jelorde37

jelorde37 specializes in LTC, cardiac, ortho rehab.

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1. Future LVN - Accepted - Sutter County One Stop 2010-2012

   jelorde37 replied to blknfilipinagina's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   congrats!!!! nursing school will be tough, but it will also be a very rewarding experience. wish u success in your education. good luck!

2. Has anyone successfully completed an LVN-to-RN program?

   jelorde37 replied to Megn510's topic in LPN-RN

   lol youll do great in AP. its very interesting stuff and it will further solidify prior knowledge that you have regarding AP. But that would be awesome if you could test out of nursing 1. i honestly did not learn anything new in nursing 1. the ...

3. What are clinicals all about????

   jelorde37 replied to BucklandRN's topic in General Students

   basically, clinicals is a time for you practice being a nurse and do nurse stuff(depends on your scope, what material u guys have covered, and how comfortable your instructor is). fun stuff tho. just be prepared whenever you have to pass meds or do...

4. whats wrong with wanting to work for a LTC

   jelorde37 replied to newmomspn's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   commuter is correct! but u got to remember that everyone deserves good nursing care. plus, becoming and lvn will only open up more doors for u. any advancement in education is a positive. many people tend to forget that.

5. Has anyone successfully completed an LVN-to-RN program?

   jelorde37 replied to Megn510's topic in LPN-RN

   i became an lvn in 2006 and im currently in the 4th semester of an adn program. i had to do the entire rn program due to the fact that my school did not offer an lvn-rn bridge program. to be honest, i felt that the lvn program was a lot more diffic...

6. not sure I believe the nursing shortage...

   jelorde37 replied to Roozeyk's topic in LPN/LVN

   well, if there aint a shortage right now, then there will be considering that the average age of a nurse is over 50 years old. pretty soon they will retire and academia salary isnt competitive enough to draw in more nurse educators. i remember read...

7. CNA to LPN?

   jelorde37 replied to SJ11's topic in LPN/LVN

   i went straight lvn, but i have talked many great CNAs to continue on for their lvn. as far as school and tuition, the facility i work at is willing to pay for their tuition but they are gonna be required to work 2 years after graduation. regarding...

8. Dating Patients

   jelorde37 replied to bobnurse's topic in Relations

   i've never dated a patient but i have been harassed by same sex patients-kinda weird if i may add...

9. Dating at work

   jelorde37 replied to galenanurse2b's topic in General Nursing

   dude, i wish work was like grey's anatomy, but the sad truth is that most of the time it is not. it would be cool and make work kind of exciting, but think of the drama that would be involved, specially during a conflict. imagine getting the silent...

10. LPN or RN

    jelorde37 replied to nursewanabe's topic in General Nursing

    lvns in cali make atleast 40k a year and we are used in hospice a lot. we cant administer ivp meds, but the majority of meds in our hospices are SL/PO/or PR(morphine, ativan, and compro). so no problems there. check with your bon and confer with h...

11. I want to be a nurse... I don't want to be a nurse... I want to be a nurse... I don't

    jelorde37 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    i wont lie to you, theres a lot of bad things that can happen in a shift. but the beauty about it is when your patients say that you are their favorite, when your co-workers always asks you to reassess their patient for them cause of your skills, or...

12. rejected!

    jelorde37 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    my brother and i turned in our applications for fall2008 Generic RN program at a local cc about a month ago. anyways, we got our acceptance letters today and he ended up getting in while i got rejected. it totally sucks because i pushed him to actu...

13. How Many Lpn Students Made It Out Of Your Class

    jelorde37 replied to vina2550's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    60 started, 39 graduated and only two out of the 39 didnt pass the nclex on the first try.

14. choice between casa loma college, american careers college, or everest college 4 LVN.

    jelorde37 replied to qtypnay's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    i graduated from acc back in 2005. really great school with really great teachers. they are kind of strict with grades, dress codes, attend... overall, i think it was a great school and they really prepared me well for the real world.

15. Hey, y'all .... new LPN student here...

    jelorde37 replied to Bobylon's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    coool... congrats to all that have been accepted.