holly2422

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1. Hours for ONCall support nurse

   holly2422 posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I was originally hired for a float nurse position full time, salaried, exempt and 40 hours a week and the company could float me anywhere. I was placed with ONCALL support. My hours are 4pm - 8am Mon,...

2. Why do nurses treat each other badly?

   holly2422 replied to linlinlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   hi there I have been going through the same sort of stuff. I landed myself a really nice job with a hospice. It works totally different then LTC. The people in my company are wonderful and helpful....

3. Pay Rate Jealousy

   holly2422 replied to Suga Moore's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Suga I can empathize with you. As an LPN you should be making more in theory as the RN ASN and RN BSN should make more than the LPN. It might have been your negotiating that failed. I found myself...

4. is this normal???

   holly2422 replied to Dsullivan13's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Hi D !! you are not stupid, not at all you went through too many difficult classes to even think that about yourself. I am new also and I have been employed through agencies in various disciplines....

5. Giving my two weeks notice even though I'm not finished with orientation

   holly2422 replied to TeddyBer's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I wrote a similar post. I also worked at a place and couldn't get passed the 3 days of training and the first day on my own (on a totally different floor than I was trained) We were allowed a lunch...

6. Nurses are truly underpaid

   holly2422 replied to holly2422's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   thank you firefly... It's not that I'm glad someone else is feeling the same as I am...but that I'm not alone in feeling this way. I do not understand how this attitude is tolerated. It is not the...

7. Nurses are truly underpaid

   holly2422 replied to holly2422's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Thank you for your reply...It helps, this was a job I was referred to by an agency. It wasn't direct to the facility. I was given 3 days of training on one floor and set out on another unfamiliar...

8. Nurses are truly underpaid

   holly2422 replied to holly2422's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   oh wow...I thought I was noticing things that no one else was. clients make complaints about various things, the nurse mentor literally kept moving - no time, they always say that - more meds to...

9. Nurses are truly underpaid

   holly2422 replied to holly2422's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   thank you guys in my old profession, rude comments and nastiness was not tolerated. To be rude or unprofessional was to be documented on your employment record. It was monitored. So, I'm finding...

10. Nurses are truly underpaid

    holly2422 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm a new LPN (3 months) new. I have tried just about every LPN position there is except for office work in my short time. Employed Per Diem everywhere. I left a great job in a totally different...

11. LPN to RN ADN

    holly2422 replied to rvetch's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Pixie..... In your effort to prove my posting "FALSE", you neglected to read it in it's entirety. You can continue to be arrogant, however, you have no reason to be. You must be a "HOOT" to work

12. LPN to RN ADN

    holly2422 replied to rvetch's topic in Online Distance Learning

    oh wow....I wasn't aware that Excelsior has live campus classes...thanks fore clearing that up...thought it was strictly online guess that's why you are the RN,MSN

13. What are they telling us/not telling us

    holly2422 replied to holly2422's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well... it gets worse as I go on. I have my resume out all over the place and a few new prospects. I hope I get into a better place. So, I had a few more patients/clients. I go to the home, with...

14. LPN to RN ADN

    holly2422 replied to rvetch's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have to chime in...Rose Queen is correct, however, not complete. Achieve test prep is not a college. However, they have online classes that help you pass the proctored tests for Excelsior....

15. Advice for passing the NCLEX-PN

    holly2422 replied to Hay.casey's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hay.casey Not sure if there is a magic answer here. I'm surprised your school did not have an adjunct prep program like HESI or ATI. It is in their best interest for the program if you pass this...