anniem87

Just to let everyone know, after giving my resignation, I got my shift, 3-11. They hired a new nurse and told her she would do 3-11 and 11-7, she accepted the job, and gave me what I wanted, so the facility and I agreed to withdraw the resignation. I've only been a nurse for 5 months, but I decided to let them know how I feel early on rather than keep putting up with the schedule I was getting, and it seemed to work for me. Both the administrator and the ADON told me they wanted me to stay on which made me feel good about the job I do.

Yes, an average student can be an LPN. I'm living proof. I got mainly C's all throughout school, not because I didn't study, I probably did too much studying and too little resting, but I passed boards in August and I'm now an LPN. I've learned more in the past five months working as a nurse than I did in school, I'm better with the hands on learning technique. Don't worry, we had a saying in school: C = Nurse. You'll do fine, but remember to get the rest your body needs.

I took the test in August and it shut off at 84 questions, I was sure I failed it, my questions were mostly priority also. I'm in Kentucky, I took the test on a Wednesday, and got my unofficial results on Friday saying "pass", my official results came in the mail on Saturday, wow, I can't believe Kentucky is more up to date than California on at least one thing. Good Luck! I'm sure you did fine, keep us posted.

I live in South Central Kentucky and work in LTC facility, the pay is 14.00 hr. for 3-11 and 11-7 shift. Not bad pay for a little town like this.

I've been working in a LTC facility for about 5 months. When I was hired I was told I would be working 3-11, and would do 11-7 while one of the nurses was on maternity leave. I did my 3-11 the first week. When the new schedule came out I was scheduled 7p-7a for the weekend and was told that I would be doing 12's every other weekend. When the nurse took her maternity leave I worked one schedule 11-7, then I would be scheduled a few days on 3-11 and a few days on 11-7 and 12 hr. shifts on my weekends. I discussed my dislike for the scheduling with the ADON who does the schedule and she said she couldn't help it. I put in my resignation a few days ago stating Jan. 19 would be my last day and told the ADON that I needed to find something where I could work one shift because I'm having a very hard time sleeping, I guess my body just isn't adjusting well, the ADON's reply was "well, good luck finding a job like that, but I know I will be able to. I really do like where I'm at except for the swing shifts I wasn't told about when I was hired. I was just wondering if I have a legitimate gripe?