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  1. Curious about Excelsior CPNE exam

    chip193 replied to ron2368's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I passed all of mine on the first try. It can be done. I suggest attending EC's own prep course. Two years ago, they had a two-day CPNE prep and a one-day Nursing Skills course. They were taught...

  2. EC Graduate

    chip193 replied to dvapwr's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Congrats!!! I still remember the most nerve racking IV push injection of my life during the lab on a Friday night. Never before had 2 ml of saline masquerading as 20 mg of Lasix caused so much...

  3. California and Excelsior

    chip193 replied to MedictoRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    That is correct. The VA, military, etc. do not have to follow state rules and regulations at facilities within a state. You can work at the Albany NY VA hospital with a FL RN license.

  4. California and Excelsior

    chip193 replied to MedictoRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    regarding the problems with the academy - if you read any of the information that is disseminated by ec, you will discover that they specifically encourage students to avoid any of the publishing...

  5. California and Excelsior

    chip193 replied to MedictoRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It appears that Karen was using EC as the sole out of state school - which, of course, is not true. It is not hard to take those leaps of faith when you dislike something because it is different.

  6. how much experience did you have before becoming an ER nurse?

    chip193 replied to liljsmom02's topic in Emergency

    I started in the ER on day one after getting my license as an RN, after 15 years of EMS. We have a bunch on new grads working here in the ER. But we also have a 16 week orientation, which includes 4...

  7. How do you know if you've got what it takes to be an ER nurse?

    chip193 replied to Beth_audrey's topic in Emergency

    The vast majority of the ER docs that I work with are wonderful. There are a couple who are not. But that's true of any profession!

  8. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    chip193 replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Before this degrades to another "All Excelsior Grads Suck" thread, let's agree to this: 1. All programs have students who graduate and are stellar nurses on day one. 2. All programs have students who...

  9. How do you know if you've got what it takes to be an ER nurse?

    chip193 replied to Beth_audrey's topic in Emergency

    Very true...PC doesn't always work in the ER! And you need to earn the respect of the docs...that's probably the most important thing to make your life easier.

  10. How do you know if you've got what it takes to be an ER nurse?

    chip193 replied to Beth_audrey's topic in Emergency

    well, last night, i had a patient who had a sense of reality that was parallel to the rest of us! after attempting to placate her while she was being medically cleared, she became beligerant and...

  11. How do you know if you've got what it takes to be an ER nurse?

    chip193 replied to Beth_audrey's topic in Emergency

    I had a similar conversation this morning with my Nurse Manager. So long as your hospital's orientation period is long enough for you to become comfortable and provides you with enough critical care...

  12. How do you know if you've got what it takes to be an ER nurse?

    chip193 replied to Beth_audrey's topic in Emergency

    I suggest that you go right to the ER. You can always tell the folks who have worked other places first - they try to make the ER work like the ICU or Med/Surg and it just doesn't work. There's too...

  13. How do you know if you've got what it takes to be an ER nurse?

    chip193 replied to Beth_audrey's topic in Emergency

    It's amazing what you can get right into when there's a shortage!

  14. Certification pay

    chip193 replied to grammyr's topic in Emergency

    In our ER, you get 35c/hr for CCRN or CEN. The hospital also pays for your exam after you pass. No other certifications rceive a bonus. BSN or MSN is $1/hr.

  15. Question regarding nurses wasting narcs with city paramedics in the ER????????

    chip193 replied to austin heart's topic in Emergency

    In my EMS system in NY, an EMT isn't even listed in the plan, even though he is my partner. He cannot waste, draw-up, have anything to do with, or even acknowledge the existance of CS in our system....

  16. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

    chip193 replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

    On my second day off orientation, I took report on 14 patients in an ER. It sucked. It really sucked. Usually, the assignment is 1:4 or 1:5. Days and Evenings range from 1:2 to 1:5. Nights gets...

  17. How do you know if you've got what it takes to be an ER nurse?

    chip193 replied to Beth_audrey's topic in Emergency

    You need a sense of humor, the confidence to do your job well, and the confidence to ask when you're not sure. You take those three points, you got it made! And, oh yeah, don't forget the sense of...

  18. Do You Feel "Hated on" By Trad students or grads?

    chip193 replied to FocusRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I always love watching the traditional students in our ER. Usually, someone will get them going about how students who "didn't have four years of clinical" and how "you can't possibly be a good nurse...

  19. Recent ER transfer w/ a question

    chip193 replied to soFLRN's topic in Emergency

    Your PALS course is obviously a poor one then! We cover much more than airway - and have toned down the intubation of kids as the new studies show that it's not as important and could even be...

  20. Retractable syringe - use of

    chip193 replied to SusanJean's topic in Nursing Career

    If you do not retract the needle while in the patient, you short dose the patient. Look at the design - the last little bit of med is given when you depress the plunger the rest of the way. As a...

  21. Roll Call for Excelsior Grads - stand up and be counted

    chip193 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    a. Your graduation date April, 2004. It was very nice to be a month ahead of the traditional students when looking for a job! b. Your best advice to someone starting the program Join the Yahoo groups...

  22. Excelsior Student Asks for Help from Fellow students!!!

    chip193 replied to familyguy's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It took me two tries to overcome NC1. The problem that I had was a complete paradigm shift from my usual thinking (Medic) to that a nurse. It really threw me for a loop. Frankly, my wife, who did a...

  23. Please Help!!

    chip193 replied to cube's topic in MICU, SICU

    Try the AACN website. They have a bookstore that may offer what you're looking for. Good luck! Chip P.S. Remember, everyone does things differently, based on how we were taught. So each of the...

  24. Have the floors poisoned me?

    chip193 replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

    I was teaching a PALS course earlier today and, in an effort to be up front and honest with the students, I offered the following disclosure: "You need to understand that I have a different outlook on...

  25. Excelsior College Designated Center Of Excellence In Nursing Education

    chip193 replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    EC Grad here too (4/03)! I guess it's just one more thing to be proud of!