inky-york

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1. First LPN Job, 5 day orientation, 1:40+ patients...advice?

   inky-york replied to inky-york's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Thanks everyone. So far my role as treatment nurse for 2-3 floors works out for me. However, I still don't have enough experience as a medpass nurse but I'm getting there...I

2. First LPN Job, 5 day orientation, 1:40+ patients...advice?

   inky-york replied to inky-york's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Thanks guys. Being an LPN, my choices are quite limited since all LTC facilities here have a 1:40 patient ratio. Almost none of the hospitals hire LPNs nowadays so that leaves me to either work at a...

3. First LPN Job, 5 day orientation, 1:40+ patients...advice?

   inky-york posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   It's my first job as a nurse...hurray! But holy crap I did not expect it to be this difficult. I haven't finished my orientation yet but I feel that a week is definitely not enough for any novice...

4. How to order LPN Certificate/License Card?

   inky-york replied to inky-york's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Just contacted BON. Apparently, they entered the wrong address into their system so my license was sent to someone else. BLAH~ Now they want me to either go to my local post-office and look for a...

5. Lets get a current salary thread going for 09/10

   inky-york replied to Finallydidit's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Just graduated this Summer. No hospital-related experience. So far, most of the jobs offers I got pay around $21-27 here in

6. How to order LPN Certificate/License Card?

   inky-york posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   It's been more than a month since I passed my NCLEX-PN. I took it Sept. 6 and I was officially licensed on the 16th. Most of my classmates took theirs a week or two after I did and they all received...

7. NCLEX-PN Harder or easier than you thought?

   inky-york replied to stephc1973's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Definitely harder. You're gonna get questions about drugs and situations you've never even thought of before and you have to think of the rationale for each option. I took my time with each question -...

8. NCLEX-PN Harder or easier than you thought?

   inky-york replied to stephc1973's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I'll let you know in 2 days lol. I'm taking the NCLEX PN. Since you have some more time to study, I'd suggest looking at other resources, if you have not done that yet. ATI might be enough for some...

9. NCLEX-PN - PASSED!

   inky-york replied to scarykarrey's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Congratulations! :nmbrn: I'm taking mine this Tuesday at 8AM. Scared, anxious, but I'm feeling good about the exam. How was the NCLEX-PN compared to say, Saunders or

10. Saunders / ATI and the NCLEX-PN

    inky-york posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi I'm taking the NCLEX-PN on Sept. 6 and like everyone who has ever been in this situation, I am scared and I feel extremely anxious. I graduated with grades around 80s and 90s this past June. I've...