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Check with Panola College in Carthage, Tx. They have a online course if you meet their education requirements.

Thanks I had thought, as you suggested, about the education part. When I worked at an Adult Day care as a "fill In nurse" I found LOTS of mistakes made by patients and docs alike, but most of those people were not teachable. This could be a better situation. Thanks for your encouragement

There are losts of avenues in nursing--they aren't all home health nursing home or hospital--look around something else might be "your thing" or at least for a little while. Good Luck

I am a LVN with 30+years experience who is semi-retired. I have been working as a supervisor for a non medical Provider service in supervising field staff in compliance of personal care, cooking and housekeeping duties. This is just on the edge of nursing without really getting into the REAL stuff. I have noticed multiple times our clients do not have anyone to fill pillkeepers for them and a lot of the problems they have are caused by not having their medicine as the doctor prescribed available. Our company can hand the already filled pillkeeper to the client to take, BUT can't be responsible for filling the keeper. I have been wondering about providing a "Business" that fills pillkeepers for the public with oral, sublingual or suppositories. NO shots but I could conceiveably do transdermal patches. My wonder is does this cross the line with being a nurse where I would be responsible for interactions changes in client condition etc. that a nurse with a home health agency or other facility would beresponsible to monitor and report. Since this is not government funded and would be private pay, I wonder how all this would appply. My Nursing practice act doesn't really address this specificaly. Anyone have any thoughts.

There is a program at Tyler Junior College that has been sucessful for many years. Check with them it is called LVN-ADN transition.

I worked as a LVN for Home Health in Pediatrics 2 years ago and made $16.00 /hr with mileage and ^ pay on Holidaysand weekends. Overtime was GREAT. When I left hospital nursing 6 years ago I was making $13.50 with benefits, I live in East Texas and don't know what the difference is in pay scale in Dallas are. I would think it would be more.

Brian, ATTENTION, BRIAN!!!!! We need those smiley's like bob's. PULEASE!!! PRETTY PULEASE***

One of the hospitals I +USED+ to work at required the nurses to each bring a gift so they could drawn from the pile for Nurses Week. What cheapskates!! You actually were written up if you didn't participate. Gimme a break.