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  1. Any SC LPN's using The College Network

    moomoo111 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello All! I am currently an LPN since 2008 and unemployed due to lay offs. I finally decided to go through The College Network and using Excelsior for Exams only. The wait list would have taken me 4...

  2. SC Board of Nursing says I have to give up my NC license?

    moomoo111 replied to ChristopherB's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks!

  3. South Carolina Nurse wanting GA license

    moomoo111 posted a topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hello all!, I am currently an LPN in SC with two years experience in several areas, mostly med surg and long term care. I was laid off in January 2011 after the nursing home I was employed with, was...

  4. College Network vs. Rue vs. Excelsior

    moomoo111 replied to Lockcuff's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I could send you the info but that would be against college rules. Sorry you don't believe me, but I've got better things to do right now than to keep explaining. I'm happy and that's all that...

  5. Any SC LPN's using The College Network

    moomoo111 replied to moomoo111's topic in General Nursing

    NO! It's not the easy way out by all means. I do just as much as I did in my LPN classes, it's just in the privacy of my own home and I do just as much research and studying, but I am better at...

  6. Any SC LPN's using The College Network

    moomoo111 replied to moomoo111's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in the program for several months and spent over 3 months on the phone with both companies. Each person needs are different. It is working for me and feel it was the right choice for me. I...

  7. College Network vs. Rue vs. Excelsior

    moomoo111 replied to Lockcuff's topic in Online Distance Learning

    No, the wait list is at the schools in my area due to a drop in nursing instructors. I've already signed up with The College Network for the courses and using Excelsior for exams only. I've been using...

  8. College Network vs. Rue vs. Excelsior

    moomoo111 replied to Lockcuff's topic in Online Distance Learning

    No, I'm not on a wait list with Excelsior, I'm in. The schools here have lost many nursing instructors so the wait list would be 2 or more years. It would have cost me over $20,000, even with...

  9. College Network vs. Rue vs. Excelsior

    moomoo111 replied to Lockcuff's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am using The College Network and I'm pleased with the way they are preparing me for my RN. It's half the wait and money for me and you are allowed to work at your own pace. I'm happy with my...

  10. SC Board of Nursing says I have to give up my NC license?

    moomoo111 replied to ChristopherB's topic in General Nursing

    I recently am under the care of a physician in NC and there is an LPN there that is the lab person that is licensed in Maryland. She said NC won't accept her license either so she had to go to school...

  11. Excelsior---College Network, RUE, Istudysmart.com, ????

    moomoo111 replied to nurseangels's topic in General Nursing

    I am a LPN with 2 years experience in South Carolina. I became unemployed due to lay off's, and decided to go through The College Network/Excelsior by exam. I take the courses and only use Excelsior...

  12. Which Cherokee Scrubs are the stretchy ones?

    moomoo111 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hi to all, I don't know what I would do without Allnurses. I had a pair of Cherokee scrubs that were made of some stretchy material. I had them in my car as a backup for work as a CNA and another...

  13. Feeding Tube Problems

    moomoo111 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a nursing home, LTC. I have a resident that has a peg tube. It continues to get clogged. We even sent her to the ER to have something done because no-one could flush it. When you try to...

  14. Feeding Tube Problems

    moomoo111 replied to moomoo111's topic in General Nursing

    We have sent this poor woman to the ER so many times. They send her back saying there is no doctor there to change the tube. This lady's family finally requested that the tube be taken out since she...

  15. PR in front of nursing license number

    moomoo111 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN in South Carolina. Does anyone know what "pr" in front of a nursing license number means? Example: let's say my nursing license number is "12345", so what does it mean if you have...

  16. PR in front of nursing license number

    moomoo111 replied to moomoo111's topic in General Nursing

    You are right, I apologize. I do have a "P". I am working way too

  17. PR in front of nursing license number

    moomoo111 replied to moomoo111's topic in General Nursing

    I am the one who posted the question on the forum. "P" does not stand for practical, my number does not have a "P" in front of it. I think it means what someone else said, the "P" is for reciprocity...

  18. feeding problems

    moomoo111 replied to carla.hca's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am an LPN and have a little experience with feeding preemies. I am a mother of 21 year old twin girls who were premature and we had the same problem with them. They did all the tests and nothing...

  19. New LPN, approached by a disgruntled employee

    moomoo111 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new LPN that graduated in August of 2008. I have worked as a Paramedic for 15 years prior to becoming a nurse. I worked in a Hospital in a Med Surg department four months. I am a new...

  20. New LPN, approached by a disgruntled employee

    moomoo111 replied to moomoo111's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, A bit long. I guess I was just venting. The job is going great and I just ignore her like everyone else in the place

  21. Is it so wrong to think long term care nursing is boring?

    moomoo111 replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in Med Surg before I worked in LTC and I love LTC. Yeah, you have to pace yourself but I always manage to get my work done and yes, sometimes I have to stay over but I have learned the...

  22. HMA hospitals

    moomoo111 replied to fightthestigma's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for an HMA hospital in South Carolina. Very cheap place to work. Supplies were not the best, always short on nurses. They would have you scheduled to come to work and if one pt was...

  23. counting narcotics

    moomoo111 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Our policy is that the oncoming nurse has to count what's in the drawer while the off going nurse verifies what's on the sheet, the narc book that we sign them out on. Example: I have the book when...

  24. What is my instructor talking about???

    moomoo111 replied to cupid09's topic in General Students

    Our instructors had cd's for us to listen to along with our reading. They highlighted on the important stuff to remember. Another way is to read all of it and if you see something that you think...

  25. Georgia's Governor supports Excelsior

    moomoo111 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I live in South Carolina. I live close enough to some places in Georgia that I could commute and work there so I have been following this process. My question is, no matter where you attend school,...