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Hi! I am a LPN looking for info on any good agencies to work for in the northeast PA area. Please PM me if you know of who is good to work for, etc. Thank you!

Hi Everybody! I am going to start Excelsior for LPN to RN. And the more I'm reading about the testing out, the more I'm getting confused as to which to test through who. I know that I can test out of the gen eds prior to enrolling and saving on the ...

Thanks everybody! Decisions, decisions ... trying to decide which order to study and test out of!

The hospitals in my area offer a nurse intern (extern?) program over the summer for new grads. Start there, see if the hospitals in your area offer something like that. Also in this area, it is preferred that you get one year med/surg experience und...

1.whats a typical day at work like? My typical day may not be what you're looking for. I am a pediatric private duty nurse. So I go to people's homes, help with their disabled, medically fragile children. My duties may vary, depending on the client. ...

I live in Northeast PA, and recently met with Interim, and am looking for info from anybody with experience with dealing with them. (I have to go in for more paperwork, but I like to hear what others have to say) Are they good about getting you assig...

Thanks for your response! I did meet with them a second time today, and think I've decided to go with them. They have 2 cases they want to get me on. Hopefully I'm making the right move. I've been with my current agency for 2 1/2 years, and feel...

Click on this link: http://www.discovernursing.com/ and look on the right for the "HOW" tab. In there, it says "Nursing Programs Without Waiting Lists" Maybe through this, you will be able to find one closer to where you are. Good Luck!

I don't have an answer to your question -- but I must be missing something in my research for LPN to RN online schools. South University, from what I've read, does RN to BSN. I'm aware of Excelsior College for the LPN to RN (Associate) completely ...

go to discovernursing.com Put your mouse by the "HOW" tab toward the right, and there is info for nursing programs without waiting lists.

I did post on your other thread, that's closed now. And my suggestion is to see if any of the local hospitals will offer an internship type program, that way you can get your foot in the door, and satisfy the technicality of clinical hours. After re...

Maybe check with the same, or other local hospitals and see if they offer an internship program that will give you the clinical skills you need to pursue your career.

I graduated June 7, and sat for (and passed) boards on June 13. The DON at my school was on top of getting her paperwork into the State ASAP. So, part of the "wait" depends on your school.

I don't smoke but my husband does. The last two places that we lived had a basement, that was "his" room, and he could smoke away down there, but not in the main part of the house. Now that we are living in an apartment, he can NOT smoke inside, an...

I work agency, and make a notation every hour. So if my client is sleeping the day away, I will write every hour "remains sleeping" "sleeping soundly", etc.

You can't refuse to do the treatment, but maybe you can get the time that it's done changed. Hopefully there should be at least SOME period of time when no one is there with your resident, (first thing in the a.m., at bed time, somewhere in between)...

I go to school with my client. It's something that I'm still getting used to, because I happened to start with my client at the beginning of summer, where it was just me and them for the summer, and we did whatever I wanted, nobody (besides mom) to ...

I had a false positive TB test once as well. The MD that read the test is telling me not to worry because he tests + Some people just need to get annual CXR instead of annual TB tests, to make sure that IF you do have it, it's contained. With prope...

Being booksmart won't necessarily make you a better nurse. Someone was in my class who would have been the top nurse, GRADE wise, but this particular person had no bedside manner. This person's sense of "humor" was very unprofessional, and the actio...

You would need to go online with the NY State Board of Nursing and check their requirements. If you still have questions regarding your credentials, etc., you can call them. That would be your best solution with accurate information.

If you're working for an agency doing private duty, doesn't your agency have any forms that the patient takes to the MD to have filled out at that time? (my agency does and when I know my client is going to the doctor, any doctor, I remind them to t...

Although there is only one test to take, and you can only "register" for one state at test time, the licensing REQUIREMENTS for each state may differ. Make sure you check with NYS BON to be sure you have all of their requirements needed to be licens...

These are only Possibilities, without me knowing the pt himself, any lab works, etc. Ineffective tissue perfusion peripheral r/t impaired arterial circulation R/F injury: hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia r/t failure to consume adequate calories, failure...

I agree with the previous posts, thanking your loved ones near the end. Also just by telling them that "it's ok" is something that they need to hear. It's ok to let go, and that you will be alright. You will meet with them again someday, when your...

some of my residents receive 2-cal, so I will usually put the MOM in that. You can try putting the MOM in his healthshake, if you know that's what he drinks all of. Just a suggestion. I have a couple residents who are completely with it and will wa...