featherzRN

featherzRN MSN

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  1. PC or Mac for WGU

    featherzRN replied to hopeful003's topic in Western Governors University

    I use a PC and a chromebook - but I have seen others on the facebook page successfully using macbooks, so I assume they would work fine. I do see that the proctored testing is supposed to support...

  2. I'm done! Singing the praises of WGU

    featherzRN replied to tsm007's topic in Western Governors University

    Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. RN to MSN 2014-2015.. New starts as well as students currently enrolled

    featherzRN replied to SugarShellRN's topic in Western Governors University

    If going RN to MSN also join the WGU RN to BSN discussion group. It's more active than the MSN groups and will get you through the BSN

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

    featherzRN replied to mightymitern's topic in Western Governors University

    I'd take them at WGU - but if you decide not to, WGU probably won't accept biochem or nutrition done elsewhere so do the others. :) Some of those classes have tests (so it would be similar to a...

  5. Know any reputable RN to BSN Online that can be completed in a little less than 12 mos?

    featherzRN replied to Kit.Kat's topic in School, College Programs

    I needed a ton of gen-ed (50 units to do, total) at WGU and still managed it in less than a term (3.5 months, actually). So a really motivated person with a lot of gen-ed could easily finish under a...

  6. 3 Credits to go! Let the TaskStream stalking begin!

    featherzRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Western Governors University

    Portfolio won't take you long - don't overthink, just wax poetic about how awesome you are and how relevant your classes were. :) I can't see myself presenting my papers to a future employer, but I...

  7. Best Online Programs under $25k

    featherzRN replied to Bell13's topic in School, College Programs

    I worked full time days (9-5, M-F) and did WGU in under four months. YMMV, but you aren't going to find a cheaper school if that's your main concern. My degree was $3400 or so. Obviously not everyone...

  8. 3 Credits to go! Let the TaskStream stalking begin!

    featherzRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Western Governors University

    YAY! One more credit and you are DONE! :) Good job.

  9. Practice tests for ANCC certification exams

    featherzRN replied to Kathy H's topic in General Students

    I recently took a different ANCC certification exam (ambulatory care), so this may not apply - but I found all the books you could buy on amazon were very irrelevant to the actual test (and too easy!)...

  10. 3 Credits to go! Let the TaskStream stalking begin!

    featherzRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Western Governors University

    I thought about ENMU (and still may when done with my MBA @ WGU), but they are still in the pending stage for nursing (ACEN) accreditation for the MSN program per their website. Hopefully that would...

  11. If you can't pass the NCLEX after three attempts....LVN license only!

    featherzRN replied to neonurse97's topic in General Nursing

    The LPN/LVN thing is just silly - as already discussed, LPN/LVN requires a board exam too and there's no guarantee the RN candidate could even pass that. (and yes, I was an LPN many years ago)....

  12. Paying student loans

    featherzRN replied to wanna b's topic in School, College Programs

    I'm aware of that. I'm not planning on applying for high end jobs - it's more of a personal goal, and IF I apply for a job using my MBA it's unlikely that in upstate rural NY I'd be competing against...

  13. Wester Governors U -Statistics and Microbiology

    featherzRN replied to DEE S.'s topic in Western Governors University

    I think micro is one of the easiest WGU classes - never have heard anyone at all complaining about it. The lab isn't bad - if your cultures don't grow, say so and say what they SHOULD have looked...

  14. If grad school was paid for, but not for nursing

    featherzRN replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing an MBA in Healthcare admin, starting in March. I don't see anything interesting in the future for me (also in my 40's) that I'd use an MSN for - at least an MBA might help me in unrelated...

  15. WGU for BSN then where for NP?

    featherzRN replied to Nurse.Gina's topic in School, College Programs

    We do have plenty of graduates over on the facebook page that have gotten into NP programs with a WGU degree - even with a 3.0GPA. So it can be done! :) The NP programs here in NY all require...

  16. New way to give shots

    featherzRN replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    We were also taught VG 25 years ago. So no, not new. As for aspiration, newer guidelines seem to be that aspiration is no longer required for most

  17. Educational fork in the road; advice, please.

    featherzRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm doing a healthcare MBA - I *may* do an MSN later, but all the MSN types I know tell me to get an MBA. Plus, the subject material interests me more. I think a dual MSN/MBA would be the way to go -...

  18. Triaging Walk-in patients

    featherzRN replied to RHolscher's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Heh, I know for my clinic we tell them we aren't urgent care or walkin until I am blue in the face. They still walk in, day after day. The front desk clerk writes down what they are there for and will...

  19. Wester Governors U -Statistics and Microbiology

    featherzRN replied to DEE S.'s topic in Western Governors University

    /agree. I tested out of micro when in Excelsior and I had to retake at WGU because it MUST have a lab component. It took me a week to re-do - so would not have saved me time or money to have done it...

  20. Straighter line

    featherzRN replied to registerednutrn's topic in Western Governors University

    Also, I am surprised that an enrollment counselor suggested it, as WGU will not accept more classes after your start date. And if you finished classes now before you start, you'd have to have a...

  21. Online Nursing Schools vs Traditional Schools

    featherzRN replied to canwil2082's topic in General Nursing

    Even though the school I went to for my ASN is now considered 'online' (excelsior), at the time I attended it was more correctly termed 'distance learning', as there was no internet. Both my ASN and...

  22. Nursing students sue Excelsior College

    featherzRN replied to ArmstrongLPN's topic in Excelsior College

    I did excelsior(regents) back in the stone age when they sent information via snail mail (no internet) and even *I* knew there was a big nasty clinical test at the end and I'd have to study myself for...

  23. Paying student loans

    featherzRN replied to wanna b's topic in School, College Programs

    I'm one of the ones who did 50 units in just over three months at WGU - it's fully accredited and I was SO thankful to get my degree for $3Kish. Depending on income, there are also several tax credits...

  24. Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    featherzRN replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm the opposite - I don't vaccinate my indoor cats past adulthood except for state mandated rabies shots, but if I had kids they'd get every vaccine I could get for

  25. Micro anxiety

    featherzRN replied to villageRN's topic in Western Governors University

    So did I. :) If you have already taken through excelsior, this will be easy peasy. The lab is just mixing up tubes, watching stuff grow, culturing your door handles, growing bread, etc. Nothing too...