EricJRN MSN, RN

NICU, Psych, Education

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    Excelsior Grads - Where are they now?

    EricJRN posted a topic in Excelsior College

    EC grads, Post your year of graduation and your specialty/specialties. I'll go first: I've been a Level II/III Neonatal ICU nurse since graduation in January '06. Update 5/2018: I've worked for a...
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    Seeking Career Change Advice: Mental Health Counselor or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner?

    EricJRN replied to Andy Munoz's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What I'm wondering about is the motivation for going into mental health. If you haven't gotten much exposure to people with mental health concerns, I wonder if there are volunteer opportunities in...
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    Exclusive: NCLEX-RN Shut-Off Data Reveals Pass and Fail Rates

    EricJRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If I just took the exam and it stopped at 119, looking at the table would lead me to conclude that I almost certainly passed. But if I got a single question more than that, now I'm thinking I...
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    Duties of a Radiology Nurse

    EricJRN replied to Mary3010's topic in Radiology

    Sometimes in other nursing specialties, there are interesting ways that nurses work with imaging. Some nurses, for example, are trained to use ultrasound technology to facilitate placement of an...
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    Leaving Bedside? Adult ICU->NICU

    EricJRN replied to Lindseyh09's topic in Nursing Career

    I think if you really want to assess whether a specialty change is going to do the trick, I would give it at least six months off of orientation. At three weeks on your own, you are probably still...
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    Help choosing best reference for application

    EricJRN replied to CloCloAA's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree with the previous poster. It sounds like your sandwich shop boss would be able to write a more personal and specific letter that would show qualities like leadership that would probably look...
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    Any RN to BSN Excelsior University Nurses Here?

    EricJRN replied to Kamilah Coney's topic in Excelsior College

    Hey Kamilah - I got my AS and MS (nursing education focus) at Excelsior. I finished the master's more than seven years ago, which is probably too long ago to be helpful to you, but I wanted to...
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    Do Any Hospitals Hire New Grads For Nicu?

    EricJRN replied to Hopefulstudent333's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Almost all of them do in my experience, and I think it would be reasonable if an NNP program said they didn't count the orientation period as experience. (In the longer Vizient-type residencies,...
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    Allied Health Director-New Grad MSN

    EricJRN replied to The Good Nurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I've never worked in the role, but I think you're right to be concerned about the experience. I'm surprised they're not requiring teaching experience in allied health. I know a couple of people in...
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    Possible career? Seeking Insight

    EricJRN replied to Evergreen's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    To clarify, are you thinking about becoming a hospital unit-based educator? Or something more along the lines of a clinical instructor for a nursing program? A clinical instructor job can be a...
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    Do Any Hospitals Hire New Grads For Nicu?

    EricJRN replied to Hopefulstudent333's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm late to the discussion, but I'm just echoing that that's an odd "no nurse residencies" requirement. A nurse residency program should make it easier to succeed as a new grad, not
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    Alternative Options for Doctorate

    EricJRN replied to The Good Nurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm in a similar place in my program as saheckler. I have felt supported in my program, but it can be a struggle to perform well without sacrificing important family and personal things. I would...
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    How to answer behavioral & clinical questions?

    EricJRN replied to Younglola27's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I realize this is an old thread, but it’s a good question and might help somebody else. If you have any work or clinical experience, you have probably run into a time when you disagreed with...
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    Excelsior Grads - Where are they now?

    EricJRN replied to EricJRN's topic in Excelsior College

    I’m another EC grad here. I finished back in 2005, so I’m not going to be much help to you, but I wanted to say good
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    Two ADN programs

    EricJRN replied to ASTA4's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good luck to you. It’s a little disconcerting to think that students in the second program will wash out so frequently, but it sounds like you would be an above-average student in that program....
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    Clinical Grading

    EricJRN replied to ellee45's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Mine uses pass/fail, but the student has to achieve certain numeric scores (like a minimum numeric grade on care plans) in order to
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    First interview for nurse residency program!

    EricJRN replied to studentzg's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Here are a couple of things to think about. Do you have a specific strategy that you are implementing to address this weakness? Also, since "I don't know when to say no" can come across as sort...
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    I saw the Bat signal

    EricJRN replied to emtpbill's topic in Excelsior College

    Congrats on getting it done in spite of the complications created by the pandemic and life circumstances in general. Good luck on the
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    Any MD Anderson Nurses here?

    EricJRN replied to Sheree's topic in Texas Nursing

    Good luck to you, Chasslane. I worked at MDACC in the early to mid-2000s before I was a nurse, and I liked the organization. I wish I could be more help to you as far as the current pay and such. Hope...
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    online graduate statistics course?

    EricJRN replied to Millenial nurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Just adding one here for future reference: Mizzou Online (University of Missouri) offers one that can be completed in a few weeks. It’s through their educational psychology program and is not too...
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    Excelsior and Texans

    EricJRN replied to IceQueenBandaidPrincess's topic in Excelsior College

    I’m a Texan and an EC graduate from ~13 years ago. I’ve really been out too long to give good advice, but I wanted to wish you guys good
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    Ready For The CPNE

    EricJRN replied to Medic6940's topic in Excelsior College

    I passed the CPNE so long ago that we didn’t even have the FCCAs, so I don’t have any particularly relevant advice, but I wanted to wish you good
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    Confused about MSN degree options?

    EricJRN replied to jason4546's topic in General Nursing

    For most positions that I know of, your FNP program would be sufficient if you wanted to teach. I have a master's with an emphasis in nursing education because I wanted to pursue teaching but was not...
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    6 Things Your Professor Wishes You Knew

    EricJRN replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Students

    Nice work! I enjoyed reading this. When I earned a distance-based master's degree, my favorite professors were the ones that I saw as the most engaged with us in discussions, but it's certainly a...
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    Dropping the "Nurse Card"?

    EricJRN replied to RNJay_'s topic in General Nursing

    It's so weird... I was stopped tonight (for having a brake light out) after seeing this thread just this week. Strangely, the officer said that my insurance was also coming up as expired, but I just...