HeartJulz

HeartJulz

My first yr. as a LVN!

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  1. Help Want to start ncp

    Thank you for your interest in the Nurse Candidate Program (NCP)! The Nurse Candidate Program is designed for full time students at a brick and mortar school (on-line curriculums do not qualify)...
  2. Navy Nurse and Active or Reserve

    A direct email I received from a nursing officer hope this helps Thank you for your interest in the Nurse Candidate Program (NCP)! The Nurse Candidate Program is designed for full time students at a...
  3. Navy Nurses Corps- Nursing Student

    This is an email from my email box from a nursing officer hope this helps ... Thank you for your interest in the Nurse Candidate Program (NCP)! The Nurse Candidate Program is designed for full time...
  4. If you have your BSN in Nursing then you'd join the reserves as an officer unless you do want to enlist. Reserves youd have peace of mid you'd be close to your family at all times and can have a...
  5. What is your current LPN salary

    A little less than $28. Living in the bay area CA. Over 4 years licensed
  6. gosh here I go to work and DREADING when I get there, Im going in a bit earlier to chart and get ready to get my butt chewed
  7. LVN here, but have already made mistakes and feel awful , I wish I could shake this 'beating myself up' but it always lasts a few days. My main error was an insulin error believe it or not, though...
  8. new nursing students @ Los Medanos College

    ..havent yet applied! been working floor as LVN since March , but hope to get in next year ... didnt know the old post was mine until I re read it !!! Im sooo anxious to finish
  9. Just curious if any of your schools offered this? It is super pricey .. anywhere from $800-1400 and Im wondering if I really need this or not. This is for my LVN. what are all of your thoughts on...
  10. Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts

    sorry, I dont come onto this site very much .. slow to respond. The boards doesnt have a pass rate because we are the first batch to grad. since Concord campus is new. From what I know so far .. we...
  11. Graduated Nov.15th 07 and began work March 6th , 08. Im still in serious DEBT ..it will take forever,ugh. Good luck
  12. California LVNs (after NCLEX)

    Any of you in CA awaiting your LVN NCLEX results? Maybe we can pass the time quicker w stories and our NCLEX experience? I also heard that we have to pay another $120 once we get our letter in the...
  13. Nurses malpractice insurance

    go with the old saying 'never depend on anyone else but yourself' and watch your back ... only you are the most responsible for your actions, so pay the extra few bucks a year to have your own...
  14. I know how you feel .. Ive made a huge mistake at my job, I felt HORRIBLE for days and days ...but know that it will pass in time and bottom line is you learned from it. Im a perfectionist, so for me...
  15. Scrub Nurse

    Hope this doesnt sound weird, but can you tell me exactly the day to day of your job as a scrub nurse? right now Im LVN in SNF, my long term goal is cosmetic/plastic and the other day I was looking at...
  16. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

    I know I have posted here before .. just got my first paycheck and Im happy .. they pay time and a half for any over time ... if a nurse pulls a double shift time and a half first 4 hours and then...
  17. lost my first LPN job

    wow thats odd. did you try craigslist.org? Try there... I seen jobs there some encourage new grads. what about your clinical sites where you did your clinical rounds? Thats where Im working now .....
  18. california lvn pay scale

    Start for me SNF $25/hr. And even though I have been in health care 5 yr. Im "new" So this is new grad. rate.. but this is also where i did my clinical rounds through school and they were calling me...
  19. Failed the NCLEX-Pn 3RD TIME!!

    No worries! Everyone feels some sort of anxiety.. I passed with 86? weird number and drove to Sac to get temp license and have been working now almost a week ... Have faith, try to pass the time with...
  20. March 2008 NCLEX support group

    Hi all! How is evryone doing? Hows NCLEX coming along? Anyway last night was my first night on the floor by myself, though my class mate aloso applied there we had the cart together, and man oh man...
  21. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

    Yes I agree sometimes when they do poop-yay! when they dont then get prepared to maybe do a fecal impaction and put in a suppository ... and also another thing that is sometimes hard is when they have...
  22. March 2008 NCLEX support group

    My advice is really, the studying is the most difficult, just stay disciplined... !! Set whaTEVEamount you need.. 3 weeks, 4 weeks, etc. and literally act like you are your own DRILL SARGENT! All of...
  23. Nursing salaries are all different. there is no set rate, really.. only ballparks. If I were you I would check out salary.com or Im sure there is a thread specifically geared towards your
  24. Why is it so bad to be an LPN ????

    Even family has judged me! Having very little excitement for my LVN and when I mention RN they sound much happier. Im at my wits end.. because I have done it all on my own .. no husband, no family.....
  25. medical assistant or lpn??

    yes I have seen this ... replace may just be the wrong term used... but theyd rather have MAs rather LVNs for pay reasons... so in hosp. the MAs do the check in, blood pressure, history data, chief...