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It took me three months to get the job I have now when we moved to El Paso. I've gotten so tired of all the test you take when you apply for a nursing job. My husband is a business major and I...

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone.....I've enjoyed thinking about my past as I am looking towards my future.....my spring break is almost done...I have to report to work tomorrow and the...

I unfortunately went to one of the schools years and years ago.....way before I became a CNA or an LPN. I spent way to much money and used pell grants that I shouldn't have to go. I completed the...

Back when I first became an LPN I used to wear dresses....the Scrub dresses and Skirts...now that I'm working in a hosptial that is busy and always full.....I just don't see dresses as practical. I...

Well, it's now March and this road I started back in 2006 has almost reached it's end.....I sit here and can not believe that in 54 days I will have completed my classes and should be a GN. I look...

I am 54 days away from completing my RN program...when I finished my LPN program many moons ago we did not have a capping only a pinning...this time I will have a capping ceramony and I just got my...

I am half way through the first semster of my nursing program......as a class, we've laughed we've cried and now we are starting psych.....and I'm sure we will all laugh and cry again. We have lost...

Another update....WoooHooo......I am just completing my third week of the LVN bridge program....yes ladies and gents I said nursing program. In fact I just returned home from my first day of...

I remember taking the boards over 13 years ago and as another poster stated, we had to wait for the snail mail. Two to three months of wondering and pondering. When my letter finally came, I couldn't...

If you really want to work in a hospital, I would try to stick it out in your current nursing program if you can. I am an LVN working in a hospital and yes I pretty much do most of what the RN's do....

Okay so here is another update........I am retaking my microbiology, the class is a killer, my teacher doesn't like computers so his tests are usually fill in the blank with no word bank and he...

Wonderful, Wonderful.....you hit the nail on the head! What a great post.....thank you. I am just now getting ready for bed to go to work on Friday...my Monday. I work weekends only so I live for...

I work on a med/surg floor.....it's more poo and pee. Still body fluids and a lot more stinky.

When you pass your boards and get your license it doesn't state where you went to college.....you just become LVN, RN, BSN and MSN......I stated before I wouldn't pay extra for a certain college. ...

The one I work for is not the largest but it is kinda big and I have crappy insurance to begin with and they are claim that the economy is making them do all of the cuts backs......

I agree totally with "It's me" our system is broken.....but I don't really feel that government based system is the way to go either....look at the country right now. What is the answer? How do we...

So the long and short of it is that I am taking better care of my body and will hope that I don't end up in the ER. I am stoping the bills before they get higher. My primary care doctor is the one...

That is just the hospital part. I did pay the doctor for the test which was $179. But is I pay the $270 and make payments for the rest.... I will have no insurance to return to the doctor for the...

Yes, I think so too. I have cared for at least four patients that were illeagals and there is one on our floor that has been there for almost a month getting daily dialysis. So I guess what I will...

I am currently going through the motions to get my ADN.....we have not borrowed one dime for it. If we can't pay for a class, I don't take it until I can. This fall it will get harder, but are doing...

Update.......I still haven't gotten my test done and was recently told that as of 1 July our hospital will no longer pay for our health insurance........I am now electing not to have the tests done. ...

Our hospital gave us a certificate that said happy nurse's week.....our floor supervisor gave us a "write up". We were told that if flushes were found on the floor and the person that left it could...

I am so tired of being told "At least you have a job." I work weekends only meaning Friday, Saturday, and Sunday....anyway on Tuesday a fellow nurse (we are not sure who, this is the problem) left a...

We have code grays at our hospital also, but is only used for situations that can no longer be controlled by the staff on the floor alone. If we called a code gray everytime a patient on our floor...

Who the heck is Press Ganey and what makes him/her or them such an expert? Do they have any experience in caring for patients? Or is this just another company that thought up a way to make some...