Loving.Very.Nice replied to pistolchick's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I have worked as an LVN and RN in LTC for five years and always wondered why there was no true licensed nursing staff to patient ratios. I am very aware of the PPD (patient per day) and I've even had...
Loving.Very.Nice replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor
When I was just starting as an LVN, I had a schizophrenic patient. Every day I would introduce myself as her nurse fir the shift. And, every day she would say "when I was a little girl my mom would...
Loving.Very.Nice replied to Loving.Very.Nice's topic in Geriatric, LTC
The good news is: patient is still alive and breathing and is not in any pain. The bad news: the patient still has an ambiguous code status and a "spontaneous fracture." My heart started racing went I...
Loving.Very.Nice replied to Loving.Very.Nice's topic in Geriatric, LTC
My problem is that SSD (Social Services department) does have a social worker and they have tried all week long to get the state appointed conservator to sign. My other problem: is that my DON knows...
I work at a Rehab SNF. We have this patient that was recently diagnosed with end stage cancer. The patient is conserved and was previously a full CODE ( or may still be one.) My question is: Is the...
Loving.Very.Nice replied to suzanne4's topic in LPN to RN
I went to the WCC LVN-RN program in Sac and it is 8 months long. The prereq's have a 7 year experation. My prereq's were close to 5 years old when I entered the program. As far as the program being...
Loving.Very.Nice replied to suzanne4's topic in LPN to RN
The pre-req are the same as Community colleges: Anatomy, Physiology, Micro, Human growth and Developement, Psychology, Nutrition, English, Math and I think Chem. As far as being employed: I was...
Loving.Very.Nice replied to suzanne4's topic in LPN to RN
Once you have your pre-reqs, WCC in Sac. is about $35-37K. I paid $35K for the eight month program. It was quick, there is usually two admit times a year and hardly, if any waiting list. I applied and...
news channel 13 finally reported on the difficulties of sacramento new grad rn's having a tough time getting a job. i'm glad to see some truth in the news, instead of journalists reporting nursing...
Loving.Very.Nice replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing
Nursing is not recession proof. I'm a California new RN grad, previously an LVN (LPN), and am having a very hard time getting a job. I just got rejected for a LTC position and I worked in LTC for 2...
Loving.Very.Nice replied to suzanne4's topic in LPN to RN
The program was overall good. Don't let the cheezy "You can do it" commercials fool you. It is a tough, thorough program. My classmates are passing the NCLEX, so that's what counts....
My classmates and I graduated from WCC's LVN-RN program in Sac on Oct. 17, 2008. We continue to get rejection letters even though our graduating class has a total of 80 yrs of LVN experience (from LTC...
Loving.Very.Nice replied to suzanne4's topic in LPN to RN
I did my finnished all of my prereq's at Solono Community College to get on their waiting list in 2004, but they said it would take about 2-3 years to START their program. So, I went to Western Career...