RivetheadGirl

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  1. Riverside City College: Spring 2017

    For those trying to get into nrn 18 for the bridge program : The bridge program is changing its admission policy starting with fall. You will be given priority based on your score for the advanced placement test. It's not a super easy test either. ...
  2. Riverside City College: Spring 2017

    My friend who got in was an alternate, and she didn't find out till about 3 weeks before class started.
  3. Riverside City College: Spring 2017

    I'm so excited!!! I applied for the advanced placement spring slot. I already passed the AP exam, and was waiting for an invite to test in, and get into the 4th semester. Aparantly a few students didn't pass their second semester, and I got a ...
  4. I would appreciate any advice, if you have some. I'm currently doing home health as an lvn in southern California with the same two patients for the last year. I love my job and my patients, but my company doesn't pay me enough. I only get 16...
  5. Withdrew from BSN to do LVN (lost and confuse)

    [COLOR=#000000]Hi, I'm going to try and help answer as many of your questions as I can: [/COLOR]________________________________ 2. Will it be easier for me to do LVN first and then go back to RN program? This really depends on you. If you go thro...
  6. RCC Nursing Fall 2016 possible applicants

    Congratulations to everyone that got in. One of my friends was also accepted into fall. Here's hoping I hear something next week about the advanced to skills test. I hope I get to take it.
  7. RCC Nursing Fall 2016 possible applicants

    I'm sooo glad I found this post. I applied for fall 2016 as an advanced placement student. I already passed the AP exam last spring (but I started a new lvn job and wasn't able to apply then). Ive been studying in the nursing lab this last semest...
  8. Average pay for Southern California Lvn?

    I'm in the inland empire and I make 16.50 doing private duty nursing. I know it's on the low side, but its allowed me to work and still recover from a previous car accident. It's also good because im trying to go back to school for my RN this fall...
  9. Trying to take NCLEX PN after 5 years

    I'm not sure what att is? I really recommend using PrepU as a study tool. It has multiple area's of focus on different nursing topics. It's also adaptive as a you test. It's a good tool because you can see which area you are deficient in, and wh...
  10. How to stay awake during NOCs in PDN?

    I agree with other people. I keep one ear bud in, I also have a portable travel fan that fits into my bag. I keep it on for a combination of white noise and circulation... Usually the lack of an air current will make me pretty tired. 8 bought the...
  11. How much do you make 2016

    LVN for 2.5 years. My first job was at an assisted living facility in so Cal making $11/hr. I now work doing home health and make 16.50/hr. I'm sure if I wanted to I could find something that paid more but I like that I only have the same patients...
  12. What kind of jobs do y'all have as LPN/LVN?

    I'm currently working as a home health nurse. I see the same 2-3 patients and have a set schedule with them with 8 hour shifts . I actually really like it because I get to know my patients and the families. I'm sure it's not for everyone, but it...
  13. Depressed Lvn grad

    Apply at assisted living facility's near you. Many of them hire new grad lvn/lpn's as a medication tech. Its not much but its a start. That's how I got my first job, and im almost at 1 year which looks good on a resume and allowed me to get a be...
  14. Charting when you are no longer able to obtain vitals.

    Flarn, and shgr, It seems a bit strange to me to need thrse things on an hourly basis when tjey are used more for charting then for any type of symptom resolution besides pain management, but its what my company wants me to include. ?
  15. Charting when you are no longer able to obtain vitals.

    I work for a smaller hospice, and I know that we are one of only a few that do cc for the activity dying. As toomuchbaloney says, its usually as a respite for thr family so they don't have to worry about the pain of the family member during the l...