boneknuckleskin

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1. Don’t want to work during Covid-19

   boneknuckleskin posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

   I work in an ER in a city with community spread. I am very high-risk for this illness and it’s complications and care for my 80 year old grandmother who is extremely high-risk. I have been out with...

2. PPE at COVID-19 drive thru clinic question

   boneknuckleskin posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

   I met criteria and was tested. My question is the nursing staff didn’t use regular disposable gloves. They had on those snug fitting surgical gloves that go nearly half way up your forearm and just...

3. Texas

   boneknuckleskin replied to boneknuckleskin's topic in Excelsior College

   Maybe you could get onbord with Excelsior with some friends and launch a new CPNE site for all of

4. Texas

   boneknuckleskin replied to boneknuckleskin's topic in Excelsior College

   Has anybody heard any explanations why exactly Excelsior is losing clinical sites and the backlog is growing? Currently residing in Lubbock, TX - former CPNE clinical site. Have asked around, not...

5. Texas

   boneknuckleskin replied to boneknuckleskin's topic in Excelsior College

   In case anybody is browsing this forum and wanted a link to some more information regarding the reasoning behind all this, here is a link:...

6. Accused of med diversion, no proof

   boneknuckleskin replied to sonotguilty's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Let's not be coy: Patients were complaining, people were talking, pills were missing, and you shaved your head and turned your resignation because you could feel the heat. But now you're busted. And...

7. Texas

   boneknuckleskin replied to boneknuckleskin's topic in Excelsior College

   As long as I verify that I can get a license in some state and then gain reciprocity through Texas after working as an RN elsewhere I'm going to go ahead and move forward with the Excelsior program. I...

8. Texas

   boneknuckleskin posted a topic in Excelsior College

   Anyone else enrolled or thinking about enrolling and planning to obtain licensure in Texas? I applied today and received a call from the admissions office who advised me to contact the BON and to...

9. SG 101 What is this all about?

   boneknuckleskin replied to SuperAnnurse's topic in Excelsior College

   I'm confused about what this one-credit hour information literacy course is all about? I'm a senior majoring in Geophysics from a major university, so I really can't see what I have to gain from this...

10. The Excelsior College Distance Learning ADN Program: Facts, Answers, and Links

    boneknuckleskin replied to Lunah's topic in Excelsior College

    Great information, thank you. So, I have a question. Some states don't accept Excelsior, got it. So let's say I get a nursing license in a state which does accept Excelsior grads and then I get a job...

11. Excelsior College now requiring the TEAS for ADN program, suspends application acceptances

    boneknuckleskin replied to Lunah's topic in Excelsior College

    Concerning the gentleman above describing the potential year-and-a-half wait time for the CPNE... what the heck is up what that!? The administration should be doing WHATEVER it takes to contract new...

12. Excelsior College now requiring the TEAS for ADN program, suspends application acceptances

    boneknuckleskin replied to Lunah's topic in Excelsior College

    Just took the TEAS this morning. Easy test. Scored in the 97th percentile with only about 8 hours of a study/prep time. However, I do have 4 years of of full-time coursework from The University of...