moviefan2000

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1. Help!? Is $27,000 too much to LVN and RN school??

   moviefan2000 replied to ladybugme!'s topic in General Nursing

   27,000 is a lot of money; you should definitely shop around! I live and work in NJ as an LPN. I graduated in 2007 from a one-year vocational school that cost 16,000. Then I paid about 8,000 going for...

2. MRSA exposure???

   moviefan2000 posted a topic in General Nursing

   My friend was floated to a new unit today, where she had to give meds via a G-tube to a patient who (as it turns out) had had a positive sputum test for MRSA. She was splashed in the face from the...

3. Lesser of two evils...

   moviefan2000 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I would like to ask for your opinion regarding a med issue at an ALF. What is the better thing to do? To admit that your facility ran out of a narcotic painkiller for a resident, and you used the...

4. LTC vs. Hospital Salary for New RN - Help!

   moviefan2000 replied to dander625's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hi, I also live and work in Northern New Jersey, but as a new LPN, not RN. At my Assisted Living Facility the starting pay for an LPN is about $22-23/hour. At my first job at a sub-acute center RNs...

5. Assisted living facilities

   moviefan2000 replied to smak60's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hi Everyone, This is my first reply to a posting. I work in NJ as a fresh LPN grad, this is my second month at this job. I didn't need benefits, and they offered me 25 $/hour, which I happily...