TopazLPN LPN

TopazLPN is a LPN and specializes in LTC.

Latest Activity

1. New Grad Relocating!!

   TopazLPN posted a topic in New York

   I have the dream - living in NYC - but I'm still not sure how to make it a reality. I'm a new grad nurse, just finished with my associates!! :) I worked as an LPN for a year during my last year of nursing school, but have no hospital experience. I r...

2. Moving to San Francisco

   TopazLPN posted a topic in California

   - I'm a nursing student currently enrolled in an ADN program that I expect to graduate from in December. I have no job experience. Once I have my license, I'm considering moving out of state to San Francisco. I know there will be a lot of paper wor...

3. Are you relocating after you graduate??

   TopazLPN posted a topic in New Nurse

   I'm considering relocating out of state after I graduate from my ADN program and pass NCLEX. I've lived in the same place my whole life and I'm feeling restless. I really want to be in a big city like San Francisco, New York, Chicago, or Boston. I've...

4. What's it like being a Navy Nurse?

   TopazLPN posted a topic in Government

   What's it like being a Navy Nurse? How much control do you have over your work schedule? How many shifts a week/month do you work? 12 hour shifts only? Do you alternate between night and day shifts? Is your pay hourly or salary? Do you have to work o...

5. What makes more sense??

   TopazLPN replied to sassiebaz's topic in Arizona

   You won't have to wait to get into Block 3. I am an LPN continuing to RN - once I finished my pre-reqs, I was accepted immediately into my 1st choice college. I will be in Block 4 in the fall and I have worked as an LPN up until this point.. which ha...

6. I expected to love it... :(

   TopazLPN replied to nadjjaa's topic in New Nurse

   Grrr....!! I've heard so many people say the same thing! As a new nurse myself, I went thru a tough reality check. Yes, there is an element in nursing where you are providing care and helping people get better... but then you also have to realize it ...

7. Arizona NS Wait Time

   TopazLPN replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in Arizona

   Waiting time to get into an RN program can be long.. but, I got in right away.. applied to PC in December, started in January. How did I do this? I went and got my LPN 1st... thru an LPN program with no pre-reqs... but worked on my pre-reqs for the R...

8. Ortho vs Med/Surg

   TopazLPN posted a topic in Orthopaedic

   I have been told all through nursing school that I should start off in a med/surg unit so that I can get a lot of experience in my first year as a nurse. However, I recently accepted an internship on an ortho unit... with the expectation that I will...

9. Should I work for an agency??

   TopazLPN posted a topic in Agency

   I am an LPN in LTC with 8 months experience. I am seriously considering quitting my job - my first job as a nurse - and going to work for an agency. I am frustrated with work, but I would stay if there wasn't so much politics going on among the staff...

10. What do you think of agency LPNs?

    TopazLPN posted a topic in LPN/LVN

    I am an LPN in LTC with 8 months experience. I am seriously considering quitting my job - my first job as a nurse - and going to work for an agency. I am frustrated with work, but I would stay if there wasn't so much politics going on among the staff...

11. When NOC calls off...

    TopazLPN posted a topic in New Nurse

    Working evening shift is great for me - I don't like early mornings as much as late nights - but when I worked last night the night nurse called off. I thought to myself, okay.. this happens... and got on the phone calling other staff to see if anyon...

12. Stabbed in the Back for the First Time..

    TopazLPN replied to TopazLPN's topic in New Nurse

    Thank you everyone for your valuable responses - all of you are right. Thinking about it now, I can't believe that I didn't do the documentation myself instead of turning it over to her. That was really dumb. Her dishonesty gets worse though. When I...

13. Stabbed in the Back for the First Time..

    TopazLPN posted a topic in New Nurse

    Nursing has a strange professional culture. We have to work together to get the job done, but ultimately I feel very alone. No one wants to be responsible when something goes wrong and people are quick to point the finger at some one else. The most e...

14. The Hardest Job I've Ever Had

    TopazLPN posted a topic in New Nurse

    I am a new nurse. I've been working in a LTC/SNF for 6 months, part-time on the weekends while I take classes towards my RN during the week. I thought working as an LPN would be a great way to break into health care because I've never worked in any n...