Loving.Very.Nice

Loving.Very.Nice

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  1. Licensed staff/skilled nursing residents

    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...

  2. What does your username mean?

    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...

  3. DNR POLST not signed by conservator, signed by MD

    Loving.Very.Nice posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  4. DNR POLST not signed by conservator, signed by MD

    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...

  5. DNR POLST not signed by conservator, signed by MD

    Loving.Very.Nice replied to Loving.Very.Nice's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I will go in in one

  6. DNR POLST not signed by conservator, signed by MD

    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...

  7. LPN to RN bridge programs in the Bay Area

    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...

  8. LPN to RN bridge programs in the Bay Area

    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...

  9. LPN to RN bridge programs in the Bay Area

    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...

  10. Sacramento New Grad RNs.... Are You Having A Difficult Time Landing A Job?

    Loving.Very.Nice replied to nurseJ88's topic in California Nursing

    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...

  11. one semester bridge program?

    Loving.Very.Nice replied to 7starbuck7's topic in LPN to RN

    which program did you think sounded "like a nice

  12. Nursing Recession-proof?

    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...

  13. LPN to RN bridge programs in the Bay Area

    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....

  14. Sacramento New Grad RNs.... Are You Having A Difficult Time Landing A Job?

    Loving.Very.Nice replied to nurseJ88's topic in California Nursing

    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...

  15. LPN to RN bridge programs in the Bay Area

    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...

  16. one semester bridge program?

    Loving.Very.Nice replied to 7starbuck7's topic in LPN to RN

    Western Career College in Sacramento is 8 months. Although, you pay an arm, a leg, and need to get rid of your family (sell the kids, divorce your husband).

  17. LPN to RN bridge programs in the Bay Area

    Loving.Very.Nice replied to suzanne4's topic in LPN to RN

    Solano Community college, Fairfield, CA; Union Pacific, Angwin (outside of napa); and Western Career College, Sacramento, CA have LVN to RN bridge

  18. Salary negotiating for a Military Vet

    Loving.Very.Nice replied to Christerray's topic in California Nursing

    VA and civilian work at USAF hospitals may be your best bet. If you are getting in to the GS system, then time worked in the USAF would be credited. AND, the VA system gives preference to vets with...

  19. Would you pick a school according to their pass rates?

    Loving.Very.Nice replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in California Nursing

    I would have to say that it depends on what grads of that nursing program say. Can you ask any that have recently graduated? The private LVN to RN program that I am currently in (in Northern Cal.)has...