lucyloo1

lucyloo1 has 15 years experience and specializes in Home health, OBGYN, pediatrics.

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1. LPNs and LPN students, be PROUD!

   lucyloo1 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in LPN/LVN

   This is what it boils down to...you're always going to be "encouraged" to get more education and more letters behind your name. It is the world we live in and everything is about competition. To this I say bologna! (Well, Id prob say something less a...

2. LPN to RN Bridge

   lucyloo1 replied to campks's topic in LPN-RN

   Congrats! The best advice I could give would be: if you're not already, learn to be an independent learner! For me, I love online schooling. Im not one who needs lectures or constant direction. I prefer to learn on my own and with little guidance, fi...

3. Buried in paperwork...This is NOT why I became a nurse.

   lucyloo1 replied to wilsonbl5150's topic in LPN/LVN

   Ive been a nurse 15 yrs and charting/paperwork will always be vital. Although annoying and time consuming, its what makes the medical field 'go round'. Now depending on where you work it can be more or less but guarantee it will always be a thorn in ...

4. Will working in a Home Health Agency guarantee you stable P/T or F/T job?

   lucyloo1 replied to bobonurse2012's topic in LPN/LVN

   Home health can be very unpredictable. I worked for an agency, but honestly it wasnt steady. As others have said, it depends on the case load and amount of nurses they have employed. It can be steady if you get a long term case (far and few between)....

5. university of rio grand and accredidation question...HELP!

   lucyloo1 replied to sueture's topic in Ohio

   I ordered two really good books off Amazon...when Im home later I can give you the name author and edition...some are better than others so I reseached what other nurses said were good and thats what I went with. You want to take as many practice que...

6. university of rio grand and accredidation question...HELP!

   lucyloo1 replied to sueture's topic in Ohio

   You only take it once to get in...yes I passed the first time and had a high enough score to be accepted (thankfully). If your score is too low you only have two other shots to pass (thats typical for many nursing programs). Bad thing is if you do fa...

7. university of rio grand and accredidation question...HELP!

   lucyloo1 replied to sueture's topic in Ohio

   Yeah, thats the only downer is its harder to get in and they only take one class a year. But dont get discouraged, I felt the same way last year and I just told myself Im gonna study as much as I can...thats really all you have to do. They accept the...

8. university of rio grand and accredidation question...HELP!

   lucyloo1 replied to sueture's topic in Ohio

   Wow your pretty close to me. We probably have seen each other shopping on Wilmington Pike somewhere:) I went to my doctors office and they did hep B and mmr titres, it showed I was still immune so I didn't have to get any boosters. I called Rio and a...

9. university of rio grand and accredidation question...HELP!

   lucyloo1 replied to sueture's topic in Ohio

   I just finished the eight week A&P course which is NUR13606...some do not need to take that if they have previous credits that are recent. I graduated from LPN school in 1998, and didn't have any recent credits. I'm glad to have taken it though...

10. university of rio grand and accredidation question...HELP!

    lucyloo1 replied to sueture's topic in Ohio

    Hi hippydippy....I would be glad to answer any questions I can for you..fire away. I'll answer what I can, I just finished the first eight weeks of the first semester (before that, the initial 12 week "workshop" that starts in Aug are basically show...

11. Need help. How do I sound the politest way possible?

    lucyloo1 replied to NursingBro's topic in LPN/LVN

    Ive noticed that too. Where are you from? When I was in school ( many yrs ago) it was nothing to have 30-35 residents in LTC and in the hospital we usually had 2 maybe 3 but we were told that would drastically increase once we were actually nurses ou...

12. Need help. How do I sound the politest way possible?

    lucyloo1 replied to NursingBro's topic in LPN/LVN

    Be confident in yourself...whether its 2, 3, or 6 patients things could go relatively smooth or fall apart! Thats the good thing about nurses, they help each other. I would imagine even if they give you a large pt load for being a new grad, dont thin...

13. Frustrations of a new grad

    lucyloo1 replied to pophysis22's topic in LPN/LVN

    Hang in there...it will get better. Unfortunately, in nursing (as in many other professions) proving yourself is focused on. Even though you feel you already proved yourself by graduating and getting your license! Well, that IS an accomplishment, so ...

14. new LPN starts tomorrow!

    lucyloo1 replied to futurelpnjap's topic in LPN/LVN

    Congratulations! I think whatever job you do as a new grad may be scary, overwhelming, and even difficult...but remember, you ARE a nurse now! That license in your corner says you accomplished what many wish for. Stay confident and calm! Letting nerv...

15. For all you LPN/LVN's out there, was it hard to find a job after graduation?

    lucyloo1 replied to I♥Scrubs's topic in LPN/LVN

    I graduated with my LPN 15 years ago and it was not difficult at all then to find a job. I was hired before I even got my results back from boards. Like someone else said, it all depends on where you live and where you want to work. Most doctor offic...