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@egunlock I am also in Eastern Oklahom and was contacted by a staffing agency today regarding a Care Manager position here in the area. I looked it up online and am glad that I did! I sent my information to Senior Bridge and spoke with someone who told me that it may take up to a week for them to respond at this time. Please let me know if you have any additional information you can relay since we are in the same area. Thank you in advance :)

Hi all. I am looking into relocating to the Pensacola/Destin area and wanted to start networking with some of you before hand to gain insight into best areas to live, work, schools, etc. I am an LPN working on my RN through Excelsior and hope to be done with that by the end of this year. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Also if your interested in exchanging emails/phone #'s, I am interested in making some friends to "come home to"! Thanks in advance!

I am sorry but I am still a little confused after reading all the information here and on the website. Where do you purchase the textbooks everyone is talking about? Are these excelsior textbooks or just from your local college or bookstore? What if you just want to take the clep test for your general ed classes? Or should you use excelsiors study guides and text for these as well? I know I have read that it is cheaper to take the cleps but...... How do I take the first two nursing exams without enrolling? Don't I have to have a registration number from excelsior to be able to register through pearsonvue to actually TAKE the tests? Thank you very much for all your help, I appreciate it.

Has anyone ever had a vein swell with a blood draw after starting the third vial? I usually use a butterfly and a syringe. The company I started with only uses butterfly and vacutainers. I don't have a bunch of experience in this though I don't feel incompentent in the area. I did a lab this morning and during the third and final vial filling the vein started to swell and distend at the insertion site. I released the tourniquet and immediately it started to dissepate. I removed the last vacutainer and the needle and observed before placing the cotton ball and pressure that the swelling had totally dissapeared!! I have been a nurse for almost a year now (I know, not too long :)) and have never had this happen before and it kind of freaked me out. The patient denied any pain or discomfort. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated so this does not occur again. Did I apply the tourniquet too tight? Did I miss a step that I just can't figure out? Thanks in advance..........