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    Blacklisted by your Nursing School?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If a nursing student made death threats to nursing professor on fb that student could be reported to the BON and investigated for moral turpitude. The OP got off easy. No student has a right to a...
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I don't know you and I don't care what you think. Dumbed down pass fail online nursing education programs do exist. Anyone with a half brain in their head can see the magnitude of those scams. Online...
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    A nurse who takes the easy way out and buys a degree online can not be trusted to conduct him or herself ethically in the workplace or be counted on to have the educational foundation and maintain the...
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    WGU is not as sleazy as WU but it is still not an academically sound program. In fact its a joke. The GRE weeds out those individuals who do not posess the intellect to function as nurse...
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    If thirty to forty nursing credit hours are granted in six months then yes their standards are low and I would not be too proud of that degree. The point of this discussion was never to make anyone...
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    A coworker of mine is doing the on line in FNP at univ of Walden. The "professor" does not attend the online discussion group. She complains that "we have to teach ourselves." These WGU and UW online...
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    But what did you actually
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Several posters on AN have said they finished the adn to bsn coursework at wgu in six months. That makes it a diploma
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    My university also offered an elective Critical Care, Peri op and oncology practicums to the rn to bsn students and the traditional
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    As a graduate of a legitimate university school of nursing I feel it is the student's loss to omit the clinical experiences provided in community health and public health. I worked in the inner city...
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    No. All BSN programs are not the same. There are actually some that have clinical hours and real live clinical instructors. I am an ICU nurse and I stupidly agreed to be on the hiring
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have voted against hiring a person with a degree from a known quick and cheap diy online school. The job will always go to the person who attended a well regarded school of nursing. I do feel...
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    No More ED Report?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to FarmerFNP's topic in Medical-Surgical

    A friend of mine took a travel job in MD in a notoriously unsafe hospital. So she gets pulled to MS finds an unresponsive pt in one her rooms. New admit. Glucose was 32. Also in third degree AV...
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    Beware

    ProgressiveActivist replied to amberm5's topic in School, College Programs

    Univ of Walden is now affiliated with the medical school of the carribean if you want to buy a medical
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Read the recent thread. One poster stated she finished the bio chem class in under a week by completing the five rubrics. This program is not educationally sound. I personally know a nurse who...
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    There was a big push for the bsn and many of the associates degree nurses were doing the WGU program. They did some kind of testing and were given credit for chem bio micro statistics by a sales rep....
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    Overwhelmed...advice please?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to HLMRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Now I might be a little jaded but I would not tolerate this for 2 seconds. Your managers are scum. You are being abused by incompetent *******s. Since this job really sucks I would not stress over it....
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    Beware

    ProgressiveActivist replied to amberm5's topic in School, College Programs

    That is a big red flag walden was formerly known as sylvan learning center. they became laureate education services and were found guilty of student loan fraud a few years back when they had a large...
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    Attention ER nurses and managers

    ProgressiveActivist replied to RNReadyManc's topic in Emergency

    Read up on the ATS (applicant tracking system). Tailor your profile accordingly. No manager ever going to see it unless he requests it from the recruiter or HR. You have to have a friend or...
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    Filipino nurses emigrating to US

    ProgressiveActivist replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nurse emjao exemplifies the Filipino nurses that I have worked with. Smart with an excellent work ethic. Frankly it's refreshing to work with younger nurses who have a positive attitude and a desire...
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    VA problems are in most hospitals

    ProgressiveActivist replied to rnpatrick's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was referring to the many sub par community hospitals not level ones like Emory or Shands. I was referring to the very low level hospitals which are so bad they should be shut down. They are level...
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    Really horrible working conditions with NO support

    ProgressiveActivist replied to squatsandPB's topic in General Nursing

    Call out sick for that next shift on that unit. Call it a mental health day. Let them work short. I would not agree to work another shift there. Maybe you should consider a part time position on...
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    Beware

    ProgressiveActivist replied to amberm5's topic in School, College Programs

    Could you clarify whose check bounced-was it yours or univ. of
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    VA problems are in most hospitals

    ProgressiveActivist replied to rnpatrick's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That sounds a lot like most any community hospital in the south east/mid atlantic region. "We don't need no cath for a STEMI on the
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    Help! Accused giving more narcotics than peers

    ProgressiveActivist replied to h8bootheel_mo_rn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This just smells. Now I - since I am ready to leave nursing anyway - might call the DEA and say look there are a lot of false accusations flying around. Something is way off I can not put my...