heartofgold

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1. LPN to RN??

   heartofgold replied to WSnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

   I was a CNA for about 3 years, until I became an LPN -2years, and now I am starting the RN transition program May of 09', and then to eventually become a NP (Lord willing). I don't know your situation, but from my experience I have found that it's no...

2. Is it a good move to straight for RN?

   heartofgold replied to sar4tee's topic in General Nursing

   Do you have any expirence working with patients? If not, then I recommend starting out as a CNA first. Get some good hands on patient care under your belt, then if you like it, move on from there. You will find out if nursing is really the best choic...

3. witness statement?

   heartofgold replied to heartofgold's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all the feed back. Sorry I left out a couple of things in the begining. Yes, I do work in LTC. Yes, this Pt. is totally with it x3. And definetly has every right to call 911. Apparently "I" was the only nurse to assess this Pt.'s complaint...

4. witness statement?

   heartofgold posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all, I'am a new nurse and have been reading the threads for some time now - you guys are great! maybe you can help answer this Q? I'll try and make this short. Went in to work Saturday 7a-3p. Night nurse reported Pt. called 911 around 3 a.m. wanti...

5. Nursing School does funny stuff to you....

   heartofgold replied to ShimmyMeli's topic in General Students

   What kind of gum was it? Was it Winterfresh gum? When I was in nursing school the same thing would happen to me- after chewing it for a while, it would just turn to mush, I always thought it was just bad gum.. don't know why I keapt buying the stuff.

6. Two-folded question about salary and resumes

   heartofgold replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

   Towards the end of my nursing program, there was a scheduled day were the students would just work on resumes and the instructors were there if we needed help. Under previous work history, I did list one or two jobs, (we all have to pay for nursing s...

7. what do you think of getting your RN nursing degree online

   heartofgold replied to nursemn's topic in General Nursing

   Did you look into "Excelceor" - I guess it's the most popular one. A couple of my friends from nursing school went that route in obtaining their RN. I don't know the details, but I think for the clinicals the students have to meet at a hospital or ot...

8. Worried about the results from NCLEX

   heartofgold replied to Corpsman90650's topic in NCLEX

   I'am in the same boat. I took the NCLEX yesterday, and ran out of time at 197. I felt terrible after taking it. I think I would have felt better if the computer shut off arout 85 like almost everyone elses did. I wish you good luck!