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It is important to be tight with your staff. When you trust and have a great relationship with your staff you feel more secure and protected, at least I did. Also, it isn't about you, this is their issue. They are mentally unstable and whatever they ...

I suggest buying an NCLEX-PN review book and studying that front to back, board vitals is also nice for practice questions. Remember your ABCs when answering questions, airway answers are usually always right because you can't do anything else for a ...

When I graduated as an LPN in march of 2010 I didn't begin my first nursing job until January of 2011 and I was fine. I'd just brush up on labs, meds, skills, etc depending on what kind of nursing you're attempting to get into.

I'm an LPN graduating with my BSN next month and actually, this semester in lecture our professor used the verbiage in regards to LPNs that it is different when you become a nurse. She was talking about leadership responsibilities and the differences...

Have you tried to get out of the LTC environment? A lot of clinics also will hire LPNs. I refused to do LTC out of college because of the horror stories I heard of ridiculous patient loads, little to no training, etc. Honestly, it sounded unsafe and ...

I didn't work during the time I was in school for my LPN but I worked part-time and raised two kids while I did my BSN. If you have to work it can be done, if you don't then I wouldn't. Nursing school is a lot of studying and you have class and clini...

It's possible, but you have to have the right mindset, maturity and drive to do it. I went to school to become an LPN almost 10 yrs ago, I was a teenager and I did not have the maturity or drive to hold down a job and go to school, so I took out loan...

I've been an LPN for 9 yrs and I will have my BSN in May. I was scared when I first became an LPN and I'm scared again to start working as an RN. It's pretty normal. It goes away after awhile. After about 3-4 months as an LPN I felt 75% better and it...

You do not sound stupid or incompetent. It sounds like you just do not know how to change an ostomy yet and that is ok. Most things are learned as you go on the job. If it were me I either would have asked another aide or nurse to show me how to chan...

I graduate with my BSN in May, I have been an LPN for 9 years and my experience includes inpatient psychiatric nursing for a few years and I have worked at an outpatient addiction clinic for 5 years. I'm a pretty strong student, 3.9 GPA but I am also...