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Hospital-Med Surg, Subacute, Rehab.

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respect all nurses specializes in Hospital-Med Surg, Subacute, Rehab..


Currently enrolled in Excelsior - RN Assoc program. Would love to try travel nursing after obtaining my RN degree.

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  1. Weekend option position

    Hi Mel, my employer changed the holiday policy when Christmas and New Years Day started occuring during the week, I now have to work one of the above holidays in addition to my regular weekend schedule. I'm now also required to select a summer holida...
  2. up coming EC exam and Scared to Death

    From Respect all Nurses. Thank You. You're right, I have to do this or I'll NEVER finish. I feel as though this test is a huge wall which I have to scale and conquer in order to move closer towards goal achievement. So I will have to bury/silence my ...
  3. up coming EC exam and Scared to Death

    Dear Susequatch, Thank you once again for replying to one of my post. I guess I'll go ahead and dish out the funds for the practice exams, certainly can't hurt. As far as potentially failing an exam, no it would not be the end of the world, but I wou...
  4. up coming EC exam and Scared to Death

    Hi BetterMF29, Thank you for responding to my post & for info on ABGs/study group 101. Do you have suggestions on how to handle all the medications, I use the Pharm text suggested by Excelsior and I'm overwhelmed. I understand the idea of groupi...
  5. up coming EC exam and Scared to Death

    Anyone out there with a few words of advice or encouragement? Currently preparing for NC4, have postponed scheduling the test twice mainly for fear of failure/lack of confidence. Its been a while since I took a test r/t health issues, lack of motivat...
  6. Passed Cpne

    Congrats to you! I'm sure you feel as though the "weight of the world" has been lifted off your shoulders.
  7. Slooooow!

    Just have one suggestion which has always worked well for me. As soon as you get your assignment, before the narc count and taking report, take a moment and "eye your pts" to make sure they're alive, not in distress. For example, once prior to gettin...
  8. ? about Excelsior exam, NC4

    From Respect all nurses r/t the NC4 exam(cardio and hormone therapy). I just retrieved an email from Excelsior nursing faculty, advised to stick to the info provided in the text. Thanks again to all for your help.
  9. ? about Excelsior exam, NC4

    Thanks, I submitted the same ? to the Excelsior "message board" no answer yet and called hoping to talk to a faculty member, no such luck. Given a phone appointment for late Aug. I can fully understand your finding Nc5 easier to prepare for esp. sin...
  10. ? about Excelsior exam, NC4

    Anyone currently studying for NC4 or who has taken NC4? On page 9 of the content guide section 4A, interventions for CVD list hormone therapy. But according to recent studies the risk r/t Estrogen RX outweigh the positive benefits. Do I stick with "o...
  11. I cant take it!~!!!

    Get out of there before the stuff hits the fan and state shows up unannouced, then call the state. Those people are crazy and unsafe.
  12. drowning in despair

    Have you heard the expression "Nurses eat their young", it seems as though your preceptor and nursing supervisor/admin validate this totally negative belief r/t nurses. From what I've read you haven't done anything that would justify submitting your ...
  13. It's official -- RN!!!

    Congrats to YOU! You are a source of encouragement and inspiration to all who want to follow in your foot steps.
  14. Suesquatch, GN

    Congrats on your Success!! Treat Yourself to a day at the spa, you deserve to be pampered after surviving the "Lions Den". From Respect all nurses.
  15. Talk me down from the ledge!

    RE: Talk me down from the ledge. You can do this, keep the faith. Psalm 34 & Psalm 91. Take care of yourself. I'll be praying for you. .