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I got hired in outpatient dialysis. The pay was less, but it's was fulltime. All of my other offers were part time. It tool about a month before I was hired, but I didn't start work until A couple of weeks after

It will take time for you to be confident in yourself and your abilities. Even after nursing school, as a new graduate, you may feel overwhelmed, but give yourself time. As Triddin said, be kind to yourself. If your heart is racing when you're at cli...

ATI is such a pain. Often times it contradicts itself in the book. Also, some of the rationales for the ATI quizzes are, "A is the answer because it is the answer." WHAT. The only reason I bought ATI for LPN school and now the LPN-RN program is becau...

Oh the memories. I was temporrarily distracted because I started a new job. But every morning I would head to the post office to check my mail. After about 2 months I got fed up and changed my address from the p.o. box to my home address. But then I ...

Congrats! Learn from my mistake. When you confirm the location where you plan to take the NCLEX, make sure you get that confirmation email. I thought I did, but nope! I went to the location and was denied entry. I did not get the confirmation, and en...

There are so many ways, but you need to find the method that works for you. Group study can be good and bad. Make sure the group is small (maybe 3-5) and the people involved can focus without too much side chatting. Each time you meet, you need a goa...

In my program, you can fail if your unweighted test average is below a 74.5. One of my classmates got ( I believe) a 73.5. She was dropped from the program. She knew the material, she never missed class, she always had the answers and clearly did all...

I know my local community college's LPN program is strict. I went to a vocational school first. Unlike the CC, they don't look at past grades. We had to pass the TEAS test and schedule an interview, though. Your options may be different from what I ...

I have a few classmates who have to take some non-nursing classes, so they piled them up during the summer. I'm just sticking to working though

For LPN school the entrance exam we took was the TEAS test. I didn't have an interview afterwards though. Business casual is fine. For all they know, you're going out afterwards? No one will mind.

You'll have plenty of time to learn how to think critically. I'm in an LPN-RN program right now, and many of us are re-learning how to think critically. It often comes with practice with questions when you learn the rationale behind the answers. If y...

I understand how stressful performing skills can be in front of your instructor, and when you're given a time limit, that probably increased your anxiety a bit. You really should've asked to practice those skills so you could've familiarized yourself...

For LPN school, our first class was Ethics, but the instructor actually went through a brief history of nursing. We didn't go into handwashing until the second or third day when we had fundamentals.

I don't think there's anything else you can say that will change their minds. I am going through that route, though. I went for LPN and opted for the two-year program over the one-year program. The second year I decided to apply for the LPN-RN at my ...

If mneomnics don't work for you, how about coming up with stories? Playing along with the suffixes like SaltineQueen mentioned, to remember benzodiazepines, think of, "-Pam and -Lam drove away in the Benz" Examples: diazepam, clonazepam, alprazolam. ...

Have you been going to interviews? If not, do it. If not for the job, do it for the practice so you'll be able to better articulate for the the job that you really want. But also, sometimes people are flexible. When you go on that interview, explain ...

I completely agree. Answering a question on a written test is completely different from someone asking you about a medication. Both have the same answers, but you're caught off-guard. And sometimes the questions delve deeper requiring you to delve de...

Fundamentals was never my best subject. The questions on the tests were always asked in a way that confused me. I often found myself picturing what they were saying step by step. But after that, you're on to Med-Surge and Pharmacology which is a mix ...

This is currently my first job as an LPN, but I work at an outpatient dialysis clinic. I'm able to start and end dialysis treatments for patients with fistulas, grafts, and cvc. I'm only given four patients at a time, but things can sometimes go wron...

Make a profile on Indeed.com. You can upload your resume there, which can be convenient. Or you can go the old fashioned way. Make copies of your resume. Drive to clinics, hospitals, LTC, offices, and let them know you're interested in applying in a ...

It means you either blew it out of the water or completely blew it. If you can, try to see if you can get the "good pop up." That's been an ok indicator of whether or not you passed. Good luck!

Well if it's anything like last year's then it's proficient or higher. The problem is that many people get proficient so your chance of getting accepted is if you have advanced or exemplary as those give points to your rubric score. And getting good ...

1. I am a shy person. But let me tell you. Be open to the experience. I have been blessed to have a relatively small cohort, so by the end of my LPN program I was not as shy. Now in my LPN-RN program, my cohort is even smaller. Confidence in your pra...

It's doable. You will feel miserable (yet loving bits and pieces of the program) at times, but it's doable. I'm currently working full-time, but I only work 3 days a week (averaging 13 hours each shift). I also only need to take my nursing classes, s...

Regarding the study group, it's good to have a plan going in. Perhaps each time the group meets, you can go over 1 or 2 topics that everyone seems to be having trouble with. Perhaps each time you meet someone creates a "lesson" to teach the topic to ...