LaVonneRN

LaVonneRN

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  1. Minnesota Roll Call

    Congrats delee on your boards and the new grandbaby!!!!!!:monkeydance:
  2. Minnesota Roll Call

    Hi all!!! I have not posted on this site for a while now!! It is so good to finally see some posts on the MN threads!!!! I work at Hennepin County Medical Center in the MICU. I have been an RN for 2 years and I was an LPN for three years before obt...
  3. MN NCLEX passing percentage

    I think it is great sign that you felt the last ten questions were difficult. However, you can pass or fail at 75 or 250 questions. So 75 can be really good or really bad. BUT for the most part it seems that people who get 75 questions usually pass...
  4. :welcome: I'm only one year out and I still have lots to learn. Here is my . ASK those questions even if you think you are annoying your preceptor. You will never know unless you ask. Most likely you are not annoying her, you just think you are bec...
  5. HI ALL END OF FIRST YEAR NURSES!!!:balloons: I too graduated last May. When I started there were five new grads. We are all still there!! We have had a great deal of support from our nursing staff. We also had lots of outside ICU classes and 3 mont...
  6. Still Broke!

    I think most hospitals do pay off your loans...but at my hospital it is only if you are planning on going back to school to get a higher degree. So unless I go back I am SOL.
  7. Still Broke!

    :yeahthat:
  8. Still Broke!

    YEP... STILL BROKE. It has been about 1 year for me too. I just keep thinking that it will get better. I am so glad that I like my job and love being a nurse. If not I would have run to work at the coffee shop a long time ago...good to know that...
  9. License by exam time lines??

    danigirl, just keep checking pearson vue's website to see if the state has sent them your info. they will post your att on-line (if that is how you applied) they will also send you one in the mail. you will need to bring your att with you to the te...
  10. License by exam time lines??

    hi i took my boards last july. i am not from canada so i hope this helps some re: your question. i paid the mbn and the testing center. i had to wait until my school sent the state my confirmation of graduation info. altogether it took about 2 week...
  11. :yeahthat: I went to IH and had a very good experience!! Passed boards the 1st time! Took Kaplan last summer with some students of Normandale and I was very impressed at how prepared they were for boards!! They had the highest diagnostic exam score...
  12. Any HCMC nurses? Working conditions?

    Blackberry: Good to hear that you are going to continue with the application process. I think the NICU still has positions available Good Luck, LaVonne
  13. What are some of the nicer hospitals in twin cities?

    I think it was the VA nursing home that was on the news and not the Medical Center. The nursing home was having staffing issues due to the mandatory overtime and poor working conditions. I have heard wonderful things about the VA hospital. It is a ...
  14. Any HCMC nurses? Working conditions?

    Hi I work at HCMC. :rotfl: I am not sure what the environment is like on NICU but I work on MICU and I have been there for about 6 mo. I love it! However, it can be very stressful During those times the nurses RT's and MD's really work well as a...
  15. Former St. Paul Tech folks part 2

    Good luck on your drug test it's not too bad. It is kinda like the final from dosage. I graduated in 2002 and we still call SPTC the school of "Hard Knocks" but you really do learn. If you come to clinical prepared for example know your meds, the pt...