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  1. New Orleans CNA's

    FocusRN replied to PR3CIOUS22's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Lutheran on Hayne has free training, but you only get paid 8/hr while training. A few months ago they were providing onsite housing I odn't know if they still are but ya'll may want to

  2. Officially Enrolled....

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hey ya'll and thanks. I just signed up for Chancellor's (a former instructor swore by them, she is an EC grad),so I will be diving in ASAP. I vow to nail them all down on the first try, by going in...

  3. How Long Can Work as GN before ............

    FocusRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    you have to take the

  4. Excelsior's New Clinical Requirement

    FocusRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm not 100% sure,but it looks like for those who enroll after 10/2007, or those who enroll b efor 10/07 but don't finish before 9/09, the course reqs are changing, including what looks like a new...

  5. Enrolling in Excelsior I Need Help!!!...

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I was beginning to think i wouldn't get a reply. Thanks, I guess it makes sense why it would take so long. The person that I spole with today said that since I wasn't transferring anything over right...

  6. New Orleans CNA's

    FocusRN replied to PR3CIOUS22's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Poydras Home on Magazine $10/hr Lutheran on Hayne $11/hr Chataeu Living in Kenner $13/hr with benefits $14/hr without Lambeth House Uptown on Broadway

  7. Check on EC Application status

    FocusRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Oka, at work I met someone who just passed her LPN boards. She said that she wanted to go back for RN quickly, so I told her about EC. She printed out an application at work and filed it out. She told...

  8. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    FocusRN replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well with my new job I will gross much more than 100k this year, but I am not a nurse yet so I don't

  9. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    FocusRN replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    First since it is fresh on my mind , beds are stripped cleaned and sprayed daily, just not by me. That is in the category of housekeeping. The only time I would have to do a complete is if I didn't do...

  10. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    FocusRN replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    Well I am a CNA and I don't care what anyone says, I do the minimum. That's is not saying that I don't work hard because I do, but I won't break my back, or take a fall for running back and forth...

  11. For Everyone Just Starting with EC

    FocusRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am starting this thread for everyone just starting with EC, especially the pre-req's. How are ya'll planning to do them with EC courses, EC exams, CLEP exams, or Dantes exams? I am planning on...

  12. African American Care

    FocusRN replied to CametoitlateTexan's topic in General Nursing

    Okay I didn't read the whole thread (I usually never do). But I did want to chime in for a second. I think that eye contact is required when speaking to someone, as a form of respect. I don't think...

  13. LPN in charge in the ED?

    FocusRN replied to carribeanbound's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'd suggest that you get off your high horse, and stop using beat around the bush words to demean an entire profession. It seems to me that you are trying to over compensate for something. The fact...

  14. Two Things: What are EC Nursing Courses & Books I Got

    FocusRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    What I mean by the first thing is like Nursing concepts 1 in a trad program would be? Ect. ect.. ect... And I LOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEE ebay. I order 5 of the EC recommended books, from Ebay, I...

  15. Two Things: What are EC Nursing Courses & Books I Got

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    thanks this is just what i wanted to

  16. Did anyone else see this post about Rio Salado online RN program?

    FocusRN replied to L&D_2b's topic in Online Distance Learning

    One more thing, she said that you would have to be there to do clinicals 2 to 3 days a

  17. Did anyone else see this post about Rio Salado online RN program?

    FocusRN replied to L&D_2b's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Ohh and this was in Nov.

  18. Did anyone else see this post about Rio Salado online RN program?

    FocusRN replied to L&D_2b's topic in Online Distance Learning

    As far as I know that is not true. I spoke to the dean of nursing and she said that they do no have a preceptor model like Deaconness does. She said that if they get hospital partners in years to come...

  19. Katrina Cough???

    FocusRN replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    No, there is no such thing as a Katrina cough. For most people that think they have the "Katrina Cough", it is psychosomatic, and for others they may have a really bad cough but that is only because...

  20. Please tell your story!

    FocusRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am from New Orleans, and we did get most of the press, but my family had two homes and some land in Waveland. I used to love taking weekend trips down there. But anyway, believe me most of us down...

  21. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    FocusRN replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Well I don't know if it was meant to be funny but it was to

  22. Terminated for typing a petition

    FocusRN replied to cdsable's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is not illegal to make unprovable comments about someone. It it illegal to make comments that you know are are false, and you are doing so with malicious intent. So even if she did say or write...

  23. Two Things: What are EC Nursing Courses & Books I Got

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yes. Okay you traditional programs may have, Med Surg I, Mental Health, Maternal & Peds. Well EC just has Nursing Concepts 1-7, so I wanted to know what courses each of the EC Nursing Concepts...

  24. Terminated for typing a petition

    FocusRN replied to cdsable's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ohh my, a lot of these replies really stun me. Were you wrong in any way shape or form? In my opinion NOOOOO!!! First off a patient asked you for a favor that not only was not intended to hurt anyone,...

  25. shaving cream to clean dirty butts??

    FocusRN replied to old heart's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I really don't know about ligering smells b/c I work part evenings and nights a 12 hour shift 6p-6a. Since I don't work days or evening while the patients are up, I don't know. When I change my...