iluvnursing625

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1. Nursing School Bloopers

   iluvnursing625 replied to Jabber964's topic in Humor

   The other day at clinicals, all the other students were talking about the "green" women in one of the pt rooms. I was curious to what they were talking about and i asked one of my friends to come in there with me. i peeked around the corner and saw h...

2. Honest question needs honest anwser..

   iluvnursing625 replied to Kandigrl2001's topic in Missouri

   well, penn valley does not drug test...suprise suprise, just as long as you have given yourself atlest 1 month without smoking it, then your urine should be negative for it. as far as a hair test, yeah right. that is way too expensive. one of my inst...

3. I am 51 y/o, is it too late? (need honesty)

   iluvnursing625 replied to wandaeh's topic in Missouri

   coming from a 21 year nursing student, i have to tell you, i feel like the odd ball in the bunch!!! iam the youngest in my class! everyone in class is in there 30's, 40's, 50's, 1 man is even in his 60's!!! its great for me though because i feel like...

4. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   iluvnursing625 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   i was working as a student nurse and this huge lady was just admitted. there was a HORRIBLE stench coming from her room all down the hallway. myself, another student, and my instructor went in to insert her catheter. i was the one that had to hold he...

5. You Might Be A Nursing Student If......

   iluvnursing625 replied to SNBran's topic in Humor

   ohhhh my god!! i graduate in december and thats the best thing iv ever read!!! its so true.. im gonna print that out and give it to everyone in class. i know they will get a kick outta it! thanks!

6. Nurse and Police Officer

   iluvnursing625 posted a topic in Travel

   i was wondering if their are any nurses who have a police officer for a husband and if when u travel is it easy or difficult for him to find a job?? please reply

7. CMA to LPN??

   iluvnursing625 replied to OLIVIALEN's topic in LPN-RN

   8$ an hour!!!! wow.. see thats whats wrong with the whole medical field! CNA's and CMT's work their butts off... their the ones cleaning up the poop, and throwup, basically doin the dirty work and i know nurses do the same too.. sometimes... but not ...

8. Got a question about Penn Valley????

   iluvnursing625 replied to katie_jean_bean's topic in Missouri

   You can either do weekdays which is what i do and its mon-thurs from 7-4 and then i work on the weekends. then there is a night and evening weekend program but im not sure what the hours are like for the and i think its a 17 month program instead of ...

9. someone... anyone... i need advise!!

   iluvnursing625 replied to iluvnursing625's topic in Missouri

   Iam in the day program so its mon-thurs from 7-4 and i work on the weekends. its a really great program. very tough though, we have lost quite a lot of people. can u tell me more information about Excelsior online?? im not quite sure how these online...

10. RN in the Local News

    iluvnursing625 replied to SueBee RN-BSN's topic in Missouri

    well of course they should. i think that nurse and all nurses should be proud of who they are and how much they help people. without nurses... the doctors are nothing. we deal with the patients on a day to day bases, the doctors just give us the orde...

11. CMA to LPN??

    iluvnursing625 replied to OLIVIALEN's topic in LPN-RN

    hello from Missouri! iam currenty an LPN student due to graduate in Decemeber. you are so right about being CMT. its almost exactly what an LPN does only a few things that you are not able to do. i have not heard of a CMT to LPN Program. if you went ...

12. ASN vs BSN

    iluvnursing625 replied to Tosie's topic in Missouri

    i heard that its about a dollar difference and the inly reason people get their BSN's is either they are wanting their masters or they would like to teach.. if you are just wanting to do patient contact.. i wouldnt suggest a BSN

13. bummed about available lpn positions

    iluvnursing625 replied to jab3da's topic in Missouri

    its true.. u can mostly find LPNs at nursing homes.... what i recently found out though is that if you are an LPNII which is what ill be in Dec, alot of hemotology clinics hire LPNs and are always looking... im with ya on the whole nursing home thing...

14. Any Penn Valley grads and/or students?

    iluvnursing625 replied to Wed72388's topic in Missouri

    Iam currently an LPN student at penn valley. i dont think i could have waited that long! i got in really fast into the program. after i graduate in the Dec i will bridge over and get my RN. Penn valley is a great school so dont worry about it. everwh...

15. someone... anyone... i need advise!!

    iluvnursing625 posted a topic in Missouri

    Iam currently in the LPN program at Penn Valley. i seriously applied last October and got in that Jan, so the wait was almost non existant! now, i want to go on and get my RN but i have heard that the RN program is a loooong wait. i dont want my prer...