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I moved from South Carolina in November last year. I applied for endorsement before I left S.C. but after I got here (WA) I got back my endorsement forms cause I had forgotten to sign one page. I signed and mailed it back and received the FBI fingerprint card. I went to a state fingerprinting place which did not tell me they did not do the Department of Health fingerprints and after lining up for about 30 minutes I paid for the prints and had them done. I gave them the FBI fingerprinting card but they decided to use their own and said it was okay. I sent it to Department of Health and after several weeks had it returned to me with instructions to do it on the enclosed FBI card. I went back to the same place I had done them and that is when they asked me what I was having them done for (a question they should have asked me the first time before taking my money). When I told them it was for a nursing license, they told me they did not do the Department of Health ones and gave me names of people who do those. I went and had them done the next day and that is more than three weeks ago and I still have a temporary permit and "pending" under my name on the WA state dept of health website. I have been applying for jobs but every time the employer sees the "pending" and "temporary permit and not renewable", they don't bother calling me back.

Thanks again. I appreciate all the info CCL RN.

Thanks again CCL RN for the info. So what you are saying is that all I need to do is contact Washington State (the state I am moving to) and not my board here in S.C.? If that is the case then I shall contact the Department of Health (WA) by phone for more details.

Thanks again CCL. I went to the website and there were several options but i assumed the right paperwork is the endorsement form. So after i download the endorsement form, do i send it to my current nursing board (where my license is from) or do i send it to Washington state (where i am seeking the license from)? What does my current state do verify and then send it to Washington to issue me with a WA license? I am sorry for asking too many questions but i could not find info on these questions on the site.

Thanks CCL RN. I shall check it out.

I just passed my NCLEX and my LPN license is for South Carolina. How do I go about changing it to a Washington State one where I am planning to work.

Hey y'all, I was glad to come across this thread cause I have been wanting to know what views you guys have about the question of whether RN program is easier than the LPN. I have another question and would appreciate if someone could tell me whether RN pre-requisites are harder than LPN ones. What is included in the RN pre-requisites? Is it subjects like microbiology and is there a lot of chemistry done? Please someone tell me. Thank you for your replies.

Thanks vintagestudent. Good to know I am not the only one who cried though I cried for a different reason - being made to repeat every lab check-off. Thanks for your encouragement and I will keep you informed as I go on. True, the instructors do not coddle us but appear unsympathetic when you fail a test. I wish they would be more encouraging and act more human. Anybody else with such an experience - having to redo the check-offs, crying and dealing with "cold" instructors who seem so ready to fail us? Let me hear your views and I will continue keeping you informed how it is going.

Hey y"all, Congratulations to all of you who are finishing the program. Could someone share with me how their program was? I just finished my first semester and I had many days of crying and very very high BP (though I never had a problem with BP before this). I failed almost alll of my skills and had to retake them even the easiest ones. You are taught for a few minutes and expected to know them and well. I did not do too bad in my class tests though. Did any of you have the same experience all you all did very well in your tests. I tried to find out (before I joined the nursing program) from the thread started my pre-LPN students who were eager to share with each other how their first day, semester was but once they started, they never came back even though I kept posting questions to find out who their classes were going. I will really appreciate if someone can come back to me and let me know whether they had ups and downs in their program or is it just me. Thank you for your replies.

I am still waiting for somebody to tell me how their first weeks in NS were. I know some of you have mentioned that there was too much information all at once and also exams like immediately after but I need to know more information like stories one hears about instructors being mean and dropping as many students as they can. I have heard of classes starting with about 50 students and then half of them being dropped so the school can have just like 20 students after the other 25 students have bought books and everything needed, only to be dropped. I have also heard of students being dropped at their last semesters. I do not know the reasons this happens but I am curious as to why. Do medical students and students in other careers get dropped as easily as nursing students are? I would also like someone to advise me on what fundamental of nursing book i can read before we get a list of books we can buy when i start school in two weeks. I will appreciate any information from anyone on any tips before i start school.

Those of you who have already started cause i see some were starting in March/April could you please tell us how your first semester or first days went and what you did in the program. I would really appreciate cause I am starting in August.

What is academic probation and how did you get it if you did well enough to become an LPN?

Hi all, Thanks again for all you replies. What I am trying to say is that I am just now applying for the nursing program and the pre-requisites are done with the program once you are in it so I have not done any anatomy, physciology or any of that stuff but I am taking math, english and computers (mini classes) while waiting to join my school's nursing programe. The problem I have is I never took any sciences in high school and even though your explanation is good, I wish I knew what you are talking about but because I never did any sciences, I do not understand that beautiful explanation of the thingies. Any way I will have to purchase the ATI study guide and their practice test though it is really costly. Any idea where I can get a used one? I googled TEAS study guide and came across a book called "Secrets of the TEAS Exam Study Guide" by Morrison Media. It is like 36 dollars and I am wondering whether any of you have bought one. If anybody is selling their study guide or knows where I can get a used one, please let me know.

