angelad725

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1. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

   angelad725 replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN/LVN

   I live in Massachusetts and currently make $23.00/hr working as a full time LPN on a short-term rehabilitation unit. I graduated from an LPN program in July of 2004. I have seen LPN's working for agencies that make up to $30-32 dollars an hour.

2. Passing medications without being an LPN or RN

   angelad725 replied to Ayasweetz's topic in Massachusetts

   If you are worried about this situation, I would tell whoever is in charge that you are uncomfortable with doing this. I know I would never give a med to a patient if I did not know the effect of the medication, dosage etc... I would feel uncomfortab...

3. Moving to Boston

   angelad725 replied to telenurse04's topic in Massachusetts

   I just finished a 4 week rotation on the cardiac/telemetry unit at St. Elizabeths Medical Center in Brighton. I enjoyed my time there, it wasn't a large unit, maybe 30 beds or so.

4. I thought the LPN program was under a year??

   angelad725 replied to jgg765's topic in General Nursing

   It would be 13,000 for the program if we did not work for the state for 1 year. We only paid a total of 1,000+ and that was basically for our uniforms and books. We work for one year for the State because they are basically letting us go to school fo...

5. I thought the LPN program was under a year??

   angelad725 replied to jgg765's topic in General Nursing

   We start with two days of clinical every week during the first semester. Starting second semester we have three days of clinical and three days during our third semester as well. In total we have close to 3,000 hours of clinical time in a 10 1/2 mont...

6. I'm thinking about becoming a Nurse

   angelad725 replied to holbrook's topic in General Nursing

   I wasn't sure if I wanted to be a nurse at first, so I became a Certified Nursing Assistant. Nursing is wonderful if you love what you do, but there is an extreme amount of responsibility that also comes with it, along with long hours and STRESS...bu...

7. Nurses eating their young-venting

   angelad725 replied to Darchild77's topic in General Nursing

   As a new graduate, your assessment skills are not going to be as good as a nurse with 10 years experience. You may not of picked up on something as easily as she did, because you are just starting out and that is ok. It isn't anything to be ashamed o...

8. John Kerry, Protecting Americas Nurses

   angelad725 posted a topic in Activism

   fighting for america's nurses throughout his career, john kerry has proudly stood with and fought for america's nurses. kerry teamed with ted kennedy to fight against mandatory overtime. he co-authored the nurse reinvestment act encourage more nurses...

9. I thought the LPN program was under a year??

   angelad725 replied to jgg765's topic in General Nursing

   I am currently a student at the Soldiers Home, and it is a 10 and a half month program. It begins around September. 8th, and ends in the third week of July. The cost total is around $1,000+ dollars, and yes you have to work for the state of Massachus...