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Hi all.... I know this topic has probably been around before, but I was hoping some of you seasoned LPNs could comment on what you think about the future of LPN/LVN nursing. I'm planning to enter LVN school this June, and am both excited and apprehe...

INTJ here. For better or worse, nursing and I go together like two peas in a pod...

As others have posted, my facility runs fluids at TKO unless there is a physician's order to the contrary, such as NS @ 100, etc.

What about nursing, exactly, IS glamorous? Nursing is one of the least glamorous professions I can think of. The beauty of office nursing is the high-quality patient teaching you can provide--teaching that would be virtually impossible to give on th...

Well I am five weeks away from starting nursing school, and am super excited! (Also super-nervous since I feel like I'm scrapping my BA degree and starting all over, but I digress...). Do any of you have experience with the Temple College VN program?...

I am a Texas native who, because of my hubby's job, moved to Orange County from Austin about 7 months ago. After dutifully trying to be happy and comfortable in Cali, both my hubby and I are having to face the facts--our quality of life has taken a ...

I worked as an LVN in Texas, where LVNs have a quite wide scope of practice; the hospital for which I worked employed TONS of LVNs. On the telemetry floor I worked, I routinely gave 5, 10, even a few times 20 mg of IVP Lopressor. Per hospital proto...

LPN=LVN We are called Licensed Vocational Nurses in Texas and California; all other states refer to their basic nurses as Licensed Practical Nurses.

I worked too hard and made too many sacrifices to become a nurse to have unlicensed personnel using for themselves the title that I EARNED...I can kinda, sorta look the other way if I see a CNA trying to soothe a dementia patient who may not know wha...

I have yet to see an LVN program that requires chemistry as a pre-req. If chemistry is not your thing (as it sounds like it isn't :/ ), then going through an LVN program will allow you to become a nurse sooner rather than later, and not be held up by...

My "at work" fashion rules: 1. Scrubs that are comfortable, reasonably pretty, and that FIT WELL...I'm tiny, so I usually buy tops that are gathered or have a tie at the back , so that the top fits my waist a little better than those boxy unisex top...

I haven't posted in a while, due to my life being turned upside down over the last few months....this post is nothing more than my "sob story", so thanks in advance for reading it. I'm a fairly new LVN, having graduated from a program in Texas back i...

Wish my most memorable pt. statements were as nice as yours! I was once caring for a 95 y/o post-surgical pt. who was experiencing confusion d/t all the pain meds she was on....after she started clawing at her surgical dressing, pulled her NG tube ...

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Home health may also be a good fit for you. Good luck and congrats on earning your RN license!

I have a Bachelor's degree with a double major in English and history. It's a very "useless" degree! Thus after being frustrated with my limited options in using that degree, I went to LVN school and have not lacked for opportunities. I believe in th...

Obviously there are a million threads nearly identical to this one, but... I took the NCLEX-PN today. Didn't study a whole lot, although I did do 25-75 practice questions each day for the last 2-3 weeks. I finished LVN school with a 4.0, and generall...

Don't know how I did it, but...I passed!

Exactly. What was the point of my hard work in NS if no amount of studying could have prepared me for that dreadful exam??? The test was just a mind game. I worked hard in school, and feel like I have a thorough understanding of the nursing process...

I graduated from an LVN program nearly two weeks ago, and have been anxiously awaiting my authorization to test letter. It has still not arrived. Is this normal? How long does it take on average? Thanks!

I was offered a job prior to graduating from NS. I have been out of school for about 2 weeks now, and will start my job next Tuesday. So, that makes it about three weeks between graduation and beginning work.

I am a new grad from an LVN program and will be working on an ICU step-down unit at an area hospital. I am interested in purchasing liability insurance, but am unsure as to how to find a reliable company, how much coverage I should have, and so fort...

Congrats on earning your license! You say that you are "adamant" to apply online....are you sure you don't mean anxious? Adamant means "insistent". I don't mean to sound petty about the wording of your post, but do be careful about using correct wo...

Wow. In my fundamentals class in NS, we were taught to glove up for all hygiene-related care--baths, oral care, etc. It's a service not just to ourselves but to our patient--God only knows what organisms we may have inadvertently touched somewhere ...

I too was just trying to edit, but to no avail! I meant "streptococcus" not streptoccus.