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I work in a major metropolis and ALL the hospitals told the nurses also in the early 2000s, so I completely understand what you are saying. Any that had LPNs told them they had to become a RN within a certain amount of time or leave or retire if you...

I really need some advice. I live in NC and wanted to go Indiana State University. Well. recently the BON of NC decided that they will no longer recognize ISU. I was will to go to a border state to complete the program, but the BON recognizes Excelci...

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! You are so awesome !! Your post really helped . I started looking around , and read different things around the web. Some good and some horror stories but none of what I read was as good as yours. Is it ok if I PM you, if I hav...

I don't have any med-surg or acute care. Just LTC. But how can you remember a 500 + page study guide ? I know it is a test, but how many mistakes can you make before you fail ?

Can anyone give tell how they are financing school ? I would like to do it without taking out new loans if I can .I am told I make to much for real aid (grants) and I have a lot of loans from before. I don't want to be paying loans back for the rest ...

I think this absolutely nuts. I looked at what a PAs education and salary is . I wonder why they can have still only a masters degree and a nurse has to get to back to get a DNP, but the same or nearly the same pay. I am all for education and profes...

I am so sorry you are experiencing this. I love the PRNs,they are actually like a breath of fresh air to me. I know the pettiness that you are speaking of. But that is usually FT against each other sadly. Where I am , the FT are at each others throat...

My only advice is , if you take A&P through Excelsior, make sure the credits match other schools if you decide to get a higher ducation when done ( ex. BSN, MSN, PHD ). My friend didi this and was told she had to do A&P over because they want...

I have a DON that wants to know EVERYTHING. This DON is a major control freak , has favorites and has done some incivilbility. She constantly threatens jobs ,especially of good hard working staff, but her faves can do no wrong. No matter what they d...

I believe who ever said if you want t o be a MD , be a MD. If you want to be a NP , be one. I am also pursuing to be a NP. And like you I did pre-med, But sometimes life has a way of taking you in a different direction. I think someone said you don't...

LOL. :lol2: . This so hilarious. When I was in school a lot of my fellow thought the same. There were people like you and I who tried to warn them. People think it's like on t.v. Well, guess what? Half of my class dropped during 1st clinical rotati...

Could ladyinscrubs please post the study guides by Lippincott . Thanks

I am so glad you would not be my nurse. If you came in my room with that crap I would kick you out immediately. Do you honestly believe this ? You can give a reality check without a guilt trip. You will learn this when you become a good nurse.

It depends on what state you are operating in the scopes of practice for both. Someone said LPNs don't do PICCs. DEAD wrong. Where I work they can and IV pushes. You can't make generalizations thank you.

Wow, as many have said you have the right to be precepted right . But as a LPN I have precepted many RNs.But I can tell you when I first started my job, I was precepted by RNs , I had the same experience. I a lot of them did not want to be bothered a...

Yes, it is illegal to identify to yourself as such. Maybe not in your state but definately in mine. If I were a pt I would want to know the correct identification of that person. We can do everything that they can do AND more but they can't do everyt...

You can at least go one edition down. Usually there is little to no difference. Also try sites like half.com, chegg.com, where you can get extremely discounted texts, or even rent texts.

That happened to a coworker of mine. They told her that they enroll her in to Excelsior and buying their modules was the onlv to get through. She was shocked and angry when I told her that not only was she not enrolled into Excelsior but TCN was noth...

I agree with impala66. I have seen this numerous times, in fact I have precepted many RNs. As an aide, there where many RNBSns that came in and did not know how to do simple things. Which is sad bc when we were short, or had a sudden flood of pts the...

You should have your credentials behind your name whether you are a CNA, LPN, BSN, MD ,etc. I am an LPN going back to school to achieve RN, MSN and I worked to darn hard to get where I am and hope to be to let someone let me think that it's not.Someo...

I know EXACTLY how you feel. I hate that assumption. People don't care what bills or obligations you have, all they see are dollar signs. Once they hear that you are a nurse , it's like they hear cha-ching !!

I am a fairly new nurse ( 1year) and I remember one of my teachers telling me that she would fail me b/c I used gloves to much. That being to turn, move pts up in the bed,etc. My response to her was that I don't know what these pts have. And that a p...

You can still see a difference ,even in LTC and rehab. A cna/medtech cannot due assessmants ,treatments,IVs,etc.

Correct. A cna can hang IVs,monitor them and so on. I have done so myself when working as one in a hospital.ANd , yes ,RNs are over LPNs, just as LPNs are over cnas, and other unlicensed personnel.

Yes cna 2 are used but they aren't being paid much more than cna 1. I have been both and am a LPN,going for RN. Want to now they complete difference. Go the NCBON.