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That is wonderful to hear, I am looking at this program now and was looking for feedback. I wouyld appreciate more if anyone has done the RN-BSN on-line. Thanks

I am also looking at the RN to BSN program, I would love some further feedback.

YES, I must have an A too. I would have to say i am anal about it as well. I want a high GPA and A's. I work hard and learn to earn them. it was great to see the A's on the website where they post our grades! With that said I must point out that went I graduated nursing school (getting BSN now), the student with the highest GPA for the class had a 4.0. Now, she was book smart but she could not interact with patients and was horrible on clinical. We were always helping her, she was a nervous wreck!!!! However, our clincial were pass/fail and she passed. Wondering what she is doing now? Well, my point is that you can have all A's in book work but not be a good nurse. It does take more than grades!!!!!

When I was charge nurse on 3-11, I had the same patient load as everyone else, if not more (usually 8-12 but had as many as 17 a few times). I would be expected to take a difficult or extra patient. Might as well take the extra patient since I have to deal with them anyway. I helped new GN's, GPN's, RN's and LPN's. I would precept them to the shift and make sure they were doing well and on task. Also, dealt with admissions and discharges and then assigning the new beds. Dealing with doctors, other staff, patients or family's with complaints or problems. Help staff withcritical thinking and mediate when their are problems. Of course, you know that those kinds of problems with docs, family and staff happens often. Doing assignments for the shift and adjust if needed. Help others with hanging blood, IGG, blood draws, or anything else they needed help with or didn't know what to do. Be aware of any patients going down hill or starting to crash. I could go on and on. I got paid NOTHING extra. I didn't know it was any different anywhere else. I will never do that again!

I would talk to the Prof. especially since your last 15 minutes you couldn't concentrate. That is not a good test taking environment. I would have complained right then and there. I have to have it really quiet. I would talk to them so it doesn't happen again. Good Luck!

We do not have monitors. We are able to give it IV if it is a routine med. So not a one time dose. They would have to get it once a day or more. I think I have only given it a few times over the past few years.

I was shocked that so many people check insulin and herparin. I don't think it's wrong. I went to school in the same hospital where I work and have never read anything about checking with another nurse unless it's peds. On my floor we give a lot of both those drugs. I would be checking all night long. Let's say I have 8 patients. 5 probably get insulin if not more (many times over 20 units) and twice in my shift. Plus, this is the same for the other RN's, ouch that would be very time consuming. Not to say it wouldn't make things safer but it would take a lot of time. Then taking more time the RN's would be busier and rushing and probably make an error another way. I guess it work though if so many of you do it. Do you mean you check SQ heaprin or just IV? We don't check either but SQ Heparin is given to like 95% of our patients. We give a lot of IV too, we have lots of DVT's. Never do we check with each other. The only thigs we check check with each other is blood and PCA's (that just started a few months ago). PCA's are co-signed when they are hung, changed or D/C. That policy was made because of so many errors. I have lost count on the amount of error I have found on PCA's, it's crazy.

I was never taught to aspirate either. Like others have said, you can have a great site but get no blood return. So it's really not a good indicator of a patent site. It seems like an extra step that you don't need to do. If I have trouble pushing the saline in then I try to aspirate but not routinely.

Yes, I have and other nurses have asked me why I did it. I would write them up so I should write myself up. They are supposed to be blame free. The mistake I made didn't harm a patient though. I was never spoken to about it by anyone after I turned it in.

I am glad they started this forum too. I was wondering if people really did well and enjoyed the on-line classes. I have heard of the UOP and Excelsior. I was looking at MCP Hahnemann which is run by Drexel University, only because I knew someone who had gone there and said it was good. I will look more into these programs now. I am currently taking some classes I needed to get into MCP Hahnemann and find them nice. I am organized and motivated. A friend dropped out because she couldn't make herself do it, she would wait until the last minute for projects and papers. She said is had to take them in a classroom because then she would know she had to go to class. i don't know, it works for me.