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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) she took over. She was so sweet about, I know she m...

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 of graduation and that was it!

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 ABG's, writing careplans, and the initial assessment ...

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 area just to they can bridge. In my area a bridge...

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

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 didn't pass.

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

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 in there! Really. I kept getting tons and tons of "...

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 panic.

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 then there was alway the chance that I wouldn't g...

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 seemed like the board was very biased against anyone ...

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: about to get my LPN, start RN in the fall. So if I d...

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 graduate LPN and start my RN, the realities of wh...

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 was "way harder". I get tired of RN students/RNs ...

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 had about Rose was I didn't like their facility, ...

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 vitals and I asked are you so so so? and introduced...

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 all the big hospitals will let you sign a contract ...

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 is true that cost of living is cheap (my 1000sq ft...

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

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 started nursing school. I would expect that had she g...

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 sales tax?" There were a few fraction problems, but ...

these are so funny! I'm still in school but had one at clinicals that was jaw dropping to me. I'm just in shock at how little some pts understand about their own health. Anyway, this pt. had just come off a vent (been in a coma for 30days) and was ...

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 I can't work in NICU, but do you think it would be...

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 several (including the one I really have my sights s...

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 OCCC, OSU-OKC, and possibly Redlands. I like the ...