CKPM2RN

CKPM2RN ASN, EMT-P

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  1. Hurst Review and Uworld

    CKPM2RN replied to kkgRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks for the encouragement and tips. I test NCLEX in 3 weeks and have been using ATI review (paid for as part of my degree), and UWorld and NRSNG.com for Q-banks. I do like the Rationales of UWorld...

  2. How do you saline-lock? / What is saline-locking?

    CKPM2RN replied to 757RN's topic in Patient Medications

    And the nursing boards are suspect of Excelsior's students! I have a friend who sent his daughter to a private college BSN program. She graduated, with honors. Couldn't start and IV, didn't know

  3. 10 year old died after I performed CPR

    CKPM2RN replied to MjHudd's topic in General Nursing

    You did do everything right, and it sounds like no one could have saved this boy. Because I work in the field I do go to things like this and I have learned to deal with them well, people who work in...

  4. Excelsior College CPNE

    CKPM2RN replied to CaraLPN2RN's topic in Excelsior College

    The study guide will be overwhelming at first, just know how to break it down. Mainly you will take the section covering areas of care and learning these inside out. Know your areas of care and your...

  5. NCLEX in 3 days

    CKPM2RN replied to SavvyNurse91's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Go kick its

  6. Out of school for 18 months. Passed NCLEX on first try with 265 questions.

    CKPM2RN replied to kentot's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't just LIKE this post, I LOVE

  7. Help with Cpne

    CKPM2RN replied to kaylynn1987's topic in Excelsior College

    I swear by Christy's Clinical Boot Camp which is in Miami. 3 days of demo with plenty of hands

  8. Excelsior CPNE

    CKPM2RN replied to kotalewis1223's topic in Excelsior College

    Sorry for taking so long to answer. I completed my paperwork and was put on "the list" July of 2015, my test was May 20, 2016. I did call for cancellations a few times but never put much heart into...

  9. Excelsior CPNE

    CKPM2RN replied to kotalewis1223's topic in Excelsior College

    I forgot to put "applicants" in and I had meant to. Thanks for pointing it

  10. BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    CKPM2RN replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    The shortage myth was used at a hospital I worked for. First they did a "voluntary layoff" of a lot of the more senior staff. Then, three months later the hospital declared a nursing shortage...

  11. Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    CKPM2RN replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    An A-hole is an A-hole no matter what the profession. I can only imagine what he says about the

  12. Paramedic to RN exam options only in GA

    CKPM2RN replied to Girevoymedic's topic in Excelsior College

    It is possible! As for the 200 hours of preceptorship, I wish! I will have to work 1000 hours either federally or in an adjacent state to earn reciprocity in Washington state. But what the heck, just...

  13. Excelsior CPNE

    CKPM2RN replied to kotalewis1223's topic in Excelsior College

    Yes it does now. Here is the new policy: Effective March 30, 2016, applicants to the associate degree programs in nursing will need to meet each of the criteria below in order to be eligible for...

  14. Do you HAVE to have your BSN?

    CKPM2RN replied to banfftank8's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You just nailed

  15. Excelsior CPNE

    CKPM2RN replied to kotalewis1223's topic in Excelsior College

    I just passed CPNE last weekend. It was hellishly stressful, but with exhaustive prep, you can do it. I used Christy's Clinical Boot Camp and Care Plan classes and for me it made the CPNE make sense....

  16. Client vs Patient

    CKPM2RN replied to srercg's topic in General Nursing

    Worse, we are supposed to call them "customers".

  17. EC to UTA?

    CKPM2RN replied to ypoe's topic in Excelsior College

    Interesting. I too am considering pursuing my BSN once I complete the ADN with EC. I was thinking of going to WGU Washington as some of my EC grad friends have, but I will consider EC for the BSN as...

  18. Tina Logan's workshop is closed?

    CKPM2RN replied to ineverseeu's topic in Excelsior College

    I am CPNE eligible and have already take Christy's workshop (so helpful!) and now I am going to do Tina's online workshop. I don't blame her for not doing a live workshop after the birth of one baby,...

  19. I couldn't do it, but that doesn't mean you can't!

    CKPM2RN replied to vamedic4's topic in Excelsior College

    Such familiiar stories here! I am preparing for my CPNE (date TBD) and I was lucky enough to be a good self-guided studier. VeggieLPN says it best: Dive right in to the practice exam to know where you...

  20. Associates or Bachelors??

    CKPM2RN replied to Xar25's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Magnet hospitals like to advertise their ADN to BSN ratio and the general public has no idea what that even means. They public doesn't know that the nursing care portion of the degrees are the same,...

  21. Excelsior University - Considering it, is it worth it?

    CKPM2RN replied to braveone772's topic in Excelsior College

    I have heard some of the same stories, but I have also heard that as long as you know the EC way, you are golden. I have been warned not to go to Atlanta as a paramedic to RN candidate by a friend who...

  22. The HARD Truth for most nurses

    CKPM2RN replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You chose the wrong career! What did you think nurses do? Patient care is the number one job of nurses and I'm sorry that you found out the hard way that sick people tend to do icky things. It is...

  23. CPNE workshop ( which is the best one to attend)

    CKPM2RN replied to graduate2014's topic in Excelsior College

    A big congratulations to

  24. What's next when you receive rejection letters

    CKPM2RN replied to tabitaf's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't be afraid of the ADN to BSN path! I'm currently pursuing my ADN while working full-time and it isn't easy, but in the end I will be a nurse which is what I really want. I plan to then follow the...

  25. When we become the patient

    CKPM2RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Good