londonflo

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  1. Readmission Into ADN Program Help

    londonflo replied to whywhy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am sorry that I did not read that you had contacted your advisor. If the advisor gets no where with your professor, it is time to speak to the director/dean. Your grades (communicated to your...

  2. For-Profit NP admissions... I thought they were joking!

    londonflo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I am so glad to see that someone else sees how ANA has turned into "a profit making scheme" with their ANCC certifications and Magnet application, visits and

  3. Fresh RN

    londonflo replied to MrsMiller0619's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you for your response. Nursing IS healthcare. What more can health care encompass than what we prevent through education at all the life span milestones, early detection, assisting with...

  4. Fresh RN

    londonflo replied to MrsMiller0619's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nursing is not medicine. You are providing health care. May be thinking about your role in health care will help you find you are a valuable member to promote and help others achieve the best quality...

  5. Failed out of RN program completely, what now?

    londonflo replied to Lynker's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't have any words of wisdom but you have added further nursing education to your LPN base. Think about who that benefits...your practice for others and most of all for you! Education is never...

  6. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    londonflo replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You live near San Francisco and work 2 jobs. I really do applaud your initiative, as well as the initiative of "many other nurses you know" but I am not thinking this is the norm for an

  7. Failed First Semester

    londonflo replied to emilynuhwin's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You will find that AN receives postings about nursing students and failing courses every May and December (always by a few points). You are not alone, but you need to figure out what you can do...

  8. How Do You Know When You Need a New Job Rather Than Just Time Off?

    londonflo replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Silver Bells I was in a position that may have been similar to yours but of course I am not sure. I was so unhappy in my life and thought my job was the problem. This was in the early 80s. I thought I...

  9. How do I ask for multiple recommendation letters?

    londonflo replied to A980's topic in Nursing Career

    As a faculty member, they are used to writing letters of recommendation for a first job. It is part of being an

  10. Readmission Into ADN Program Help

    londonflo replied to whywhy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know what the school figures the GPA. Is it only nursing courses? Not knowing how your school calculates the GPA, I cannot suggest anything but is there an academic advisor or...

  11. Readmission Into ADN Program Help

    londonflo replied to whywhy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have never known a college that will graduate a student with less than a 2.0. It doesn't matter if you are studying kitchen arts or engineering. The saving and focus on your...

  12. Mom nurses who work remotely. Stay at home?

    londonflo replied to Tytta73 L's topic in Telephone Triage

    ED is not bedside

  13. Readmission Into ADN Program Help

    londonflo replied to whywhy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do you know what your GPA is? Does your student handbook have a policy for readmission? What about the website? Do you have any feedback on the test to see what you did not give correct answers...

  14. ICHS 2022

    londonflo replied to HapaNurse610's topic in School, College Programs

    Please, please do not switch to a non-nursing accredited program in Florida. There is a reason ICHS is nursing accredited. You need to have classes correspond with clinical. And you need a school that...

  15. Help

    londonflo replied to Sclarke25's topic in Nursing Career

    I think (just my opinion) they want you in the 16 month

  16. Does anyone still teach percussion in assessment?

    londonflo replied to SHGR's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    My nursing experience started in (70s) the days when pumps where only used for TPN. Otherwise we did calculate drips. It was what it was. No I never heard anyone bolusing to catch up or...

  17. Accelerated BSN Student Loan

    londonflo replied to chapm199's topic in General Students

    This is what the so-called admissions people are told to say when you apply. "What you make in your first year (plus OT, plus picking up extra weekends and holidays) will cover the (exorbitant)...

  18. Student professionalism

    londonflo replied to dumbnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think the clinical coordinator let you down. You should have handed the telephone to the student and have the clinical coordinator tell her she was backing you up to send the student home....

  19. Potassium IV hack

    londonflo replied to atlnurse7's topic in Critical Care

    I still have to say..you risked a line because a patient would not take K+ po? May be the outcome was okay but what about the nurses who come after you ( a general med surg floor) when caring for...

  20. Potassium IV hack

    londonflo replied to atlnurse7's topic in Critical Care

    What was the route specified by the ordering physician? The gut is always the better route for K+ when that is available. Filter or no filter you are gambling with a throw of the

  21. Would you pass the 1920 NCLEX?

    londonflo posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are downsizing and I am going through my nursing history collection and found this 1920 textbook "State Board Questions and Answers for Nurses". There are chapters on Materia Medica and...

  22. Would you pass the 1920 NCLEX?

    londonflo replied to londonflo's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a hospital in the 1980s that expanded from a central core. One of the wings still had the

  23. Preceptor issues

    londonflo replied to atlnurse7's topic in Critical Care

    Aren't there syringes in the med

  24. Low Self-Esteem Aspiring CNA

    londonflo replied to arescobar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am a retired nurse. I enjoyed the profession but when I graduated from high school, it seemed to be that female professions were nurse, teacher or secretary. I have many family members that were...

  25. Low Self-Esteem Aspiring CNA

    londonflo replied to arescobar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't have a solution for you but you are a very descriptive writer with an excellent vocabulary. I can see why you like writing. Have you gone over to your community college to investigate all the...