Drysolong

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 monitoring on the "surgical" floor, so post op pts needing Tele go to the "medical floor". Overflow is handled both ways. Nurses' main assignments are either on one or the other, but we routinely and frequently get floated between floors.

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 reason.

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 dropped the ball, but the blame is put on you. That's the clarification.

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 "team" on behalf of the patient. (I don't mean do other's work)

congratulations!!!! and welcome back!!!!

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 like to do different things. Agency is probably the best for me to beat the boredom. My !

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

I completely agree!!!

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

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 provide online study resources. Beforehand you should determine if you can successfully study independently. There are Excelsior study groups on YAHOO. Hope this helps a little.

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 also

:yeah:YEAH!!! TO ALL THE ABOVE. JMHO 2!

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 = Nurse

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 (made easy & for dummies type-this was a personal choice helping me with a foundation to build on) books plus a college textbook. (Not Excelsior's) Also, I basically followed the same routine for Excelsior's Microbiology. Oh (I almost forgot) I used Excelsior's practice tests for A&P. Helped a lot.

WHY? In particular.