Magelan

Magelan

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  1. Do you work away from the bedside???

    Magelan replied to godbless-yute's topic in Texas Nursing

    Did you think about MDS? Or working as a case manager for Insurance company? I did case managing for a year. To be honest, I don't like to be pressured with numbers of cases that need to be closed so...

  2. Hospital vs. SNF salary?

    Magelan replied to soski.rn's topic in Illinois Nursing

    As souleater11 said - 26-28, maybe $2 more for shift differential - that's it... My facility (it's a Rehab facility in Gold Coast) starts RNs with no experience at $26.50. My coworker with 1 year of...

  3. I passed the NCLEX, when can I work?

    Magelan replied to veronica.namaste's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hopefully during this week you will get the letter from Continental testing. Make sure you fill it out the same day and mail it to Springfield. It does't take that long, at least it didn't in my case....

  4. $11/hr as a registered nurse

    Magelan replied to naikosbripad's topic in General Nursing

    Guys, don't let statistics trick you When they make those, they also take into consideration people who work only 1-2 shifts a week, so when you get to yearly gross and then divide again on 12 months...

  5. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    Magelan replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    - Geographic location: Chicago, IL - Pay rate: $26 per hour - In which area / specialty do you work? Acute Rehab & Subacute Cardiac Floor - What type of license...

  6. I'm finally on my road to being a LPN to RN!

    Magelan replied to Tru-Nurse's topic in Excelsior College

    I took my first exam 3 weeks ago. It was "Transition to RN role" To be honest, I've studied only for 3 days - applied for exam 6 months before and eligibility period was about to expire Anyways, got...

  7. Need help with cna program

    Magelan replied to Taynodaysoff's topic in Illinois Nursing

    CMK Healthcare &

  8. RN-to BSN program you would recommend that is not too pricey

    Magelan replied to RUBY2623RN's topic in Illinois Nursing

    University of Texas - Arlington Excelsior College Governor's State

  9. From Cop to Nurse

    Magelan replied to blueline's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I agree - do it You will enjoy it :-) And from the other hand, you can always have 2 part time jobs - a nurse, and a cop - which means you'll never get

  10. Looking for a LPN program 15k or under

    Magelan replied to samirish's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Our member asked for private schools, not community

  11. CMK Healthcare LPN program

    Magelan replied to samirish's topic in Illinois Nursing

    No loans, No Sallie-Mae Some of my classmates got WIA up to 8k... The majority of us, we were paying "out of

  12. Looking for a LPN program 15k or under

    Magelan replied to samirish's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I have graduated from CMK, passed my boards from the first attempt and got hired 10 days after my license was issued... Pass rate was not good, I agree, but the school was not bad at all... Btw, do...

  13. Doctor Anyone?

    Magelan replied to Ant24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    IndiCRNA - Thanks a lot for the previous

  14. Doctor Anyone?

    Magelan replied to Ant24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Honestly, at this point, and with this age, I do not want to waste my time pursuing BSN, then MSN, then getting years and years of experience in particular field (ICU, ER...) in order to be eligible...

  15. Doctor Anyone?

    Magelan replied to Ant24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Some of those schools do not require MCAT like Windsor, but those better ones do require MCAT. The good thing with offshore schools is that MCAT scores needed are not as high as US schools require,...

  16. New name for nurses who are men

    Magelan replied to midlife101's topic in Men in Nursing

    I wouldn't change anything since "nurse" gramatically does not imply to gender (good thing about English) :) In my country (in most Eastern Europian Slavic countries)... OMG... If you are a female,...

  17. Doctor Anyone?

    Magelan replied to Ant24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I am a dentist (in Europe), and a nurse (LPN) here in states :) I went to nursing school here because I desperately wanted to stay in the health care field and becoming a dentist in the US was...

  18. LPN to RN options... new to Illinois!

    Magelan replied to diaz098's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Ccc - Wright College (Humboldt Park campus) has LPN2RN option but it takes 3-4 semesters for prereqs... JJC, ECC also have similar bridges... The only private LPN2RN is offered by Ambria. LPN2BSN -...

  19. Looking for a LPN program 15k or under

    Magelan replied to samirish's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I've graduated from CMK, 15k but, true, no financial aid... Check on PCCTI, their tuition was also 15k, unless something changed...Also Northbrook school of healthcare and Americare Technical...

  20. RN to EMT-B/Paremedic in IL?

    Magelan replied to efudacz26's topic in Illinois Nursing

    If you want to become paramedic here in CHGO, I would suggest Advocate Christ Paramedic Program (Oak Lawn, on South Side). First step for EMT-B is twice per week for 3-4 months and costs around $900....

  21. RN to EMT-B/Paremedic in IL?

    Magelan replied to efudacz26's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I was doing a research on this topic, too :-) Illinois, unfortunately does not offer bridge programs of this type. Virginia offers this type of bridge in many counties, but it takes a while to...

  22. Illinois license timeframe?

    Magelan replied to lsid16's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I'm an Eastern European, too... When I left my country, I thought that I'll be spared of all that bureaucratic stupidities here in states... I know exactly what you mean. If you're permanent resident...

  23. Illinois license timeframe?

    Magelan replied to lsid16's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Illinois is the worst state ever... The only thing that went fast was obtaining license for the first time when I passed my NCLEX. I took my test on 11/15/2012 and my name appeared on license lookup...

  24. CMK Healthcare LPN Program

    Magelan replied to KB24's topic in Illinois Nursing

    By now 26 of us passed from 3rd batch which would be almost 90% from the first attempt Hopefully overall score will be much better than the year

  25. CMK Healthcare LPN Program

    Magelan replied to KB24's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I have graduated from CMK LPN batch 3 in may of this year. I can say I was happy with this program. We had two teachers - Ms. Josana & Mr. Lerio - both of them were excellent! Even though I had...