TheCommuter BSN, RN

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    Lvn-Rn. Chabot or Unitek?

    TheCommuter replied to Jcezz's topic in LPN to RN

    Thread has been moved to our LVN to RN
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    Double Shifts

    TheCommuter replied to motor_mouth's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 16-hour weekend double shifts back to back as an LVN for several years while attending an LPN-to-ASN transition program. Here's the truth...I could never really wind down between shifts. I...
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    Texas Nursing Jurisprudence Exam

    TheCommuter replied to 12upple's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps it might be time to take the exam on a different computer. I've taken it twice (2010 and 2014) and never had this occur. The jurisprudence exam has a very low level of difficulty. It is...
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    Baylor Pay-Is this a low offer?

    TheCommuter replied to syt245's topic in Texas Nursing

    If this question is directed at me, I started off as an LVN in the nursing home setting in the Fort Worth
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    No more rudeness!

    TheCommuter replied to WheatGerm's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Education about kindness and civility is not going to automatically cause a person to become kind and civil. These are personality traits that take shape during the formative years.Education about...
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    CSN RN Program TEAS waiver

    TheCommuter replied to va11ey's topic in School, College Programs

    Moved to our Colleges
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    The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    TheCommuter replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree. One night, when I was working as a house supervisor, a difficult patient requested to speak to me. He complained that the nurse assigned to him was unqualified because she "could barely speak...
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    American International College

    TheCommuter replied to Shanella25's topic in School, College Programs

    Moved to the Colleges
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    Misusing the low paid nurse

    TheCommuter replied to Saraz23's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    To answer this question, yes. Although I trained as an LVN in California, I spent my entire LVN career in Texas, which has a wide scope of practice. Hence, LVNs are permitted to hang IV medications...
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    New LPN and dismissive nurse manager-Help!

    TheCommuter replied to KareBearKarez's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Not necessarily, especially if the workplace environment is toxic or full of passive aggressiveness. I've worked at places where many of the coworkers were actually unhelpful
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    Feel like im not as qualified

    TheCommuter replied to ljc14's topic in General Students

    Nope. PCA experience is helpful, but not at all necessary to graduate from a nursing program. Nursing school is designed to train students without previous healthcare experience to become nurses.I...
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    The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    TheCommuter replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've gotten the "where are you from" question hundreds of times since I relocated to Texas 11 years ago. I've also been asked, "So were you born in America?" or "Are you a lady of America?"I'm black...
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    2016 RN to BSN online programs, need help!

    TheCommuter replied to Avwwva's topic in Online Distance Learning

    No, it can be done with any type of community health setting (e.g. home health company, public health clinic, hospice, parish,
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    2016 RN to BSN online programs, need help!

    TheCommuter replied to Avwwva's topic in Online Distance Learning

    There was a 90-hour community health practicum, but California is the only state where you must contact a provider and follow them. In other states this practicum can consist of phone calls and...
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    The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    TheCommuter replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    How do you get critical care or emergency room experience?

    TheCommuter replied to The0Walrus's topic in General Students

    You relocate to a dreadful geographic location with hospitals that still hire new grads directly into the ER and ICU. These places include North Dakota, South Dakota, south Georgia, eastern Tennessee,...
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    Laptop for school

    TheCommuter replied to candmo57's topic in General Students

    I currently use a four-year-old Gateway laptop that I purchased for $175 on Ebay last year. It has the full suite of Microsoft Office applications and runs using a Windows 10 operating system upgrade....
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    Relocating to McKinney area

    TheCommuter replied to KV317's topic in Texas Nursing

    Most of the hospital systems will offer you in the high $20s to low $30s per hour with five years of critical experience. Potential workplaces include Methodist Richardson Medical Center, Medical...
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    Nursing School Question

    TheCommuter replied to droot353's topic in General Nursing

    I concur. Nursing education in the U.S. trains you to be a generalist. You cannot train to become a critical care nurse, or a postpartum nurse, or a psychiatric nurse in U.S. nursing schools. You...
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    Nursing School Question

    TheCommuter replied to droot353's topic in General Nursing

    This depends on the nursing employment market in the geographic area where you live. In general, the chances of securing a critical care job as a new grad are excellent in places where people aren't...
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    2016 RN to BSN online programs, need help!

    TheCommuter replied to Avwwva's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm raising my hand as one of those nurses. :)I completed WGU's RN-to-BSN program last year in 10 months, 34 credits, and $5,800 in tuition and fees. I'm now enrolled in the online MSN program at...
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    Is money everything in this profession?

    TheCommuter replied to WhyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    To be blunt, I wouldn't report to work if I didn't receive pay for the services I render. Money is important since it rules everything around us. I don't work for free. 'Compassion' will not pay for...
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    DIALYSIS! I am new in the field and feeling very discouraged

    TheCommuter replied to angelmp228's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thread has been moved to our Dialysis forum for more
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    Eaten Alive in the ED

    TheCommuter replied to MillennialNurse's topic in Emergency

    If a nurse repeatedly criticized me for not being able to start an IV, I'd probably respond, "No, I couldn't start it. Do you want to make yourself useful and help
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    Periop 101 AORN

    TheCommuter replied to mlp5e's topic in Operating Room

    Thread has been moved to our Operating Room Nursing forum for more feedback and