LaShell

I'll be done with RN school in May and I'll be 42. I too am not the oldest in my class, I'd say at least 1/3 are my age or older. Hang tough! You have to live your dreams otherwise you'll be unhappy and get bitter and that will affect your life. ...

Oh, I just feel for you so much, that awful feeing of not wanting to go into work, ish!!! Have you only been working for a week? Take my advice with a grain of salt, but try to give it at least 7 or 8 months. I quit my first several jobs too quickl...

I started LPN school at age 36. Now I'm in RN school at 41 and it feels like I've been going to school forever!! However, I don't regret at all that I have chosen the "ladder" route, there's no way I would have been able to get through the tougher ...

Definitely, well said!!! I just started my LPN to RN program and after only half a semester, I have learned sooo much more. It's like I have a huge lightbulb on the top of my head "oh!! that's why I did that" and also think of the things I didn't d...

oh minnib, how awful, you are definitely in the right about your report. nobody wants to hear these really long reports with info that is not out of the ordinary. If anything "vital signs stable" would sum it up. She has to do her own assessment an...

I had a ton of stress when I was in LPN school, you can do it!! and still have a bit of a life too. My suggestions 1. don't work too much, it's great experience that will solidify what you're learning at school, but more will tire you out, make yo...

yup, true true granny nurse. It takes a second for a person to aspirate, as long as it takes the liquid to run down the trachea, but it may take a couple of days for an infection to develop. You may hear rhonchi or rales immediately after someone a...

The school where I go to now has the option where people can test for LPN after their first year of nursing school, or they don't have to and can just keep going for the second year and test for RN. All the prerequisites are the same, they have to b...

8 weeks in a long term facility 8 weeks in a medsurg unit of a major hospital 8 weeks in a clinic setting floating to various departments 8 weeks on our own basically somewhere of our choosing--some folks did rehab nursing, I ended up in another meds...

Hi! I've been an LPN for almost 3 years now and had a bit of the same experiences you are having. I too was at the top of my class, I think that maybe had something to do with it, I tend to be impatient and perfectionist... I quit my first job af...

I've never had much luck finding free info online. Best to buy a book, you'll get a lot of use out of it. Or go to your school library, lots of careplan books on shelves there I bet. Check your med/surg book for sample care plans for these types o...

True true true. I thought I knew so much when I got my LPN. Now after 1 1/2 years of science and prereqs for RN and just starting these new classes, it is very obvious that we are thinking at a whole different level. I feel like I really see the p...

Definitely just have your sis buy a kit from the drugstore, they're very accurage early on. I work in a clinic and it is policy to not call patients if their tests are negative (I think this is not appropriate in many situations because the patient ...

there is this icu nurse who is very friendly to me such as telling me i smell good and i look pretty in pink. are those the reasons you want a man to love you? how about your brains and personality? why would he be instered in me with the age g...

Usually there is just a general assessment test to get into any school/college. It covers math and reading, results help you determine which class level you should start at (basic math or algebra...). Really isn't much to study, it's just to help d...

Thank you! That's what I thought too. Even if you didn't know, it takes two seconds to look it up, then 'wallah!"

I have been an LPN since June 2003, started my RN prereq a year ago and now will be starting the real RN courses and clinicals next month. I've heard both sides... one is that LPN's have a slight edge because we're much more comfortable and experienc...

I feel for you! I graduated with LPN 1 1/2 years ago with honors too, and after working in an ICU as an NA during schooling and seeing and learning so much from great coworkers, I felt pretty knowledgeable. My goal was always to work in a hospital ...

When I graduated from vocational school with my LPN, there were a variety of occupations represented. I thought it was sooo cool all the floral students had decorated their caps with floral arrangements and wished that us nursing students had done s...

If you have a really supportive husband, mom, sister, or special someone in your life to help you can do it. So often we women bear the brunt of cleaning, cooking, appointments, etc. that we are spread too thin. I'm in the same boat but have only ...

22,000 WBC is pretty high, and too long to be running a fever imho, even though it is low grade. Also the bruising.... How are her platelets, how about a blood culture, liver tests? Have you had those done? Good luck to you!

I work in an Urgent Care and we have seen a lot of kids this last season with high fevers lasting about a week. My own son got it too, very scarey. Or docs were treating many of the kids with zithromax and it helped them. Hope your babe gets bette...

I am an LPN just starting my RN transition. I too really hated clinicals, I guess it was mostly nerves and feeling soooo out of place. We sometimes had a teacher we had never met before (too many students so the class divides up) and that was nerve...

Wow, exciting and scary, you'll do GREAT! I've been an LPN for 1 1/2 years. I can't believe what I've learned in this time and didn't even realize it when it was happening! Don't worry about your knowledge base. Every job is special in its own way...

eeer, memories of rehab... nope believe it or not it's the state that's concerned with their dining experience. when they are doing surveys, that is one of the things they look for--that we aren't giving meds in the dining room. from my experience...