Drysolong

Hi Is anyone out there familiar with ATI (Assessment Technologies Institute) testing? Is anyone in a program (other than myself) that has a pass/fail final exam by ATI for LPN graduation? or HESI, etc? I would really like to hear from anyone who ha...

I hear a lot about protecting your license on this board, in school, and from nursing in general. I am newly graduated from LPN school, yet to take boards. I just wonder how do nurses lose their licenses or put their license in jeopardy? Does it h...

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 ...

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...

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 d...

Hi: I hope to get a lot of input from this question. As experienced nurses, what are some things especially related to medication administration, but anything else, that you would classify in red for a nurse to never, ever do? Also, what have be...

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 t...

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)?

HELP!! For those of you who always or nearly get out on time at end of shift consistently, HOW DO YOU DO IT?

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 de...

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 perso...

WHY? In particular.

CraigB-RN: Hi, I notice you are in GA as I am. One of my previous instructors had both LPN and RN license. She stated specifically that she always kept up her LPN and CNA licenses just in case.

Depending on size and location of city you live in, there is often childcare available that take into consideration 12-hour nursing shifts. As mentioned before, doctor's offices, or clinics and LTC, school nurses, (and some hospitals) have 8-hour ...

in the two places where i work, all nurses (lpn & rn) start their own iv's. no iv team. but you can always get help from others. on particularly hard sticks, we can usually get an er nurse to do it successfully. personally, i've only done 3....

This seems to be the way the bottom line is sending us. Bottom line being not patient health but revenues. I once thought that patient and nurses could be allies in advocating for better direct patient care and considerations, but so many patients an...

The title of this thread could be "Children and teens talk to your parents and other 'adults' in your life"

So glad to hear this!!!