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Just got an email today! It is a reminder to complete DocuSign if you have not already done so. The email then mentions whether the School of Nursing thinks that I have any other pre-requisites or missing course work that I need to complete. Looks like if you have no courses pending, then we just have to wait for the University to accept us fully for admission.

I accepted and signed the DocuSign document attached. Afterwards, I got an automated email from DocuSign that a copy was sent to CSULA and to me. Other than that, no other emails or notifications sent out whether CSULA actually received it or not, but DocuSign verified that CSULA did get send a copy of my acceptance documentation.

Congrats to those who got accepted ! I found out I got accepted as well! ?

Non stop refreshing! ??

Oh wow nice that you interviewed on Friday. I interviewed on Monday. I’m so excited! Once March 8th hits, I am going to be checking my email non stop.

According to the faculty that interviewed me, they said that March 8th is when the acceptance is sent out and March 11th is the last day to confirm attendance. good luck to all!

I saw your post on another topic regarding interviews! There was another email that was sent out stating that interview times were already sent out and that if you had not received an interview time to please reply back to that email. Hopefully you had that all sorted out! Good luck to you.

Looks like they sent out another email stating that interview times were already sent out and that if you had not received an interview time to please reply back to that email. Hopefully you had that all sorted out! Good luck to you.

Got my initial email on Thursday and then the interview time email on Friday. Good luck to all in their interview today!

Got both the email on Thursday and on Friday for the specific interview time. Good luck to everyone today on their interview!

This. This is the reason why I also come in early haha. Not to mention, an early admission, a discharge/transfer, and an unstable patient all in one..... Yeah... Granted not all shifts are like that, but sometimes coming in early to read all about it in advance puts my mind at ease. On top of that, catching med errors was a big thing... I would ask the relieving nurse why wasn't a certain medication given and they would look at me perplexed... and they would say that they did administer the medication, but that the scanner did not scan it... ?

For me, it really depends on the day that I am having and how I am feeling. If it is my first shift on and my patient assignment will be new to me, I sometimes like to come about 15 to 20 minutes early to look things up on the EMR and take my time perusing through the paper charts.... as not all documents/information are automatically uploaded onto the EMR. Sometimes I just like to go in early and chit-chat with my coworkers while I am looking up information to just get a head start so that I can catch up with my coworkers and somewhat anticipate what kind of report I might be getting. My unit has a high turn-over rate. I often get report from various different new-grads and from registry nurses at least 5 out of my 6 required shifts... I like to look things up prior so that I can ensure that things do not get left out and that the nurse that is endorsing to me would be on the same page. If I came right on time and did not have enough time to look things up, I would research concurrently at the same time that the nurse is endorsing and giving report to me AKA multitasking! However, I only do that if I know that the nurse has a reputation of leaving a lot of things out, if they are registry, or if they are new and I am not sure regarding their level of nursing... (notice I say level and not years of experience haha). Some may think of this as being rude or being anxious, but I have learned that it's best to be prepared. Like another poster here, I have also experienced at my current place of employment that there are many times that the relieving nurse leave out way too much information and leave way too many tasks in-completed. Looking things up ahead of time prior to clocking in helps me to prioritize my shift better on what needs to be done first and for which patient first as well. Going a little off topic, but.... As of lately with the whole COVID-19 pandemic and increasing admits of COVID-19 patients onto my unit, I come in about 30 minutes early on my first shift on to mentally prepare myself while gathering my much needed PPEs because there is a long line needed to grab PPE's... (and to mentally prepare myself for the dreaded reusing of PPE's ???, but that's another story for another thread haha). My experiences and place of employment may be different from yours, but that is the current culture at my work place. There are a couple of my coworkers on both day and night shift who also come in early to look up labs, meds, and progress notes from Dr's to ensure that they have a planned shift ahead of them so they know what to expect... During nursing school, my instructors would frequently make us come 1 hour ahead of the oncoming shift's nurses to look up information so that we could get a better grasp of patient information. A previous poster mentioned that, and I think that is a great idea. If you are already on your own, I would say to come in on time and just go with the flow... you will eventually get a feel for it and see whether you feel like you want or feel the need to come in early to research or not. I have seen two sides, in which very experienced nurses can come in late every shift and are able to still grasp nursing concepts quick without research... I have seen very experienced nurses who like to do research AND get report 20 minutes before clocking in because they want to quickly get their day started with assessments and med passes. You will learn your style.

