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This is interesting as I never considered consulting as a future career option. Do you guys go to college for healthcare informatics or just learn from experience? I currently have a job in healthcare informatics and was considering going for MSN in nursing informatics but I don't think I would get the level of IT knowledge you are discussing.

Do you think online class would do.any good my last month? I know critical elements and pretty confident with care plans, I am taking lynns workshop next week. What all does it go over?

Ah yes I forgot about sherri! I have heard wonderful things about her online workshop online. If I hadnt already paid for my workshop I would have done hers! How much is her online class btw? Im going to lynns next week in north carolina :-) testing nov.4!

oh and I would really recommend going to a workshop if you have time. NOT an excelsior workshop!!! either lynn's or either or the tina's. (google search lynn's cpne or tina's cpne) there are youtube videos as well that are great, just search cpne and a whole bunch of videos pop up!

get rob's cpne videos, (www.robscpne.com) they give you mneumonics and dvds to remember the areas of care. you can also buy it for the labs. do the practice pcs scenerios on excelsior's website and do the careplans and submit it via ec's message center. make weekly calls with your advisor to ask questions. know the cpne study guide backwards and forwards. know all the critical elements (mneumonics help)

I am so glad I read your post! I want to go on for my NP so I was thinking go to WGU for BSN then continue on. Glad I know that I shouldn't go there. that's such a bummer where did you end up going??

I feel like I always do poorly on practice tests but then end up getting A's on my actual tests! Took micro practice test few days before my actual test got a 58 and 60 and then an A on the actual test. Go figure.

so is reproductive a relatively new course? I have an old college network chronicity book and it has quite a big section of reproductive health and sexuality. so that is no longer a part of nursing 3 right?

I am currently in excelsiors lpn to adn program but I kind of want to get into a program that is accepted in all states since I might want to move to a state that doesn't recognize excelsior graduated nurses. Are there any colleges that transfer in excelsior students and accept the nursing courses taken? I'm ok if the A&P and micro aren't accepted as long as most of the nursing courses are. I would prefer an online program since I live in ohio. I know there is one college out there someone recommended a long time ago I just can't remember the name....

studygroup101 waaaayyyyyy better than lisa's notes! I agree with the other posts though, use it as a supplemental study guide in addition to other study information. I get used college network books and mystudygroup101 and have passed every test easily. I have tried lisa's notes but I feel like its scattered and its easier for me to buy mystudygroup (which is cheaper) and has tons of quiz questions and I can browse over it after studying my main study book.

I was guaranteed "as many hours as I wanted". I've always wanted to be a home health care nurse so this was a big disapointment for me. Basically I was just waiting for on the field training and would be ready to go. I just wish they would have returned my phone calls! I mean I would be fine with the job falling through but to not return my calls? I mean our we in high school???

anyone around the cincinnati area don't waste your time with best choice home care. They "hired" me I went through orientation, the whole hiring process and then they never called me. I did everything right and I didn't even get a phone call. I tried calling them asking for a response, they never called back. How unprofessional!!! I don't want other nurses to go through this experience with a shady, new company that is extremely unorganized and unprofessional.

I work for NBD and they are very professional and the management is awesome and very helpful which is very unlike alot of companies out there! The owner of the company is so sweet and will help you out with anything. They are flexible with scheduling which is great if you are going to school. Also just the fact you get to be involved with providing excellent care to a person during their transition from life to death and making sure they are comfortable and their needs are met is a blessing in itself. I have learned alot in the time I have worked in hospice.

its so cool seeing other nurses on here that also have piercings and tattoos! I just think of the healthcare field as such a conservative looking field its interesting to see others who "hide" their little secrets at work as well! I have a septum piercing which flips up quite nicely and hides and a lip piercing which I can easily remove and actually I work at a few different places and really none of them mind it since its diamondy and small. I want quite a few tattoos in the future but I'm smart and know not to get a full sleeve or anything like that! professional at work and play when I'm off!! (my best friend is a social worker and she has the same piercings!)

I want to go to a college that I can take online, I'm cool if I have to go to clinicals and travel a couple times during the course of the program even if its in another state. I just don't think I can do excelsior, I need deadlines, actual courses online, not this whole self paced stuff! Also I find the whole excelsior program to be a headache, there's too many studyguides out there and honestly I've bought some of them and they are awful! I know there are online colleges out there for lpn to rn but I haven't found many of them and I'm trying to explore my options. once again I'm cool with travelling across country a few times during the course of the program for clinicals as long as its not like once a month or anything crazy like that! any help??