LA♥Nurse

Why on earth did you have to tell her that I invented the call bell? :)

Dr. Hooter OB-GYN (Louisiana) - not sure if he's still in practice...he's probably retired by now or close to it. When I was a teen, I thought it was just hiliarious when someone would be telling me who delivered their baby...a lot of times he had de...

My advice is don't try to go to work with the attitude that "I know it better since I just graduated" - because you will def be brought down a few notches. Those "old" nurses will be your best resource when your facing something you've never even hea...

I used the study guide, Taylor's clinical skills, and Fundamentals book. The most important thing is the study guide!!! It is what you will be graded by. I bought a dry erase board, and I would make mneumonics (or modify ones passed on from other stu...

I have been offered HH as a new grad as well, and while it is what I would *like* to do, I don't feel like I could safely accept the position yet. They say they will wave the 1 year requirment for LPN experience (which I have) but I wouldn't be pract...

Are you applying at hospitals? (I'm just starting to 'job hunt' - I've applied for 2, no callbacks...hope they dont "hate" ECE as well :-P )

When I took my NCLEX PN 2 years ago, it did the same thing to me...I had a 3.96 (one B in first semester clinicals), I had studied and prepared, but I still felt liked I had flunked the test...it was so much that I had NEVER heard of!! Thank God, I ...

several reasons - one was the place i worked at had been robbed 2x in the last year...i liked the job, didn't think it was worth getting shot over, and i had issues with the refusal to get security cameras, given the circumstances. also, i had starte...

Lunah, do you know if Chamberlain accepts ECE A&P and Micro? I really, really dont want to have to repeat pre reqs if I dont have to!! also, if you dont mind me asking, why did you chose them over ECE for BSN? hope that didn't seem to nosey...i'...

only 2 or 3 are test outs, the rest are online courses. I dont know much about it, I just finished the ASN with ECE, but I have read on it some...maybe someone will be able to tell you more. I do know you have to make 2 videos at least to send in, on...

when i worked in a methadone clinic, we used liq methadone, and yes, resp depression is a potential prob because of the side effects of the medication. --- any time we felt a patient couldn't tolerate the dose or was impaired, we would hold the dose ...

i ordered it all...iv set, injection stuff, wound ect. it was $140, i think. i wasn't working, so didn't have access to supplies. you can usually find the supplies for sale really cheap or free on EPN on ECE website. Some students will send it for fr...

I didn't take any workshops, so i am def not an authority on the issue, and i think the most important thing is that you know your study guide inside & out, practice AOCs & labs until you could do them in your sleep, and have mneumonics &...

"yes, i do mind if you ask how old i am" "i'm 17, but i work for 1/2 price, so the hospital just overlooks my lack of education and experience."

I worked 6 months in a methadone clinic. My hours where 0445-1230, and i really liked the shift. The only thing I didn't like was the lack of security at the facility I worked out. But as far the work & patients, i loved it.

I chose by wait time...I'm closest to TX, but when I talked to MPAC, they said it would probably be 2011 before I could get in, so I went with St. Mary's @ Madison, WI. You can read journals on EPN...but I've never heard anything bad about St. Mary's...

I recently completed ASN program through Excelsior. I loved it. It is not an "easy" option, you have to be self motivated and truly know your stuff, because there are no quizzes, extra papers for bonus points, and the tests are not on a few chapters ...

Penn Foster is no longer allowing ECE students to take 1 credit courses only...so even if Excelsior approved you to take PF English 103 (Info Literacy)...PF will no longer allow it. So I had the distinct pleasure of parting with $335 to take it throu...

100% worth every penny, and then some! And I dont like spending money if I dont have too!!! I'm one of the people in wal mart checking the buggy to see if i *really* need everything in there

I usually got 70's and a few 80's on practice exams...I think I got 72 and 74 for A&P. Got an A on test, found the test very straight forward. I took the practice exams about a week before testing.

Here's some notes I'm using to study for CPNE with...I'm sure they are not 100% perfect ~ but maybe they will help someone else at least get started. I've used some info from Ivan (user on here) - some from other students...some I don't even know the...

thanks :-) and like i said ~ not perfect!! lol btw, i put response on abd assessment - for me, i'm thinking - make sure i document any pain or tenderness with abd assessment. it is not a 'critical element' - it's just a trigger for me to remeber to a...

ditto to what other posters said...take it in bite size pieces! if your not already, def take the practice exams! Study your practice exam & answer rationales - I would make myself 'new' tests off the practice test...reword it a bit. the rational...

why is that? (just wondering, since i'm almost finished with ASN...and will be wanting to go for BSN or MSN soon. )

Congradulations!!!!! PS. the 'light' at the end of that tunnel is really a train...and it's called CPNE! lol