Thanks beejaycee. I will check out those DVDs at our local library. Right now I have only done college math, english and cpt. I have not done the other pre-reqs like anatomy and physiciology and so have no idea on any sciences. I do not know why we are expected to do something you have not been taught and which you will be taught later in the program. I appreciate everybody's replies here and I will look into these resources.

I just checked the ATI study guide and practice text and together they cost $58. That is very expensive. I remember at one time someone here posted a website which sells and also buys from people, old nursing books but I don't remember which one it was. Anybody knows it. I had checked it out at that time and the books there were really cheap and they even had the Kaplan copy too.

Hi everybody, I wish to thank all of you for the useful replies I got from you. My situation is that I am applying for the Nursing Program and the TEAS exam is one of the requirements among many like Placement Test, drug tests, immunization etc. I am okay with English and Math but my mind is completely blank with the Science. Science is completely new to me as I never did it in school. Anybody who has done TEAS here and had never done Science in school before? I will find out whether our school has a study guide before I make an appointment with them for a date in which to do the exam and if not, I will get the online one. I will find out from them too what the passing grade is. Thank you guys for your helpful responses. I really appreciate all the information I get from this website.

Hi everybody, I am getting ready to do the TEAS exam sometimes this month. I thought I would do it next week but found out that it contains Science questions too and now I am not sure I am ready for the exam yet. I have not done any Science and all these is Greek to me. I can do the Math, English but I am wondering how I can do something that I have no idea about. I have not even done any pre-requisites yet and my school requires I do the TEAS first. Anybody here who did the TEAS and had never done any Physics, Chemistry, Biology etc.? How do they expect us to know these things? I would appreciate any advice from anyone about how to go about doing the Science and also information about where you are getting the study guides for TEAS.

Hi, My clinicals were not heard except for things like b.p., taking weights etc. but we had a good teacher and so she would make sure we all got it. I am better in writing parts as opposed to hands on. I am sure you will do well. Just find a friend and keep practicing. The place I did my CNA testing had very nice ladies and most of us passed.

I left school years ago and I have just completed some transitional studies which included English, Math, Science, Social Studies and College Skills. I will be taking some pre-reqs which include, English 101, Math 155 and Psy 201 for now and a few other classes later. Can someone tell me whether these math and english are the same GED type or are they are harder. I also need to buy a book to read while waiting to join this classes like a nursing school entrance exams one. I saw several books online like Kaplan nursing school entrance exams, McGraw-Hill's nursing school entrance exam for nursing pre-admission exams and several others and was wondering if anybody here has seen these books, and if so, would they recommend that I buy one? What does one get tested on when taking the entrance exam? I will appreciate your help on this.

Hi, Thank you so much for the information. I did not think i would find someone with the information cause Denmark is a small town. I really appreciate and the information was helpful.

I know Denmark Tech, in Denmark, S.C. just started a nursing program about a year ago. Does anybody know anything about it like if there is a waiting list and how the instructors are. I would like to hear from anybody who has this info. Thanks.

I have noticed that most nurses who have been CNAs are not mean to their aides because they have been there. I think it is a good thing that nursing students are now taking CNA classes. I worked with a new nurse who had been a waitress in a bar and she was really mean to the CNAs and would not help even when the aide was all alone on the floor with lots of patients but instead would be looking for all the mistakes the aides were making.

I have worked in LTC, Assisted Living and in a Group Home. The nurses in LTC are usually very mean to CNAs (I am a CNA) and very few are good. I think they (LPNs) are treated in a mean way too by the RNs, who too are shouted at by Doctors. This could be the reason they are mean. Being overworked too at LTCs too could be another reason for that as the nurses in Assisted Livings and Group Homes were more relaxed and therefore nice.

In "organized" nursing homes, we each had a maximum of 8 patients each (Alzheimers center) during the day shift and that was managable. More than 8 patients would be too much anywhere during the day shifts or evening shifts but for the night shift 15 patients would be okay. It is almost impossible to give proper care during busy shifts if you have 15 and over. Life Care Centers are known for giving aides more than 15 residents and most of those residents are not taken care of as they should cause you can only spend like so little time with one resident before going to the next one and most of the times you are given like an hour to get them up, clean them up and be in the dining room on time for breakfast with the residents looking clean and presentable.

I got paid 8.00 dollars an hour in the facility i trained in before i did my exams. That was in Washington State. The last place i worked at in Seattle paid me 13.00 dollars an hour. Now i have moved south (S.C.) and even though i have like 6 years experience as a CNA, the most i have been told i will be paid is 8.00 dollars and i don't find this place any cheaper than Seattle even though the pay here is miserable. The pay the pay here is what somebody who did not have CNA certificate in Seattle would be getting. I can not believe it with all the work at a nursing home, South Carolina would pay that little.