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Thanks I'm torn! I think thru Excelsior I could get done in about a year, I just don't know what to do í ½í¸©

I am wanting to go back and get my RN, I have been sent numerous information on getting my RN from Online schools. I am wondering if anyone has done the Distance Learning System with Excelsior, and how happy you were with it. I can not afford to quit my job and I really don't want to lose my place here, I work for the Department of Health and Human Services, so I'd like to retire from here either as an LPN or an RN. Thanks in advance!

To answer Mr. Murse's question, NO LPN/LVN's can do almost everything an RN can do. Each state is a little different, but for the most part we can do the same patient care. I can not push meds and a few other things, but I work right along side the RN's here.

I studied everynight for a month. Mind you this was back in 2008, but I used the Saunders Comprehensive review for the NCLEX-PN exam, along with the Kaplan study guide. It made my self do 100 questions every night before I went to bed until I completed all the questions and got a passing grade. Then the night before my exam I went back through and re did the tests that I knew I needed help with. I also remembered to read the question first normally, then scan the answers given, then re read the question slowly and throw out the 2 I knew were wrong then choose the most appropriate answer. TAKE A DEEP BREATH, and DON'T OVER THINK THIS!!! You will do fine!

I worked as a CNA at a BC while getting my LPN. Once I got my LPN, I worked as the post delivery nurse for the moms and well babies. I loved it!!! GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!!

I am currently a LPN and I'm considering getting my BSN. Wondering if anyone has or is working on their RN through The College Network and Indiana State Universitys online programs. I do not want to have to leave my current position to obtain my BSN RN. In the newxt few year there will be some RN's leaving and I don't want to be the low man on the totem pole when it comes to where I work. Help Thanks in advance!

Yep we are real. In my nursing program, we used RN text books. And I'm proud to call myself a Nurse!

I have to say I agree with jadelpn, Donna came to you to ask you to give this med because she KNOWS her scope of practice. Why would you want to risk your license and hers for one simple error. And yes as an RN you can deligate to the staff below you LPNs, LVNs, MAs & CNAs, but why deligate something to them when it is our of their scope? and as an LPN myself, if an RN asked me to do that, I would be really upset. I would think you were intentionally trying to get me fired. CYA,CYA

I say BS... There are many LPN's out there that know just as much if not more than ADRN's & RN's. Hospitals around where I live did stop hiring LPN's for a while, but they soon came to realize that the LPN's were just a valuable as the RN's. Yes as LPN's we get paid less, but that doesn't mean that we aren't capable of doing the same job, with a few exceptions. depending on the State you live in also. I can do just about everything an RN can, I just have to know my scope of practice.

I graduated back in July and then in October took a fulltime position at the Othopedic surgeons office at my hospital (I worked in OB before that). I wish that while in school that we would have learned more about the different types of orthopedic surgeries and the care that went along with them. As a student, I had my share of hip fractures and TKA's. It would have been nice to have a little bit more background on the terminology. There are days that I look at my docs and ask them to explain the procedure for me, because it truely is a language all its own. We do a lot of TKA's, Hips, broken arms, legs, rotator cuffs, carpal tunnel, meniscus tears, etc. Transfers would have been a great instructional tool, different types of dressing changes, signs of infections and the lab work that will more and likely be ordered, a huge one that we've seen in our area is MRSA. Ortho is such a huge area, that it is hard to get it all in, but brushing on a little bit would have been nice. What I learned about ortho in school was what I learned in clinicals. Good Luck!

Well, I graduated back in July 08 as an LPN. I took a position at a doctors office and I love it. Here is my sinerio, if I go back & get my RN, I will no longer be able to work in the area that I'm in, because they only hire LPN's in the office's at the facility I work for. So right now no way am I going back to school for another 2years (1yr for the rest of my general class' & 1yr for RN classes). I am very happy right now, I have a set schedule, M-F, 8-5, no weekeds & especially no more nights. Maybe down the road I may want to change, but right now I don't see it happening. I love my job, the doctors that I work for and the flexiblility that is there for me. Good Luck.

