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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 for their loved one to stay at home. I did the day s...

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 graduated from it. 2 month after finishing the tr...

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 little as possible and not honor my rights as an i...

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 licensed in 2012, previously an LPN since 2010. I wor...

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 required years of service for the nonclinical positions....

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 mat, it was easy, then, for some dingbat reason, th...

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 lawyer, think my current one was in on the plan all alon...

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 taking longer for me to heal. I know that i can take ...

Thank you. I will.

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 not an easy program, nursing education is not eas...

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 key. I took notes after a better preceptor told me w...

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 me some of the options, one of them was reducing t...

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 some of these practicums are as tedious as clinic...

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

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 of choice. I was licensed end of August 2012, and...

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. We are using periop 101 modules also. The detaile...

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 in. You may have to take some extra classes that y...

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 Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

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 credit for your license and require a lot of credit...

Thank you, i will try to remember to breath!!!

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 start.

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 my OR nurse advocate for her patient with such gr...

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 proud....and relieved.. Kudos Grad Nurse

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

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" like for assessment class, if so how are they handled...