kdsharp

kdsharp has 6 years experience and specializes in med/surg.

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1. LPN starting pay $26.50!

   kdsharp replied to mustbegood's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I graduated 6 1/2 years ago with 2 years experience as a CNT in home health & outpatient surgery. My starting pay was $12. Here in Tennessee that was considered good. Now after 6 years, I make...

2. PASSING THE CPNE: tips from my experience

   kdsharp replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Hi, all! I don't have any files, but would be happy to give you a breakdown of my CPNE experience. It may take me a few days to get it all together, but I passed last July, first try. It's not...

3. Are all Excelsior Grads "Super Smart" ?

   kdsharp replied to dbarnes2's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I did it all in 2 years & 1 month, including CPNE. I am now 45. I was 38 when I went through the LPN program. I agree that age/maturity helped but only because I wanted to get it done...

4. PASSING THE CPNE: tips from my experience

   kdsharp replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I feel certain that if you can handle that situation with no warning that the CPNE will be a breeze for

5. PASSING THE CPNE: tips from my experience

   kdsharp replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I've heard many stories about people failing for what seems to be a silly thing. What no one seems to say in the same sentence is that you are given an opportunity to repeat each PCS. So if you fail...

6. LPN starting pay $26.50!

   kdsharp replied to mustbegood's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Well, I can tell you LPN's don't get paid that here in Tennessee, anywhere. At the hospital I used to work for, the LPN's topped out somewhere around $18-19/hr. after about 15-20 years experience,...

7. Are all Excelsior Grads "Super Smart" ?

   kdsharp replied to dbarnes2's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I graduate Oct. 16th from EC and highly recommend it. I went because (a) I didn't want to retake a&p and micro because I was over the 5 year limit, (b) because I could do it at my own pace and...

8. Critical Care/ED job for Newer Nurse

   kdsharp replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Tennessee Nursing

   What part of Nashville are you moving to? I just left Stonecrest in Smyrna, about 25 miles from Nashville, I know they expect to have open positions in ICU soon. Try there, it's a HCA

9. PASSING THE CPNE: tips from my experience

   kdsharp replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I passed the CPNE 7/30 in Racine, Wisconsin. I'm sharing my experience with you, not because I necessarily recommend you do things the way I did them, but so you'll know it can be done. I became...

10. Wondering if 50 is too old to go to RN school

    kdsharp replied to fancyme50's topic in LPN to RN

    Absolutely! I'm a few days shy of 45, and I'm 1 class short of having my ASN-RN through Excelsior College. Look at it this way ... would you rather work 15 more years with more money and more...

11. PASSING THE CPNE: tips from my experience

    kdsharp replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Don't give up and don't waste the time and money you've already invested. You already know what areas to work on, and unfortunately, Excelsior's nursing classes won't transfer. You can do it, people...

12. Anyone who's done CPNE without attending a workshop?

    kdsharp posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm scheduled in Mansfield, OH 3/20-3/22, and I don't have the time or money to go to a workshop. I am going to purchase the DVD from Excelsior. I'm just terrified that I'll get there and blow it....

13. PASSING THE CPNE: tips from my experience

    kdsharp replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I would love to hear from people who passed the CPNE without doing a workshop. I just don't have the time or money, and I'm scheduled in Ohio 3/20-3/22. Looking over the study guide, it doesn't seem...