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That's very discouraging. Are you wait listed?

Wait, so I thought they did calculate your ADN? It only makes sense that they should considering that's how you became licensed in the first place ....

I really hate that ... Have you called to ask what you can do to get in? Are you using a secondary choice? When I applied, I applied for the AGNP Primary and Acute. I got in the primary because I didn't have ICU experience. I'm so very sorry. I was looking forward to seeing you there. You have been the most positive person in this whole thing and I feel you deserve to be in too ... If I may ask, what is your overall GPA? Mine is a 3.5 so I know that's one of the other reasons I did not get into the Acute trek. Again, I'm sorry because you have been through this twice already.

And I would like to go ahead and ask what day everyone is planning to do orientation :)

That's great! Is it for Acute or Primary. I'm in the primary care adult-gero!

I got my official letter today too.

When I emailed CB yesterday after getting my hopes up, I asked her if not being able to get into Blazernet was an indication that I was not admitted. She said that not in all cases is this true.

So apparently I shouldn't have given up hope so soon. I just rechecked my account about an hour and a half ago and I was prompted to update my old BlazerNet ID. When I went in I had the future students tab listed and was accepted into the Adult-Gerontology NP Primary Care program. Although this was my second choice, I'm still happy that I was accepted.

Congratz everyone else. I will be moving on now. I'm not quite sure why I didn't get in but we can't win them all. Good luck to you all!

I mean, I had outstanding recommendations from peers and doctor and now I just don't feel elitist enough for the program. I just don't even want to apply anymore.

I feel like such a failer right now. I guess I'll start looking again.

So, let me ask this ... I have an old Blazernet account. Did you guys make a new one? Because I made a new one and I checked my old one. I'm just curious. Not that it matters but I do want to make sure I did it the right way to check. Also, how much experience do you all have? I have one year acute care, two years home health and hospice, one year LTC and administration/Care planning. Just curious.

Wow nothing for me either ... bummer

She may be overshooting the timeline, at least I hope this is the case.

So I talked to CB. She stated that we would know within two weeks (maybe sooner).

I just sent an email to her. I hope to hear something soon. I'll post her response.

Is there anyone that I can contact? I haven't called them yet to check on the status but I'm sure they won't mind one more phone call

When were we supposed to know? I know they sent an email to us but I'm having a hard time finding it in all the clutter of my inbox. I'm super nervous. I've not had a good, restful night in a few days. :cry:

Hi guys. My name is Monica and I'm in the same boat as you all. I applied for the AGNP with Primary Care NP as my second choice. I am scared/nervous/anxious at this point. I, too, have a previously active BlazerNET ID but nothing has changed with it. I've become quite obsessive at this point. P.S. -- I'm a shout out from Cullman, Alabama!

Typically what I did was backprime the tubing into the blood at the last few minutes to ensure the line cleared completely. I flush everything. I've had bad experiences with a port being left unflushed. Less than 4 hours is standard but target for 3. Start at 100 ml an hour and increase if pt tolerates it.

Had a doctor go into my patients room once (laughable, but that's where the story could stop and be humorous) who was receiving blood. Blood was running slow because pt was c/o being too cold. So it had been running 3 hours already. Doctor proceeds to bump it down more cause pt complaints. I ask him, are you going to write the order for that? Answer: no. I explain to him that it'll run over 4 hours and I'll get in trouble if he doesn't. He explains that he doesn't care. I said ok. Wrote a verbal order and he tells me he's not signing it. I get written up. I refuse to sign the write up and point to a nurses note I had made about the incident. Moral of story: don't be a douche because someone is taking note of it, literally.

I think my dilemma is that I feel like nurses are crapped on so much that people forget that nurses are humans trying to make a living. I'm almost 3 months pregnant and these things that we needed to do like getting a bigger vehicle are not going to happen. I've worked in LTC before and hated every minute of it because there are SOOOO many residents to take care of in various states of decline. They fall in the floor it's you fault, not the cna who decided they were going to take a 1 hour lunch break. I described my experience as nursing home hell because there were several residents who belonged in the lock down unit. Then you had your manipulative residents and family. My husband and I survived off both our incomes. And now our bills outweigh our income. I just started my home health job 3 months ago when I would've first gotten pregnant which makes me sol cause I have no family medical leave. I was told I would have to reapply for my position. So I told my employer that I would try to let my md release me a week after I have the baby. This baby was not planned but I consider every child a blessing and I explained to my employer that I was not aware that I was pregnant when I was hired. It's just a bad situation no matter how you like it. I'm going to be in so much pain when I have to go back but I'm so determined to tough it out and do what I have to do. So you could say I have a rather bad taste in mouth about nursing.

As the title implicates, im having a major nursing dilemma. A little background: my husband and I are both RNs which can make a pretty stressful relationship to begin with. To add to the stress we have 2 children (4 and 2) and a bun in the oven. Ive worked anywhere from med surg to nursing home to home health. Home health is my calling. But enough about me. My husband was fired from his job today for "not reporting a bruise". The bruise had already been documented on to bilateral arms. The facility says it was a bruise to the hip but the wound care team did weekly body audits and did not even see a dang bruise! The last few weeks have been hell because we've been arguing constantly. The firing did not just present to the table. My husband said he knew it was coming when they on 3 consecutive days to write him up for things he didn't even do. They told him he had to sign the write I or he would be fired 0.0. What choice did he have? Seriously sign it or get fired? Who does that???? A nursing home, that's who. With all these commercials with lawyers throwing out this whole "your relative HAS been abused" call us and well sue the pants off the individual. What kind of career is nursing now? It's not a profession anymore. But back to my rant: they targeted him IMO because of an incident that happened with annusol and the pt refusing it and the suppository some got d/c from the pharm delivery. Family member becomes irate and says "why hasn't momma gotten her supp? Pt was refusing it. She didn't want the dang doodoo stick!!!! Needless to say, my husband gets the fall even though pharmacy is to blame. I am just so frustrated because my husband is a great nurse and I feel like they were trying find reasons to fire him. Like they were watching for the least Lil mistake to "protect the facility" for their plan of correction. I'm starting to hate this career choice ...