nurse_kirsten

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1. Nurses see us coming for clinical and RUN away from us. Irritating!

   nurse_kirsten replied to thawk28's topic in General Students

   I've had different experiences throughout all my clinicals! My program seems to be set up very similar to the netherlands program, though. Throughout the school year, we have one theory term (4 months) that we spend at school doing papers, labs, exa...

2. LPN vs. RN

   nurse_kirsten replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

   I'm from Canada, not the US. I'm not sure why they do this. There are a few distance programs that allow you to apply some of your courses, but they are still about 3 years long. I'm also not sure about the rules in the states, but to become an RN h...

3. LPN vs. RN

   nurse_kirsten replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

   added quote (still learning these forums)

4. LPN vs. RN

   nurse_kirsten replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

   I'm from Alberta, and while the LPNs and RNs do have different scopes, I find they are still quite similar. I have been on many clinical placements where we were buddied with LPNs even though I'm an RN student. Here they are allowed to do complete a...

5. I need a reality check

   nurse_kirsten replied to fireangel132k's topic in General Students

   I actually have the same goal - and I'm the same age as you with 2 kids. I'm just finishing the 1st half of my 3rd year, and while it's been really really stressful, and it sucks not being able to spend time with my husband and kids, we all band toge...