ladside BSN, MSN, LPN, RN

If you read my original response, then you would know that I did not apply this to all of ER. And I am not here to complain. I posted an experience that I have encountered as a floor nurse that could possibly lead the ER nurse to be on the receiving ...

How do you pop out to say hi to someone that you are unaware of UNTIL you walk out of the room? As I said in my post, I was completely shocked to see that there was a patient in a hospital bed outside in the hallway with his family. There was no repo...

I, a coronary care stepdown unit floor nurse, had the pleasure of working on a day that we only had 3 nurses. The ER nurses, please note 'nurses', brought up 4 patients at the same time. Our census was low, that's why there were only 3 nurses, so we ...

If I understand your question without any specifics, I would say that if a patient says something like, "I couldn't sleep last night", that statement needs more follow up. You, the nurse, need to find out why. If the question states a scenario in whi...

I took boards in June 2010. I studied a total of about 8 hours during the two months that I waited for my ATT. Passed on the first try with 75 questions. But honestly, I did a whole lot of praying because I couldn't bring myself to study.

I understand how you feel. Everything should work out in your favor.

Dang! Do you know for a fact that you sent in ALL of the required documents? If so, relax and enjoy the victory. All you can do at this point is have faith and hurry up and wait. Really sucks.

In 48hrs, you can pay for quick results through Pearson vue. You will get a definite pass or fail then.

Took 8 days for mine to show up....depends on what state you're in.

Everyone has their own opinions. Obviously you disagree. To each his/her own. I know what I see, I know what I read and you are more than welcome to debate your issue with any physician at any time if you feel that they are improperly diagnose patien...

You can tell them that, too, while you're at it.

Tell that to the doctors that make the diagnosis and to the families and patients who complain that this is what caused them to get even sicker.

You've never been so cold that you developed a runny nose, the sniffles, sneezing, etc? These people are already in the hospital for whatever reason and because we are always removing their linens for assessments, tests, etc. After a while these snif...

We have soooooo many people that come in with one thing and end up with 'colds' so severe that the physicians diagnose them with pneumonia after being subjected to extremely uncomfortable temperatures on the general hospital floors. Just this summer ...

I'm 40++++++++ years old and I have never had the flu vaccine nor the flu! I don't even catch colds! So, I, for one, am not about to let anyone start forcing me to treat/prevent crap that I never had. Obviously, my own prevention techniques are worki...

My husband served me with divorce papers the day before my CPNE begin (last 3 days needed to complete my ASN degree)....one last attempt to get me to fail. My response to him? "You just made another man very happy!" Took me a minute to find another m...

I had been an LPN for 24 years in 2009 when I enrolled with Excelsior College and completed the entire thing, including the NCLEX in 10 months. Now, I'm an RN for a year and 4 months now. You can do this! And you don't have to commute any further tha...

We have all made medication errors. These mistakes, early on, will only make you more cautious. The term "trial and error" was a derivative of just this type of thing. I'm not trying to make light of your situation but those who fired you should have...

I honestly just CANNOT believe it!!!! After I told them to just forget it, since I couldn't seem to get an evaluation from them, do you know that I received a "Welcome to the October 1st class session" letter in the mail today...OCTOBER FOURTH!!!!!!!...

Good night, MaritelRN:yawn:.......

If you're not gonna use EC's recommended textbooks, go to Ebay and type in Excelsior College. You will save yourself thousands of dollars by finding Rue's materials or The College Network stuff, if you just gotta have that stuff. But be forewarned th...

Nope, no books. Lots of resources on the internet like studygroups 101, Lisa Arends notes found on ebay, prior knowledge from med/surg experience, friends from websites like this one that have notes saved that they are more than willing to send to yo...

Ohhhh, that's too bad!!! That was your only hope!:D Take a drink. Look at that tall, thick pile-o'-books.....and go shopping. When you get back, start knocking it out one page at a time. Better you than me!

Do you have a twin? Or a triplet?:D:D

Excelsior does not have an LPN-BSN program but they do have a wonderful LPN-RN program. After you are done with that, you can go on to the RN-BSN or RN-MSN program. There is one weekend clinical from Friday to Sunday when you have completed all of th...