MedicFireRN

MedicFireRN

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  1. Starting Excelsior's MSN - Education

    MedicFireRN replied to Lunah's topic in Excelsior College

    DNTcode- I am in the RN to MSN with a focus in Informatics. I have completed the BSN portion, so I have 6 classes left to finish for the MSN portion. I have taken 3 to 4 courses per semester while...

  2. Grad schools accept ec?

    MedicFireRN replied to Kelly_bean's topic in Excelsior College

    Yes, this is true for a few particular schools, Tx Wesleyan being one of them. I have been casually looking into CRNA programs as an option for the future; I'm an EC ADN grad, currently in the BSN...

  3. Hello!

    MedicFireRN replied to h3summers's topic in Excelsior College

    I too entered the program as a medic. I graduated in the fall of 2015. I worked in the ED as a nurse until March of this year when I switched to ICU. I am currently doing one of EC's RN to MSN...

  4. Got my reschedule date

    MedicFireRN replied to emtpbill's topic in Excelsior College

    Good luck, Bill! I have enjoyed reading your progress on here; though I haven't been a very active poster in recent years

  5. Community Health Nursing - NUR 448

    MedicFireRN replied to JDRN16's topic in Excelsior College

    I hear you, CHN was definitely a time sucker. I too worked full time and took another course while taking CHN, so it is doable (albeit exhausting). Have you picked a place for your clinical hours?...

  6. CEN 2016!

    MedicFireRN replied to Lev's topic in Emergency

    I am taking the CEN in 10 days!

  7. Excelsior LPN RN Florida

    MedicFireRN replied to MsFeli's topic in Excelsior College

    I was wondering if anyone has completed Excelsior's LPN to RN program? yes, many have. I am one of these many :) How was it? Did you do the traditional classes or the self study ones? It is nursing...

  8. RN To BSN :)

    MedicFireRN posted a topic in Excelsior College

    Hi all! I finished my ADN with EC (graduated November 2015) and immediately started work on my BSN (passed NCLEX fist try Jan 5). I registered as an unenrolled student for the Writing for the...

  9. Need the real truth. Are all EDs like this?

    MedicFireRN replied to JR81's topic in Emergency

    It's very typical. Our hospital is 1:4 but our sister hospitals are 1:5 in the ED. I worked at one hospital where the ratio was 1:3 for all patients except ESI 1's-2's which were 1:1 or 1:2, but the...

  10. Excelsior MSN

    MedicFireRN replied to Fairy1's topic in Excelsior College

    Community has a clinical component required now; It's really only observation in a public health setting, but the requirement is something like 40 hours. Just keep that in mind if you're trying...

  11. Paramedic and nurse?

    MedicFireRN replied to Sirena_615's topic in Emergency

    this hits the nail on the head. Also both, recently stopped working as a medic although I still am one. I love both, but nursing pays way better and has better advancement opportunities, plus more...

  12. What's your triage protocol?

    MedicFireRN posted a topic in Emergency

    Hey everybody! I'm curious, how does triage work in your department with your patients that walk in to be seen (so excluding ambulances)? My hospital is doing a new thing where the triage nurse out...

  13. What's your triage protocol?

    MedicFireRN replied to MedicFireRN's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, if we had more techs I could see it being more practical; but we often only have 1 tech; on a good day we have 2 techs for the entire ED from

  14. What's your triage protocol?

    MedicFireRN replied to MedicFireRN's topic in Emergency

    Well it's been a miserable few weeks with no sign of

  15. RN To BSN :)

    MedicFireRN replied to MedicFireRN's topic in Excelsior College

    I plan on switching to the RN to MSN track in August when the new catalog goes into effect; I have been taking classes with that aim since enrolling in January :) So when you're done I hope I will be...

  16. Order of preference for sedation?

    MedicFireRN replied to rhkenji's topic in Emergency

    One of the big things to consider here is your facility's policies on titration. IMO, because of how they want us to titrate versed vs. how we can titrate propofol, I usually get much better sedation...

  17. Excelsior College BSN program

    MedicFireRN replied to msyanna's topic in Excelsior College

    BsnBeDone is correct on EC not giving approval for courses that are not part of your degree plan. You may be able to take them without approval, meaning they won't guarantee that they will apply to...

  18. Codes

    MedicFireRN replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    The ER where I used to work did this. They also did it for all Trauma alerts. It worked really

  19. Unit Based Council

    MedicFireRN posted a topic in Emergency

    Hey everyone! I'm just curious- what are things your unit council does- or that you wish they'd do- for staff? What are some of your favorite unit council driven changes? Does your unit council set up...

  20. Unit Based Council

    MedicFireRN replied to MedicFireRN's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, I'm kind of wondering what changes people have seen driven by unit council that they appreciate, know what I mean? That and fun stuff, too :) We created a pediatric cart, we're standardizing...

  21. Excelsior College BSN program

    MedicFireRN replied to msyanna's topic in Excelsior College

    Hi :) I finished the ADN program in the fall and started the BSN program at EC in the Spring. I really enjoy it so far. The advisors have all been very helpful, and I think I am actually going to...

  22. Unit Based Council

    MedicFireRN replied to MedicFireRN's topic in Emergency

    bump. Maybe nobody likes their unit council?

  23. 2016 ENA Conference

    MedicFireRN replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    We messaged some about this- I got an alert today that the price is down to $361. I'm going to make sure everything is a go before buying the airfare though

  24. 2016 ENA Conference

    MedicFireRN replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    bump, looks like I may be able to go after all, whee!! Now my hope is to get 2 of the 4 shifts I need to miss traded so I don't have to take 48 hours of vacation

  25. Would you recommend

    MedicFireRN replied to DocRawlings's topic in Excelsior College

    I loved Excelsior so much that I am staying for my BSN. I too was a medic. It's a great school if you're self-motivated and great for those of us who didn't really have other options. I'm a military...