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  1. Are CNA's considered "Nurses"?

    barbiedee replied to nursesherry's topic in General Nursing

    CNA's calling themselves 'nurses' is what this thread is about, not the value or job description of a CNA. It all boils down to the right for a nursing assistant to call him or herself a nurse....

  2. Are CNA's considered "Nurses"?

    barbiedee replied to nursesherry's topic in General Nursing

    I think there is a difference between a nursing assistant calling themselves a 'nurse', and a patient/resident/family member calling the nursing assistant a nurse. The patient/resident/family member...

  3. Questions Regarding Excelsior.....

    barbiedee replied to julie1014's topic in Online Distance Learning

    From what I understand (and have done) you can take the nursing concepts 1 and 2 exams without being enrolled at Excelsior. I wrote three of my electives, and have paid to write the NC 1 and 2 exams...

  4. Questions Regarding Excelsior.....

    barbiedee replied to julie1014's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Oops, one more thign...you can print all of the Excelsior Course study guides off of their website...or you can request them by mail. But printing them off the internet is much

  5. Questions Regarding Excelsior.....

    barbiedee replied to julie1014's topic in Online Distance Learning

    :) Congrats on your career move. Its the first step in a long, worthwhile journey! When you enroll at Excelsior you will receive an Academic Advisor. He/she will determine whether you better fit the...

  6. Lord of the Ring!

    barbiedee posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    This is true, I swear! I was doing a 'one on one' shift on the psych ward. (I only had one patient...my job was to follow him around, monitor him and chart. He kept 'borrowing' other patients...

  7. Professional in scrubs?

    barbiedee replied to Kora0880's topic in General Students

    On our hospital's psychiatric floor, nurses can wear street clothes, with their appropriate hospital ID badge. That being said, I had one patient say to me "If it weren't for your name tag, I'd think...

  8. have you started becoming anal about things?

    barbiedee replied to grapejuice01's topic in General Students

    As a former professional writer turned nurse, you can bet grammar and pronunciation are my pet peeves! I cringed when my nursing instructor pronounced "Hippocrates" as "hippo - crates" (as in boxes...

  9. Help please

    barbiedee replied to Want2bRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am doing the EC ADN program with study guides from DLSI. The guides are a little less than professional at times (typos, incorrect quiz answers, etc) but they get the job done. I have three 'A's"...

  10. You know you're canadian when...

    barbiedee replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in Canada

    You know you are Canadian when: You carry groceries in a paper BAG, not a sack. You know what "skookum" means. There are only three seasons....fall, winter and road construction. When curling is...

  11. Do you wear makeup?

    barbiedee replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Students

    :) I too do the natural look...I end up looking like a racoon within a few hours if I put mascara on. Maybe a little lipstick now and then. One thing to remember, some facilities/hospitals are now...

  12. How Does EC Score NC Tests? What is Passing?

    barbiedee replied to jessthelvn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I asked Excelsior about their marking system, and they told me they could not give me a percentage mark, only a letter grade...and they wouldn't say what percentage went with what grade. (ie: did...