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I laughed and laughed at your post. And I needed that today!!!! Thanks!

I love my school nursing job! Yes, I never know what is going to walk through the door whether it be a wound requiring a band aid, a severe head injury, a broken bone, or just a need to talk. That...

Hey Hygiene Queen, I love your attitude!!! When I was 18 years old, living in Alabama, and visiting California, I could not believe how I was made fun of. Just because of my thick Southern accent,...

Hi Jennifer27, CPNE is really really difficult to pass, so many many kudos to nursemami4. I took my CPNE in Madison Wisconsin over 2 yrs ago and passed. Only 2 passed, so here is my...

I owned an RCF for almost 20 years and all the medications your have mentioned were counted each shift and doubled locked. We had no problems.

Today is Tuesday, your dad's funeral day. I just finished reading your post and cannot stop crying. My parents are both living and in their 80's, so I know what is to follow as time goes on. As I...

You are very sarcastically funny!!!!!! Why don't you try school nursing? I am closing in on 60 and know I cannot run around and do floor nursing anymore. I was in nursing management in residential...

I would use that earring oppertunity to make that child feel special and loved! Such a little thing!

I passed on the first time, but only with the help of Sheri Taylor. Find her easily on the internet. She has 98-99% pass rate!!!!!

Hi, I bridged as an LPN with Excelsior and found the program pretty easily done while working. The trick is the CPNE, which is especially difficult. I went through Sheri Taylor in Atlanta for...

Don't worry, you did your very best. And be happy your license still hangs on the wall.

I had the noro virus so badly once, that I literally made my bed on the bathroom floor. I just couldn't walk further! Never been so sick in my life. NEVER want that again!

I have known Leslie for quite a few years! She is an inspiration!!!!

I had to laugh when I read your post!! We people in our 50's may have been using a computer for longer than you have been alive!! I guess I am an exception. Good laugh and I needed one today!!

Well I hope you are my nurse when I am old and cannot make decisions for myself. As an RN, and former hospice nurse, I am so apalled by this, I can hardly speak!! This man had the right as a...

I thought Excelsior was the way to go for me since I was in my 50's when I graduated!! It was hard, but Study group 101 is what I used and I also used the study guides, picking them apart, making...

I am curious about you lemmyg! What is your view of partial birth abortion? Do you believe the baby is a person with a soul? I just have to know!

I am a school nurse, sitting at my computer, waiting for my next patient to walk in. Your story brought back many memories of my days as a hospice and elderly care nurse. It made my cry and thank...

Realmaninuniform, I SHOUT ditto, ditto, and Amen to ALL you have said sooooooo well!

I became an LPN in my mid 40's and then an RN at age 58!! Yep, that is a current picture!! I don't plan on retiring at 65 either. I love my job as a school nurse and becoming a nurse is one of the...

You just MUST tell!!! Worry about passing boards!! Worry about your future patients, that is, if you do pass boards! This counterfeit instructor is stealing your education and you will have to pay...

I was in my 40's when I went to LPN school and sold my prized antique 1908 Steinway Grand Piano to a doctor in Kansas City, MO. That sell paid all of my tuition then. In my 50's I decided to finish...

I am certainly against universal health care for many, many reasons. MOSTLY, because, when you do the research , you see that it is not working in other countries where the tax rate is astronomical....

Do you have letters and references from your former place of employment? Have you brushed up on your interviewing skills? Something will come along soon, just keep you chin up and keep trying! Ask...

I finally decided to go back to school and received my RN at age 58!!! It was not easy, girls, but worth it due to pay raise in the school system. AND if I decide to work a few PRN shift by going...