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?
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...
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...
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...
samirish replied to planetoi's topic in Pre-Nursing
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....
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...
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...
samirish replied to zoidberg's topic in Ambulatory
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.
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
samirish replied to sweetpumpernickel's topic in General 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.