CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS!!!! What an accomplishment!!! Did you have to pay for your CPNE when you made application or before your clinical weekend started? :balloons: c;2233567]First of all, Thank God for his help in getting through this test and...
offtowrk replied to Trophywife81's topic in LPN/LVN
Yes, I agree with you folks in CA. Very limited practice there. I worked in Northern Ca as a travel nurse and was very disappointed with the limited skills I could use there. I live in NC and have found the scope of practice varies extremely. I worke...
offtowrk replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN/LVN
To get your Advanced LPN, you have to be certified by the facility that you work in. They don't offer courses on the web that I am aware of. I have only seen this in hospitals on the east coast.
offtowrk replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN/LVN
Yes I loved Cape Fear. Stay away from Med/Onc (6 South) They have some serious issues going on right now. Womack was great. I worked mainly in the ER, but also worked Tele, Peds, M/S, MICU. Good Luck!:smiletea2:
offtowrk replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN/LVN
An Advanced LPN can do the following: monitor chemo, insert huber needles in a port-a-cath, IV's and drug pushes (except for a few cardiac drugs), administer blood, administer TPN/Lipids, phlebotomy, dressing changes to central lines. Not all hospita...
offtowrk replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN/LVN
I started traveling after 2 years of experience. I live in NC. The hospital that I received my Advanced LPN was Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC. (and I also worked at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg. (right outside of Fay...
offtowrk replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN/LVN
I have been an LPN for 11 years. Last year (traveling) working 48-50 hours a week I made $69,000. If you live in a state that allows LPNS to work in hospitals and do everything that RNS do except charge then you are really marketable. They would rath...
I live in NC am doing excelsior. I was a travel nurse and have just moved back home to finish school. I am only working parttime and doing home study through Excelsior during the week. So far, they have been very helpful, though expensive. Good luck!
WOW! $20,000 to attend LPN school? CA is ripping you guys off!! Do you have friends/family in NC? Community college is cheap! I think about $7000. I have been out of school since 1996. The biggest problem with paying that much in tuition is that CA d...