Drysolong

Drysolong specializes in LTC and MED-SURG.

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1. Question about Med/Surg...

   Drysolong replied to LauraLiz's topic in General Nursing

   In the hospital that I work in, our department is termed med-surg. One floor is dedicated to medical patients, while the other is dedicated to post-surgical patients. There is no Telemetry...

2. new grad resigned after 6 months but wants to work again :S

   Drysolong replied to penny77's topic in General Nursing

   Your comment, "the bottom line was I just needed the time off to really reflect on what I wanted to do." is a very good

3. what a day last wednesday.

   Drysolong replied to pretty70's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I understand calling the DON's cell #. Why didn't the nurse manager know to call the DON's cell? All of this information should have been included in your orientation as clear-cut policies. They...

4. Toxic Healthcare Personalities

   Drysolong replied to Flightline's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Healthcare workers who lose sight of the reason we are here, "the patient". Because of this attitude, they refuse to assist, answer questions or share their experience or expertise with others on the...

5. Hello again

   Drysolong replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

   congratulations!!!! and welcome

6. I found med/surg to be very boring

   Drysolong replied to Sammi15's topic in General Nursing

   I've been in Med/Surg one year. Appreciate the experience. I'm keeping it as a PRN, but now ready to move on. I'm involved in home health and I'm now leaning toward it and hospice. I think I just...

7. Nurses who became famous

   Drysolong replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

   Cindy Birdsong, former member of Supremes (the one who replaced Florence Ballard) is an

8. Corrupt Managers/Clinical leaders

   Drysolong replied to RNinNewEngland's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I completely

9. ER nursing in NC

   Drysolong replied to awpanda_99's topic in Emergency

   Hi Amanda: What is the cost of living like in Las Vegas (housing, car insurance,

10. Excelsior College Paramedic to RN Program ?

    Drysolong replied to BrandonM77's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Check out the DISTANCE LEARNING FORUM. Also, Excelsior is not necessarily an online program. You study from actual textbooks and take exams on computer at PearsonVue locations. Excelsior does...

11. Does GPA matter in terms of getting a job?

    Drysolong replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    For better or worse - Some schools do just require maintenance of a "C" average. Mine (LPN - technical college) was one. As do some of the RN programs in my area

12. The NEW Nurse (Not the ones AOL speak of)

    Drysolong replied to walk6miles's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:YEAH!!! TO ALL THE ABOVE. JMHO

13. Does GPA matter in terms of getting a job?

    Drysolong replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also agree. I had a high GPA, but a "D" (my assessment) in experience & skill when I first graduated from LPN school. 4.0 + NCLEX = Nurse 3.0 + NCLEX = Nurse 2.0 + NCLEX =

14. New Nursing Student With Excelsior

    Drysolong replied to NESHIA's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I passed Excelsior's A&P & NC1 last year. In my experience, NC1 was fundamentals that were covered in my LPN course. So I used my LPN course textbooks only. For A&P, I used the simple...

15. Bad Outcome....

    Drysolong replied to LnDrn3's topic in Ob/Gyn

    WHY? In