Spazzy Nurse RN

When did the EC exams get so expensive??? Yes, you can go EC for every single gen. ed. course you need. Another problem with publishing companies is that they can give you an idea of what generals you'll need, but it's not always completely accurate....

Beverly programs don't have a good reputation and I couldn't stand the one that I worked at years ago.

PM for steelerfan and luvmy2angels.

This is what I used: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0878919031/102-3587712-4403357?v=glance&n=283155 I got mine at Border's.

Oh PLEASE don't sign with RUE until you are 150% sure that it's the right thing for you to do. Do a search on this site and you'll find lots of opinions about RUE. I signed with them and was SO sorry that I did. PM me for details (probably more than ...

I also used the A&P Cliff's Notes. I thought they were a great study tool. It's a tough exam but passable. Good luck to you!

Why the rush? These courses are very hard. Take more time so that the material sticks.

Just make sure that the A&P had enough credits. Mine didn't and I had to retake it. They can do an official transcript review for you. It used to be $50 (don't know what it is now) which they applied towards your enrollment once you enrolled. It...

I mostly used the books from my LPN program, plus a couple of NCLEX-RN books. I would use their content guide, which is a broad outline. To study I would make it into a giant, expanded outline, adding extra information to the parts I didn't know much...

Just remember, all of the "notes" that you find online were done by other people. If you want to cover your butt, and I'm sure you do, don't assume they are 100% accurate. Use them only as a study tool in addition to other ones.

First of all, congratulations on getting out of the RUE contract! I'm so happy for you. My eyes were opened up too late. I paid for all of their crap and ended up just going through EC. They had incorrect answers and some spelling errors in their stu...

Thanks for replying! So these are all the 2 year programs I assume?

I haven't heard anything about it being dual dx now but that would be pretty neat. There are several short term (90 day usually) residential tx facilities in the Twin Cities and some are dual dx. About a year and a half ago they required that there ...

I gotta laugh because this happens all the time to psych nurses. Sometimes things just come so out of the blue we walk out wondering "what the hell just happened here?" And of course, later we always think of ways we could've handled things different...

I'm sorry. It's tough losing a patient, especially one who struggles so much with a mental health issue that no one else can see on a scan or a test---only by their behaviors. I've lost a few and I always tell myself over and over that they are fi...

Yes they are. I looked into it a while back and was surprised at the pay.... it was lower than I thought it should be. Has it improved?

My husband has been working at United for 11 years. Apparently they have a new president and he is very well liked. He has lunch with employees and things like that. Maybe that'll shape things up.

I had my OB clinicals there and loved it.

I just had a baby there 2 weeks ago and all the staff I encountered were fabulous and seemed very happy.

wow, it does seem like just yesterday that you were starting out!!! congratulations! i'm so proud of you!!!!

No, she's really not. Take it from someone who was an EC student when a couple of people got busted for innocently "helping" other people.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! Congratulations! That is one hell of an experience, isn't it. :)

Three things: know what you're doing, show her that you do know what you're doing, and kiss her a$$. It's unnerving and very stressful when instructors seem like they are playing head games with you, isn't it. I may know who you are talking about and...

a. Your graduation date April 2003 b. Your best advice to someone starting the program (Listen up Wendy! :) Take a deep breath and dive in. Don't come up for air until you have swam through the program. It's SO HARD to go back down again once you'v...

Wow, reading your posts just slapped me back to yesterday. Big hugs go out to you LPN students!!! Hang in there!!!!!