sailornurse

sailornurse

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  1. Pulled my transcripts and about fell over HELP!!!!!!

    sailornurse replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It was up to the registrar's office, they determined who got the next spot on wait lists, not the teacher, so yeah it would have been your responsibility to notify someone that you no longer needed...

  2. Can you go to a school with no prior experience and get your BSN?

    sailornurse replied to MHoldgrafer's topic in Government, Military

    It would help if you specified which branch of the military you are referring to which by the last post, sounds like the Army. Each branch has different terms that are not understood...

  3. Pulled my transcripts and about fell over HELP!!!!!!

    sailornurse replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As former faculty, If you were on the waitlist I would have expected you to show up for the first day, that;s when you would find out if someone had dropped the class!!! They may also have...

  4. "Loosing" my license

    sailornurse replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

  5. Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Exam

    sailornurse replied to btoprani2002's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    How will the consensus model change those board regulations in those states that do not recognize the CNS as an advanced practice nurse? I am not sure the consensus model will change this. Won't each...

  6. "No nurses of color....."

    sailornurse replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Situation 1-1981, Sun City AZ: I am American of Mexican descent, (as George Lopez says, an American Mexican)!! White patient asks me as I introduce myself at start of shift where I am from. "New...

  7. What was your PNCB score?

    sailornurse replied to erawka's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What is the PNCB-PC? I've not heard of

  8. utep acnp 2012 applicants

    sailornurse replied to g3momma's topic in Post Graduate Students

    YA GO FOR IT

  9. How do you think I'm doing for a Pre-Nursing student???

    sailornurse replied to keithm101's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Do you even know what type of learner you are? Find out by going to the advisor and asking to be tested. Are you a visual or auditory or hands on learner or a combination? Do you read BEFORE you go...

  10. Is it a good idea to go a college like unitek or western career college

    sailornurse replied to curiousninja's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    A quick look at the website for Unitek, and no listing for accreditation by NLN or CCNE, which without this could limit acceptance to other schools for BSN or grad

  11. how is gpa calculated for the accelerated BSN program

    sailornurse replied to katherinejoy's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The school I taught at, GPA was based on Pre-reqs only for both traditional BSN & accelerated. Minimum was a 3.0 however many semesters the lowest anyone of the 48 accepted each semster for...

  12. Transitioning from Military - Corpsman to ASN to BSN - Route to take

    sailornurse replied to doc8406's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Used to be only army medics could challenge in Calif but then other states such as Arizona would not recognize LVN license if you did not graduate from LPN program, but that was 20+ years

  13. Attn Clinic/Doctors office nurses!

    sailornurse replied to Elleveein's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    The clinic I used to work at, the MA's were used to the patients referring to them (MAs) as nurses and they even used to say, the other "nurse", even the the other FNP once came out and asked "where...

  14. utep acnp 2012 applicants

    sailornurse replied to g3momma's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The FNP/Np core courses are the following and are the same for all NP programs since the NONPF (national organization of NP faculty set the guidelines) and no in the clinical educator program I don't...

  15. How to convert drams to teaspoons?

    sailornurse replied to Aongroup1990's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yikes, I was taught and we used the apothecary system 35 years ago, but I taught in a BSN program for 9.5 years and no we don't use it anymore just like we no longer use the latin abbreviations when...

  16. Full time NP school and full time work?

    sailornurse replied to tokyoROSE's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I worked in the ER, which is not confined to 12 hour shifts, not that I didn't work plenty of 12's that turn into 14 hour shifts, but I also worked 4 or 6 hours or 8. I was PRN and I covered the holes...

  17. UTEP, A&M CC, TT which one for FNP?

    sailornurse replied to SandyRN1122's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi all, I just looked at the FNP at Corpus and it is also 49 credits,the same as UTEPs FNP, 12 core credits (advanced assesment/roles/pharm) plus 37 credits for the FNP. The courses do not list the...

  18. UTEP, A&M CC, TT which one for FNP?

    sailornurse replied to SandyRN1122's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I just looked at UTEP as I am FNP/Alum but I graduated in 2001. FNP is 49 credits, (it used to be 55 credits) I could not find the listing of courses by semester but 9 credits is considered full time...

  19. Raise after (a little) experience?

    sailornurse replied to studentnurserachel's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The CME of $1500 is pretty standard & actually doable depending on the location of the conferences you attend. You could attend 2 three day conferences. Conferences range in costs but I would...

  20. How much information of a patient does your agency give you before you accept a case?

    sailornurse replied to 50kn's topic in Private Duty

    They should give you as much info as you need to decide. All medical dx including past medical hx listed and what skilled nursing they require. Home vent??? CPAP/bipap? Any other info such as...

  21. OR Desk Space

    sailornurse replied to Fezmarelda's topic in Operating Room

    Why not use a laptop instead of CPU with monitor? That's what I see on the med surg floors of local hospitals for med admin, laptops on rolling

  22. IV certification / wound vacs / PCAs common?

    sailornurse replied to amarilla's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The hospice I am at, we do not use any needles, no piccs/ports/ IVs, No injections.No PCAs, No wound vacs. Even in the in patient unit. It depends on the dx, we have had bipap,. Pegs/tube feeds depend...

  23. Assessment Question

    sailornurse replied to bayouchick02's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The answer is no, you do a focused exam. For UTI, focus on the Abd/GI/GU system. Skin: describe. But before you even touch the patient, you need to get the complete history for the symptoms they are...

  24. Nurse Practitioner Autonomy

    sailornurse replied to Cardiomegaly's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There are states where NP's have completely independent practice. I think there are about 18, give or take a few. New Mexico is one of them. No physician collaboration is required. You can open your...

  25. RN salary in Albuquerque

    sailornurse replied to CranberryMuffin's topic in General Nursing

    PRN pay in Las Cruces & El Paso, I was making $35 hour but that was 2 years ago. But we do have a low cost of living, housing is very