LPN2RNdude replied to Heath9672's topic in ADN/BSN
yes, you can live comfortably, the key is to NEvER live outside of your means, point blank. I drive a new car, live in a nice house in a subdivision, buy whatever i want, ect. i work in LTC 3 days a week and make 60,000 a year. state GA.
I was an LPN for years, went to RN school to leave LTC and get into a more critical area. I worked ICU for a few years and decided to return to LTC as an RN 3 years ago. I am SO over the way we are treated by management in LTC, and even by our fe...
LPN2RNdude replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency
:yeah:"I have itchy feet" "my daughter has a little red mark on her arm" "I need to get a pregnancy test, I did 2 at home that were positive" "my son who weighs 220 pounds hasnt been eating too good the last day o...
LPN2RNdude replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency
The hospital doesn't belong to just you, it belongs to the people...the homeless, the poor...the ignorant and the drug abuser and the alcoholic...the repeat offender...whatever. i take it you do not work in an ER. if you did, youd see what we a...
LPN2RNdude replied to airforcewife2000's topic in General Nursing
please dont take that personal. i myself was a medical assistant and got the ol "youre not a nurse?" then when i graduated LPN school it was "youre just an LPN?" now that i am an RN i still get the occasional "oh, youre just a nurse, not ...
LPN2RNdude replied to futurecnm's topic in Emergency
ive worked in a lot of different areas, and ER is like no other. you have to think quick, and always remember the ABCD's..... have to know when a patient is going bad and what to do. ive been in the ER for about 4 months now, and its been qu...
LPN2RNdude replied to TiggerBelly's topic in LPN-RN
i am an RN, and have been working ER for 4 months. we have 4 LPN's that have been in the ER for years,,, but they were grandfathered in...... i have noticed no difference in LPN's v/s RN's job description. the LPNs do everything we do.... but...
hmmmmm..... thats a hard one.... but i think id have to say medicating pediatrics in the ER ( i usually get another nurse to double check the dose with me.... what can i say im paranoid) and i HATE it when patients vomit..... the dry heaves...
LPN2RNdude replied to Nurse4AU's topic in Emergency
i am in the same exact boat. i was an LPN for 7 years, working in internal medicine and then on a LTAC unit. believe it or not,,, youll do FINE. i just finished my first week in the ER. i did very well, so everyone says. i have a great ...
LPN2RNdude replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency
yeah im an RN and start the ER this monday.... im nervous as well..... a lot of my friends work there so they are all up for helping me out... good luck!!!
i was an LPN in RN school working for a local LTC unit connected to the hospital. it paid very well for this area (semi-rural GA) made 16 dollars an hour and was able to work only weekends for a year and a half so i could do the RN school thru...
in my RN program we HAD to make 850 (after 2 trys) or we had to repeat the next semester.... at least every semester we had 1 or 2 who couldnt pass it and were set back.... i always made a score in the higher 1000's (conversion score of 99 perce...