tmmcbrady ASN, RN

I've been an LPN for close to 30 years. I'm very happy being an LPN. My career took a different turn and when I decided I to continue my education, I pursued a counseling direction

Unfortunately, we nurses tend to be our own worst enemies. I have heard it said that nursing the only profession that "eats it young" I just try and do my best to stay out of the fray and focus on what I need to do next. Good luck!!

I worked on a medi/surg floor my first year out of nursing school. I found it a very valuable experience in learning how to impliment the skills I learned in nursing school and setting priorities etc... Not sure if I would have done well in a special...

I was a CNA for about 3 years before starting school. I thought it gave me a real edge in the beginning. I worked 16-24 hours a week while in school & hated every minute of it because I was always tired. I was married and had a small baby at the ...

Good Luck---enjoy the experience. Take care of yourself!!

My thoughts are: ---Take the exam! Even if you decide not to work as a CNA, the experience of taking the exam will be good and look at it as practice run on dealing the stress of the NCLEX-PN --- I don't know what the rate of pay is for a CNA in your...

Technically I think it can shut off at 85 if there was no hope of passing but I highly doubt it. My guess is that if it shut off at 85 it's because you did a good job and no more questions were necessary to prove your competence. GOOD LUCK!!!

I am currently teaching in the program in addition to having a small private alcohol & drug counseling practice & helping the school I work in jumpstart and LPN Program. The CMA cirriculum is very skill based. The A&P is minimal and the h...

I am an LPN and have been one for almost 30 years. Currently I teach in an MA program. The difference is night & day. MA's are not licensed in my state and therefore do not have a scope of practice. The education an LPN receives is head & s...

I began working in the addicitions field in 1988 in a hospital based detox. I then worked in a men's residential treatment program (half-way house) in 1990 as a case manager. I started doing trainings & college course work toward my Licensed Alco...

I think that any certification you get will enhance your credibility. The first thing I needed to do was find my passion and follow it. I have worked in addictions for the past several years and am now a licensed alcohol & drug counselor and a ce...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

I have been an LPN for close to 30 years. I have also returned to school a variety of times to enhance my knowledge and skills. No education is a waste of time. I am very proud to be an LPN and I think of all the crendentials I've earned, it's been t...

I would suggest checking NFLPN. The website is nflpn.org It's the professinal organization advocating nationally and in a variety of states exclusively for LPNs NFLPN uses NSO but at a group rate.

HO-HUM I graduated from LPN school in 1978, that was all the talk back then. Right now, I work in a career college teaching in a Medical Assistant program and our school is in the process of developing an LPN Program. I'm not going anywhere. I've don...

Hi: I'm 52 years old chronologically (about 12 emotionally) I can keep up with the best of them as long as I pace myself. Right now, I'm teaching in a Medical Assistant Program in a Career School. I have 22 students to watch over and they keep me hop...

I went to nursing school almost 30 years ago & still remember it as one of the most challenging but rewarding experiences of my life. After graduation, I'd put my skills next to any other type of nursing education. Good luck, it's worth all the w...