No, I ended up not taking it.

In short, the program at CSUDH was good enough for what I needed based on my work and personal life. I am doing the CSUDH RN to BSN program online, with the exception to the 2 day physical health assessment course like Nalie2 has stated. The leadership/management clinicals and community/public health clinicals are other courses that require some foot work and showing up to clinical sites. The foot work that is required is that you need to find your own preceptor for the respective clinicals because the list for clinical sites are not available on the CSUDH School of Nursing website anymore. Like Nalie2 has said as well, some students have had better luck and some have had a more difficult time. Instructors do help to find clinical placements, but sometimes it is a gamble because the clinical site may be too far for the student; not in a unit or hospital the student likes; work & life schedule constraints, etc. Aside from that, the rest of the program is online. The program itself is not difficult, as I managed to work full time while taking 3-5 courses a semester. However, some students have disliked the group work, posting on the Blackboard online discussion boards, or writing essays (for some classes). I've spoken to some of my classmates and my co-workers who have attended other RN or ADN to BSN programs and there were some minor differences. Since CSUDH's program offers the community/public health theory and clinicals, that means at the end of the program, you are able to get a public health nursing (PHN) certificate. This is a great option in case you are looking to get out of bedside or are very interested in community/public health. I had a former classmate from my ADN cohort stated that they have gone to APU's ADN to BSN program in person, and they stated that they had to go to campus once a week, but that they did not require clinical hours. This in return would mean that it is possible that APU does not offer the PHN option. I have had older coworkers say that the disadvantage to the online courses is that they miss the peer to peer interaction in person and miss opportunities of making professional connections. What geared my decision to attend CSUDH is that it is online, cost-effective for me, and that I was able to start the program at CSUDH before even needing an RN license. Although the semester had already started, I hope all is well.

Hello, everyone! I had a patient who had a PICC line on the left upper arm. The impression of the US of the venous showed that the left upper arm had a DVT that was partially occlusive. They also did a US on the right arm, but impression showed negative for DVT of the right arm. The cardiologist consult had asked the previous nurse to remove the PICC line from the left upper arm once there is a line established in a different location. The nurse endorsed it to me to find another IV site on the right arm (as opposed to just getting a PICC line inserted on the right arm). Granted, patient is AOX1, combative, and a hard stick, in which that would make sense why this patient had a PICC line in the first place anyways. Nonetheless, I got an IV site on the right wrist-forearm area that was patent and flushes well. When it was time to remove the PICC line on the left arm where the DVT was at, I questioned whether it was safe to be removing the PICC line due to the increased risk of dislodging that partially occlusive clot. The vascular consult was not reachable, so I was unable to get the vascular consult's orders. However, the cardiologist consult gave orders to the previous nurse that it was okay to do so (but I was unable to find that order anywhere on the computer). At the end of the shift, I had decided to not remove the PICC line and to endorse to the on-coming nurse to try to reach out again to the vascular consult regarding orders to leave the PICC line in, to try to implement medical interventions to either dissolve or thin out that clot, and then get a repeat US venous for the status of the clot. The on-coming nurse had stated that it was best to leave the PICC line in to prevent dislodging that clot and would clarify orders with the vascular consult rather than the cardiologist. My question is: Would the removal of the PICC line where the DVT is at increase the risk for dislodging the clot and possibly increasing the chances of PE? Have you had an order or a situation in which you had to remove the PICC line at the same location as to where the DVT is? Is it safe to remove the PICC line in the same location of where the DVT is at?