LoveMyBugs BSN, CNA, RN

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    Are online RN-BSN programs part-time?

    LoveMyBugs replied to jaredsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I would go with the BSN route and get it done. I went through a community college, 2 years of pre-reqs then 2 years of the nursing program and now I am doing RN-BSN online which can be part time, but...
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    What is the best unit to work in and why?

    LoveMyBugs replied to wnb4's topic in General Nursing

    personally for me, any unit that will hire me!! I loved the ED as a CNA and miss it terribly and want to return as a RN, but I will take any unit in a hospital setting, SNF is not for
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    Help - First Job as LPN is an agency job!

    LoveMyBugs replied to BrazilianLPN's topic in General Nursing

    My first job was with an agency, doing pediatric home health, the orientation that I got was a whole 2 hours, by a nurse who had not worked with the patient before:eek: because they were a new client,...
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    change over

    LoveMyBugs replied to mozella's topic in General Nursing

    Where I am at, there is a nurse who comes in on night shift and goes through all 8 books, checking the MAR and TARS, when she is done with the book, any new orders the RN needs to write in both books...
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    just want to ask..

    LoveMyBugs replied to malicexmirage's topic in General Nursing

    I guess it really depends on the area. I am in the Pacific Northwest For me it did not help to get the job, but it has helped on the job. Where I worked as a CNA in the hospital they decided last year...
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    How to avoid daycare fees working 12hr shifts.

    LoveMyBugs replied to Shondacat517's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked at the cost of a nanny? A friend of mine at work looked into the cost of daycare vs nanny and the cost of her and her husband working seperate shifts and the nanny end up being the...
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    Who has applied multiple years w/o getting in?

    LoveMyBugs replied to kamaboko's topic in Oregon Nursing

    It took me 3 years of applying to get accepted. The first year I applied to CCC, Mt Hood and Linfield, I couldn't apply to PCC yet because I had not completed A&P before the deadline for the...
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    Western Governor's University

    LoveMyBugs replied to Faeriewand's topic in Western Governors University

    I started the RN-BSN program in November, and it is very doable, I have completed 9 credits so far this term, and am half way done with my last class for the term, to finish my 12 credits, leaving me...
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    Panicking about not being able to find a job!!

    LoveMyBugs replied to marmbrusterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Start looking anywhere and everywhere. graduated last June, and in August got a job doing flu shot clinics, that lasted for about 3 months, I was still activily looking. In October I got a job doing...
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    "1-2 yrs acute nrs experience preferred.." what does this mean?

    LoveMyBugs replied to im_melba's topic in General Nursing

    To me preferred mean not required and I keep applying and find ways to make my resume more appealing. Heck even when it says required I apply, it is those darn pre-quailifying questions screen you
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    Am I expecting to much from my nurse??

    LoveMyBugs replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above post, that it is everyones job to answers the call lights, but if you have 12 patients how many do the nurses have? I work in a SNF and the aides have 9-12 residents with a lot...
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    I need help.....plssssss.

    LoveMyBugs replied to Tatycare's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know either, I got ACLS and PALS because I really want to work in the ED and I have been applying to internships, but never get any interviews, where I work now I don't need them I think...
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    Took 1 year off after child diagnosed with special needs... Want a RN Job?

    LoveMyBugs replied to runningsmilern's topic in General Nursing

    Have you started looking into SNFs? I am from Oregon, but the only place to offer me a job was in Vancouver WA, and that was a SNF. I went basically door to door from SNF to LTC facilittes filling out...
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    RN to BSN Online...Need advice

    LoveMyBugs replied to AshleyElizabethRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yes, you work at your own pace so if you wanted to cram all 23 credits in within 6 months and finish in one term you could and then it would only cost you 3k. You just have to finish 12 credits in 6...
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    RN to BSN Online...Need advice

    LoveMyBugs replied to AshleyElizabethRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am doing a RN-BSN program competely online, through Western Governors University. It is $3,000 a term for each term is 6 months and I will be done in 2 terms. I am in my third class right now,...
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    Home health RN job possible w/ only NICU & psych exp?

    LoveMyBugs replied to babblingbrook's topic in Home Health

    you could look for pediatric home health, I was able to get a job doing that as a new
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    Confused new RN!

    LoveMyBugs replied to ashalina213's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I feel your pain. I graduated in June, and have been searching ever since. I did flu shot clinics in September, then in October I started doing pediatric home health, however the company I signed...
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    What is the job market like in OR?

    LoveMyBugs replied to marie010's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Nope! People are desperate to get into NS, just go look at the NS in Oregon Forum, the CC I graduated from enrolls 100 students in a cohort, I doubt that they plan on slowing down, however someone...
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    acls classes easier then pals?

    LoveMyBugs replied to aeronursenj's topic in General Nursing

    I think that they were both equally they same, I learned a lot from both, I think I learned more from the PALS instructors as they had a lot of expereince and where I went for my PALS class it was run...
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    What is the job market like in OR?

    LoveMyBugs replied to marie010's topic in Oregon Nursing

    B4RN that is great that you have gotten interviews!.... but as you stated in another thread you have 22 years experience behind you. 20 as an LPN and 2 as an RN, you have the training that employers...
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    What would you do?

    LoveMyBugs replied to new_worker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wouldn't do it, for a 1 day orientation and on call. I am a new grad too and I have looked at hospitals 2 hours away, I would make the commute for a string of 12 hour shifts and stay in a cheap...
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    Question re: ED and mental health

    LoveMyBugs replied to Love911Nursing's topic in Emergency

    My county also has this program it is run through the county DA's office, we had 2 weeks of training then you are oncall 2 shifts a
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    LPN then ABSN

    LoveMyBugs replied to nursinghopeful1111's topic in General Nursing

    so either way you would hopefully be starting the BSN program in 2013? Is this the only program you can apply to, and what are your chances of getting in? When I applied to nursing schools it was...
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    LTC is Crazy.

    LoveMyBugs replied to RN0310's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Mudder, please send one to me too, I am starting my orientation in a 100 bed SNF on Tuesday. I shadowed a nurse for part of the shift on Friday and left feeling very
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    ADN or BSN. Which should i choose? HELP

    LoveMyBugs replied to marcopolo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Apply to all the programs and wait and see which one you get accepted into, if you get into more than one look at the finiancial aid options and scholarships, and look at which program offers you more...