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Thank you for your efforts to educate me. However, reading the flow chart you provided, "Does the person, business,or agency furnish, bill orreceive payment for, healthcare in the normal course ofbusiness (1)? --->" You betcha! She claims to be a ...

As nurses, I believe we are held to the standards of our licensure. But I could be wrong. It will be interesting to see what the state board has to say. If the board agrees with you, I will stand corrected.

AtHomeNurse, please consider yourself hugged!!

I confess that I am very disappointed in the level of credence that is being given to this supposed DON's claims. Tell me, what exactly is a 'smirk' and how do you know someone is doing it? What if I define your smile as my smirk? What if the DON-div...

1. State: Louisiana (New Orleans) 2. Years of experience: 1 3. Specialty/unit and work setting: CCU, 300+ bed hospital 4. Hourly Pay (base rate): 22.74 5. Differentials (if any): Day - .75, night - 4.25, w/end - 3.75 6. Union: Bwah-hah-hah-ha! Um, no...

You're probably going to want to check with the admissions folks about what score to shoot for. A 60 would have been the bare minimum just a couple of years back but I was told that the most recent class had a much higher cut-off. Still, my info is...

A profile score of 55 is below the most recent cut-offs! Can you retake some courses, raise your GPA, and improve your profile score?

Nope. Usually people are concerned about what is the cutoff score for acceptance. :)

I don't think you should worry about the average. Your problem will be the lowest point cut-off and you are most likely well above that. Unless something has changed since November, if you don't have any GPA problems that preclude you from attendin...

Is 75 your profile score? If so, I'd say your chances are pretty darn good! If for some reason you aren't accepted, CALL and ask about it to make certain that everything was correctly tabulated! Sometimes mistakes are made and aren't caught until s...

michelle504 - this is just my opinion but while "GPA" is a good thing, "involvement" is better. When one of the big area hospitals opened up their summer nurse intern program, one of the first questions in the interview was "what organizations do y...

Hi, nolamomx2. Mind if I ask about the physical? In another post (not related to Ochsner), someone said she was tested for ability to lift & carry 50 pounds. Was there anything like that? Blood tests - what are they looking for? Urine tests - is ...

Got statistics already so doing a Chem. :)

su9032, that is an interesting question! Since I'm bored stupid until summer classes start, I went and got some 2010 numbers from the State Board's latest Examiner for first-time passing of the NCLEX: 227 Charity 169 LSU 40 Holy Cross 34 William...

No restrictions we were made aware off. A cheapo model will do you but will make you crazy. I've got a Littman SE but am probably gonna trade up for a cardio model b/cuz you can hear so much better. You might go to one of the uniform stores and try s...

Charity is switching to the HESI, but I don't know when.

Nishu, probably the best way to find out is to go to the Delgado/Charity SON website and download the form used to score applicants. If you score at least a 55, you stand a good chance of getting in. Higher score = increased likelihood! If you pass...

If you take advantage of the free books, watch to make certain you are not charged! I've started the process of disputing a charge from B&N for an NCLEX book that was listed as $0.00 but showed up as ~$15 AFTER I completed the transaction!

I'm guessing that you are talking about Charity, right? My records are so old that they are etched on tablets! I ended up having to have blood titers done and still needed some of the vaccines (as boosters). You are also going to need a tetanus vac....

This whole conversation reminds me of the way we talk about relatives - my brother (sister) and his (her) wife (husband) are such incredibly incompetent parents! How in the world did they raise such great kids??? These instructors are so incompetent/...

LOL! Wish I could! But we are relying on the collective memories of a bunch of frazzled students. Also, am not sure of the ethics of repeating a test question here. Will have to ask if I can do so. After this past semester, I would hate to get tos...

More double-checking (i.e. checking with smarter students w/better memories:lol2:): the 2 choices listed by the OP are both incorrect and the info listed as being in the Q is incorrect. The correct answer was a MORE obvious answer.

I double-checked w/another student since the final was 100 Qs long and I didn't specifically remember this one. NOLA1980 is dead on - there was enough info in the Q to pick the correct answer. I appreciated the passion but this "outrage" is misplaced...

Thanks. I didn't realize this was a double post - I spend most of my time in the student forums as that is where my focus is right now.