camlvn

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1. Any other pre-nursing students over 45?

   camlvn replied to aliveword's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Just want to encourage you to follow your dream of nursing. I was 45 when I enrolled in LVN school and was scared to death. I wound up being class president, head of the mentoring program and won an award for the highest GPA ever attained in the scho...

2. Nurse Patient ratio in NJ

   camlvn replied to Charles Brown's topic in New Jersey

   Somehow we as nurses have to push toward better staffing ratios. I work in a subacute facility where it is common for a floor of 32 high-acuity patients(PEGs, trachs, IV ABTs, wound vacs, life vests) to be staffed with 2 nurses and 2-3 CNAs. :down:We...