WingsEarned21

WingsEarned21 LPN, RN

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  1. Nurses Make The Big Bucks

    WingsEarned21 replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    You have to call the state board in Michigan and ask for reciprocity papers.Fill them out and send your money and paper work off and they will send you your license for the state of

  2. Nurses Make The Big Bucks

    WingsEarned21 replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Boy are those people dissolusioned.I am an LPN .It took me 16-18 years in the buisness before I saw 30,000 for a year.Keep in mind that is what I made ,not what I brought home to survive on.I also...

  3. Prereq's for Kent state

    WingsEarned21 posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    I attended one of the satellite campus's about 8 years ago maybe less.Anyone know how long your prereq's are good for? Math/Eng/Soc/Pysch/A&P etc.Was thinkin bout maybe tryin to go back and...

  4. Ats?

    WingsEarned21 posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    Was wondering if anyone has heard of this program /school.Supposedly for LPN's to R.N. program that only takes 1 year .Would greatly appreciate any info you have

  5. Ats?

    WingsEarned21 replied to WingsEarned21's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Thanks so much for the

  6. Ats?

    WingsEarned21 replied to WingsEarned21's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Could you give me the website or phone number for this program soI can get more info please.Thanks so

  7. 2 Emotional

    WingsEarned21 replied to Young Woman's topic in General Nursing

    My husband used to get upset with me and ask me to find a new job because I would get upset about one of the residents in my LTC that I had grown attached to or I woudl get upset and come home and cry...

  8. How often do you work overtime?

    WingsEarned21 replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    Once you start working the OT though they will take it for granted that you will do it all teh time and your phone won't stop ringing .Make sure youare able to put your foot down and say no once in a...

  9. Hints & advice

    WingsEarned21 replied to kat29's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Try studying your ACLS stuff cuz you can bet your gonna have a code and need to know what drugs they are using and in what order and

  10. LTC desperate for lpn's

    WingsEarned21 replied to witter11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Those LPN'S are dreaming when they want L&D or ER .I couldn't even get into them when I graduated over 20 years ago when they still believed in on the job training.Not like today where if you...

  11. I want to do something else

    WingsEarned21 replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Smiley sounds like you were working my tele unit.Those are everyday things all day where I work .Those are some of the reasons I am going back to the different BS that goes along with LTC.On top of it...

  12. Torn between jobs

    WingsEarned21 replied to studentnurse3's topic in General Nursing

    Stay at home.I woulda killed to be able to stay home and still would.Mine are 13 and 16 and I feel they need me more now than ever.My daughter dealing with the boys and high school stuff adn my son...

  13. Short-staffed

    WingsEarned21 replied to wisegirl07's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree with gitterbug.If it is consistently short many use their feet,but the grass is no greener anywhere you go.We are all short everywhere.Just a matter of if you have a good team to work with or...

  14. Short-staffed

    WingsEarned21 replied to wisegirl07's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We tend to suck it up and pull together to get things done cuz you know and I know no matter how much we gripe it still has to get done and they can't pull nurses outta their butt's as much as we...

  15. 8 hr shifts vs. 12 hr shift

    WingsEarned21 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I prefer 12 hour shifts but the day shift 12's can be very tiring.My employer has a better chance in seeing overtime from me if I only have to be there a few days a week rather than 5 days a...

  16. Cleveland Clinic

    WingsEarned21 replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in Ohio Nursing

    No problem:) I also hear they have some kind of parent shift at the main campus.Allows you to work around your kids or something.Might wanna check on that

  17. ER Nurses. Read This!

    WingsEarned21 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    So nice to see a DR. recognize the nurse's whether it be ER or any nurse .So much of the time we feel underappreciated by the docs and nothing more than scum under their feet.God forbid you wake one...

  18. Nervous and need some help!!

    WingsEarned21 replied to MadisonsMama's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hey madisonites nice to see more people from where I am

  19. Information Please LPN to RN

    WingsEarned21 replied to HMNBRD's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I would like more info on the rio grande program (don't even know where it is but am interested) My thoughts on pre reqs go with yours after 21 years in the buisness.Was thinking excelsior due to work...

  20. Cleveland Clinic

    WingsEarned21 replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in Ohio Nursing

    O.K here goes guys/gals.I work for a hoapital that is part of the CC.I work the telemetry floor as an LPN.I have been there 5 years and it is not an easy floor to work.I am now leaving to be closer to...

  21. Job Search-New grad

    WingsEarned21 replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Some places offer shadowing experiences ,where you can shadow a nurse for a day and that would give you an opp to ask some of the other nurses there what kind of orientation they give new

  22. How far do you live from work?

    WingsEarned21 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    45 minutes one way ,about to become 15 minutes or less one way ooooooooooooooo going to be so

  23. 3rd shift in LTC facility?

    WingsEarned21 replied to oHIostoodent's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Depends on the facility and how they schedule things.The LTC/REHAB I worked had different wings.They had 3 floors of LTC ,one wing of vent rehab ( to get them off the vent if possible and pt/ot/st n...

  24. what's wrong with Skilled LTC

    WingsEarned21 replied to kodicando's topic in General Nursing

    I too had worked LTC/REHAB facility where we dealt with trachs,pegs,and on one unit vents I left there and was able to get back in the hospital being an LPN.I have been at the hospital for 5 years and...

  25. EC Clinical

    WingsEarned21 posted a topic in General Nursing

    O.K since you have to be an LPN or the like to do EC please tell me what you thought about the weekend clinical you had to pass.I hear it is really hard .I feel that having been a nurse for so long...