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  1. Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing C228

    benegesserit replied to LM NY's topic in Western Governors University

    No, I don't think you need to do things in a particular order. The papers won't contribute significantly to your understanding of the exam material or anything like that. There's apparently an ATI...

  2. WGU RN-BSN 34 credits left

    benegesserit replied to MsKP6041's topic in Western Governors University

    Interviews, observations, attending classes or community meetings/events... There aren't really limits - you're not supposed to use volunteer or paid work activities or job shadowing. It depends...

  3. WGU RN-BSN 34 credits left

    benegesserit replied to MsKP6041's topic in Western Governors University

    C228 is the first community health class - it currently has a test and two papers. The second community health class is the practicum, where you have to gather 65 hours of interviews and so forth. You...

  4. WGU RN-BSN 34 credits left

    benegesserit replied to MsKP6041's topic in Western Governors University

    People have done it. Most people don't. You really have to be motivated, a quick learner, and have a life that cooperates in order to get through fast. A lot of people start off intending to do one...

  5. Has anyone done the WGU online RN to BSN program?

    benegesserit replied to mightymitern's topic in Western Governors University

    Just have answers ready. Yes, it is accredited. Be prepared to explain the difference between competency-based learning and giving credit for "life experience" and talk about some of your coursework....

  6. Reducing med pass distractions

    benegesserit replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I refuse to be interrupted for anything short of a true emergency when I'm actually in the process of pulling an individual's medication and delivering them to the patient. I've learned from...

  7. Reducing med pass distractions

    benegesserit replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Agreed. We've been through survey multiple times since switching over, and I'm not sure giving meds outside of scheduled times was even a ding. Certainly not the biggest of our

  8. Beyond Frustrated with WGU

    benegesserit replied to Nibbles1's topic in Western Governors University

    Sounds like we had the same enrollment counselor. I almost didn't get to start when I did because she never told me I needed to send a resume. When we talked near the 15th of the month prior to when I...

  9. "Quickest" classes to complete?

    benegesserit replied to BrittanyMcGheeCole's topic in Western Governors University

    The quickest classes are the ones that you know, and that play on your strengths. For me, quickest to longest: Information Management and the Application of Technology (could have literally completed...

  10. Is it true all nurses get MRSA or C-DIFF?

    benegesserit replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    My whole family caught scabies back once long before I was a nurse. It left me with a raging case of scabiesphobia. Some people can't deal with mucus or vomit. I can't deal with scabies. That said, I...

  11. What do nurses bring during duty?

    benegesserit replied to justmehappy's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Working in LTC... Things I carry on my person - a clipboard for my papers, blue or black pen (if I carry more than one, I WILL lose one of them), sharpie, bandage scissors, penlight, pulse ox,...

  12. Overhead Paging Banned

    benegesserit replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in two facilities. Both use overhead paging for emergencies only, and neither has any sort of portable contact/messaging system (one does allow sms for staff communication, and that is useful)....

  13. Has anyone done the WGU online RN to BSN program?

    benegesserit replied to mightymitern's topic in Western Governors University

    Papers don't have a set length. They'll give a suggested length, but the important part is covering everything in the rubric, and there is no penalty for going shorter as long as everything is...

  14. FNP or Postmasters FNP?

    benegesserit replied to MarkTX's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ok, went and looked up the details from my previous post on this topic. At my local state university, BSN to FNP is 46 units, and the post-master's FNP cert is 35 units. The post-master's cert really...

  15. What nurse life-hacks do you have to offer?

    benegesserit replied to Purple_roses's topic in Nurses Rock

    Milk of Magnesia also works as deodorant. I've even been known to mix hand sanitizer and MOM for that purpose. I'm paranoid about

  16. FNP or Postmasters FNP?

    benegesserit replied to MarkTX's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Look at the schools you're considering for FNP. I looked at the local state schools. WGU MSN + Post-masters would be more expensive and time-consuming than just going straight from BSN to FNP unless...

  17. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    benegesserit replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Pheochromocytoma. That one came in useful to me recently. It's always nice to be able to respond appropriately when a patient throws a random disease at you which they assume you've never heard of. I...

  18. New Grad/First Job: Pre-employment Physical Exam

    benegesserit replied to RNrhythm's topic in Nursing Career

    One pre-employment physical, which was otherwise extremely basic, asked if I had any STDs. That felt a little

  19. Stay at home mom after degree?

    benegesserit replied to ajm16's topic in Nursing Career

    I feel for you. I graduated nursing school 15 weeks pregnant with a very unplanned pregnancy. In my case, I ended up not working during the pregnancy because we moved to a different state when I was...

  20. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    benegesserit replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, so this wasn't actually taught in nursing school, just coincided well... We were studying abdominal disorders around the time Regretsy, a website mocking Etsy items of questionable taste/talent,...

  21. How common are “wrong time� med errors?

    benegesserit replied to cchao's topic in Patient Medications

    Same here. We've had and eMAR for two years now, have been through both state and federal surveys, and late meds have not been an issue, even when we had people being followed by surveyors while...

  22. Anyone Who Says They Don't is Lying: Medication Error

    benegesserit replied to BonnieSc's topic in Patient Medications

    Well, if everything was totally clear, what caused me to think the order said one thing when it actually said another? Sometimes it really does come back to the nurse. In that case, the system failure...

  23. Anyone Who Says They Don't is Lying: Medication Error

    benegesserit replied to BonnieSc's topic in Patient Medications

    You will make mistakes. If not a med error, something else. Good, conscientious nurses make mistakes, because even the best nurses are human. And, as the OP said, every error is a system error, with...

  24. How common are “wrong time� med errors?

    benegesserit replied to cchao's topic in Patient Medications

    Don't know if you're interested in anything other than acute care, but from a (mostly) LTC context... From what I've seen, "Too early" errors are most often a conscious choice - starting the med pass...

  25. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    benegesserit replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I've never understood mneumonics - memorizing a basically nonsense phrase that's supposed to cue me to remember a set of words that starts with the same letters is no easier for me than just...