Back2SchoolRN

ntbw, We must not be the only ones. Surely! On my first NP job in the Midwest, I interviewed with one collaborator and found out after I started that he was being pushed out and the jerk they hired in his place would now be my collaborator. He was ...

I totally get that you have limitations, and have a right to want acute care. Being willing to commute is great. And ultimately if your family situation just won't let you work nights, you do have to put them first. (BTW, Are you sure no one else can...

I think completion rate may be a better focus. Getting in is always easier than getting through! (Some things are federally monitored, and so schools that are not especially fair-minded may be ultra-careful in those observed areas, and less so where ...

Might any of you be willing to share the general area you're describing, as in the Islands, Southwest, etc.? I don't think that would compromise our anonymity, but could go a long way in helping nurses and NPs gain traction in career planning and com...

Yes, and nothing like feeling you are giving substandard care to patients right out of the gates to make you feel even more accomplished and caring as a provider, hmmm? Not to mention the liability risks and reasonable fears associated with inadequat...

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone out there has had a technical barrier interfere with submission of a critical exam or project by a deadline for an online nursing course, and if so, what your school did. I sat down to take a mid-term in a tough online ...

Tasha, yes--devastated is the right word. I am working hard on moving on but it certainly makes me feel nurses are still "eating their young", especially as the school was not just firm in their "no", but actually unconcerned about the impact, and no...

Good point, Ella; I don't know. Usually when there are problems, each party blames it on someone else. AT&T blamed Examity, Examity blamed Blackboard, the school blamed me, I don't know where the technical issues actually lies, but I blame AT&...

JustBeachy, I'm a little surprised to hear how harsh your tone seems to be toward Ashmi11. He or she is asking simple factual questions, and yet your answers suggest you think he or she is expecting the US to give her an unearned privilege of some ki...

Oh, Ella! Thank you for sharing this publicly; people need to know. You are now the 3rd student I actually know from this school who had the same experience (of difficulty connecting with the outside proctoring service, "Examity"). The 2nd one could ...

Yes, and sometimes as the patient when told the same thing, it makes what may have above-and-beyond for that nurse in that situation less than what it really was. A more honest reply might be, "I'm doing my best to give you good care, Mr. Jones; I'm ...

I wonder what happens when you feel you are in an urgent medical situation yourself, and must get help for yourself, but not quite 911? It seems to me that, because even a 911 illness could happen to a caregiver nurse, any agency MUST be able to prov...

Yes, false alarms are bad, and so would someone ignoring "flu-like" symptoms when they did have risk factors, because they presume it's most likely the flu. Worst come to worst, if a national hysteria develops, it could be taking your life in your ha...

Having been an online student, I ma getting the strong impression that, unless the school is online-only, or has had an online program for well over a decade, it may be the the professors have been forced to teach in the programs online. Those bring ...

Wow; this goes beyond laziness; it's unethical. If you were caught, it would be justifiable to restrict or remove your license, that you would cheat in your training. Papers are not fun, but I'm guessing this is only the tip of the iceberg you're sho...

Well, I think you are right, and that's my point: Adding that other content defines the DNP role as population management, albeit from multiple angles. It says the clinical knowledge needed is much more limited than the need for political, manageria...

Kurt-NP, I could not agree more abut the utility of a greater clinical focus. To me, "fluff", "padding", etc., means more post-MSN courses with the same name, focus and content as MSN "core" courses in policy, QI, population health, informatics, sta...

Hello, I was in an online FPMHNP and very excited to be making good grades, and about to start my clinicals. Then, a month ago, I had trouble connecting to a proctored exam, and was required to forfeit the exam, and so the course, and so be sideline...

You are right; we just have to be cautious, and willing to back out if the signs of "in it for the money" appear. These might include: ...."fibbing" about how many transfer credits are allowed, "fibs" about how much the program costs and lots of hidd...

As a follow-up, let me state that they have been incredibly cold and distant about it, confirming, I guess, that once you have a problem, you ARE the problem, and so why should they care anymore, anyway? They won't even answer my questions or give m...

helpiscoming, I'm making a late switch, too, and I have realized one major "plus" of starting late: At a time in our lives when many who once dreamed of being nurses, too, are just bored to death, looking forward to retirement and burnt out or coasti...

It could really help to connect with someone who is already an RN and who you give you that extra "oomph" of determination when your confidence or energy wobble, as they do for nearly every nursing student several times! Talk to an RN school advisor...

Wimberly, there is SO much help out there for writing a great essay; do not let that stand in your way! You will need to improve those skills anyway for grad school, especially online schools as they require even more writing....so get going and tak...

Gases exchange can be compromised w/ fluid overload. and COPD, SOB could be a sign, also O2 sat 95% on O2, not room air.

Glycerin82, they absolutely would not allow me any possible way to make it up. No taking the same course at another accredited grad school and transferring in; no rescheduling the exam; no taking it concurrently with the next course, no alternative m...