or even majority, they could also consider the option of not...

5. nurse not giving her meds.. should she be fired?

   sacralciara replied to cant_not's topic in General Nursing

   Are you and the others also charting each time the pt. requests pain meds and that you reported it to the nurse? Avoid the risk of any of this garbage falling back on you when/if the pt's unaddressed pain becomes a facility problem. Also, have you n...

6. Ideas on Evaluating ADN Schools

   sacralciara replied to Kat22's topic in General Students

   I live in Seattle and used the pass rates of the 6 schools in my area to say "stay above 90% pass rate, because I believe, the lowest school is around 83%. I never considered that the pass rate standards could be more of a geographical thing than ...

7. "Abandonment"

   sacralciara replied to erkantarik's topic in General Nursing

   When I read the scenario I picked up on two things: 1) The instructor suggested this visit, then failed the student because of "abandonment". I smell setup. What remains unclear is who was the abandoned pt? The transported one or another pt the s...

8. Ideas on Evaluating ADN Schools

   sacralciara replied to Kat22's topic in General Students

   If you are using pass rate to evaluate the schools, use it along with the school's entry/completion numbers. Schools with very high pass rates and also have high attrition rates tend to weed students to keep the pass rates high. A more supportive ...