Mudwoman

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  1. EMT-BASIC to RN?

    Mudwoman replied to WorkingOnIt's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Here is the quote from the catalog for the school of nursing from Excelsior..... "Note: The examination in Nursing Concepts 2 can be waived by completion of an LPN/LVN program with a cumulative...

  2. Time Management Success While Also Caring For Your Kids

    Mudwoman replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Nursing

    School was 7am to 3:30 pm. Daycare during the day. I could pick up my son at 4pm. We got home at 4:30pm. He could play and watch TV and I had a wonderful arrangement with the mom 2 doors down that...

  3. Excelsior test study guides - where to find information

    Mudwoman replied to medicmama's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Excelsior study guides are free. You can download them from their site or you can call them and have them mailed to you.

  4. EMT-BASIC to RN?

    Mudwoman replied to WorkingOnIt's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Effective Sept 3, 2003, Basic and Intermediate EMT certification no longer met the School of Nursing admission requirements at Excelsior. Paramedics

  5. The AC439 Good Luck Thread

    Mudwoman replied to EricJRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    This is just AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to hear all about it. You will have to start a sticky for study

  6. AUGH! My Boss!!

    Mudwoman replied to Mudwoman's topic in Correctional

    Yeah. Hump day for me is done. She was busy yesterday training a new manager for another location. I will have made it through another week at the end of

  7. AUGH! My Boss!!

    Mudwoman posted a topic in Correctional

    We had another nurse quit Monday. Third one this month. Nurse B did infection control. Had to work 3 12 hr shifts and one 4 hr shift. Requested that her schedule chg to M-F 8am-4:30pm. Boss said...

  8. Care plans

    Mudwoman replied to elemschoolnurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I made these notes from another forum on this board and it has helped me more than anything.......hope it helps you. Work backwards. What is the problem as I see it? Example: Patient buttocks is...

  9. Information Literacy for Excelsior College

    Mudwoman replied to aegirl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I took this thru Excelsior, but I think you can take it at a college if you like. I couldn't find a course around where I live that was any cheaper, and the one I did find was on a day I worked. I...

  10. Tips for new nurses to protect license

    Mudwoman replied to willdgate's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Medication orders. Check it once, twice, three times. Med errors can kill people. Do you take a blood pressure on your patient before you give a blood pressure medication? Do you take a pulse...

  11. Toddlers, Daycare, LPN Program...How Did You Manage?

    Mudwoman replied to Enchantress's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Go to a counselor at your local college and find out what assistance is available. You might be surprised. At one point, my DD was considering divorce and going back to school. Checking into how in...

  12. Shoes

    Mudwoman replied to ghost's topic in General Nursing

    I also like Saucony shoes. I like the ECCO shoes better, but I have a pair of Saucony that I still wear sometimes. Great shoes

  13. Shoes

    Mudwoman replied to ghost's topic in General Nursing

    I have finally settled on ECCO shoes and really top quality merino wool hiking socks. If you know your ECCO size, then check out ebay for some great bargains. Dillards carries ECCO shoes and they...

  14. Trying to decide on correctional nursing.

    Mudwoman replied to simbaRN's topic in Correctional

    You never know until you try.

  15. General education requirements completed before starting nursing courses?

    Mudwoman replied to vampiregirl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Something to consider is that there is a yearly enrollment fee with Excelsior. I think it is around $500 every year to stay in the program. So, you want to enroll when you get to the point of being...

  16. Planning our future and outsourcing

    Mudwoman replied to Mudwoman's topic in General Nursing

    One of the nurses at our facility is going to work for an agency. This agency supplies nurses for 2 large nursing homes/rehab centers. The nursing homes/rehab centers do not employ nurses direct....

  17. Too many Negative remarks regarding Nursing School here!! Stop the discouragement!!

    Mudwoman replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    When I applied for nursing school in Ft Worth, TX in 1992, there were 35 slots and 640 applicants. Going by grade point avg, if you didn't have a 4.0, you didn't get in. I had a 3.8 and didn't get...

  18. Planning our future and outsourcing

    Mudwoman replied to Mudwoman's topic in General Nursing

    If you decide to go to nursing school, don't stop at the LPN/LVN or the ADN. Go for at least the BSN and preferably the MSN. Healthcare as we know it is going to change. Exactly what that change...

  19. Please help!

    Mudwoman replied to blaaveispiken's topic in Nursing Career

    Take the Home Health Job. Don't assume you can never go back to a hospital and don't assume you would ever want to. You may LOVE home health and want to retire

  20. Help!!!

    Mudwoman replied to Jamie Dale's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This is not something you can handle. Give her some phone numbers of counselors and places she can go if needed. You have already talked till you are blue in the face and she is still there. She...

  21. What's your Littmann stethescope of choice?

    Mudwoman replied to dano's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a Littmann Lightweight that I've had for 13 years. I love

  22. Best City/Area for New Graduate

    Mudwoman replied to gemini901d's topic in General Nursing

    If I had a BSN and could relocate anywhere, I would concentrate on getting a job at an ANCC Magnet Status Hospital. Here is a short list. Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood NJ Fox Chase...

  23. Discouraged LPN

    Mudwoman replied to LPNMeg06's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    College Network and Rue are NOT schools. They are expensive book stores. They sell you the study

  24. Advice On Becoming A Nurse in my Forties!

    Mudwoman replied to southflorida2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The youngest in our class was right out of high school and 19. The oldest was a male age 62. I was 40 and there were several older than me. Go for it. If it has been your dream, do it. Age is a...

  25. Sister-in-law dating ex-con

    Mudwoman replied to NurseAction's topic in Correctional

    IF he hasn't gone flat, he will have a parole officer. You can file a paper with the parole officer that you can't be around him. You can also tell the parole officer that he is drinking, and that...