L8RRN

L8RRN

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  1. Guess what I am doing on this lovely day?

    L8RRN replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    I feel ya. I just got out of home health and spent a lot of time charting on my own time. As much as they wanted us to chart in the home, it seemed impossible because it would put me behind on my...

  2. Chamberlain RN to BSN online Jan 2013

    L8RRN replied to toniannryan's topic in Chamberlain College

    I graduated from Chamberlain's online BSN program in the summer of 2011. I did full time for 14 months while working 2 part time jobs (34 hours a week total) and PRN at another job (hours varied from...

  3. Can a teacher do this?

    L8RRN replied to Dezy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How is it not fair? Did she test you on cardiac and you were learning fundamentals? Did you check to see if some of the material from the test was in the textbook and possibly a reading assignment?...

  4. Home Health RNs: mileage reimbursement?

    L8RRN replied to iridium54's topic in Home Health

    I work for the state and get a salary and 42 cents per mile. I put about 500 to 800 miles on my car per month and cover one county of the state (and SOMETIMES go to another county to cover a visit or...

  5. Am I right to feel irritated? What can I do about it?

    L8RRN replied to ekgoodwi's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Light duty is not just for work related injuries. I had surgery for a non work related situation and returned to work on "light-duty" until I was able to lift, etc. Light duty is at the discretion...

  6. Getting discouraged!

    L8RRN replied to RNintraining72's topic in General Students

    See if someone took the class last semester/last year that can loan you the book. Do you have any books you can sell? There are websites that will buy books from you even outside of times when your...

  7. More than a YEAR!!

    L8RRN replied to Dee_RN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My BSN took 14 months through Chamberlain. All online and no clinical

  8. How do you do a study group?

    L8RRN replied to KLBatchelor's topic in General Students

    We did "study groups" in nursing school. I found they were most effective when there were no more than 3-4 people, though. More than that seemed to get everything off topic easily and too many...

  9. Anyone work in HH as new grad and do just fine?

    L8RRN replied to emptyboxcars's topic in Home Health

    I am new to home health but not new to nursing. I graduated 3 years ago and got about 1 1/2 years of experience in med/surg before I moved to a new state. My first patient that I saw alone last week...

  10. How do you make it through the sciences?

    L8RRN replied to 123itsjesset's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was not a strong science student throughout high school and disliked it a lot. I took the minimum I had to take to graduate. I had a significant break (YEARS) after high school before starting...

  11. Nclex in a few days....need help with pharm:(

    L8RRN replied to aniya05's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Study drug endings. Each drug gave generic name along with trade name so if you know generic endings, you can figure out what most of them deal with. Like 'pril' is an ace inhibitor...can cause...

  12. I had a terrible day at school today... Accused and feel awful.

    L8RRN replied to jval's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I taught a CNA course myself. I think your instructor was a bit of a drama queen about the situation also, but a few mentioned refusing to ride in the lift wasn't a big deal. I required my students...

  13. I got dismissed from Nursing program at west coast university I need help!!

    L8RRN replied to saghi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would not persue it further if it were me. They don't want you back and I don't think I would want to go somewhere that didn't want me there. I would find another

  14. How long after graduation did you wait before taking the NCLEX?

    L8RRN replied to aachavez's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took it on the first day I could schedule after I got my ATT. It was approximately 1 month and 10 days after graduation. I decided not to wait because I felt I would have to review less material....

  15. Passive aggression, bullying, or just trying to help?

    L8RRN replied to insa's topic in Men in Nursing

    Remember that you went to school to be a nurse...not a circulator. In nursing school, we do not learn a specialty like OR nursing. While those that went to scrub tech school or have worked a long...

  16. Rue/Excelsior

    L8RRN replied to kdavispn's topic in LPN to RN

    I did a lot of research when I was in school for my LPN. I checked out College Network, Rue, and going directly through Excelsior. I ended up just going back to an ADN program locally, but I have...

  17. DENIED from BRN in CA to sit for NCLEX-RN

    L8RRN replied to tabblet's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Yeah, just nosey... No experience in having a criminal background so don't know what to tell

  18. Denied admission for BSN program

    L8RRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I had issues with their billing...it kept changing and everytime I called, I would go from a credit to owing them or vice versa. I think I had to call seven times to get everything fixed. I also had...

  19. Denied admission for BSN program

    L8RRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Delhi did not require it when I attended there a few years ago and I got my BSN this year at Chamberlain and it was not required. I also looked into Plattsburgh and they did not require language. My...

  20. Denied admission for BSN program

    L8RRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I started SUNY - Delhi but quit after two classes and transferred. It was within a year after they started the online program and it may have been easier to get accepted at that point, but I did not...

  21. Denied admission for BSN program

    L8RRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I didn't need any language for my

  22. Confused about Per Diem work -Operating Room

    L8RRN replied to FLM003's topic in Operating Room

    I worked at a union facility and per diem people were guaranteed no hours but were supposed to be available for 24 a month (two 12 hour days). If they weren't needed, they did not work. If they were...

  23. military relocation and school, yikes!

    L8RRN replied to peaceful warrior's topic in General Nursing

    If you are located at a military post, you probably know other military spouses in your nursing program. My hubby was deployed the last year of nursing school so another girl in the class in the same...

  24. Not hired if you smoke?

    L8RRN replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    Are you in Arkansas? There is a hospital that has been on the news from there that is doing this. I was just wondering if another hospital is in the news for it,

  25. SUNY Delhi RN to BSN enrollment question

    L8RRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Online Distance Learning

    There were just a few little things that combined together to make it not worth it to me at the time. One example was when I was starting my second class and there was a group assignment due the very...