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Update! I graduated from Nightingale College May 2023 ? I took and passed my NCLEX-RN in California first time and now work as an RN.

Hi everyone! I'm also trying to shoot for the January '22 cohort. I'm an LVN in SoCal, so I have to try for the HESI health assessment and med surg. For everyone that's taken it - any tips and anything I should really focus on? Also, how's the pharmacology course? They accept the CLEP for College Algebra. This is the only school that I've found that has an expiration on their math, so that's kind of a bust. Hope to see you all in the upcoming class!

Hi everyone! I was recently hired as a temp LVN at St. Joseph Health, however the pay is less than stellar. I would just be filling in for a nurse who left on maternity. So, no idea how many months I'll be there, but for the sake of having a job, I accepted. They said I could be there upwards of six months. Well, the same day that I accepted, I was offered an interview with Kaiser as a temp Flu Clinic LVN and the starting pay is amazing! And I'm pretty certain that I will be able to get this position as well. So, my question is.. does anyone know how many months does the flu clinic run for Kaiser? And, is there anyone who knows how likely it would be to be hired by Kaiser as a permanent full time LVN after the clinic is over? I don't want to shoot myself in the foot by abandoning the St. Joseph temp position and then getting abandoned by Kaiser after flu season is over. I'd love to hear everyone's experiences! Thanks!

This was one of the reasons I decided to just renew it because I do hope it shows my dedication to the healthcare field. Thanks for your comment!

Thanks for your input! My dad actually says the exact same thing that your mom does ? I feel EMT is definitelt a harder job than CMA (hopefully CMAs don’t get offended since I’m also one!) so I can see why you would keep that. I did end up updating it though, just in case ?

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I LOVE THIS. I see so many nurses on here low-key shaming other nurses who advocate for marijuana, but are okay with ALL the other pharmaceuticals that have some serious side effects. Because "tHe GoVeRnMeNt SaYs ItS iLleGaL". There's been so many studies, so many people saying it helps them, so much evidence of it helping people. It's 2019, people. Marijuana is becoming legalized; get over it.

Hi all! The title pretty much sums it up. I became certified in medical assisting back in 2010, and have kept it updated since. I've, also, worked as a medical assistant for a few years as well. However, I just received my LVN license, and my medical assisting certification expired last month. Should I renew it, or just leave it expired? I have it on my resume as well because it was a huge part of my working experience, should I still keep it listed in my certifications? Will it make my resume look more appealing if I'm still certified as a CMA? Or should I just delete it? I really don't want to have to spend $77, and also do the CE courses, if it doesn't benefit me anymore. Thanks!

Hey all! Just updating everyone that I received my letter yesterday, and I passed! I scanned in my letter and paid the $220 initial license fee this morning, so hopefully my license number goes up soon. But, I guess PVT worked for me!

I took my NCLEX this morning! It took me 40mins and stopped at 85 questions. I had 27 SATA, 2 math, and about 3 EKG. Lots of OB and peds questions. Also delegation, prioritization, and basic meds. I did the PVT trick 2hrs later and got the good pop-up. So now I just have to wait for official score. Hope you passed!! ?

Hey, everyone! Totally new to the site, although I've peeped it many times when I was doing research. I'll be starting my LVN program in 2.5 weeks and I had a question about what to do afterwards. So, I was thinking of doing the 30-unit option. I've seen a bunch of posts about this already, however, I was wondering what would happen if I were to get my RN diploma in California, followed by my MSN FNP. I was looking at West Coast University and it seems I can still go through to the RN-MSN FNP program with just an RN diploma. Sooooo, my question is - if I were to get my NP that way, would I be able to work as an NP outside of California? ALSO! If anyone can direct me to other colleges, in Orange County, CA, with an LVN-RN or LVN-ADN program that doesn't have a time limit on their science courses. I know Cypress's expiration date for science courses is 10 years, so I'm also looking at that school as well. Is there any other schools that are like this, or just don't have an expiration at all? That's really the only thing that's turning me off from just doing ADN because I don't really want to retake those classes again since that's so much wasted money and wasted time. I took my sciences courses in 2011 by the way. Any help and guidance would be awesome! Thanks!