Hello! I have also been a new RN for a short time-- I graduated 5/19 and couldn't wait to get started out of school. Now at times I wish I could go back-- but for the most part love what I do. I have also been faced with the need to change jobs, pus...
Hello! I completed my ADN in May and had been working in a residential treatment program for pregnant and parenting teens since January as an LPN. There were great expectations of my new RN degree: I would be the nursing coordinator (I work with an L...
I work as an RN in a residential treatment program for pregnant and parenting teens with drug/alcohol addiciton issues who are trying to get back on their feet. The pay isn't nearly as good as hospital nursing... but the hours and the co-workers are ...
I am currently in semester 2 of a 3 semester LPN program and am trying to keep working part-time for the adoption agency that I worked for full-time before I started school.... but am feeling really GUILTY about not working in a health care setting.....
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Arrggg! I can't believe that this summer has flown by so quickly-- and now I am getting ready to begin my LPN program in two weeks. I am so scared! What if I fail, what if I forget something important when I am in clinical, what if I say the wrong th...
Hi! I can't tell you about SVC but UVM is very expensive. I took several undergrad courses there, and the tuition for an out-of-state student is VERY high. I have also heard that it can be competitive for out-of-state admissions. I might try our loca...
Hi! I am a native Vermonter about to enter an LPN program... I could tell you that in terms of looking for jobs, each hospital on our area, and especially Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, has a website and on-line job postings. There are als...
No, I am attending VTC in Vermont starting in late August. I would be interested in knowing if Southern Vermont hospitals are doing the same thing-- I can only speak for Northern Vermont (FAHC, etc). Sarah
Although I am just starting my program in August, members of my family who are working in hospitals (RN's included) tell me that the large hospitals in our area have a hiring freeze on LPN's... from what I understand this is something that they do on...
Hello, all... Sounds like VT is more on the expensive end. Cost for three semesters in LPN program at local voc tech school is about $10,000 plus uniforms and around $700 for books. It has a great reputation-- only 28 or so admitted (I think) and wi...
Me too! I am so happy to hear there are others out there like me. I studied art history and religious studies at Smith college... graduated as an "older" student and haven't been able to find a job in anything remotely 'art-y' for over a year. I also...
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Hi, everybody! My name is Sarah. I live in Vermont with my partner and ten y.o. daughter-- I am also starting an LPN program at our local technical college in August. It's so hard right now to figure out all of the details! Work, not work, where to ...
Hello, everyone! I am also starting my LPN program full-time in the fall-- August 22nd to be exact. I am also very nervous about the math-- in our first orientation meeting on 5/25, the director of the program made it very clear that if you are not ...
Hello! I am curious as to what nurses in the field would recommend-- I am looking at either matriculating into an LPN to ADN program or an LPN to BSN program. What would your advice be? Are there differences in pay, advancement, job responsibilities,...