OkieMom3D

There are some LPN schools here that have a 1 to 1 program with OCCC and OSU-OKC. You go to the TECH school for your LPN, and then are guaranteed entranced into the RN program immediately following. This way you can work as an LPN while getting your RN, but you are also getting your RN in the same shot (no time in between). I did not do this, so I can't give you anymore info about it, I just know others who have gone this route. Personally, I did LPN first, and then spent 5 years getting my pre-reqs for RN done, and am now doing LPN to RN. I don't like how I did it, but don't know how I could have changed what I did.

Yes, Yes, Yes!! Thank you!

I am an LPN who was just accepted into the ADN program at the local community college. My LPN classes did not transfer into college credit however, my LPN license allows me to get advanced standing into the ADN program. Which means I get to start in the 3rd semester of a 4 semester program. In other words, I get to skip the first 2 semesters because I am an LPN. But, before I could apply to the ADN program I had to complete several pre-reqs, which took me 2 years to do. I also had the option of doing an LPN to BSN program at a couple of different Universities in my area, but they require even more pre-reqs which would have taken another year, so I chose to get my ADN first and then go for my BSN while I am working as an RN. Also, my LPN school was accredited by the state BON. If you go to a non-accredited school the community college requires you to take an additional transition class and you must pass some competency tests, but then you get into the 3rd semester just like the other LPNs.

You are NOT suppose to massage the site after an insulin injection...it can affect how fast the insulin is absorbed by the body. I don't know what to tell you about this problem because your instructor will probably insist that if you don't follow her direction that you are doing it incorrectly and possibly give you a low grade because of it. Perhaps you could collect information from several different sources that state to NOT massage and then submit them to her, maybe anonomously.

I know what you are talking about, we had a sales presentation for it at my hospital and several hospitals in the area are getting them. It is the about the size of a portable x-ray machine and uses the same light technology as a pulse ox. It is brand new, October 2006, and costs $25,000. The local paper did a story about them a while back but I couldn't find it. Sorry!

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