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Hi! My name is Anna...mother of 13-going-on-30 year-old daughter, wife to hard-working husband, currently working in a trauma center in SoCal. Finished all pre-reqs this semester and decided to take a semester off after 6 years of non-stop school. Go...

One of my favorite ER Docs handed me a copy of this after a pretty bad pediatric case I had came to a close. I keep it next to my bed and look at it when I question why I'm still doing this.

OK...I have to play devil's advocate here...for your sakes I hope you are both good students and have similar learning styles. One couple I went to school with ended up filing for and are now divorced. She was very flirtatious and depended on her loo...

More to add... 1. You tell your family members not to do anything stupid on your days off. 2. You yell at "ER" the same way your husband yells at football. 3. Your kids know more about bodily fluids than they do about X-box games. 4. You never leave ...

There are some things I don't miss about school... 1. Any time missed was to be made up in the form of a research paper, community service (verified), presentations to the class, etc. This included being 1 minute late. 2. No piercings, no jewelry of ...

Thanks everyone! I figured it might be a good idea to take microbiology this year and take anatomy next fall and physiology next spring. Once I do go in to the nursing program, I'll be in as a second year student and can finish in two semesters (sinc...

Hi all: I've been an LVN/LPN for two years, work full time in an ER/Trauma center and have been working on pre-reqs since getting my license. The coomunity college I attend has 5 pre-reqs (all science classes) that have to be completed and grades p...

Sonny: Welcome to the West Coast...other than deciding if this is really for you, have you considered going the direct route and getting your RN/BSN? If I had the time and money, I would have done it in a heartbeat. I love being an LVN (I work in the...

Things I've learned... -don't change a light bulb while standing naked on top of the pool table -NASCAR+Alcohol=ER visits lasting 3-4 hours -gangster bullets will always miss intended targets and hit innocent bystanders -the infant having a febrile s...

The facility I work at gives you the option of going part-time and keeping benefits while going to school and you contract with them for 1 year as an RN OR you can work two 12s per week and use 12 hrs pto and keep your benefits and you contract for o...

My heart goes out to you...when one of my classmates ended up having surgery 2 days before graduation we all got together and threw him a mini-graduation in his room before he was discharged. Our instructor pinned him and gave him his certificate of ...

1. You speak more than one language and don't think twice about it 2. There are 3 McDonald's, 2 Starbucks, and a Jamba Juice in a one-mile radius 3. Wal-mart 4. Your trash collector drives a Mercedes 5. The ER looks like the DMV 6. The "Dog Psychics"...

Hi! Have my LVN but will be starting my 3rd of 6 classes to finish prereqs for the RN in beautiful sunny Southern California!

Welcome aboard! I went the same route you are pursuing and it is tough! The 30-unit option doesn't give you the ADN, your RN may not be recognized out of California, and you still get stuck doing all the pre-reqs for the RN, not to mention getting th...

Thanks everybone for your responses...I had my pre-employment physical today for the position and expect to start in the next few weeks. Since this is only on-call and at most 2-4 shifts per month, I'll take this as it comes. My first call after clas...

I work in a trauma center and routinely start IVs and do blood draws (yes, I'm certified for both). In looking to make a little extra cash, I interviwed at a local medical group for an Urgent Care position and was told the LPNs there do Arterial Bloo...

I work in a trauma center but rarely work on "fresh" trauma patients. While everybody else is running in to see what is happening with the new patient, I care for the others and get them shipped up to the floor. I also am primary for our hallway pati...

I agree with you...we are all taught geriatric care in school. Sounds to me like this doc didn't listen to the LPN/LVN when his patient turned south and is looking for someone to blame. If he wants to LPNs/LVNs to have additional training, sure...at ...

You'll get better with practice, but that needle is the size of garden hose! At the trauma center I work at, we use 18s whenever possible.

I'm an LVN/LPN in the ER...Start IV's and maintain, do blood draws, administer meds within my scope, blood transfusions, and all the nasty dirty work some of the RNs can't or don't want to do...funny thing is, I'm working on my RN and I can't wait to...

From California... I work in a medium-sized trauma center as an LVN/LPN and am plenty busy! I am grateful to the ER staff that helped train me. I've seen how LVN/LPNs are treated on Med/Surg floors and it makes me furious...Administration doesn't tak...

I work in a Trauma Center in a catchment area. Blank schedules come out every 4 weeks...you fill it in, usually get what you want or negotiate with others on the same shift for different days off. I work Sun, Mon, Tues and am off the rest of the week...

1. One Instructor to 15 regular students + 5 alternates that get a regular spot if one of the regulars fails out in the first 8 weeks. After 8 weeks 15 students are placed and ranked. 2. Passing is 75% on everything. Pop quizzes are given out at ra...

I'm an LVN/LPN that is finishing up all the prereqs to get into an advanced placement RN program. We wore the traditional nursing dress with white shoes and stockings. Our dresses were blue with white pinstripes...looking back at that dress I know we...