serenity67

serenity67

CHPLN- Cert. hospice/palliative care LPN

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  1. Help Needed From Virginia Rn's!!

    serenity67 posted a topic in Virginia Nursing

    i am currently enrolled in the excelsior college lpn to associate degree rn program, a program that is fully accredited by the nln, a program now being rejected by my state of virginia's bon. i have...

  2. Help Needed From Virginia Rn's!!

    serenity67 replied to serenity67's topic in Virginia Nursing

    The benefit of the bridge program with Excelsior College is that (aside from the general ed. pre-req's) there is a substantial Nursing theory portion that, in total, are divided up into about 9...

  3. Help Needed From Virginia Rn's!!

    serenity67 replied to serenity67's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Delvenia... "Welcome to the wonderful world of nursing..." It's an unfortunate reality that there is a bit of "nurse on nurse" abuse that sometimes occurs in this field. I try to turn it into a...

  4. Help Needed From Virginia Rn's!!

    serenity67 replied to serenity67's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Thanks for the clarification. In my attempt to have a constructive conversation and was feeling a bit attacked.

  5. Help Needed From Virginia Rn's!!

    serenity67 replied to serenity67's topic in Virginia Nursing

    WOW... that was harsh. first of all, as an LPN I personally haven't hung blood on a pt., though I have assisted the RN with this task countless times. I think you're missing the point here. I'm not...

  6. BON *CHANGES* For EXCELSIOR students in Virginia!!!

    serenity67 replied to Nurs4jc's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Too many! I'm still working on my pre-req's. I spent a lot of time volunteering in the political primaries, thinking I had "plenty of time" to get back to studying... turns out I was

  7. BON *CHANGES* For EXCELSIOR students in Virginia!!!

    serenity67 replied to Nurs4jc's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I thought I e-mailed you back. Did you get it? If not, let me know and I'll resend.

  8. Help Needed From Virginia Rn's!!

    serenity67 replied to serenity67's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Actually, I agree that some sort of adjustment to this type of educational avenue would be a good idea. I have also thought that putting some sort of "minumum number of years clinical/work experience"...

  9. Help Needed From Virginia Rn's!!

    serenity67 replied to serenity67's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Thanks for your positive message. It seems the positive messages are few and far between... I'm getting "eaten alive" in here by my own topic!

  10. BON *CHANGES* For EXCELSIOR students in Virginia!!!

    serenity67 replied to Nurs4jc's topic in Virginia Nursing

    How many classes do you have to complete? Did you have any pre-req.'s to finish first? I was informed by the VA BON that we can send a written request for an extension to the deadline. It has to...

  11. Help Needed From Virginia Rn's!!

    serenity67 replied to serenity67's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Actually, I understand that hospitals are moving towards only hiring RN's and I have no problem with that. That actually wasn't the point to my post. I am in NO WAY implying that LPN's are...

  12. Help Needed From Virginia Rn's!!

    serenity67 replied to serenity67's topic in Virginia Nursing

    There are factual statistics to back up both the success of the Excelsior College nursing program as a whole, as well as the high quality of associate degree RN's that manage to graduate. I say...

  13. Help Needed From Virginia Rn's!!

    serenity67 replied to serenity67's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Oops... sorry about the blue ink. I just wanted to draw attention to my thread. I didn't even REALIZE it would be hard for folks to read.

  14. BON *CHANGES* For EXCELSIOR students in Virginia!!!

    serenity67 replied to Nurs4jc's topic in Virginia Nursing

    i am also currently enrolled in ec in the lpn to associate degree rn program. i have been in close and frequent contact with the assistant dean of ec nursing program and the va bon. i have some extra...