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Just a quick question--I have a friend who is at Bellevue in New York recovering from hip fracture and she says no one is allowed to bring in "outside food". She isn't neutropenic, she doesn't have liver or kidney disease, she isn't morbidly obese, n...

I am working as an educator at a hospital in a developing nation. I found early on that the nurses very seldom flush their IVs (not after giving medication, not after insertion with blood draw), but just discovered that when they DO flush them, they ...

In my experience, two weeks may be the required notice, but it's really expected that nurses give four weeks or so. In particular, it's hard on everyone if you've been scheduled for the month and just won't be there. Giving more notice prevents the r...

I wonder if it's to avoid touching receipts as well? Receipts have nasty chemicals in them that can lead to all sorts of problems. I wouldn't touch one while I was pregnant and try to avoid it in general. I can't, for the life of me, understand what ...

Is this for a facility where you work? I'm curious (though you may not want to say) whether most of your nurses come from the same place--the Philippines, for instance. People coming from countries and schools that send applicants to the US regularly...

Silverdragon, I'm curious about where you got the average of "4 months approximately". Is that something CGFNS has published? Since they are currently taking about a month even to log in all paperwork (this is their statement), and "up to" 12 weeks t...

We have several places in each patient room that are DESIGNATED "glove free zones". If you put on gloves on entry, you'd be breaking policy. Unless you take off those gloves, wash, get what you need, rewash, reglove... this includes the keyboards, by...

We are still in process. Yes, they add another 10-12 weeks on every time they receive the requested document (or anyway, they CAN do that). In our case, we paid for the ten day expedited review this time, and they restart the ten days each time they ...

Sorry, I don't have an opinion, though the study materials from Magoosh seem really good. My husband (who is a foreign educated nurse; I'm an American nurse) chose to do in-person IELTS prep.

CGFNS seems to say this to almost everyone, unless it's a school they work with frequently. Since it's very difficult to get information out of them, I'm not sure whether it's usually an actual problem with signature/seal or if that's also the generi...

Where are you from? Unfortunately even some people who were educated in English have trouble getting passing scores for the state board on TOEFL and IELTS. It's not only knowing English; it's knowing how the test works and what they're looking for. I...

I know you mean only to be complimentary, but when you describe the Indian nurses you work with as "kind and hard-working", IMHO that reinforces stereotypes about both nurses and immigrants. The Indian nurses I work with are highly skilled and experi...

The minimum requirements depend on the state you're applying to. I don't know of any easy way to know whether CGFNS is going to consider your school's education adequate for that state, unfortunately. I've heard they even sometimes approve one alumnu...

Yes, I've done two. I certainly haven't gotten the answers I wanted, but the person I spoke with had firsthand knowledge and understanding of the case and the process. Just to give you some perspective, my husband began his CGFNS application in July ...

Do the "virtual consultation". The people who answer the phone don't know anything. The virtual consultation people are much more helpful (though not incredibly so). Frankly, your Washington state money is gone; you shouldn't have sent in your applic...

Ask CGFNS to extend your time. I can't remember if they will do this before the time is up, but ask now, and they'll let you know. There's no guarantee that they will do it, but they do it at times. Do not, under any circumstances, pay again without ...

Yes, it can really take that long. Yes, it's from when they received all required documents. My personal opinion is that they want people to pay the expedite fee and make that as appealing as possible. We didn't pay it last time and regretted it, bec...

A transcript usually can't be changed, is it what it is; if there's more information needed, it will be added to the form. They sent a copy of the transcript back (or claim they did) in case they need to see it before filling out the form, rather tha...

I don't think you have to get another copy of the transcript. If you have an unofficial copy of it yourself, make a new copy and send it to the school with the other materials.

I always get through within five minutes if I call at their opening time (9:30 eastern). However, the people aren't very helpful 80% of the time. You may be able to get them to extend your application if you ask. Don't do what I did and pay for anoth...

I'm guessing she doesn't want to be a nurse volunteer, but a general volunteer with some useful skills. Probably a missionary? I agree with Beth's advice. Perhaps you could find a nurse friend who would teach you some bandaging and wound care techniq...

Like most students, I thought the 5 Rights of Medication Administration were a little... bogus. I wasn't a kid; surely I could be depended on to have common sense. Weren't the 5 Rights almost insulting to nurses? I had been giving medicine to myself,...

I commented above, way back in January, that both of my husband's transcripts were refused. What it took several calls for someone to explain to me is that ALL transcripts are refused as having an invalid seal/signature until the second transcript ve...

Both of my husband's school transcripts (diploma and BSN) were sent back to Africa for not having a valid signature and seal. I was amused because in his country they are REALLY into seals and I'm sure it was there. Neither of us has any idea what CG...

I've been thinking about going for the MSN in Nursing Education for years, but every time I look at options, I get overwhelmed. I really want a good education and I'm wary of all the online private universities. Sometimes I find a program that looks ...