dukesgal

Hi, all! I've been a nurse for two years and have experience in LTC, rehab, hospice, and most recently am working private duty home health. I really love my current position, but there are no benefits and I know that in order to achieve my long ter...

Hi all, I am currently about to finish up my BSN through University of Phoenix. I am looking to get my MS in Nursing Education once I receive the BSN. I have been happy with my experience there, but the cost is pretty spendy. I have heard good thi...

Hey there! I have been attending UOPX online since last March. I have five more classes to finish my BSN, so will be done early next year as long as I don't take any breaks between now and then. I really like it, for everything except the price T...

I am starting my 1st year in Fall '08. I have been feeling every emotion in the book from excited to nervous to determined to take this on! Any insight current students can give me to the curriculum and instructors would be helpful. I will be rel...

So all I know as new or recent grads, everything we were taught in theory and lab is still relatively fresh in our minds. I know we are still learning how to adapt to the real world of nursing vs. school and the perfect NCLEX staffed facilities of o...

So I have been working for about a year now, at first I loved my job. But knowing what I know now, I think my bliss was ignorance in disguise. I have found out about major med errors being swept under the rug by admin, several nurses who all of th...

Hi there! My name is Tessa, I graduated from RN school in June 2010, passed my NCLEX in July and am currently working at an LTC/Rehab facility. I have been working there for the past 6 months so I am not really a "new grad" anymore, but still in my...

That is truly unfortunate. I am still a new grad, have been working in LTC about 2 months now. I have had to adapt my time management from nursing school (most of my clinicals were acute care, 4 patients) to LTC/SNF and let me tell you it is one o...

I am feeling the same way. There are days that I really like it, really feel like I am making a difference to my patients and while I am always rushed, feel like I really accomplished something at the end of my shift. I will have a few good days, a...

I have been reading this board since before I started nursing school 2 years ago. I live in a small town, only 2 small hospitals nearby and we have 2 nursing schools in the vicinity graduating at the same time. I have held my CNA cert for several y...

When my grandpa was in the hospital from complications of pneumonia, he suddenly took a turn for the worse and lost consciousness. On that last day, we knew he would not recover, but our family opted to make him as comfortable as possible. I still...

I have been working for a few weeks now. There are most certainly good days, bad days and VERY BAD days. I have been working in the rehab portion of our facility for the past week or so and I am really liking that. It is like a mini med surg, exce...

I also am a new grad working in a SNF and I make a list of all my residents meds, scheduled times, PM and HS meds and then note any oddball times a resident has a med scheduled so I don't miss them. I have a little cheat sheet I use and highlight an...

I know, it is difficult. I have days where I feel like I didn't accomplish anything and I can't wrap my brain around how these nurses I work with have done this for two years and how they are so efficient. I know I will get there some day, and ther...

A charge is a formal accusation used by the court system. It simply means they have evidence that suggests you may be guilty of a crime. A conviction is what is entered once you have been found GUILTY - either by pleading guilty or being found guil...

I started at a rehab/LTC facility a few weeks ago. There are 3 different halls, usually with about 30 residents each. I got 7 days of orientation, a few on each hall since I will be floating. I had my first two days on my own last weekend, and tha...

I guess I sort of have a success story. About a year prior to beginning nursing school, I shoplifted some clothing items. It was a terrible error in judgement on my part, totally stupid thing to do. I was given a summons, but never had to go to th...

I am a new grad, living in a small town. There are not many jobs here, most people who can afford to hold out for a good job are waiting it out or applying to hospitals in larger cities. I was fortunate enough to be offered a job at a rehab/LTC fac...

Usually takes anywhere from a few days to several weeks. It depends on how many staff they have who are working on licensing and how quickly they have processed your paperwork, background check, etc. It took mine about 4 or 5 days to be listed as a...

Thanks so much for your good wishes and advice! I think that is so true what you say about rushing new grads into charge nurse positions. When I interviewed, I also interviewed for night shift charge nurse. I thought the med/treatment nurse would...

I tried the trick a couple of hours after I finished testing, got the good pop-up. I got my unofficial Quick Results 2 days later and I passed.

If Worksource is helping you to pay for your LPN, I believe that they will help with tuition/books and other associated fees with any state school or any accredited community college. You might want to check out Lower Columbia College in Longview, I...

Most of the schools I encountered while in the process of applying to NS used either the NET or the TEAS in Washington. Good luck to you!

I also did the trick about an hour after I tested on 7/9/10. Got the good pop up. All of my classmates who have taken the NCLEX have done the trick, got the good pop up and got passing results through quick results. Took a few days for my license ...

I know when I got into nursing school in the Spring of 2008, retaking classes (esp. A&P and micro if you got anything less than an A) was OK. I know that at my school, starting next spring they will not accept applicants who have had to retake a...