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  1. Help!Stale Nursing experience,Education,Injury,Jobs,Nursing license

    alodocios posted a topic in General Nursing

    as soon as i graduated from my lpn program, i went right to an lpn to rn program. While in school for my rn, i worked and was paid privately by a family who was told that they had to have 24hr care...

  2. New OR Nurse injured 8months in Now what

    alodocios posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hello all, I have worked so hart to become a nurse. I finally landed my dream position in the Operating Room with a Major hospital right out of school. I went through their intern training program and...

  3. New OR Nurse injured 8months in Now what

    alodocios replied to alodocios's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    The hospital i worked for Yale is very influential and it is hard to find a lawyer that is not influenced or controlled by them. The plan was to get rid of me when i was injured and pay nothing or as...

  4. Hedis Tech specs help new hire please

    alodocios posted a topic in Quality Improvement

    Hi, I just got hired to do hedis this year. I was wondering if there is a way to get the info i need to suceed at this specifically how to get familiar with the tech specs. I am a newer nurse, RN...

  5. Don't become an injury statistic...

    alodocios replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I lost my job after working my dream position in the OR for only 8months. I sustained permenant injuries with restrictions for life! I can no longer practice hands on nursing and don't have the...

  6. OSHA to fine hospitals re back injury

    alodocios replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    c 4-5, shoulder neck and back strain, numb fingers, radiating pain. Permanent restrictions, lost my job. Not from lifting i fell but many of my contemporaries from lifting. We used to have the hover...

  7. New OR Nurse injured 8months in Now what

    alodocios replied to alodocios's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Well its been a year, I've been out for almost 2 years. Job successfully fired me in May. I dropped the ball because I was so crushed and now am looking for a new lawyer. I am sure I need a new...

  8. New OR Nurse injured 8months in Now what

    alodocios replied to alodocios's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    thanks so much for the encouragement. I was injured in Jan of 2014. Yes they are sending me to a doc for mmi at the end of this month even though my physiatrist says i am not at mmi and it is just...

  9. New OR Nurse injured 8months in Now what

    alodocios replied to alodocios's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thank you. I

  10. Chamberlain College of nursing - graduation rate?

    alodocios replied to pamski0069's topic in Chamberlain College

    i have been following pixie rn since excelsior so i know she isn't a chamberlain plant on these pages, i am also an excelsior grad and am in the chamberlain rn- bsn program with 5 classes to go. It is...

  11. Attn: Nurses hired into the OR within the last 6 months to a year!

    alodocios replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Operating Room

    i started a little over a year ago. i loved the position and the training. Make sure your preceptor lets you do not just watch him/her do. This is a position where hands on experiential learning is...

  12. Fairly new nurse with lupus trying to work but confusedS

    alodocios replied to determined rn's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    you can file for accommodations which can include working the 8hour shift instead of the 12 hour shift. I fell in the OR and hurt lots of things and my lawyer filed for accommodations. When he showed...

  13. looking for rn to bsn or rn no clinical and no practicums any help?

    alodocios posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi all nurses, i am looking for a bsn program online with no clinicals or practicums that require hours. Well, i don't mind if it is a shadowing kind of thing but that is about as far as i go, because...

  14. With BSN at Chamberlain can you get an MSN elsewhere???

    alodocios replied to bharlan712's topic in Chamberlain College

    i got plenty of federal financial aid at chamberlain, i didn't pay for one class out of

  15. New RN, New OR Hire, How do I survive

    alodocios posted a topic in Operating Room

    I was recently hired into my dream position as a Perioperative Nurse. This is the reason i went to nursing school. I can't believe my first position is actually in my hospital of choice in my position...

  16. New to the operating room!

    alodocios replied to born2circulateRN's topic in Operating Room

    Hi, everyone, i too am a new RN and just completed my first week in the periop residency program. I am so excited and nervous. If i could just learn my way around the OR floor so many wings and rooms....

  17. Chamberlain online RN to BSN March 2013 session

    alodocios replied to RNdancer's topic in Chamberlain College

    the courses are 8 week sessions. you have to take 32 credits with them for residency. they give you 82 credits for having your RN and then they look at your courses to see what else they can transfer...

  18. Notre Dame College in OHIO RN to BSN?

    alodocios posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Does anyone have any experience with Notre Dame College in OHIO, I spoke briefly with someone on the phone, there is no clinical, no practicum hours and they are accredited by the Commission on...

  19. Notre Dame College in OHIO RN to BSN?

    alodocios replied to alodocios's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi, i did two 8 week semesters with Notre Dame. The name does sound good even though it isn't the one everyone thinks lol! I transfered to Chamberlain because Notre Dame in Ohio doesn't give you any...

  20. New RN, New OR Hire, How do I survive

    alodocios replied to alodocios's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you, i will try to remember to

  21. New RN, New OR Hire, How do I survive

    alodocios replied to alodocios's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the great advice. Even though i have a few months before i start, i have ordered some books on instruments and practices, just to get a head

  22. Med surg to OR?

    alodocios replied to isthatso?'s topic in Operating Room

    i am a newly hired nurse in a Periop intern program and a new nurse who hasn't started yet,(I start in June..Yay) but when i was shadowing during the interview process for my intern program, i watched...

  23. Passed cpne at grady!

    alodocios replied to nursemami4's topic in Excelsior College

    congrats, i tested at grady also last may,and they staff really do want you to pass, they are great there, i would recommend grady to anybody. What a great accomplishment for you, you should be very...

  24. Chamberlain online RN to BSN March 2013 session

    alodocios replied to RNdancer's topic in Chamberlain College

    also forgot to ask, did anyone transfer from another asn-bsn program and chamberlain accepted any of your nursing classes for

  25. Chamberlain online RN to BSN March 2013 session

    alodocios replied to RNdancer's topic in Chamberlain College

    starting in may. how are the classes, are there a lot of chapters assigned because i read very slowly, that will determine if i can handle two classes at a time while working. are there any "labs"...