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So true and congrats!!!!!

No, no regrets. i would of had to wait about a year to get into the RN program and the LPN takes 11 months so i said why not start. Im going back to that school in Jan and they are giving me credits for being a LPN. and its going to take me about a year to finish so i guess it was to my advantage. The only regret i have is i didnt do this 5 years ago lol.

mark88888888 And there are many agancies willing to take you, and i heard some of them are paying anywhere from $25- 27 a hour for a new grad. Hi this happened to catch my eye:coollook: Is this in NYC ? And for an LPN or RN? ...Just curious because right now I am debating whether to start the LPN program or just wait it out and start the RN. I have no idea what the NYC salaries are like. If i had a choice i would of went straight to the RN but i was just too anxious to get to school and the RN had a waiting list. That pay is for a LPN. The lowest from all my friends that graduated last aug and ..are working now as a LPN is getting $41,000 without diff. and witout OT.

Hi Juvy, Yes i found out yesterday i passed the boards :) and yes over here they arent really hireing too many LPN's in Hospitals but there is still a few that will and i just happen to know someone here so it was a little eaiser for me. LTC = more pay and flex hours, but i took my instructors advise and decided to go in to Med/Surg for a year just for exp. Im going back to school this Jan for LPN to RN and would like to go to Peds. But im actually happy doing Med/surg. Hearing the horror stories about my classmates in LTC having 40 Patients and havuing little time to do anything ,where here i have about 16-20 and i feel i can spend a little more time with patients. Well let me stop rambling... Just wanted to say in NYC at least its still not hard to find a job its actually easy. And there are many agancies willing to take you, and i heard some of them are paying anywhere from $25- 27 a hour for a new grad.

I live in NYC and i got 3 job offers before even taking the boards ive been working for 2 months with a permit in a med/surg unit. Up here in NYC they offer great pay and bonuses. I guess its location, location, location, that makes a diffrence.

In my school i literally had a test almost everyday and had to keep a 75 avg. about 1-2 hours a day. Every other week i had clinicals and that was the time for rest. I also worked a full time job from 11pm to 6:30 am then off to school from 8 am to 1pm

Hi i took my test on Tuesday the 8th and got 205 questions. That was one of the hardest test i took. I had questions i had to guess on (about 30% of the questions) alot of priority questions. I could not sleep for 2 days awaiting my results. Reading other post on how if you had 85 questions you most likely passed and hardly any post on 205 questions and passing.I had reapeat questions about a certain disease making me second guess myself. I didnt have any math or any new format questions. But today i checked the peasrsonvue site and found out i passed so it is true it doesnt matter how many questions you get. So that just leaves me to say one last thing to say .... no matter what you get 85 questions or 205 questions it really doesnt matter!!! Oh and by the way i took one review class and studyed about 120 questions a day for 3 weeks before the test.And still felt as if i studied anymore it wouldnt have made a diffrence becouse the test is totally not what i exspected. Hope this post helps some of you guys!!