bjz823

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1. Recent New Grads: Job Search Poll

   bjz823 replied to muesli's topic in New Nurse

   I can not find anyone that is hiring. I have applied all over. Some seem interested but say there is no openings and they do not want to hire a new nurse per diem. I might sell the fact that I have been a CNA for many years in all sorts of setting...

2. First year coming to an end and boy do I have a few opinions!!

   bjz823 replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in New Nurse

   Well said. I have been a CNA for 20 years in LTC, med surg, ortho, home health and assisted living. I am a new LPN and I am still waiting to be hired. I have to diga little deeper to find something I guess. Thanks for that post. I appreciate tha...

3. New nurse working alone, Good idea?

   bjz823 replied to bjz823's topic in New Nurse

   It is a skilled unit. I had a couple days on the floor passing meds and giving injections, changing colostomys etc. I am pretty confident and think I handle myself well but there are things that we have not done much of in school. Or we have only d...

4. New nurse working alone, Good idea?

   bjz823 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I just got my licence. I have been a CNA for many years and the facility I have been working wants to train me for per diem LPN since there are no openings at this time. There are only about 24 pts. total so I would be the only nurse on duty at the...

5. Question about doctors excuse for missed work

   bjz823 posted a topic in COVID

   For the past week I felt like I was getting a cold. I have a sore throat and pressure in my ears, nasal congestion and today I started with a cough and a low grade fever. I felt tired so I called off for work. My work asked that I go to the doctor be...

6. "New Grad" or "Experienced"

   bjz823 replied to abigrace's topic in General Nursing

   Good point

7. You can pass NCLEX with 77 questions

   bjz823 replied to aspiring_midwife_wi's topic in New Nurse

   Well you can pass or fail with 75 just as you can 265. The number of questions really is not an indication except for the fact if your test ends at 75 either you passed easily or really bombed.

8. New LPN- Tips needed to give safe competent care

   bjz823 replied to bjz823's topic in New Nurse

   As an LPN I am sure it will be long term care to start. The hospitals here do not employ LPNs. There are some working but they are experienced. They are going with only RNs. I want to work LTC until I get experience then do something different li...

9. New LPN- Tips needed to give safe competent care

   bjz823 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am newly licensed. I was a good student making 86-90 on most exams and testing in the 96% percentile on the NLN exam at the end of school. Right now I know I need to know meds better and refresh my memory because I have not passed meds since Dece...

10. First medication error & on new graduate orientation :(

    bjz823 replied to gardenia09's topic in New Nurse

    thank you so much for sharing that. i check myself so much while doing my med pass. i am calming down. i do better when others are not around me but i like to check several times. i am determined not to make mistakes. i did forget to give something a...

11. Trouble getting on night shift?

    bjz823 replied to MB37's topic in New Nurse

    I just got my LPN and I am hoping to get hired for nights. Not eves. Second choice is days. I really love nights. I have worked that shift for 20 years. I am praying for something to come up because 10.00 as a CNA I am really not doing great financia...

12. Interview............ **groans**

    bjz823 replied to carbaminohemoglobin's topic in New Nurse

    Well that answer sounds pretty good to me considering the fact that some of the nurses that I have worked with were so uncommunicative. It is horrible when you are a CNA caring for patients and you can not get information out of a nurse or a nasty a...

13. Mistake... Need advice!

    bjz823 replied to Mountain Nurse's topic in New Nurse

    I appreciate you sharing your experience. I think I would have tried to get it done also. I am just starting as an LPN. I have anxiety about getting my meds right. I think I am good but I am slow because I am checking and rechecking when I do my me...

14. Anxiety about first day of work as an LPN (In a week!!)

    bjz823 replied to simpliicomplex's topic in New Nurse

    Hello. I am in the same boat with you. Today is my first day training. I am training with the company that I have been working with as a CNA for two years. As soon as I got my license they asked me to train. They gave me one day and said the DON ...

15. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    bjz823 replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

    Well as far as not being 100% reliable it looks like it is. I have not seen anyone get to go to the payment option and pass. If you mean don't take it as official I agree. You can't even take the Pearsonvue quick results as official, not until you...