meanmaryjean DNP, RN

NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia

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    Missing note!

    Walmart sells safes that are the size of a briefcase
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    Paper Charting venting

    You are a new grad being turned loose with FOUR orientation shifts? You have way bigger problems than paper charting my
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    MSN Education question

    It is geared more toward an academic educator role, but (when I was enrolled) there were multiple courses in which your papers and such could be geared toward professional development/ hospital...
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    Pvt absolutely works 2017!!!

    Re-read the title you chose for the
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    Mr Italo Boricua

    In a word: No. All LPN > RN programs require clinicals, and in order to become an RN you must pass tests, take additional coursework and of course pass the NCLEX. The closest thing you might find...
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    Small town CRNA School

    University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, IN is opening a new program this year as is Marian in Indianapolis. Indiana has a generally low cost of living, and Indianapolis is less than a million people...
  7. Wow! I took the time to look at the school you mentioned, search through their accreditation status and respond to your request with a legitimate referral where you could read up on the subject (which...
  8. OP: Please do yourself a favor and search the multiple threads here on regional accreditation and national accreditation. It is counter-intuitive from the terminology, but regional accreditation is...
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    Pvt absolutely works 2017!!!

    It absolutely worked FOR YOU. It is not 100% correct, never has been, and never will be. Beware in your career mistaking personal experience for actual evidence. They are
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    is being a nurse dangerous?

    Those little fingernails
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    Medical Terminology is too overwhelming?

    I have a friend who is a cardiologist who is even older than I (hard to believe, right?) We used to leave little Latin phrases on the assignment board for the other to figure out. This gem was from...
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    Sent home from clinical :(

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    Expensive stethoscope for student?

    DO NOT let it out of your sight. Trust me on this
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    Medical Terminology is too overwhelming?

    Having studied (in my youth) both Greek and Latin- this made my heart happy! Semper ubi, sub ubi! * *Always wear
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    Nursing Demand in Nebraska.

    Why would you not want to live surrounded by smart people?
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    Nursing Student and Working Fulltime

    You haven't started nursing school
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    Nursing Demand in Nebraska.

    Indiana is a great place to live and gaining Illinois refugees by the
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    Medical Terminology is too overwhelming?

    DEEP breath! The terminology will begin to make sense once you have something on which to hang it- mentally. Words memorized without context are just that. Words. There's a reason this course was only...
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    Starting Over!

    Most schools require ALL transcripts to be submitted- and failure to do so would be considered academic fraud. Why not get started at a community college, work uber hard and get superior grades and...
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    LPN to BSN online

    All RN programs require some type of clinical component. The closest thing is Excelsior's program- but that is LPN to ADN. Indiana State has one, but again,
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    Choose the college

    You might alert your post (yellow triangle) and ask a moderator to move this to the New York forum. You've posted in the forum for online schools, and moving it might get you a better
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    I need to vent please....

    OP: Have you passed NCLEX
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    Highlights of a 1952 nursing convention

    LOVE those old uniforms- esp. the
  24. There is little to no 'choice' involved. Sometimes you get lucky - but plan on not having any say in the