You don't have to be an LPN or RN to be a ROT. But it will help in the pay scale area. I recently went to a workshop sponsored by ASOP. I learned how to place a cast on all extremeties & I am working on getting myself registared as a ortho tech. Then eventually a bracing tech. Go to the ASOP web site, it was very helpful for me to be able to go somewhere for a long weekend and take the class, and now do the rest of the work online to become registared. GOOD LUCK!!

I worked in an clinic setting for 2months after graduating, then worked PRN at the OB/L & D department (I was a CNA in OB before graduating). Then my break came. They were going to offer me a full time position on Med-Surg (night shift), & the office manager for the docs offices called me and gave me a Mon-Fri 8-5 position with the Orthopedic Surgeons and I would not trade Ortho for Med-Surg ever. I still help out in the OB dept from time to time to keep my skills up but Bones & muscles are way more interesting and you learn a lot.

your itching is probably d/t the swelling in the extremity. The swelling should start going down soon. Good Luck

I'm an LPN at a Birthing center, and of course I can not do labor, but I do take care of pp and nbs, with exception of pp on MAG. In our policys it states that we can take 5 patients by ourselves and if we have any more than that, than we have to have a CNA on board. We always have CNA's in our facility, so its not that bad, but there have been days that we need more than one CNA to help with vitals, phones, etc. We are all taught how to assist with breastfeeding issues and we have a Certified Breastfeeding consultant on staff 24/7, if shes not there, we call her on the cell phone to come in. There have been times that it has been very crazy as many of you know. And if we are to the breaking point, we bring in extra staff, even if they have to float over from Med-Surg.

My class didn't have a choice. We started the Saunders books the very first semester and every week we had to hand in one of the quizes that were on the disks at the back of the book. I can honestly say that I hated doing them, but they really did help me to understand the disease process' better and Im sure that it helped me to pass my NCLEX.

For 11months I felt the same way. I thank God for a wonderful husband, sisters and family. If it would not have been for them I would have quit the first month. Hang in there. Don't let the instructors get to you, mind your P's & Q's and you will be fine. Hang in there. I love working with the patients now.

Good Luck. Just make sure you print everything off and keep a assignment calendar. You will do just fine. Make sure you read your stuff and don't let the instructors get to you. They have a way of doing that. Good Luck again.

CONGRATULATIONS GOOD JOB. :yeah:I too had taken my NCLEX on a Thursday, found out my results on the following Saturday. I was working on a temporary license though. It took about 2 1/2 weeks for my official license to come in the mail. I think it depends on the state that you live in.

Not sure where you are from, but I'd go fo the NP, here they can practice on their own and PA's have to be under a doc.

I've been wearing my scrubs so much lately that my entire body went to pot. Went to put on a pair of jeans the other day and cr*p they were too tight, and I swear I hadn't put any weight on. Well maybe those few cookies from the cafateria might have helped a little. I love my scrubs fun and festive, black or blue.

I worked on a temporary license for 4 weeks until I received my official license. It was well worth it for me.

Never mind. I understand. Sorry to have bothered you all.

I work in a "Birthing Center" that is located in a hospital and yes the RNs have to do all 3 areas. Granted there are RN's that are great with L&D, PP or nursery, but they all have to rotate. It sounds like you are very nervous about doing L&D. I quess I would suggest that you find the most experienced L&D nurse that is in the dept and follow her like a fly on ****. Then when you have time to read, study up on all the subject matter. Also I have found that it really helps if you get to know the doctors. I worked in this department as a CNA prior to getting my LPN and now I work the PP/nursery side. But I found that once I knew the docs I was okay. I actually went in and helped a new RN to the dept with an out of control mom the other day. I quess because I felt comfortable with the situation, I was able to speak to the mom in a pleasing and comforting manner to get her to stop freaking out. I'm not sure if the RN appreciated it or not, but thats ok b/c the mom calmed down and the other pts on the floor weren't hearing her anymore. GOOD LUCK

I agree, when I was working night though, I have to say that I was able to lose weight better or faster b/c I did just as you've stated above. Now that I've been doing days, I've put on a few unwanted pounds.