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  1. Illinois to join compact?

    I know this is an older thread but I was wondering if anyone has heard of any updated info regarding if and when IL will become part of the compact states?
  2. I was wondering, the backround check that the BON uses to determine if they will let you sit for the NCLEX, is it a fingerprint backround check or the non-fingerprint variety? Id like to order a backround check of myself to see whats on their and the...
  3. Restricted license LPN vs. RN

    Hi Guys, Im hoping you all can give me some insight and advice. I will be starting nursing school soon and Im pretty sure I will start out with some kind of restricted and/or probationary license for a past addiction problem and a criminal convicti...
  4. Help new to Stipulated Agreement stuff hoping for some info

    Hi guys, I was just wondering how the job search is going? Have you had trouble finding a job with a restricted or probationary license?
  5. What is this question asking?

    On the application for licensure in IL the question asks "Have you had or do you now have any disease or condition that interferes with your ability to perform the essential functions of your profession, including any disease or condition generally r...
  6. BON asking for certified court documents

    So what ended up happening? Any updates?
  7. Your mother sounds just like my father. When I graduated high school, I announced I wanted to go to nursing school. He actually forbid me to go. He said no daughter of his was going to empty bedpans for a living! So I never went to nursing shcool....
  8. LPN vs RN home health nurse

    My goal is to be a home health nurse. Im not interested in ever working in a hospital. In my area of the country, the RN home health nurses only make $3 more an hour than the LPN home health nurses (to start that is). Anyhow, the RN extra $3 an hou...
  9. Nurse Practitioner and Holistic Nurse in CAM?

    I believe here where I am located that you would need a separate license for acupuncture and a separate license for massage (your nursing license would not cover those two professions). Also, Illinois just passed a law that limits the people that ca...
  10. No more outpatient RN's?

    At out local family practice, all the clinic personal are MA's, they do the patient education and pretty much run the office and are very much relied on by the doctors and patients. This is in Illinois btw.
  11. Does anyone know of an LPN program that cost 15k or under and takes federal financial aid? I do know of cmk healthcare that has a lpn program that cost 15k but they dont take financial aid. Are there any others in the chicagoland area that Im not a...
  12. Online speech class required?

    I was curious about the Excelsior LPN to RN program. Does it require a Speech class and if so, how does that work? Is the speech class online? Ive looked into other lpn to rn programs (at junior colleges) but they all require a speech class that ...
  13. CMK Healthcare LPN program

    I've read that CMK healthcare in Glendale Heights is offering their LPN program for 15k. From what I understand, they also have payment plan where you can give a down payment and pay the rest in montly payments. I think it comes out to $1200.00/mont...
  14. not what i thought it would be like

    At some point, you have to ask yourself what kind of nurse do you want to be? Its gut check time. They are obviously not doing the care they are being paid to do at the expense of the residents. If someone does drugs or robs a store or harms an an...
  15. Need help..don't know if i should continue nursing

    I honestly dont think nursing is for you. I think you would be much happier in more of a lab type environment. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.