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Hi everyone, can anyone make any recommendation on which online rn to bsn program is better? Going to a campus is not an option for me, as I am a single parent with two children with one in college himself and the other in middle school. I know onlin...

At my nursing school we were not made to unclothe each other and we too used a dry wash cloth and basin. And we also did not practice our I.V. skills on each other we used dummy arms. I would have preferred to use each other with the IV's but my coll...

I am also checking into online RN to BSN programs and it is my understanding that you need to make sure that the college is ccne accredited or else some employers will not accept your BSN diploma is this true?

has anyone completed an online RN to BSN degree? Can you make a recommendation to which program is better?

Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can help me. I had a mva 2/8/08 while working and I was out for 5 weeks doing physical therapy, it ended up that I have had a torn rotator cuff the whole time, I did not take any FMLA leave at that time b/c it was work...

Thanks everyone for the advise, I did call today to the Industrial commission and they don't handle this sort of thing so they referred me to the labor board and they say that no they can't fire me while I'm on workers comp. but they can post my job ...

Thank you for the advise and yes it has been a hard 10 months and aggrivation. I will start with the industrial commission first thanks.

We are currently looking for a full time nurse for our home health ageny and I don't know exactly what area that person would be covering but If you live in charlotte you could do the denver area or huntersville areas and they would be happy!!! Lake ...

At the hospitals where I live the starting base pay for 1st shift is btw 17-18/hr and then with shift diff for 2nd and 3rd shift and this is statesville and mooresville areas. And idk about the charlotte area.

That is the thing I do have the vacation time or comp time built up enough to take 2 weeks at a time b/c I don't take time off for the weekends I work and furthermore they have not announced the 2 weeks policy to the employees, so I guess I'm the onl...

before becoming an RN I worked with hospice patients as a cna for 6 years and it truly is a hard job. When I became a nurse and until this day I will never forget what its like to be a cna and the hard work involved. I will let my cna in Home health ...

I agree with everyone here I feel your pain too!!! like 8 soc in 5 days and when I take call every 4th weekend I don't take any time off for it I use it as vacation time so when my fiancee comes home from Iraq I can spend time with him. But I have a ...

You know you are right and I have stepped up and addressed the issue of working so much even above and beyond what I'm paid for and I get told that I am salaried and I have to do it. And we do have a oasis program but ours is not what they thought it...

Hi dear I work in Home Health and it is the same for us in the field, I have 2 managers who like to bark orders and say we need to do it this way or that way but they could not go and do what we have to do if their lives depended on it. All I can say...

Hi I also work in hh. I worked like you in the hospital for a year with oncology/hd patients 12 hours 3 days a week 3rd shift. I to agree with courtaneyRae, there is only you in the home and there is quite a bit of paperwork in hh more so than the ho...

I agree with nrskaren, my wound care exp. I have never wet Iodoform unless the MD specifically requests it, b/c it removes the betadine

I also would suggest getting a cna position with a home health agency. I did that myself with hospice I worked for them for 6 years and while I was going to nursing school. And they did offer me a job when I graduated however, I declined b/c I really...

I was in the same boat also my 2nd year in the program and she rode me hard and put me up wet!! not a good feeling at all. I didn't do anything about it and I regret it to this day I should have said something because I don't want anyone else to be t...

you are welcome, good luck, I still remember how hard they were for me

i sent you a htn dx under your quote but I don't see it there now man sorry

I hope this helps you out I personally would group them to make it easier and use deficit knowledge deficit r/t condition, treatment and self care Interventions- discuss dx to provide specific information discuss med regimen including dosage and rout...

I really hope this helps you out I still remember what its like to be in nursing school, good luck for your pain intervention I would also add relaxation skills and diversional activities as well as warm, moist compresses to affected joints several ...

Hi everyone...I have been in hh for 5 years and I really love it, everything but the paperwork that is. And the director and clinical manager I work for could not begin to do the job that us field nurses do or put up with mess at times that we have t...

hi cna kim, I live in statesville and I went to Mitchell also. I have a niece who is going there now. I think she is taking night prereqs.

Hi everyone....I have lived in Statesville all my life and have been a nurse for 6 years 1 year in the hospital and the rest in home health. I am about 50 miles north of Charlotte. I am engaged and getting married in August I have an 18 & 13 year...