chris_at_lucas_RN

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  1. Question RE: Excelsior NC Exams

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to JaneMarieP's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The one that I enjoyed the most was nontradnurses. I just got an email inviting me to come back and moderate it. I just might do it! See you

  2. Academy of Nursing, anyone?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to deej's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am so glad somebody figured out what weasels they are!!!! But I feel bad for those who believed them. There is a school here that I saw driving to a funeral, sign out front said Academy of...

  3. Time to do the right thing again. (Cheater selling EC test answers...)

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi, Chuck, yes they can "undegree" a person. That usually means the license turns to fertilizer too. Thanks for the vote of support. I like you too!

  4. Time to do the right thing again. (Cheater selling EC test answers...)

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I don't mean any sarcasm either but study guides are to point you in the right direction, and you use them to go where you need to go to learn what you need to learn. Test items and their answers are,...

  5. Anybody considered legal action against BONs for non-recognition?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to mobileLPN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    (italics mine.) Here's what Frye's got his knickers in a knot over..... EC is suing him for copyright infringement. Yahoo!!!! Now if they would just go after the others who take EC's materials and...

  6. Kansas no longer accepting EC

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to willtm's topic in Online Distance Learning

    If someone's experience was in their LVN program, it cannot be a part of their EC program, so no, that couldn't be argued. If the clinical faculty was not physically present to observe, instruct,...

  7. Anybody considered legal action against BONs for non-recognition?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to mobileLPN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    If you aren't personally harmed, you have no basis for a lawsuit. Yeah, you could file one, but it would get kicked out/dismissed. It's the basis for the civil legal system, at least in the US. I'm...

  8. ADN vs BSN My daughter and I having a heated Discussion!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to NOIRLINCOLN's topic in General Students

    Gee, this seems to be rather unfairly attacking the OP, dontcha think? No parent is obligated to pay for a child's education. If they want to, they can. If they want to put conditions on it, they...

  9. How much $ do RNs start out at?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Doug85's topic in General Nursing

    Where does what info come from? I do not understand what you are asking, however I'll try to clarify (although I thought was was pretty minimalist): I personally live in the Dallas area, so I know...

  10. New Student looking for an online nurse...

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to AllisonJ's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Once I found allnurses, I spent a lot of time here, and I got a lot from reading the posts and interacting with some of the members, both in these threads and more privately. You can email people by...

  11. ADN vs BSN My daughter and I having a heated Discussion!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to NOIRLINCOLN's topic in General Students

    How much can she afford? If you are paying the bills, you call the shots. If she wants to do the BSN, she sure can, but she pays the piper. (You asked..... :) good

  12. New Homebound rule???

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to CardioTrans's topic in Home Health

    Thank you. And we wonder why insurance rates are through the roof and Medicare/Medicaid is going bankrupt. If people don't need home care, it is up to the provider who observes this to make sure it...

  13. Open Heart 1:1

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to zenman's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    New concept for me, this 1:1 business. Interesting about sitting at the nurses station, though. I saw a lot of CCU nurses playing online games and reading paperbacks when I was externing.

  14. Sample Drugs

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to fiestynurse's topic in Correctional

    Well, cancel out all my adoration then. But drugs are drugs and sample drugs are no different from the ones that are

  15. Is there nursing after 50?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Malt123's topic in General Nursing

    If they actually said this, you have been discriminated against. However, people with this attitude will also lie, so good luck getting any kind of help from EEOC or an attorney. In answer to your...

  16. Sample Drugs

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to fiestynurse's topic in Correctional

    Sample drugs aren't any different than the drugs that cost money. This is an unusual doc. Responsible with money that isn't his. Must either be very new, very young, or very good. In any case, s/he...

  17. nursing school really FULL TIME???

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to brandy119's topic in General Nursing

    Full time in the colege setting means, the number of credits to call yourself "fulltime." For semester people, this is 12 credit hours per semester, undergrad, and (if memory serves, 8 or 9...

  18. New Student looking for an online nurse...

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to AllisonJ's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    (Don't think that's what she

  19. New Student looking for an online nurse...

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to AllisonJ's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am just starting out as a new RN. Wanna walk through the first couple of weeks with me? Or months? You are welcome to email me. The job starts Monday. Glad to have you along if that'll meet your...

  20. Surgical Tools Washed In Hydraulic Fluid At Duke Hospitals

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to mac23's topic in General Nursing

    This is pretty interesting, in a bizarre sort of way, especially in light of the fact that hydraulic fluid is usually oil (as in petroleum product) based. Never have seen a detergent that wasn't...

  21. Anybody considered legal action against BONs for non-recognition?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to mobileLPN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    And this BB and others like it are replete with anecdotal evidence of just how inconsistently those standards are met on a day to day basis. Certainly it appears that there isn't grounds for a...

  22. Anybody considered legal action against BONs for non-recognition?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to mobileLPN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Which brings up another good point (IMHO): Nursing education isn't standardized between schools in the same state, but all the grads who pass the NCLEX are RN's. I'm still for nationalization of the...

  23. Kansas no longer accepting EC

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to willtm's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Very wise words. Nothing is written in stone, either. Kansas may have their knickers bunched up about nontrad programs now, but who is to say that they won't see things differently

  24. Kansas no longer accepting EC

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to willtm's topic in Online Distance Learning

    They always check. (And you want them to--at least you want them to check the nurses you will be working with....

  25. TIPS/Info for passing NCLEX

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to paula77720's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    No problem. Congratulations,