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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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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,...
  5. 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...
  6. Passed Cpne

    Congrats to you! I'm sure you feel as though the "weight of the world" has been lifted off your
  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,...
  8. ? 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...
  9. ? 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...
  10. ? 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...
  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
  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...
  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
  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
  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.
  16. I Quit!

    I completely understand your situation and frustration, totally unsafe. Been down that road before both while working in acute care-hospital and a rehab setting with post CABG and CVA pts ( rehab pts...
  17. What is your stress relief during nursing school?

    I understand your "pain", when I was in nursing school for my LPN my instructors stated "we own you, your friends, family and jobs are no longer your #1 priority". Make sure to squeeze in time for...
  18. If You Had To Do It All Again Would You Go Straight For RN Instead?!

    Dear RN GRAD, thanks for your words of encouragement, they're greatly appreciated and needed. You are so right, age should not be a factor although family has continued to state " the older you...
  19. If You Had To Do It All Again Would You Go Straight For RN Instead?!

    I would do the RN program instead. I'm a LPN, love my job and attended a really difficult school. My instructors/sch had very high standards equal to the local RN-Assoc. programs. Graduated well...
  20. Not that you want to benefit from anothers "bad luck" but last minute openings do become available r/t economic hardships, inabililty to pay tuition etc. Try other schools you might have to travel...
  21. Nursing Career

    Hi Ronnie, I was 30 when I embarked on a 2nd career as a LPN. Now at 45yrs (thats right 45) I'm working on my RN-Assoc for increased automony and much greater choices r/t specialities etc. I will most...
  22. study tips for Nc4

    Hi everyone I'm a new member to this website. Currently enrolled in EC and studying for NC4. Any suggestions for merging/condensing all of this material. I'm not looking for an easy way out, I'm just...