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  1. Is this peds experience going to help me at all?

    picurn10 posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I started as an LPN at a local specialty hospital for medically complex, more long term kids. We have a broad range of medical issues, but the kids are pretty stable. In fact, if they have anything...

  2. Is this peds experience going to help me at all?

    picurn10 replied to picurn10's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    So sorry, I forgot to update: I got the job!!!! And they are paying me as a nurse with experience for my time as an LPN! Thanks for all your encouraging words, orientation starts in another

  3. Post job interview questions and answers here!

    picurn10 replied to Faeriewand's topic in First Year After Licensure

    here were some of the ones I got last week: describe the most challenging pt you've cared for give an example of a time you turned a negative situation into a positive one why should we hire you? give...

  4. How long to wait to hear back about a job?

    picurn10 replied to picurn10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    yeah, I should have thought of that at the time, I was just really nervous because I want the job really

  5. How long to wait to hear back about a job?

    picurn10 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I applied for a PICU job last week. I feel the interview went well but assumed there were likely other candidates for the job still to be interview since my interview was at the beginning of the week....

  6. Is this peds experience going to help me at all?

    picurn10 replied to picurn10's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Well, I got an interview for monday!!!! The director who called me said that they like to see nurses with peds experience like mine so I guess they do count it afterall! Now I'm going to be a nervous...

  7. Help! How to I become more assertive?

    picurn10 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    My personality is very laid back and pretty reserved, but its causing me some problems in my job because pt families (work in peds) don't take me seriously or question me. The thing is, I graduated at...

  8. can you bridge from RN to MD?

    picurn10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Maybe that's a dumb question, but I was talking with my NP about her experience with NP school and she says she wished she'd just gotten her MD instead. Is there a way to do that as an RN without...

  9. rose state college..advice anything you can give to help

    picurn10 replied to airforcewife2000's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I'll be graduating from Rose next week!!! In terms of requirements, Rose has lower req's for sciences (I believe chemistry is still not required, and there isn't a math req) compared to other 2-yr...

  10. Nurse partner ot OU Medical Center

    picurn10 replied to LV2BME's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    they only list openings near the ends of semesters when positions open up from nursing students graduating. I've heard they are tough to get, but if I weren't working as an LPN and needed the money,...

  11. LPN FIRST OR RN???????????????????

    picurn10 replied to student1488's topic in General Students

    she said she didn't get into the two RN programs she applied

  12. LPN FIRST OR RN???????????????????

    picurn10 replied to student1488's topic in General Students

    For me, I loved the class size and the closeness of our group in LPN. For RN we have new instructors every 8wks, and new classmates. Half have been together since the beginning so they are close, but...

  13. Can RN student take the LPN test?

    picurn10 replied to Dadou82's topic in General Students

    the only skills I can't do as an LPN in my state are an initial assessment, draw ABG's, and write care plans. Some hospitals allow us to hang blood, but others don't. I can do everything else an RN...

  14. will my LPN be counted as experience?

    picurn10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am finishing my RN degree, but I just got hired as an LPN and am working as a peds nurse. I plan to work all through the rest of school until I graduate in May. I'm thinking I'll just stay at the...

  15. Can RN student take the LPN test?

    picurn10 replied to Dadou82's topic in General Students

    wow, that is so rude to say "it would be like going backwards"! I just completed my LPN and joined my RN class in their 3rd semester. I assumed we would be in about the same place knowledge-wise, but...

  16. LPN FIRST OR RN???????????????????

    picurn10 replied to student1488's topic in General Students

    exactly! It's much easier to get into a bridge program because of that reason! Plus, in my area you get so many extra points for having your LPN when applying. Since you have a 3.4 I have no doubt...

  17. Starting salaries of various states?

    picurn10 replied to starmickey03's topic in General Students

    I'm in OK, and the hospitals right now are offering about $18-19/hr for new grads. I'm an LPN (graduating from RN in May) and I work in a specialty hospital making $18/hr with shift diff., but the...

  18. LPN FIRST OR RN???????????????????

    picurn10 replied to student1488's topic in General Students

    This is exactly what I did and I'm so glad I did!!! When it came time to apply to RN I was short one class so I would have had to wait for the next application season, I was so ready to get started...

  19. Shocked by What Nursing Really Is!!

    picurn10 replied to kendra1978's topic in General Nursing

    do you work in LTC? If so, that is a BIG part of it. I just got my LPN and will finish RN in May, and you couldn't pay me to work at many of the LTC places in my area, because the nurses don't have...

  20. Got an A on my first official RN exam!!!!

    picurn10 posted a topic in General Students

    Sorry for the brag, I'm just so excited I just finished LPN school and am bridging into RN in the 3rd semester. It's OB/Peds and everyone has said is the hardest of the 4 semesters, and I found out...

  21. Opportunities for new grad LPN

    picurn10 replied to ohyeahuh's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I just graduated w/ my LPN and am working on my RN now, so I'll only be working as an LPN for about 6mo or so, but... St. Anthony, VA, Deaconess, Midwest Regional, and Baptist (sometimes) all hire...

  22. Help! I just took Nclex-PN and it cut me off at 85!!!!

    picurn10 replied to cairnst89's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    congrats!!!

  23. Help! I just took Nclex-PN and it cut me off at 85!!!!

    picurn10 replied to cairnst89's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    awesome!!!! Let us

  24. Help! I just took Nclex-PN and it cut me off at 85!!!!

    picurn10 replied to cairnst89's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was just SURE I'd failed and since I start my RN tomorrow I was trying not to have a total breakdown over it, the "trick" made me feel much better. I was surprised at how quick the board got my...

  25. Help! I just took Nclex-PN and it cut me off at 85!!!!

    picurn10 replied to cairnst89's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    why don't you just do the trick? I did that and it calmed me down a TON! Also, the phone option bills the amount to your home phone so that might be an option if you don't have cash on hand or on a...