SlavicNurse

Thanks to everyone for their input, advice and stories about the USPHS and COSTEP program. Due to circumstances, I will not be entering the COSTEP program. My contingency plan was to get into pharmacy school so, I will be moving to Gainesville, FL ...

Congrats!!! All three of mine are completed as well, I just sent in my SGLI forms, direct deposit and notarized oath...hopefully soon! Keep us posted.

UPDATE: My background check was completed today (7/28) So now my board, medical and background are completed. I hope I talk to someone soon to find out what I need to do next....

I was contacted by BOP in January, went to a facility for an interview and all seemed to go well. A couple of weeks later I did my part for the background check, talked to an investigator and had several people tell me they were contacted via mail t...

What are you talking about? My signature?

I guess things have changed a bit since I came to the states. When I moved here in 90, all I had to do was pass the US NCLEX and I was issued a license. I guess another difference could be is that I held (and still hold) dual citizenship.

If you live in the US and have passed the RN NCLEX, I wouldn't think you would be recruited as a "foreign" nurse. I would think any hospital/facility would be glad to hire you based upon the fact that you are a nurse :)

Your answer lies here in the requirements of LPN IV push: http://www.tha.com/pdffiles/LPN_IV_Course_Requirements.pdf and here: http://health.state.tn.us/Downloads/g4021186.pdf

I know RNs straight out of school in Nashville making $30/hr + diff with full benefits (nice benefit package), but not everyone is cut out for working with MR/DD. I have been an LPN for 16+ years now and have been working toward my BSN. Unless I were...

:yeahthat: What this person said. Kind of like a (somewhat) modern day Mayberry.

I know they lost almost all, if not all of their contracts in Tennessee (which is where their home office is.

Actually, my data and your data are both probably correct. Your data reflects 1997-2002 while the data I linked reflects 2003-2005. I would think that the BON data as well as the school would be accurate.

http://www2.state.tn.us/health/Downloads/NCLEX_Prof_Results.pdf From the Tennessee BON website. I don't know anything about TSU losing their accredidation. Their ADN program has a near 96% first time pass rate...their BSN pass rate seems to be sig...

In the Nashville area, Columbia Motlow and TSU have the highest first time pass rates for the NCLEX for ADN programs (92%, 97% and almost 96%). Aquinas had the second lowest first time pass rate in the state for 2005 ( MTSU hails a near 95% first ti...

It would not be a HIPAA violation either (sorry could not resist, no harm intended)

I see it all the time in restaurants, rest areas, service stations, hospitals...you name it. I have lived in Nashville, Knoxville, Birmingham area and Atlanta and have seen many more who do not wash their hands than those who do. And I would be th...

I lived in the mid-atlantic area of the US for several years and noticed that in public restrooms, most everyone washed their hands prior to leaving the restrooms. I have since moved to the south and noticed that not only is it very rare for people ...

No. I haven't seen any HIPAA violations here.

In some areas, CCA pays nurses much more than county or state. A lot depends on where you live.

The first was stated by Vincent Thomas Lombardi. The second by Albert Einstein.

At the correctional facilities I have worked at, lanyards could be worn if they were velcro or some other type of "break away". I have always disagreed with this as it can still be used to strangle someone even if it "breaks away".

I agree with what you say here. I would not be able to be in school now if it were not for a minority scholarship. I am slavic (considered caucasian) and attending a predominately black school. If the scholarship wasn't available there would be no...

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1.Type of nurse? LPN, Corrections 2. How many hours u work per week? 48-60 3. How many years of nursing? 16 4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? 7p-7a 5. City and State Middle Tennessee 6. Average 2 week gross pay $1680.32 over last ...

For me easy = boring, that is why I left the hospital. I worked on a neuro floor, ICU step down and pediatrics. I am the type of nurse that *has* to stay moving at all times or I will get extremely bored real fast. I didn't find that until I started ...