Jo89 LPN

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1. I feel like I hate the hospital

   Jo89 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm a new grad RN in a residency program on a neuro trauma unit. Previously I was an LPN in long term care for three years. I've only had a few shifts maybe six or seven now on on the floor but I'm...

2. Turned down from new grad position

   Jo89 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've applied to many new grad positions for July, but the one I wanted the most turned me down. Is it worth it to try and get in for September start? Or just accept a position at another

3. New grad needing help and advice

   Jo89 replied to Jessie0990's topic in General Nursing

   Have you thought about applying to assisted living homes? You see mostly the same residents and it's more of the same routine. You can also most likely do 8 hour shifts and get a rotating set...

4. New Grad residency pay

   Jo89 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   What's up with the new grad RN pay? It's so low where I am (NH) and it seems to be non negotiable. Is this something that is usually negotiable? I have my LPN and I'm gonna be taking about a ten...

5. Asking for a pay raise

   Jo89 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I had a very small pay raise during my one year review at my company. It’s been about a year and a half now and since then I’ve been accepted to an RN program. I also feel like I am being...

6. Waitlisted for RN program

   Jo89 posted a topic in General Students

   I’m an LPN, I applied to an RN program in my area and just got my decision letter and got waitlisted. The school will not disclose where students are on the waitlist. Is this normal? Should I just...

7. Pay rate different for training period?

   Jo89 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I’m a newly graduated lpn and just got hired at a holistic health care center. We agreed upon a rate of pay and then a 2 dollar increase when I started doing IV work. She informed me the day I was...

8. Looking for opinions/advice

   Jo89 replied to Jo89's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Thank you both, I didn’t really think of getting malpractice insurance before but now I definitely am. I think another thing I was hesitant about was only being able to use a small portion of the...

9. Looking for opinions/advice

   Jo89 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I’m a new LPN graduate and applied to a job in a holistic health care center on a whim thinking I would never get a call back. Surprisingly I did and they wanted me for the job. The place is very...

10. Looking for advice

    Jo89 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just graduated from an LPN program. I also hold a BFA that I got when I was in my 20’s. I’m 31 now. I know eventually I want to be a nurse practitioner. My question is should I continue on at a...

11. Orientation for newly licensed nurses

    Jo89 replied to Jo89's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks for the replies. I have about two weeks left of my program and I’m finishing up preceptorship in a nursing that’s very understaffed. It made me a little nervous to see one nurse to thirty...

12. Orientation for newly licensed nurses

    Jo89 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I’m just wondering what the orientation phase has looked like for newly licensed nurses at new jobs and how long had it typically been? Also curious what kinds of jobs newly licensed lpns’s have...

13. Is this typical for an LPN program?

    Jo89 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I’m almost done with my LPN program, I have about three months to go. I just started clinical last week. We had to do virtual clinical in place of sim lab over the Summer, so it has definitely been...