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Thanks, didn't know they had this, first night here. EK

Good guess Total Est. Time: 7 hours, 53 minutes Total Est. Distance: 552.31 miles ...from mapquest. If I remeber her story right she would have to wait 6 months to get a slot in El Paso, and SA tuition was much much cheaper, she told me a breakdown, added cost of waiting and cost of driving and all, and it was cheaper to do the weekly commute. FYI, i have inlaws in El Paso, that is one really really boring drive.. I live in Lubbock now (going to Texas Tech) and only make that drive with plenty of books on tape at hand. EK

I'm an odd one, tution was free, and the drive was about a 2 block walk......of course the 8 year US Army commitment enlistment was a major factor in all that :smackingf oh, i did get a nice free green uniform too . I am amazed at how much school cost for you'all though. You can get a LVN degree in San Antonio Texas for less then a few thousand (roughly $1,500 around '96). Three semesters, 300 per semester, added 300 for books and stuff. EK EDIT: by the way communter, i know somebody who use to drive from El Paso, SA had slots open and the school was much cheaper, she shacked up with a friend during the week and drove back home on the weekends.

hello all, new to the board. i read some of the threads and i guess i have it 'good' in texas with the freedom that lvns have. when i graduated nursing school (went through the military to get it) my 'equivalent' was a lvn degree civilian side. at the time i graduated i remember our boards rules we were less restricted then rns (this had to do with rn were listed with duties and no-gos and lvn could do 'under the supervision of a physician' and was not limited (this loophole has been closed)), the one exception was blood, could not give blood, could hang it, could set the settings on the iv pump, could not hit the start button and rn had to sign off on it. this has been changed (i now give blood on a regular basis). i am getting my mba and i did a presentation on nursing shortage, somebody stated that rns could do more then lvn (bedside wise or direct care wise), i have never know this to be true so am trying to find out. looked online, could not find any information on my boards page on this. so my question is this, is there a difference for lvn/adn/bsn for direct care nursing in texas? i can push narcs, i can hang blood, i work icu, i have worked er... the guy who questioned me stated that 'the er does not let lvns work', no, that particular hospital er does not take lvns, i don't know of any state law that states i can not work er. i am curious if anyone knows of any rn/lvn differences... sent off a ton of e-mail to hopefully people in the know but hoping maybe somebody here could answer my question. thanks in advance, ek