Nony

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1. Any Advice for an LVN on her First Job???

   Nony posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I am a new LVN and I just got two jobs. One is on a med/surg floor in a LTAC hospital and the other is in a nursing home. Any tips on how to handle fellow nurses and CNAs as a new nurse on the job????

2. Any Tips on Finding a Job as a new LPN????

   Nony posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I am new LVN. I got my license on the 2nd of December prior to this, I had worked in healthcare as a nurse aide for 7years. During my years as an aide I worked in nursing homes, staffing agencies, acute care hospital and long term acute care hospital...

3. Are Lvn's Allowed To Do Initial Assessments??

   Nony posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I was interviewed for a job at a nursing recently. After the normal routine questions in the interview with the DON (Director of Nursing), I was given an opportunity to ask questions. I asked who would be doing the initial assessments on their admiss...

4. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

   Nony replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN/LVN

   New LVNs earn between $18-$20 to start in houston. Through temp agencies and home health you can make anywhere $24/hr to $35/hr depending on the agency and the complexity of the cases you will be handling

5. Trying to Contact Victoria College LVN Students!!!!

   Nony replied to Nony's topic in Texas

   Just study the NET guide. You can also use study materials on the Victoria College website. The college has a campus in halletsville so you should check that against next year. I have a degree in English Language from Africa. But after begin out here...

6. Insurance or no Insurance

   Nony posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am presently working two jobs. One is fulltime in a pediatric floor and the other is PRN at another hospital. I will be starting the LVN program next month and would appreciate some advise about my work situation. One fulltime job provides my medic...

7. My Father passed away yesterday!!!!!

   Nony replied to Nony's topic in General Students

   I went home for my father's burial on the 7th of July. All the while I had been in disbelief, untill I saw him lying lifeless, I never accepted that he had died. Now it has dawned on me that I will never see him or talk to him again atleast not as lo...

8. My Father passed away yesterday!!!!!

   Nony replied to Nony's topic in General Students

   I appreciate the outpouring of sympathy, it makes the whole thing more bearable. The funeral is scheduled for the end of next month tentatively. My father died in Nigeria so the funeral is scheduled to give his kids enough time to make it home for th...

9. My Father passed away yesterday!!!!!

   Nony posted a topic in General Students

   My father passed away yesterday, I am still in shock and I cannot wrap my mind around the idea that I will never see him or talk to him again. He was a good father and I already miss him so much. I am scheduled to start nursing school on the 28th of ...

10. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

    Nony replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN/LVN

    I used to live in Northern California, Sanfrancisco to be exact. They pay pretty well. LPN's working in the County hospital earn between $27 and $30. I can safelly say that in the Bay Area of California they earn nothing less than $22 an hour base ra...

11. Relationships and Nursing school

    Nony replied to Nony's topic in General Students

12. Anyone repeat A&P?

    Nony replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    Honey, when it comes to field like nursing, donot be ashamed or afraid of anything because someone else somewhere has gone through the same things or even worse. I had to repeat A&P for a better grade and I got a B in it. I have also decided to g...

13. Relationships and Nursing school

    Nony replied to Nony's topic in General Students

    You might be right.

14. New about to be Student with Questions

    Nony replied to myonlyboyluke's topic in General Students

    Thank you very much for the suggestion. I wish I could get medicare for my parents but they donot live in this country. I will surely be applying for financial aid and scholarships, maybe that will enable me to work partime,and give school more atten...

15. Relationships and Nursing school

    Nony posted a topic in General Students

    I am wondering how I am going to be able to manage my relationship while in nursing school. I am going to be very busy and I donot think that I will be able to give the relationship the attention it needs. I am seriously toying with the idea of break...