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    Excelsior How fast can you have your RN??

    exnavygirl-RN replied to COLPN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've known some to finish all their exams in 6 months. I just finished all mine. It's going to be at least 4 months before I get a date for the CPNE. I applied for the MPAC. Honestly, if I had known...
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    CPNE Roll call

    exnavygirl-RN replied to TraciRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It is the 14th edition. I submitted my application before receiving the study guide. I sent the advisors an e-mail and they told me the edition.
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    Lisa's notes

    exnavygirl-RN replied to yay092014's topic in LPN to RN

    Lisa notes are just her own outlines and notes she created while studying for Excelsior exams. I have purchased a couple of them from ebay. They're very
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    CPNE Roll call

    exnavygirl-RN replied to TraciRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I applied to the MPAC a couple of weeks ago. I chose all the locations within the
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    exnavygirl-RN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    We had a patient that stayed with us a long time. He ended up going to a nursing home and 2 days later was back on our floor. He had fallen and hit his head and had intracranial bleeding. Non...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    exnavygirl-RN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    My mother lives in NC and I live in MS. She has rheumatoid arthritis. If I start getting unusual aches and pains that is usually a sign she is having a bad flare. For example, the other day my left...
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    Gonna try going back in as a navy nurse!

    exnavygirl-RN replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Government, Military

    I have 5 years prior active duty in the Navy and would love to go back in after I get my BSN. The only thing is that I've been out 10 years and I'm 38 years old. I read somewhere about an age waiver...
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    Questions For VA Nurses

    exnavygirl-RN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Government, Military

    I am a veteran and I work as a nurse for the V.A. As with any federal job if you served time in the military you have to buy that time back in order to count it towards retirement. Each V.A. is...
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    Excelsior

    exnavygirl-RN replied to pamedic20013's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Diahni, Thanks for the tip on UMass. The University of UNC-Chapel Hill has a similar on-line program,
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    Excelsior

    exnavygirl-RN replied to pamedic20013's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am almost finished with Excelsior. I have not found it to be that expensive. If you consider the cost of traditional 2 year or 4 year colleges, even non-private colleges it pretty much evens out....
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    VA-Unions?

    exnavygirl-RN replied to Gottago's topic in Government, Military

    AFGE also. I joined when I was first hired on. Doesn't seem to be very active. I guess I'll find out if anyting ever
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    VA experiences

    exnavygirl-RN posted a topic in Government, Military

    I'm an LPN and I start my new job with the VA in November. I was wondering what experiences people have had with the VA. I'm a 10 year veteran and know a little about issues pertaining to veterans....
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    VA questions

    exnavygirl-RN replied to Jules A's topic in Government, Military

    This is my third week working for the V.A. I'm a permanent employee but was in orientation with several travel nurses. Christy,
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    First and Last Year in Nursing

    exnavygirl-RN replied to K98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A friend of mine left hospital nursing and is now working in an outpatient surgery clinic. She loves it! Her hours are 7am-3:30 M-F with all holidays off. The only bad thing (or maybe good thing to...
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    No Holiday Pay?

    exnavygirl-RN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    We get paid of 8 hours on the holidays and if we work we get double
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    exnavygirl-RN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I may not be a nurse or anything, but at my house, I usually sense some things. Sometimes, I would feel, hear, or see something. So many things have happened, so I'm not really going to tell, since...
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    Offered Position at a VA hospital...

    exnavygirl-RN replied to aegirl's topic in Government, Military

    My grammar sucks. It's hard to type when my 2 year old is in my lap!!!!
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    Offered Position at a VA hospital...

    exnavygirl-RN replied to aegirl's topic in Government, Military

    I just started working at the V.A. I'm a LPN with 5 years military service. In order for you military time to count towards retirement you have to pay and percentage of what you earned while on...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    exnavygirl-RN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    We had a tech that worked day shift for several years and then decided to work night shift. After a week he was fired. The night shift nurses caught him faking vital signs, also. He admitted to it...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    exnavygirl-RN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    We had a new nurse that was on orientation for 6 weeks! He was an older man and thought he knew everything. One night he had a patient that had O2 sats of 70%. We recommended that he put her on some...
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    VA experiences

    exnavygirl-RN replied to exnavygirl-RN's topic in Government, Military

    Thanks for the reply. I'm sorry it has taken so long to respond. I start work November 13.
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    8 hr shifts vs. 12 hr shift

    exnavygirl-RN replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work Ortho, also. After three 12 hour shifts I'm dragging but the 4 days off is totally worth
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    Celebratory Tattoo?

    exnavygirl-RN replied to ortess1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A friend of mine at work has a EKG rhythm across her back with the nurse emblem in the middle. Pretty
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    Discouraged LPN

    exnavygirl-RN replied to LPNMeg06's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A lot of folks don't realize that TCN and RUE are publishing companies and the final degree comes from Excelsior anyhow. Save a few thousand dollars and go straight through Excelsior. I'm on NC5 now....
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    Discouraged LPN

    exnavygirl-RN replied to LPNMeg06's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in the Excelsior College Program and love it. It beats having to wait forever to get into a bridge