rehab nurse

rehab nurse

rehab; med/surg; l&d; peds/home care

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  1. Quality of distance learning

    rehab nurse replied to NRSNFL's topic in Online Distance Learning

    hi there! i am not quite done with excelsior (just have the cpne and nclex to finish) but i can tell you that i feel you get what you put into this type of education. in no way do i think someone...

  2. english composition with Excelsior

    rehab nurse replied to susyn153's topic in Online Distance Learning

    hey there, i hope i didn't scare you off....i didn't mean that! i just wanted to give you a heads up to what i know, and learned on my own, in my own decision to take/not take the eng comp exam. i...

  3. english composition with Excelsior

    rehab nurse replied to susyn153's topic in Online Distance Learning

    all i can say is good luck, and follow your guide exactly. the content guide, that is. you didn't say what you used to study. even if you are using a third party publisher (like rue, moore,...

  4. has anyone heard of Mercer's disease? and some sad ramblings about my grandma :(

    rehab nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    hi everyone, i'm exhausted from caring for my very ill grandma, who is in a nursing home, and has been so neglected, she wants me to pray that she'll die tonight. i am tired of fighting with fellow...

  5. has anyone heard of Mercer's disease? and some sad ramblings about my grandma :(

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    thanks karen, duh, i didn't even think about mrsa, though if i sound it out, it makes sense. how many times have i treated mrsa with iv vanco, etc, and i didn't think of it. my brain is fried. sigh....

  6. OMG! Allnurses withdrawal!

    rehab nurse replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    lol...i almost went into a panic when i couldn't log on. so that's what withdrawal feels like! yikes, i can't handle it! esp being stuck in bed because of my back and not being able to have allnurses...

  7. Can I just take CLEP tests without enrolling in a program?

    rehab nurse replied to Medic74's topic in Online Distance Learning

    no, you do not need to use College Network, Istudysmart, RUE, or chancellors. if you do want to use one, try buying one off of ebay first to see if it helps you. its much cheaper, and no contract to...

  8. **UPDATED!!**: I received an acceptance letter BY MISTAKE!!

    rehab nurse replied to annceenrse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    congrats....good luck in school! :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

  9. endorsement for ec nurses

    rehab nurse replied to traumahawk99's topic in Online Distance Learning

    congrats trauma...enjoy the warm winters in florida. i live near detroit, so i know how cold winters get...bbbrrrrrr. enjoy, and congrats again

  10. alittlesarcasm.com

    rehab nurse replied to tlynsmith's topic in Online Distance Learning

    oh no, i in no way am remotely prepared for the cpne. i have been seriously studying only for about a month. i don't have anything memorized. i am having the hardest time trying to memorize things,...

  11. alittlesarcasm.com

    rehab nurse replied to tlynsmith's topic in Online Distance Learning

    you're welcome :) though i do miss the entire site....the woman who did it sure put a lot into it, but i know she was getting busy with work and kids, but that website was awesome in its entirety. i'm...

  12. alittlesarcasm.com

    rehab nurse replied to tlynsmith's topic in Online Distance Learning

    http://www.aimoo.com/forum/freeboard.cfm?id=599282&NoCaches=Yes you can still get to the cpne board that was part of that site through this link...... some good info in

  13. so frustrated with work, nursing. vent!

    rehab nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    so one day i get dragged into my admins office because i called in sick over a weekend, missed 5 days of work even though i was just scheduled for the weekend. they ask for a doctors note, i give it....

  14. Suspended without prior write ups

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for support... the woman is on a ton of pain meds, and had been through a month of adjustments. we got her on the closest thing to pain free we could. sleepers did not work for her, made her...

  15. Suspended without prior write ups

    rehab nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, last night after my shift, the DON whose been there all of one week pulls me in her office and says, until further notice, i am suspended without pay for "numerous med errors". one they say is a...

  16. Suspended without prior write ups

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Really with the meds? If you had a pt c/o 8/10 pain and who also has severe back/OA probs, long term pain pt, who is a/o/3 and requests two meds so she can sleep instead of her suffer for an hour or...

  17. How do you get all this info for the CPNE organized? How did you EC grads do it? Help

    rehab nurse posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    But right now, I am trying to study for this cpne, and i feel like i'm lost. i feel like i did in the beginning of my lpn studies 10 years ago, like i would never 'get it'. of course it did. but now,...

  18. EC grads will be allowed licensure in California *update*

    rehab nurse posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    April 13, 2006 Dear Students, Alumni and Faculty: Late last month we met with representatives of the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) as part of our continuing efforts to address the BRN's...

  19. Excelsior ... Next Steps ... Advice Please ... ?

    rehab nurse replied to jasmine7's topic in Online Distance Learning

    ok, i'll try to make this as simple as possible. first, go to the excelsior website, and set up a free account with them. you will need this the entire time you are in their program. you'll see a...

  20. best materials to help pass toefl ibt?

    rehab nurse posted a topic in International Nursing

    my friend ended up failing her toefl ibt. this makes second failure. she had originally passed all the toefl sections, then failed the tse. now the tse is gone, and in its place is the toefl ibt. she...

  21. best materials to help pass toefl ibt?

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in International Nursing

    i can't believe no one here has replied. did it just get buried or does no one know of any tips to pass this exam? my friend failed again. she got a total score of 61. she's retaking it friday. i...

  22. pt's arm turning white and red with IV?

    rehab nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    one of my patients had an iv started today, nurse had flashback, hooked up the primed IV tubing, then flushed. instantly, the anterior lower arm around the cannula turned white, then in a few seconds...

  23. pt's arm turning white and red with IV?

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    the rate was 70 cc/hr, normal saline. i just have never seen anything like it before. what's bizarre is that you could see the nice long vein, and that's what the nurse went for, stuck, got flashback,...

  24. pt's arm turning white and red with IV?

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    if it was entirely into an artery, would it have had a lot more blood pulsating out? this was very minimal, you could see it just past the catheter hub left from the angiocath and barely into the...

  25. EC grads will be allowed licensure in California *update*

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    just a disclaimer, i am not trying to sound rude, but i am replying to the post below where lizz gave you a link, since the link includes info about the cpne. currently, one of cali's issues with...