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As a new RN and former LVN, I had the same reaction to that comment as you, MrsMig! No clue where that poster is coming from to say such a thing. I live in a state where you can keep both...

I've worked nights for just over 3 years now. At first, I felt crappy and tired all the time, but now I have adjusted. I found a sleep schedule that works for me (8am to 3pm-ish and sometimes a nap...

Take it one day at a time and keep trudging along! I went through both LVN school and an LVN-RN program. I was stressed every day during clinicals for both programs -- I would watch other students...

You are so smart to be thinking like this! I went to a private 30k LVN program without researching other, less-expensive options and I regret it. I now have to pay off these loans, and it is no fun!...

She sounds ridiculous and needs to get off her high horse and acknowledge her faulty test question. Perhaps a group of you should bring this to the attention of someone above her if she refuses to...

I grduated LVN school in Spring 2008, started working as an LVN on the med-surg floor of a hospital in Fall 2009, started my LVN-RN bridge program in the Summer of 2011 and graduated in Spring 2012....

It makes no sense whatsoever to do the generic program if you're already an LVN -- you'd basically be repeating your LVN program in the first year and doubling the amount of time it takes you to...

I don't have a ton of home health experience, but I do work at a hospital that tests our skills through written tests and hands-on demonstration. We are required to take and pass all of the skills...

I just received a call back from a home health agency that I applied to work at, and I was told I would be required to take an online skills covering IV skills before my application would be...

I think that the title you chose for this thread is insulting. It sounds as if you are fishing for people to stroke your ego and agree with you that LPNs are "beneath" you in the hierarchy. If you...

I have seen lazy RNs instruct CNAs to only enter "good" vitals in patient records. I believe they encourage this so they don't need to perform/document any additional assessments themselves. I agree...

I'm an implicit atheist, but make it a rule not to discuss my views on religion with coworkers and patients. When someone feels the need to discuss religion with me, I usually just listen/smile/nod...

I have worked private duty in the past and witnessed the same parental behavior you are talking about. I had a very different perspective on it, though. These people are just trying to have a few...

If you only need to know ml/hr, disregard the drip factor. Since you need to know the hourly rate (ml/hr), the first thing to do is multiply the ordered dosage by 60: 250 mcg/min x 60 = 15000...

What state are you in? If it's CA, there are others having the same problem.

Congrats on passing the first step! Getting hired at County can be a really slow process! Counting from the date I first applied, I think it took about 2-3 months to get the first interview, another...

I'm terrible at math and did fine on the TEAS V. Just review what's in the ATI study guide, and you'll be fine. I recall the math being very basic, pre-algebra type stuff. Brush up on decimals,...

Wound care on stage 4 pressure ulcers where bones and muscle are visible, where there's smelly exudate and dead tissue, and where there's deep tunneling that requires packing. The sights and smells...

For any other interested California RN applicants, I just wanted to post an update and say that I finally received my ATT yesterday. So, in total, it took about 6 weeks for the BRN to issue my ATT...

I just paid for my NCLEX-RN at Pearson Vue 3 days ago and applied to the BRN 3 weeks ago. Still no ATT! For those of you who recently took NCLEX in California, would you mind sharing how long it...

It's a clinical requirement at my school, as well. By the time we graduate, most of us have done enough IV starts to be fairly competent at it. I'm shocked to hear so many new grad nurses haven't had...

I'm not sure about graduate schools or regular BSN programs, but I have heard from instructors in my ADN program that RN-BSN programs generally do not expect ADN students to have a 3.0 GPA. I have...

At least we are only floated to floors where we have similar training. We would never be expected to float to the ICU, but ICU nurses do occasionally float to med-surg floors. Does your hospital...

That makes sense, as our hospital does have nurses working both 8 and 12 hour shifts. This happens so often lately that I have very little job satisfaction. Unless this is the norm at most...

For me, clinicals have been a lot easier in that I already know the basics of pt care, but also challenging in that there are many skills in the RN scope of practice that are new to me as an LVN...