SweettartRN

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  1. Having a hard time getting fulltime RNs in Home Health

    SweettartRN replied to HtownNrsng's topic in General Nursing

    After what happened with Nurse Joy (see Justice for Joy) that has scared me forever away from ever being a home health nurse. I don't want that responsibility on me, and I don't want to work for a...

  2. More CPNE questions :)

    SweettartRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Ok. Let me try to walk through this. The first night, we are sort of given a "get out of jail free card" where they give us the Kardex, and let us go back to the hotel to do the planning phase for...

  3. More CPNE questions :)

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Also, if the PCS is going well, and you are 100% certain that you are completing all of the critical elements, is it ok if the PCS ends

  4. CPNE- 20 minute checks

    SweettartRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Can someone please explain these to me in idiot language please? :) This one is not quite getting what these are/when they're done/what they're for,

  5. CPNE- 20 minute checks

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Thanks all. I was reading way more into this than I needed to. My motto for the CPNE is KEEP IT SIMPLE!

  6. Those studying for the CPNE- here's a huge tip

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Excelsior College

    i think you meant to say 17th edition. this is the most up to date version

  7. Is anyone else stressed out?

    SweettartRN replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Handed to me on a tropical beach somewhere by a very dark and handsome man!

  8. Humanities Credits for Excelsior

    SweettartRN replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Excelsior College

    I took Analyzing and Interpreting Literature, was done in about 45 minutes, and it was an easy 6 credits. No feedback on the other

  9. Those studying for the CPNE- here's a huge tip

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Excelsior College

    It's actually the Clinical Performance Nursing Examination, and it is for Excelsior College students who have completed their coursework and are ready to "test out" of their nursing

  10. Got my unofficial review

    SweettartRN replied to jsnurse44's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I had no idea. Thanks for correcting me! :) Sad that they would do

  11. Got my unofficial review

    SweettartRN replied to jsnurse44's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Take Info Lit through Penn Foster. The number is posted around here somewhere. It cost $100 and you can complete it in a couple of

  12. OPinions on Excelsior extra materials for CPNE

    SweettartRN replied to lsilva7's topic in Excelsior College

    I am glad to see this posted. I was highly offended when one of the first things that I saw on the CPNE study guide was that a "successful student has attended a (several hundred dollar) workshop" in...

  13. Those studying for the CPNE- here's a huge tip

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Excelsior College

    I am excited too. Now I feel that I will be 100% ready come October 8th. Hell, by that time, I'll have memorized the whole darn check off sheets! Much easier than a "GRID" or Mnemonics, if you ask...

  14. Free Kaplan ebooks on iBookstore for iphone/ipod/ipad

    SweettartRN replied to leaveittogodRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thank you sooooo much for posting this! I just downloaded the NCLEX RN and the medication book. This is a great help.

  15. I have my CPNE date!

    SweettartRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    October 8-10th I will be in Syracuse NY to take my CPNE! :) That was SUPER fast! My FCCA should be here with the UPS man anytime now today

  16. I have my CPNE date!

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    My iPhone!

  17. I have my CPNE date!

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have a memo recorder, and I just have started to record myself. I plug it into the radio in my car and can listen to the mnemonics repeatedly and then practice when I get home. It has really started...

  18. I have my CPNE date!

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I also wanted to add this. Make sure you are home when the FCCA comes. The ONE DAY that UPS comes in the morning and you must sign for it, so now I have to haul butt across town at 8 PM tonight (after...

  19. I have my CPNE date!

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT whatever you do get the CD. It is such a waste of money and the woman's voice on it is like nails on a chalkboard. It is completely useless and pointless. They do nothing but...

  20. I have my CPNE date!

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I finished my last nursing exam August 11th. The next day my status was updated, and by Friday I had and was able to apply for the CPNE. I also called and scheduled my FCCA, which they said I would...

  21. Excelsior skill kit for cpne

    SweettartRN replied to lsilva7's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yes. Really cheap at

  22. Excelsior skill kit for cpne

    SweettartRN replied to lsilva7's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have been given permission to take a few things from work, and I have ordered IV supplies and set up from a medical supply company to set up my lab

  23. What's next?

    SweettartRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    So I finished all the nursing classes up today, and I know that the FCCA and CPNE come next, but in what order, how long will I have to wait before I am eligible, etc? What should I expect over the...

  24. What's next?

    SweettartRN replied to SweettartRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Good thinking. One of my gal friends is a nurse in the Bronx and I could stay with her, but I thought it would be too far away to try and get to Queens on time. I was online this morning looking for...

  25. FCCA INFO for EC?

    SweettartRN replied to lsilva7's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I too put in for the NPAC. I am fond of NYC but I'll take what I can