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    Old New Grad Offered Corrections Position

    mommy.19 replied to LilMissPriss RN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally LOVE corrections nursing. It's a very different environment (to state the obvious) and you have to really enjoy what you're doing. In my opinion, my personality type jives with this type...
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    TCC RN Course Length Minimum? LPN Schools in Tulsa?

    mommy.19 replied to cloud9247's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    The only way to "Accelerate" the program is to go to an institution that offers an accelerated program, like OU (13 months for your BSN, but it requires a previous bachelor's degree). TCC is a 2 year,...
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    moving to Tulsa

    mommy.19 replied to calliesue's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I work as an LPN for an agency in Tulsa, and the LTC pay ranges from 22.50-26.50 depending on shift and location. I live in the Jenks school district and I absolutely love Jenks. I feel like it is the...
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    Any nurse externs out there?

    mommy.19 replied to cnyeco1's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    It's pretty much shadowing an RN, learning the duties of the particular area in which you're externing, learning skills, developing assessment skills, etc. Pay is roughly that of a CNA (in Tulsa at...
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    Bad news about TCC RN program

    mommy.19 replied to youngandnursing's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Program has been great, busy, difficult to manage at times but I'd never take it back to do anything else. Clinicals are a little shifty, just as disorganized as TCC sometimes but it all works out in...
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    Bad news about TCC RN program

    mommy.19 replied to youngandnursing's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Just had to give a shout out for the OU Tulsa admission faculty/advisors, they love and want to help you! :) Sorry about all the bad luck with
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    Is It Possible An LPN Can Make More Then An RN?

    mommy.19 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I had no clue there was such a stereotypical disparity between the ideal of an LPN vs. an RN. It has been interesting for me to be an LPN while going through RN school. Telling some people I'm an LPN...
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    lpn to bsn @ ou tulsa - questions

    mommy.19 replied to athena5657's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    St. Johns takes care of their own, I can say that from experience. (and congrats on getting in, it IS the best program in the state, hospitals always hunt for OU grads, I graduate in May, and I...
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    A witness to CPR

    mommy.19 replied to michuria's topic in General Nursing

    It could have also been a result of ruptured esophageal varices, as well as the aforementioned ribs causing trauma to the
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    Polycystic syndrome

    mommy.19 replied to madgina's topic in General Nursing

    PCOS (named by the appearance of the unruptured follicles in the ovaries -aka cysts- giving the ovaries a chocolate chip cookie appearance) used to be referred to as "syndrome X" or metabolic...
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    Tulsa Community College- Fall 2009 Start

    mommy.19 replied to PedsNrs2B's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Honestly I didn't study, I'm a little hard headed and told myself that if I hadn't learned enough in my first year of my BSN program to pass the LPN test...then I wasn't doing something right. It took...
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    Ou Absn

    mommy.19 replied to insuelin's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I can't speak for the Duncan campus but I externed with many OUABSN Tulsa graduates and found them to be extremely knowledgeable, and spoken very highly of by other staff. I don't think specific...
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    Tulsa Community College- Fall 2009 Start

    mommy.19 replied to PedsNrs2B's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Didn't go to TCC but tested for LPN halfway through, was expensive and time consuming but DO IT. For some reason it made me more confident (and I don't mean gave me a big ego) but allowed me to...
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    OU Traditional Nursing Program

    mommy.19 replied to honeydawn75's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Well, to be honest with you, I really don't know! I just wrote a response to what the prompt said and moved on with it, thinking, they can't REALLY judge me from these TINY statements...can they???...
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    Opportunities for new grad LPN

    mommy.19 replied to ohyeahuh's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    One of my really good friends in the BSN program with me at OU Tulsa, well her sister is an LPN, has been for about 8 years, her peak pay has been $20hr and for her that includes hospitals, ltc, snf,...
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    New LPN....charge nurse in SNF?

    mommy.19 replied to mommy.19's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Did your interviewer seem at all concerned about no experience, or were they just very confident you could handle it? Did they give you a clear job description and pay rate? Just being nosy :) *******...
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    New LPN....charge nurse in SNF?

    mommy.19 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have a short, sweet, and to the point question. Am I crazy to take a job as a charge nurse (LPN, 6p-6a) in a 40 bed skilled nursing facility, having newly received my LPN license while finishing the...
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    New LPN....charge nurse in SNF?

    mommy.19 replied to mommy.19's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I applied for equivalency through the board to sit for the NCLEX PN. Thank you for your input on the
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    Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    mommy.19 replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The status MUST say 'delivery successful' for the pop-up to indicate that you've passed. If it says "ready for delivery" than the pop-up means nothing, because in pearson's eyes, you haven't taken the...
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    Side effects of Drugs in exam! HELP Please!

    mommy.19 replied to RNindmaking's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    To paint a perfectly honest picture: I did exceedingly well in pharm class, to the point of ACTUALLY LIKING IT *gasp*! Took the NCLEX PN on tuesday, I knew what TWO drugs out of probably 10 were. I...
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    Career Change to RN - TCC or RSU?

    mommy.19 replied to FriarTuck's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I'm sorry, I thought RSU only had a BSN program! Shows ya what I researched and what kind of Plan B I had That sounds like the best route for you at this point and I wish you the best of...
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    Career Change to RN - TCC or RSU?

    mommy.19 replied to FriarTuck's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Congrats on the choice to make a career change. The one thing I would advise, is don't assume you won't get in somewhere *just* because of your GPA. While it is a competitive point, there is a point...
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    Tulsa Nursing Opinions! Please!

    mommy.19 replied to Tulsagirl00's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    OU Tulsa offers an LPN-RN bridge, but they require one year of LPN experience before bridging over, and I believe TCC has this requirement as well. I don't know a lot about RSU but if it is your only...
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    Taking NCLEX without studying-Wanting honest opinions

    mommy.19 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'll make this short and sweet. I'm in a BSN program, graduating in May 2010, just finished my summer externship in ICU and have the chance to take my LPN and work to support myself until I graduate....
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    Passed my NCLEX-PN

    mommy.19 replied to lilbeans's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    :redpinkhe