Shuggahs

Shuggahs

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  1. 22nd Edition CPNE

    I have 7 more classes left. What are PCS packets, what labs, I guess I haven't made it to that yet, and where do I find this stuff on the website? Thanks in advance.
  2. Excelsior student in VA

    What restriction? I called the VA BON last year and there were no issues. What changed?
  3. I love this post. Now I have to figure out how to save it🤔
  4. So I am almost done with A&P1. Next is 2 then 4 more pre reqs. Question: what should I expect and how should I prepare as much as possible for the cpne? My hospital is having a shortage of RNs so they have an externship where you can be hired for...
  5. Preparing for the cpne via Excelsior ADN Program

    @emtpbill thank you for the break down. I'm gonna take my time and master the info I need to learn. I want to get into the CCU. In a few years I want to travel. I have office experience, ltc, and hh. I need that hospital experience to be around less...
  6. Excelsior Pass Rates!!!

    I was saying the same thing!
  7. home based work

    I have had no problems with Maxim. I tested them when the snow fell and called 24hrs before my shift....ahhh, yeah....I'm not coming and they had no problem. My kind of employer. (flexible)
  8. Women's Prison

    So I had my first taste of correctional nursing the other day. That pat down was tough. I felt like play dough in a toy store. The women were on lock down so I never saw them during the finger printing. Monday, I orientate the men's prison- what shou...
  9. home based work

    If you are looking for one on one patient care in the home, Maxim Health Care is nationwide and Hires Lpns and RNs!
  10. Multiple jobs???

    I'm such a job hopper that I decided to keep my foot wedged in one door, I work 6 days at home health (4 Friday's & q other Saturday). Just got hired at a nursing staffing agency doing corrections in the pharmacy. Looking to do 5 hrs a month or 8...
  11. 2015 Current LPN Pay

    Home Health Agency $17.50 Facility Staffing Agency $25.00 Nursing home always pays more. The 6 year plan is to get the RN, experience, then travel when the nest is empty! Virginia
  12. How to eat on night shift

    Plan a dinner menu for the week and cook before work. Take snacks and your good!
  13. Hate Home health job

    I work home health. I prefer it over the nursing home. I get paid weekly and can pick and choose if I feel like working.
  14. Nurses: What Helps You The Most?

    Just had one Saturday night. He stayed by my side until it was time to do rounds. Answered all my questions and helped when I asked. I think I love how he did his job then came back to the nursing station where I could always find him. We worked on t...
  15. Nursing students sue Excelsior College

    @BSNbeDONE would you be more specific on how you mapped out your plan? I signed up for the self study, got the book and syllabus and in still on ch 2 because I need to sit in the class room. I want to do what you did, take pre reqs at the CC and clas...
  16. Prerequisites finally completed

    I'm encouraged as I start over from scratch with a year of pre reqs under my belt from a school where they won't transfer from. It's all good, I'm getting that freakin R sooner than later!
  17. This was good info to me. Tuesday I go do security clearance for my first prison. All women! All I care is that everybody is locked up! I almost took a job at the local jail. The men were behind bars but the women could be out. Umm, no ma'am!!! I don...
  18. Heavy-handed management at CDCR

    Are you working at a jail or penitentiary?
  19. Procrastinating in distance program

    Thanks guys! It's May and I studied a little but the thing is ....is.... I have no excuse. Im going to pay for the exam, this forces me to prepare for the text or be screwed out of a ton of money. Sucks that's the only way you can take the practice t...
  20. Procrastinating in distance program

    Hi, I need a swift kick in the bunz. I had to drop my traditional RN program because of child care. Now I'm doing excelsiors program and I am slacking on my studies. Meanwhile my original class graduates in 5 months😪 I'm hurt.
  21. Need tips on how to give good end of shift report

    When I receive repot, I want to know when this person came, why, what have you do e, how the person is doing, any falls or pain, where's the family, any extra precautions like combative, heavy, wonders, anything that paints a picture of the pt.
  22. Cedars-Sinai New Grad Residency - March 2015

    CS, how great. I use to work there and had my daughter there. It was magnificent. Good luck!
  23. New Grad Nurse -LTC Blues

    You couldn't pay me to go back to long term care. What I didn't like was having so many pt & not enough cna's. I can't posses meds, help them, new admit, some one fell, she's combative, family on the phone & so on. It's not safe & not fai...
  24. stay per diem?

    Stay flexible! My 10 yr old is scheduled to be out at least 30 days give or take with Hollidays, 2 hr early dismissals, teacher work days, snow days. They barely at school so stay flexible!
  25. I PASSED MY CPNE

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