RN In FL

RN In FL

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  1. Where are the FL BON Approved RN Refresher Courses

    RN In FL replied to RN In FL's topic in Florida Nursing

    Now for me I didn't need to re-take the NCLEX, I just needed to have my license re-instated/re-activated, since I haven't worked in over 5 yrs. I just had to send my info to the Board of Nursing....

  2. Where are the FL BON Approved RN Refresher Courses

    RN In FL replied to RN In FL's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi Cutepinay29: So sorry to hear about you not being able to pass your NCLEX, how frustrating. The only program I know is Capscare Academy, the one I completed online. I did the clinical part of it...

  3. Where are the FL BON Approved RN Refresher Courses

    RN In FL replied to RN In FL's topic in Florida Nursing

    oh yeah, without taking that refresher course with Capscare Academy, I don't know is Sacred Heart offers just a straight up refresher course for nurses. You may want to call the Education dept at the...

  4. Where are the FL BON Approved RN Refresher Courses

    RN In FL replied to RN In FL's topic in Florida Nursing

    I just got a job In April with Humana, and I work from home doing UR. My job Is based out of Daytona Bch. I am very blessed. It was difficult period getting a job, being out of the clinical setting...

  5. Where are the FL BON Approved RN Refresher Courses

    RN In FL replied to RN In FL's topic in Florida Nursing

    I was able to take them at Sacred Heart. They have a deal worked out with Capscare, the online refresher course I took. The course was like 1600.00, work at your own pace. They found me a...

  6. The Unemployed RN

    RN In FL replied to diamondeye's topic in Retired Nurses

    I am very happy to report back, I got hired on with Humana. From 1997 until 2004, that has been my experience, with HMO's, Aetna and Kaiser Permenante. I am so grateful to work with Humana, after...

  7. Normal nursing grades..

    RN In FL replied to katestudentnurse's topic in General Students

    I tell you so many of you nursing students with all of your straight A's are like a deer in headlights once you do pass the NCLEX and hit the floor to actually put into action what you have been...

  8. Degree Without the Major Imprinted On It?

    RN In FL replied to Denroc72's topic in Indiana State University

    My ADN states "Registered Nursing" my BS states "Bachelor of Science Community Health Education". Yanno, when the BS came in the Mail, it only had Bachelor of Science. I called the registar's...

  9. The Unemployed RN

    RN In FL replied to diamondeye's topic in Retired Nurses

    Hello Everybody, I want to give some insight on returning to work. I was out of nursing from 2004 to 2012. I took an RN refresher course through Capscare. I am located in FL. This was a board...

  10. Returning to nursing after one year away

    RN In FL replied to constellations's topic in Retired Nurses

    Hello Everybody, I want to give some insight on returning to work. I was out of nursing from 2004 to 2012. I took an RN refresher course through Capscare. I am located in FL. This was a board...

  11. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    RN In FL replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't see why you people, "fresh" on the job, out of school, could not see the enviornment into which you would be entering during your clinical rotations, even during your preceptorships. Why...

  12. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    RN In FL replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    You are disappointed? Exactly what were you

  13. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    RN In FL replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I am so upset I put all that time, money, & effort into school for this & this is what I get. Disappointed! Exactly, what were you

  14. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    RN In FL replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    You have hit the nail on the head!!! Thats exactly what nursing has become, a cut throat industry. I could never put it on paper, so to speak. People are so worried about GPA's, and top notch...

  15. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    RN In FL replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Wow Rosa, Thanks for putting it into perspective for me. Well I have been in a managed care setting for the past 10 yrs and tired of that, and looking to transition back to the acute care setting....

  16. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    RN In FL replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    HA!....all that i typed was not from 8 yrs ago....that was from like 20 yrs ago...LOLOL:D I was just saying, seems like comparing "back then" to now, seems like it would be different. Well I guess...

  17. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    RN In FL replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I guess just reading all of this from many posters is just hard for me to grasp, being schooled in 1982, and the pride of being a nurse that came along with that. I must say, I haven't worked in the...

  18. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    RN In FL replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well of course I am on a thread of people that are not satisfied with the profession, so whatever I say dosen't really matter. But I mean, yes she went thru all the procedures to get in, but all that...

  19. Visitors who stay overnight. Vent.

    RN In FL replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I sure as heck stay with my family member. I don't trust these nurses these days. They act clueless. I don't let them know I am a nurse until I start seeing SLOPPY, which is usually at the...

  20. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    RN In FL replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I have been Nursing for 29 years. I feel the key is being organized. Today with these nursing programs, and how they teach the students, its like they are running around all over the place or...

  21. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    RN In FL replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is so competitive to get into nursing school, and you seem to take it lightly, just because you can make A's and get accepted, and hang in there. You took up a slot of someone who desperately...

  22. Visitor silencing neighboring alarms

    RN In FL replied to PediLove2147's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Seems to me if an IV pump keep going off registering "occulusion", which many do, means THE SITE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. The IV cath is bad, the tubing is no good, its been taped in all "witcha way"...

  23. Primary Nursing is for the BIRDS

    RN In FL replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    The way your unit does primary nursing is the way it should be. I love

  24. Primary Nursing is for the BIRDS

    RN In FL replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    Very Very well stated!! I totally agree. Love Love Love primary nursing, and being responsible for my own patients! VS everybody else poking around so to speak.....LOL

  25. Primary Nursing is for the BIRDS

    RN In FL replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my, I totally stand corrected. I BEG YOUR