allmynez

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  1. Med-surg vs. LTC (new LPN needs advice!)

    I can see your dilemma I onced faced the same problem and chose med-surg suprisingly enough it wasn't that much different less patients yes but could be double the work sometimes. When I worked in the nursing home you do learn alot you would be surpr...
  2. are "fake nails" okay for nurses?

    I guess you don't get your hair done, or buy clothes that u like. Why end it there, why buy clothes at all, my whole life revolves around being a nurse. I couldn't possibly want to spend some money on myself because I work hard for it. It's just o...
  3. Pay Scale

    I'm not from texas, but how could going to school to better yourself be a mistake. I have heard many other people in the healthcare industry have the same question. I 'll tell u what I tell them, u have a job that paid u a lot of money. Yes as a card...
  4. Pay Scale

    I am currently an LPN in new york and was possibly thinking about relocating to alabama with family. I was doing some research and the pay seems like such a drastic cut would it be worth it. How is the cost of living out there? Rn's out here make be...
  5. Concern about cheap LPN school

    the price of the program does not matter , employers don't care what school you go to. As long as you pass your boards and get your license a lpn is an lpn. And mostly likely the people teaching the program RN's will work in nearby facilities or wi...
  6. Overtime money

    Of course it is possible, it is just up to u if u want to deal with it. I'll give you an example. I worked at a very prestigous LTC facility. The nursing aides here make about maybe 16-18/hr, Lpn 22-25/hr, RN 28-32/hr. It is a big competition in thi...
  7. Private Nursing School

    National instiute of technology , u probably won't find it through a search engine because it is a businees type school that added on a satellite program for nursing. So u would have to call. but try www.nit-usa.com , there phone number is 646-366-85...
  8. Nurse's Assistant vs. Nurse Technician

    Honestly to tell u the truth if your looking for a quick fix. Neither is really better they are basically the same except the nurse tech can do ekgs, pheblotomy, etc as well as adl's. Nurse's aide basically just assist with adl's. Depending on what p...
  9. Private Nursing School

    There is a private school in manhattan called N.I.T. newly founded bit expensive though. It is associated with the cochran school of nursing can get aas or bsn.
  10. Why aren't we unionized?

    I am an lpn. I have worked in facilities that were union and not union. What is the purpose of the union? Because when I worked in places where a union was in place they always got paid less then places w/o and on top of it they pay union dues and th...
  11. Working in LTC how to cope

    I am an LPN go back into LTC after 2 years I left previously due to the inadequate staff at the facility, stress and my age. I was at but where I live these places offer the best pay a lot of them pay for school etc. I was 20 y/o old then and felt pe...
  12. Massage therapy looks like it was a good career move for many. My dilemma is I am an 22y/o LPN I also to would like to get into massage therapy. I would like to go back to school but I was n't exactly sure what to do. I know I did not what to be work...
  13. Nurse Massage Therapy

    Well, to me you sound like a very educated person and massage therapy looks like it was a good career move for you. My dilemma is I am an 22y/o LPN I also to would like to get into massage therapy. I would like to go back to school but I was n't exa...