joyfulgrrl

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1. EC Practice Exams....

   joyfulgrrl replied to dslpninla's topic in Online Learning

   What is the package pricing you all have been talking about?

2. CNA to LPN?

   joyfulgrrl replied to SJ11's topic in LPN/LVN

   I am doing this very thing right now! Well, starting too, anyway. Career change, just completing my training as a CNA, and starting LPN school in July. I will be working part time - probably 3 shifts a week, and school full time. I know it will be ti...

3. About to become "a nurse!"

   joyfulgrrl replied to tbanurse's topic in LPN-RN

   I'm very excited to have found this thread! I was just speaking to an RN I work with today about this very subject. I am just completing my CNA course, starting LPN school in July - and plan to go on for my RN at a later date. I can't count the numbe...

4. I'm the only minority in my program!Any Puerto Ricans out there?

   joyfulgrrl replied to Mytime2shine's topic in Pennsylvania

   I moved to Western PA about 3 years ago - and have been feeling the lack of diversity ever since! While I am Caucasian, I grew up in Africa and have since lived in the DC area, and have an interracial family - I'm so not used to being around whites e...

5. I started LPN school today!

   joyfulgrrl replied to L&D_2b's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I just discovered this thread - and am so excited to learn all about the progression of things in the program! Having spoken with Marci briefly before, I know we are going through the same program, only I haven't yet started (starting in July), and I...

6. Wages around the country?

   joyfulgrrl replied to paffsc's topic in CNA/MA

   Western Pa seems a little lower, as far as I know so far... seems like most nursing homes pay $7-8 while you are training, after you become "certified" it's around $8.5-9.5, plus shift differential which often seems to be 50 cents to a dollar. Of cou...

7. LPN Pay rates in Western PA?

   joyfulgrrl replied to joyfulgrrl's topic in Pennsylvania

   Thank you! The $15/hour seems more online with what I had been thinking (I am just getting ready to start LPN school in July), but that ad had me a little concerned! I do understand the difference in pay between doctor's offices and LTC - I am curren...

8. LPN Pay rates in Western PA?

   joyfulgrrl posted a topic in Pennsylvania

   I saw an ad in the Help Wanted section on a local newspaper for an LPN - stating that the starting wage was $12/hour!!!!! Is that common in the Western PA area? I think I remember that the ad was for a position in Hermitage, PA.... It seems so low!

9. Nose Piercing question...advice needed

   joyfulgrrl replied to kiss04bam's topic in Pennsylvania

   I love nose piercings! I have my nose pierced, but take it out while in school or at work - of course, I have had mine pierced for about 20 years, so I can leave the ring out for weeks and it doesn't close up. However, I was very surprised that at t...

10. Mercer County Career Center?

    joyfulgrrl replied to joyfulgrrl's topic in Pennsylvania

    Thank you for answering me! I actually did just "sign up" and wil be starting the FT program in July! I am excited and nervous - it is a career change for me. I guess I was just wondering what other students' impressions of the program might be. Whe...

11. Mercer County Career Center?

    joyfulgrrl posted a topic in Pennsylvania

    Has anyone attended the Mercer County Career Center's LPN program? If so - how did they find it? Thanks!