picurn10

picurn10

Member

  • Content

    409

  • Visitors

    7,225

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    1

All Content by picurn10

  1. Embarrassing clinical moments... share yours

    picurn10 replied to dblpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    my very first day in med surg, I followed the RN into the pts room and she had me take vitals. I was so stinking nervous I couldn't get a bp. After a couple attempts (I just wasn't hearing anything)...

  2. CC won't offer financial aid since I have a B.A

    picurn10 replied to wireless-101's topic in General Students

    have you asked for a waiver? I had the same problem but they issue waivers for a few select majors like nursing. All I had to do was get a letter from my nursing director showing my prospective date...

  3. LNP role vs RN role

    picurn10 replied to gonzales5inid's topic in General Students

    It varies A LOT by state. Check out your states "nurse practice act" It deliniates everything an LPN can and can't do. The differences by state are pretty vast. For example, in my state other than...

  4. Finishing LPN school then going directly for RN

    picurn10 replied to k3104's topic in LPN to RN

    I really think it depends on what region of the country you're in. In my area bridges are for LPN's who've worked for less than 5yrs and paramedics going for RN. Lots of people go the LPN route in my...

  5. Fail at 85??? NCLEX-PN

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

    how did you feel about it when you were done? Did you feel you

  6. Passed my NCLEX-PN

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

    congrats! your post is making me feel a bit better. I had a TON of pharm questions and tons of SATA and cut off at 85. I went in so confidence, but I just feel so upset now. I just really think I...

  7. Fail at 85??? NCLEX-PN

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

    the website is shut down for maintenence!!! :banghead: Pure evil, I tell

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

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

    any word? I also took mine yesterday, cut off at 85 and it felt HORRIBLE! Going in I'd done all these ATI tests that said I had a 98% chance of passing on the first try, but I felt like a huge MORON...

  9. Fail at 85??? NCLEX-PN

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

    Oh, I feel your pain! I took it yesterday afternoon and it cut off at 85. It felt HORRIBLE to me, like I was missing everything. SO I'm trying not to

  10. I got in!!!

    picurn10 posted a topic in LPN to RN

    Just about this time last year I decided to go the LPN to RN route because it would shave about 6mo off my application time. I was a little wary because I'd never considered the possibility of LPN and...

  11. really disappointed after my trip to the BON

    picurn10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had our nursing school's "field trip" to the BON this week. I have to say it was so disappointing. I went in with the idea in my head that it would be fair and professional, but in fact it just...

  12. how did you decide to get your NP?

    picurn10 posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm just trying to figure out if this is the right path for me, and I was just wondering how you decided to go on to get your NP, or did you always plan on it? Right now I'm doing a 1+1 type thing:...

  13. Becoming a nurse for the money...

    picurn10 replied to Marc86's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't do nursing for the pay. No Way! I do think that pay factors into it and if nurses made less than they do, I don't think I'd be able to rationalize it as a single mom. Now that I'm about to...

  14. Is LPN school just as hard as RN school?

    picurn10 replied to NICUplease's topic in LPN to RN

    Um, have you actually done LPN? I have TONS of friends and instructors who did both and none thought that RN was "way harder". Different, more paperwork, more patho, but definitely no one thought it...

  15. OCCC Career Ladder question

    picurn10 replied to StephieRN_1216's topic in LPN to RN

    Ahh!!!! so frustrating! I actually wound up getting into Rose, so I just decided to go with that, it's closer to me and my son is already through the wait list at their day care. The only hesitation I...

  16. 1st med pass did not go so well...

    picurn10 replied to borntobanurse3's topic in General Students

    we're not allowed to say "are you Mr. so so so?" either because a confused pt just might say yes! In fact that very thing happened to me last week. I wasn't doing meds, but I was getting ready to do...

  17. Financial Aid for Spring admits?

    picurn10 replied to Adams_Mommy_07's topic in General Students

    check out Physicians manpower: it provides scholarships and matching grants to students who agree to work in a nursing shortage area, which are typically any big city or rural area. Also, in my city...

  18. Oklahoma Nurses get paid WHAT?!

    picurn10 replied to Mrs.BSN71109's topic in General Nursing

    Those wages sound right to me. I'm about to finish my LPN (start RN in August) and starting pay at hospitals is about $14-15/hr and LTC closer to $20. RN pay is about $18-20/hr before shift diff. It...

  19. SCARED of the math on the Work Keys entrance test!!

    picurn10 replied to thinkingpositive2009's topic in General Nursing

    Work keys gives you a calculator and there is one in the corner of the screen as

  20. really disappointed after my trip to the BON

    picurn10 replied to picurn10's topic in General Nursing

    She did actually. Both she and her lawyer made the point that she messed up. My problem was that the DUI was in June of '04, so we're talking almost 5yr ago. It was also more than 2yrs before she...

  21. SCARED of the math on the Work Keys entrance test!!

    picurn10 replied to thinkingpositive2009's topic in General Nursing

    how funny, I just took WorkKey's on Monday. It is required to graduate from my LPN program. It was super, super, super easy. The kinds of questions were like "x cost this, y costs this. what is the...

  22. would working in peds help with NICU?

    picurn10 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am about to graduate as a LPN, and I'll be starting my RN this August. I plan to work while in RN school, but I'm just wondering what specialty will be the best to start off in. Obviously as an LPN...

  23. would working in peds help with NICU?

    picurn10 replied to picurn10's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    well, luckily in my area of the country almost all hospitals hire LPN's. There are two hospitals here who don't hire LPN's at all, and one is the big children's hospital in town However, there are...

  24. Anyone go to Rose St.?

    picurn10 posted a topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I'm currently doing my LPN, but have my prereq's done and plan to bridge straight to RN in August. I applied at Rose St. last week and she "unofficially" told me I was in, but I also plan to apply to...

  25. Anyone go to Rose St.?

    picurn10 replied to picurn10's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Enjoy your time