crispycritter

Hello, Sorry for the delay in response, been busy passing nursing school..LOL!! I was an AP student, so never did block 2 as traditional student, I have friends in block 2 right now and they are doing well. I have enjoyed my time at Estrella and also did my LPN there. I liked the instructors, but you get what you put into it!! Good Luck with whatever you decide!! I just passed Final with a 94%, so I am pretty happy. Preceptor, Graduation and then NCLEX!!

Also no matter where you go it is what you are willing to put into it, it hasn't been easy, but worth it. Good luck

Yes I will be finished with capstone and all done may 14, so almost there. Yes I would recommend estrella for nursing school. They have worked with me on a few issues, have good instructors. I know a lot of the CEP students and they like it also, there will be good and bad o matter where you go and depending on who you talk to. I also went there for LPN, so I knew what it would be like in advance. Hope this helps some.

Going good, finished OB and PEDs,just started Medsurg. Passing so far, and clinicals have been good so far also. Any word on your start date?

BTW, clinicals for this block 3 are on Sunday, saturday and Friday (at least for my group), Thank goodness not back to back at this point,so should have time to do a good care plan and paperwork, I am sure it will vary,depending on the block and difficulty getting clinical sites scheduled. 2 clinicals are downtown PHX, one site is more central west phx, so again not too bad, these clinicals are scheduled for 630-1830 I believe.

2 years, wow I got so lucky, did the lpn with no waitlist, worked for a couple years while finishing prereqs, applied for block 3 and got accepted within 2 weeks. Nursing school to this point has been challenging, I enjoy medical and have a background in it, so I found the prereqs harder than LPN school. However, I have no kids and do not have to work during school, so I am spoiled and have time for the studying. The schedule for block 3 is pretty scattered, one week I go 3 days for 3-4 hours, some weeks I go 4-5 days with 2 clinicals in same week as well as 2 classes and a hands on lab. So schedule is screwy, lots of info thrown at you all at once, but still had classmates that had kids,worked full time and passed LPN,so it is doable. Sounds like you have a positive attitude and approach, so study and you should do fine Good luck to you, I njoyed EMCC especially being a smaller school with the nursing classes and lab being confined to one area, no major rush between classes and few hassle.

Will be starting at EMCC on the 25th block 3. Was a choice between GCC and EMCC, I chose EMCC, because I went to LPN there. How long is their waiting list to start?

Found out how,on my own with a little more digging. Thanks

Ok new, beautiful day, not as much coffee today! I do see how original post was confusing, man on ground was not patient of said property, but a maintenance man, no code status and had not been down long enough to be deemed "dead", by anyone. The whole point I was trying to make (appearantly not so well), is as a whole as people, we should all help each other as much as possible and not worry so much about consequences/especially as medical professionals. Yes new to nursing, have had difficulty transitioning from military medic to civilian nurse for sure! However, am crusty just not a bat yet! PS would love to change screen name to something more fitting, have looked thru search and dashboard, to try and figure out how, anyone able to point me in that direction? Thanks

Anyway, I totally concede the point, I apologize to anyone and everyone if my posts seemed angered or over wrought, was not my intention. I love all my fellow nurses, but am somewhat passionate about helping people that are in need,especially in pre hospital setting, sure didn't mean to turn it into this. So take care and probably last post on AN!

It does state in that one sentence that it is within the scope of RN,RPN and LPN to pronounce if set by guideline of policy, (which would basically be the same as standing orders, which would be set forth by MD and facility policy), but also states that even an RPN cannot pronounce in an unexpected death, since an LPN is working under an RN or even RPN how does this clear your point. As stated in original post the situation was unexpected death of non patient, which was pronounced by an LPN! Expected death and DNRs are completely different, than a non patient un expected death. Don't ya think?

http://www.nurses.ab.ca/content/dam/carna/pdfs/DocumentList/Guidelines/PronounceDeath_Sept2011.pdf Fiona59 is this the link you wanted?

Depending on state, as long as the provider is not getting compensation for care of that person they should be covered under good samaritan law, again depending on state. Then we are still only talking about bls care, not open chest heart massage, etc..

So when you do a pronouncement assesment you go ahead and call the funeral home and family on your own with no call or advisement from an RN or MD without any further verification?