gipsonbee

As long as you were honest on your application there should not be a problem. I too had problems with the law, but it did not hinder me from becoming a nurse. I was a CNA for 12 years, a LPN for 3 1/2, and I am now a registered nurse. Here in Arkansas the state board just required me to write a statement on what happened, and submit it to the board. I followed the requirements and got my license. :)

4.37 miles, 12 minutes

It's the name that confused me, we called them multiple multiples.

I,ve never worked twelve hour weekends but, as an LPN I have worked 6am-10pm, Sat and Sun. The worst for me was that I commuted close to 30 miles to work and by the time I get off Sat night I had to drive home, take a shower; and since I was pregnant, get to sleep when the baby went to sleep or stopped moving. I then would get about two hours sleep in all then it was time to get up and do it again. Your shifts sound lovely though and with no kids, I see no room for complaints. I on the other had 3 kids and one on the way at this time. But, I loved having the rest of the week off.

For me Little Rock, AR $24 hour- LTC

Well she needs to leave that personal stuff at the door when she comes in, and pick it up on the way out. We all experience bad days or what have you, but the workplace is no place to carry them. This leaves to much room for error, we all know that if you are not feeling this job on this day, chances are you are not gonna do your best, and even PCA's perform task that could be vital if not reported or done properly.

GLC in what state or city?

Hesi was harder.

I'm in AR and I registered with pearson vue on May 7, 2009, graduated on the 8th, got ATT on the 21st, took boards June 8, 2009, and got my license in the mail June 11, 2009. Everyone in my class has not received thier ATT though because some didn't send them in as fast. The BON had visited our school prior to our graduation, and told us since most schools were graduating within days of each other it was best to get them in asap because first come, first serve.

I was working on the dementia unit one night/morning and it was about 5am. I went to take this ladies blood sugar; she was in her 80s, and she started calling me mama. She pleaded with me to tell the CNA who had come in the room before I did not to get her up. She said, "mama why did that ***** tell me I had to get up, mama can I stay in bed another hour?" I told her yes. "Mama well go tell that ***** to let me stay in bed another hour. Mama do you know how old I am?" I said no. "Well mama look at this", she raised her pajama top up and pointed at her breast and said, "I got titties, I must be a teenager."

For me it was Pharmacology II. I took this in LPN school, it is the only course that I made a C in. I had all As and Bs until this course came along. Its all those drugs and side effects. Now that I am an RN I still have problems with meds but, thats what they make drug books for. But in the classroom setting you're not that lucky.

I read somewhere a long time ago where this woman wanted to go back to school and explained that she would be 40 before she finished. And whomever she was speaking to stated, "You are gonna turn forty anyways." I felt like this was the best advise she could have been given. If you are gonna one day turn that age anyway, why not turn it with a degree or as an RN?

The youth home in Alexander pays $27-$28. This is a salary position. I am a new grad RN. I am gonna start at a LTC facility next week, I haven't negotiated my pay yet but, I will be a supervisor RN which will pay more than the average RN starting there but, the LPN, well at least one I know there makes $26.00 an hour. She has 3 years experience. I have five years experience as an LPN so I'm sure I will top that. I will post back next week and let you all know my new grad starting pay.

It all boils down to what is important to an individual. It really is senseless questioning/judging the motives of others. We all have our reasons for doing or not doing, and what it all boils to is, "I didn't participate because I didn't want to." And if that is good enough for self, it should be good enough for everyone else.

There are a few reasons I did not want to attend my pinning ceremony. First, I am not into all the limelight stuff, I have always been quite, to myself, and shined alone. I don't have much family and there has never has been anything big going on. My only concern was graduating and walking. I am just not into all that stuff. I told the few people I had connected with in nursing school that I wasn't attending, they didn't believe me. I hadn't purchased my lamp, pin, or bought a dress two days before. Another reason was because it was hard to get in the spirit, we had to pass hesi before we could walk n graduation and we wouldn't know until 4 days before (hesi was on the 4th, graduation on the 8th). As a matter of fact we had two exit text (hesi and ati) that we had to pass or we didn't graduate. So my focus was really on passing these test ,I said damn a pinning ceremony. Who could focus under this type of stress. But I went on to pass the ati, and flunked the hesi, but they gave us three chances so we took it again the very next day, and I told the Lord if he let me pass I would attend this pinning ceremony. Well, I passed and had to honor my promise; that was on a Tues. That evening I told my bestfriend, my boyfriend, sister, and my kids about the ceremony, then I purchased my pin and lamp that Wenes. As I was about to buy my dress my cell rang and they announced the pinning had been canceled do to the lyceum flooding. The Lord knew I didn't want to attend. Another reason is because the administration was so ill, they have thier picks and chooses they had an awards ceremony a couple days before and gave the awards to the ones that did nothing in clinical or anything else, so I was disqusted with that also. To give u a good example, we lost two people this last semester and they was on schedule for the pinning ceremony (had active parts in), if the ceremony had have went forward they would have flunked out the next day (which they did) then all was lost, seeing that they have to repeat that semester, which they can't get back in until this time next year and they will have another pinning ceremony. So y have one if you don't know if you are gonna graduate? These exit exams really do make it hard to get excited.