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Hi All Colorado Nursing Students ! This semester my school PPCC started making passing the ERI testing at 4% above the national average as part of our requirement to continue with school. Prior to this we had to take an ERI test at the end of each cl...

travel920... I'm so very sorry for your hard time in the NICU. I am also new in the NICU and almost 1/2 through my training (40 weeks). Our training is 1 day of class and 2 days in the unit. We have 20 weeks in level II/ 20 weeks in level III, whic...

Hi All, I thought I would ask this here since this seems to happen most often to new nurses. Sorry for the long post but I want to give some background. I am a new nurse still orienting in the NICU. We have 40 weeks of training which is separated int...

Thank you traumaRUs and Humbled_Nurse for your supportive replies !! I know that there are alot of nurses who do care and we have many of those on day shifts. I have heard of other NICUs that have the long orientations too and that is one of the rea...

Purdue Nurse...could it be that you have "benign paroxysmal positional vertigo" caused by tiny crystals (otoliths) that have formed in the inner ear and when they start floating around they cause symptoms of vertigo ? See this website or just do a...

travel920, Our Educational Coordinator meets with us regularly to see how things are going on with our learning and with preceptors and she believes that a mismatch puts learning way behind. I just honestly told her I was feeling really stupid with t...

hi travel920, i can answer some of your questions from the "preceptee" point of view, i'm a new grad in training for the nicu and am 1/2 way through my level 2 training. i have had 3 different preceptors (1 excellent, 1 good and 1 bad): 1. what do y...

alb123 I am also a new grad. (one of 8 in our class too). I also have 40 weeks of orientation and am in my 7th week for the level II babies. I just started my rotation to night shift. After having a wonderful preceptor for days and starting to fee...

1. how many questions did you take on nclex? 75 questions 2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course? saunders, ncsbn learning extension, lipincott (pda), kaplan 3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)? eri ...

Wheeze, I'm a student nurse, graduating in May...this is some info I can give you about Colorado Springs.... Woodland Park is a very nice place, it is still small but growing fast. I have heard the hospital there will be very small but with your expe...

Hope, Thanks for your reply....it does seem like nursing school is getting harder all the time. The ERI is a testing company that is supposed to help guide students in studying for the NCLEX. Originally we were only using them to help us to know what...

To Everyone !! Please dont give up on your Nursing Career dreams because of all these exit tests. My school (PPCC - Colorado Springs) started out by making us take ERI testing at the end of each course. Last year we only had to take the test to see h...

I will continue to work at my current job (IT) with approval of my manager (God bless her !!) and my companys' "flextime" policy which allows me to work the hours I need scheduled around my classes/clinicals. Using my own savings (for books and suppl...

Hi MitchsMom !! Thank you so much for setting this site up and also for sharing your files and links !! :) :balloons: Diane

I too have been in the IT industry (technical writer) for 17 years. My 1st degree was Biology/Chemistry but when I couldnt find a job in my community in that field I went to work at a local computer company....17 years I'm still here but made the dec...

i have heard that the less periods a woman in her lifetime, the better it is for her health. when being asked about history for my periods i was told that if you are late in starting your period and for every pregnancy where it stops the better off y...

Lynda, I think it's a good idea to be open about going back for a BS or MS after getting the ADN. An advisor at PPCC looked over my records and said I would have to just take a statistics class and I would be ready to go on with a BSN. I hadnt reall...

LOL....John, it's good to know that sometimes nursing school can be fun too and not always just hard work and studies....it's all in your attitude :chuckle I have looked into Regis for my RN to BSN and think the program there would be a very good on...

Hi phines8098, Sorry for the late post... PPCC (Pikes Peak Community College) has an LPN program. The program at PPCC has both LPN and ADN-RN prgrams and a bridge from LPN to RN. I think other community colleges in Denver have similar LPN programs ...

Thank you for the info John !!! :) It's nice to hear good things about both hospitals. I'm so excited about starting my clinicals. I've been on the waitlist at PPCC for 1 yr. It will be nice to finally get into the nursing classes. I'm currently ...

Morning Lynda, We had a wonderful 4th, BBQ and fireworks were great ! Hope yours was equally fun !! It's such a melting pot here in the US, I'll bet everyone enjoys your accent and loved it that you were celebrating too :) !!! :balloons: Congra...

Hi John, Thank you for adding a reply !! :) It's good to know we will be in good company when we graduate in 2 years !! Where do you work, can you give any advise on specific facilities or areas that you prefer ? I hope I get enough exposure in ou...

Hi John, Thank you for adding a reply !! :) It's good to know we will be in good company when we graduate in 2 years !! Where do you work, can you give any advise on specific facilities or areas that you prefer ? I hope I get enough exposure in ou...

Morning Lynda, Thank you for the information on the patches :) !! I found a white lab coat at the thrift store with a PPCC patch on it. If they are still the same I can leave that one on and get another for my tunics. I love the Microbiology but ...

Morning Lynda, Thank you for the information on the patches :) !! I found a white lab coat at the thrift store with a PPCC patch on it. If they are still the same I can leave that one on and get another for my tunics. I love the Microbiology but ...