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  1. Would you drive 100 miles for a great job?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to NannaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    If the job's that good, and it must be for you to even consider such a long commute, either move or get a tiny place to hang your hat close to the job and commute back home for your days off. Good...

  2. Not sure if I want to be a nurse....

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to RN-04's topic in General Nursing

    if stress and workload are concerns--and why wouldn't they be?--you might consider just working part time or prn. doctor's offices are often less intense that hospital nursing. some school...

  3. 2nd time for NCLEX-RN

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

    Well, well! I too remember your first posts--CHANGE THAT

  4. pass nclex?/

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to husty's topic in General Nursing

    You're welcome, husty! It sounds like you did everything right. There is a way to check your results two days after the test. (Did I post that to you? I put it in two different threads...

  5. pass nclex?/

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to husty's topic in General Nursing

    Did you review between the two tests? How did that go? How did you feel while taking this one? Did you have the sense that you were probably making the right choices? Did it feel different from...

  6. Sent my application to Excelsior today!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Ashera's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Spazzy, you are my very favorite wacko, second only to myself! :blushkiss BTW, I'm scheduled for the NCLEX Tuesday Sept 14 at 10:00 a.m., and my review software puts me in the 99% probability of...

  7. Friend got 140 questions on NCLEX...HELP!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Amberlynn1181's topic in California Nursing

    Here's how to get the unofficial results. It's cut and pasted from the attachment Pearson Vue sent with my authorization. The "?" is what passes for the "registered" sign, so ignore them.... LOL...

  8. Coitus Interruptus?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty funny. Of course I wasn't there.... but it's pretty funny! (No lock on the inside? No chair to jam up under the door knob to at least slow someone down? Come on people! Use your common...

  9. Has anyone had problems with the nurses during clinicals?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to mlfp53's topic in General Students

    Don't know if this is your situation or not.... My first clinical rotation, my classmates were all gripy about this nurse was mean and that nurse was nasty etc., etc. I didn't see it. They were...

  10. Waiting for NCLEX Results

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to FizzgigRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for that correction. The info might come in really handy along about next Thursday. I don't feel at all confident or in control at this point. Nope, haven't ever taken the NCLEX. Since...

  11. Waiting for NCLEX Results

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to FizzgigRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm sorry about not passing, but you sound like you feel much better, and that's more important. The NCLEX you can retake. But today, feeling lousy, is lost. You're a winner! I'm using the Mosby...

  12. alcoholism, would you help?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Take your daughter, the boyfriend's mother and yourself, and go to about 6 Al-Anon meetings. You don't go for the alcoholic, although most people start going for the alcoholic--you go for yourself....

  13. Waiting for NCLEX Results

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to FizzgigRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Okay, here it is. When you find out your results, post it to this thread. I'll be here. You aren't

  14. Waiting for NCLEX Results

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to FizzgigRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Visit the Pearson-Vue site. There's a way for you to get your results unofficially, and it's cheaper than by phone. I have the info.... lemme find it and I'll post it to this thread. And don't...

  15. stethoscopes

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to canadiangal's topic in General Nursing

    I got mine from Allheart also. I have a Littman and a cheapie that came with something else as a package deal (don't remember now what it was). Both work just fine. The cheapie was something like...

  16. Slandered at work by another nurse...need advice asap

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to rosieseattle's topic in General Nursing

    This is certainly not the private domain of nursing! I'm not sure whether that's good or bad. You spoke with the NM, and she sounds aware of Amy's personality difficulties and hasn't been inspired...

  17. Families and the "ICU culture"

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to djmicu's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Someone who has as much awareness of the value of the family to the patient as you do will be wonderful wherever you land. What a shame that the new nurses are being led by the gripy old ones!...

  18. Sent my application to Excelsior today!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Ashera's topic in Online Distance Learning

    No problem, with pleasure. Excelsior has study guides, free and downloadable, which include a very detailed outline. If you use that outline and gather the related information, soon you will have a...

  19. good online RN to BSN program

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to steve_80's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Heavens, don't apologize!!! I've been an American all my life and I learn something new (and usually the hard way) all the time!!! I'm not sure what to tell you about the Excelsior College RN to BSN...

  20. good online RN to BSN program

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to steve_80's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I just got my ASN from Excelsior College--their program was exceptional, and they have an RN to BSN as well as MSN programs available. http://www.excelsior.edu (Plus, they have a campus and "real"...

  21. anybody take free ceu onlince courses?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to ZZTopRN's topic in General Nursing

    this particular link didn't work, and when i searched, i only got the recent posts to this thread. nrskarenrn, can you provide a wee bit more info?

  22. Nursing school = Acne?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Students

    Stress. Used to get it on my face. Now I've been getting it under my arms. Yish. (or maybe I should say,

  23. Negotiating for more $$$

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to dianacs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you have verbally accepted a position, that sounds like someone offered and you accepted. If you don't intend to keep your word, the decent thing would probably be to tell whoever you have the...

  24. Russia & OKC Bombing

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to LadyBugLass's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    My daughter's school was also close by--she went to Rosary.... She and her classmates didn't receive anything in particular, but it certainly made the Murrah Building bombing that much more poignant...

  25. How long did it take to get a job?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to youknowho's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Or, we might need to accept an "indecent" job offer, grit our teeth for a year or two, and thus become "experienced." I'm looking