mrsjeff

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1. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

   mrsjeff replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism

   I was let go promptly the first of the year by hospice due to "cuts in medicare". I realize the government no longer saw people who were not 12 hours away from death worthy of hospice care (we had a large number of patients who had been on hospice wi...

2. Future of LPN career?

   mrsjeff replied to mrsjeff's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thank you all for responding.........I find hospice work very fulfilling and I hope there would be a place for an LPN. My company uses them but thanks to the Medicare cuts last year my company let go over 60 people (CNA, RN, LPN, Social workers, offi...

3. It's never too late!

   mrsjeff replied to NurseNanci1's topic in New Nurse

   Happy Birthday and Congrats! But when I saw " its never too late I thought you were old.....37 aint old! Try being 50! That sadly is too old to start RN.........I am thinking of starting LPN school in a month, so I will be 51 when I get out. I am wi...

4. Future of LPN career?

   mrsjeff posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I am a CNA in Delaware. I would like to pursue school in a month for LPN. I have heard all sorts of conflicting information about the position of LPN being phased out. I am 49, I do not have the time or money for RN. I work for hospice, mostly home c...