coralreefRN

coralreefRN specializes in Hospice.

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1. Any pitc former grads or current students?

   coralreefRN replied to sexynursestudent's topic in Pennsylvania

   I would strongly advise you to choose another school. PITC has was too many students and no resources to help students. The retention rate is only around 50% because they accept students who are not qualified. They have the lowest admission standards...

2. Hey!! I did it! I am an RN!! WooHoo!!

   coralreefRN replied to SusanKathleen, RN's topic in NCLEX

   Congrats and good luck with the job search

3. Oh, you rode your high horse to work today

   coralreefRN replied to fallrisk2008's topic in General Nursing

   EXCELLENT and accurate rant!. As a former night nurse I can attest to the dreaded attitude ladden morning report. And sometimes it's just one nurse but that's all it takes. I had one who would do 50 million questions about every patient but most of i...

4. Why are things so tough on older nurses to get jobs

   coralreefRN replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in General Nursing

   Willow, Network,network, network. Call your former coworkers, nurse manager, old classmates. Tell everyone you know you are looking for a job. I would also try long term care. They are always looking for nurses and you do have 10 valuable years of ex...

5. Villanova's BSNExpress, Drexel's ACE, or Jefferson's FACT?

   coralreefRN replied to hellomellow's topic in Pennsylvania

   Hey There, I did the Drexel Program and if I had it to do over I would definitely choose a longer program, 14 or 18 months maybe. It was extremely hard due to the 23 credits a quarter. You are doing 2 1/2 years of college in 11 months. And you have n...

6. Hey!! I did it! I am an RN!! WooHoo!!

   coralreefRN replied to SusanKathleen, RN's topic in NCLEX

   congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to gooooooooo

7. name that hospital and its starting salary

   coralreefRN replied to krazaygerl's topic in Pennsylvania

   Presbyterian Hospital in Phila starts grad RNs at $27.00/hr. Good Luck

8. LPN Student, Cried and cried...

   coralreefRN replied to KayDubb's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Hang in there!!!!! You were doing well and then hit a rough patch in the road. I would suggest study aides to help you with the crtical thinking questions. It is difficult but the fact that you did well in Math and A&P says you have the ability t...

9. This sucks

   coralreefRN replied to FirefighterDoug's topic in Emergency

   Wow, that's horrible for staff. And what about communicating with patients. No one will know which masked nurse just assessed them.

10. LPN's PLEASE READ

    coralreefRN replied to amykelley317's topic in Pennsylvania

    I have been an LPN for over 20 years and have found the pay to be decent but it really depends on where you work. It also depends on whether you are staff or in the prn pool and how many years experience you have. I work in a long term care facility ...