tothepointeLVN

tothepointeLVN LVN

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  1. Never placed an IV!!!!!

    tothepointeLVN replied to LoriZ342's topic in General Nursing

    I also got one of these. For the price it's not bad.

  2. Never placed an IV!!!!!

    tothepointeLVN replied to LoriZ342's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure what state your are in but when I took my IV and Phlebotomy certification that LVN's in my state are required to have to work with IV's there were a couple of RN's that took the practical...

  3. The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Private For-Profit Schools

    tothepointeLVN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    Oh and don't count on job placement it's joke they don't have any leads that you can't find yourself. They reviewed my resume which was professional done by a friend and butchered it into something...

  4. The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Private For-Profit Schools

    tothepointeLVN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    One thing I found was the the large tuition charged left the students with a great deal of entitlement over things they shouldn't be entitled about. "I'm paying my $$$" was repeated over and over...

  5. The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Private For-Profit Schools

    tothepointeLVN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    Yeah even in the few years I've been out of school the school I went to puts up the tuition about $2k per quarter. TheCommuter. You went a trade school RN school right ( might be confusing you with...

  6. Why do mean/crabby people become nurses??

    tothepointeLVN replied to R!XTER's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think everyone should read this book or some variant of it. "When Nurses Hurt Nurses: Overcoming the Cycle of Nurse Bullying" by Cheryl Dellasega, PhD, RN, CRNP I'm getting tired of nurses like...

  7. The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Private For-Profit Schools

    tothepointeLVN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    On the federal jobs note. Many of my school's clinicals were at the local VA hospital and a couple of my classmates have been hired on at the VA. You couldn't pay me enough to work at the VA

  8. The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Private For-Profit Schools

    tothepointeLVN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    This was somewhat true at my school except I was one of the 6 all the time to get to go to the hospitals for clinical's. They set the top grop grades wise to the better clinical sites. The downside...

  9. LACC v LAVC

    tothepointeLVN replied to JMESR's topic in California Nursing

    that's hardly a difference 3.59% certainly not one to base making a big decision like this on. also this post is 2 years old it's likely the op has already grad u ated

  10. Stupid things that nurses say

    tothepointeLVN replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Are the LTC's still like a personal bedroom with a regular bed in the UK? They were when I left NZ and was surprised to find LTC's are more like hospitals that

  11. Stupid things that nurses say

    tothepointeLVN replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    One thing I hate more than anything is hearing anyone be they caregiver or nurse lean into their patient and say "Do you need to go

  12. What do you think about TV nursing comedy/drama like Nurse Jackie?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    lol yes because nurse jackie is such a positively portrayed nurse lol. sometimes i worry that i'm a little too zoe when i'd much rather be more jackie or

  13. New Grad Dealing With Catty Phlebotomists in Training

    tothepointeLVN replied to kima84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can sympathize with having rude coworkers but I think in this case you "might" be the rude one. It seems like they want to get to know you a little bit, in a round a bout way they are asking you to...

  14. Lpn to bsn

    tothepointeLVN replied to lauren.lpn2010's topic in Online Distance Learning

    LVN/LPN - BSN programs in and of themselves are hard to find usually there are LPN-ADN or RN-BSN and online LPN-RN are even more so the three distance ( not necessarily online ) programs that I know...

  15. What size are your Danskos?

    tothepointeLVN replied to GeauxNursing's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Size 40 and I usually wear a 9. The white ones I had were more loose fitting that my black and my suede

  16. Staff splitting going too far?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Maine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Life is dysfunctional. I've had these types of coworker issues in many settings. Yarn store drama

  17. I'm hearing some nurses with bsn/masters have hard time getting a job?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Aongroup1990's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Kaiser is a big managed health care group that offers health insurance but all the care is provided through their own network of hospitals and clinics with somethings

  18. What are ideas for group activities for people with mental illness?

    tothepointeLVN replied to chariot's topic in Psychiatric

    Watercolor painting might be fun since you can really express your emotions by pushing the colors into one another. And there are some little quick things you can show to paint trees. You don't need...

  19. Tons of student loans, pursue DNP still?

    tothepointeLVN replied to MystyqueOne's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    with 9 months experience? what exactly are you planning on teaching them. i'm all for encouraging a good idea when i see one but i'm also all for recognizing grandiosity in my own ideas and dreams....

  20. Tons of student loans, pursue DNP still?

    tothepointeLVN replied to MystyqueOne's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    On a side note re the cost of education I was listening to NPR a few months ago when a rep from UCLA was talking about having to spend millions on techonology upgrades because the students demand it...

  21. I need help with a dosage question on medicine please?Thanks

    tothepointeLVN replied to Aongroup1990's topic in Patient Medications

    The key is to always set up the question correctly even if it's simple at least in the beginning that way if you have a more complex question later you can be

  22. Need some help. Insight, support, just something

    tothepointeLVN replied to jamie.glaze's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    See when your open about your situation you can find solutions to your problems and people will come out of the woodwork to help you.

  23. Got my license in WA with simple possession of marijuana

    tothepointeLVN replied to Saab93's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Well I'm glad everything worked out for you and they didn't put you through the ringer

  24. Not satisfied with Kaplan

    tothepointeLVN replied to whichone'spink's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Also consider looking into an independent reviewer. The one paid for by my school was excellent she was a writer for the NCLEX test bank and had also written her own review that covered exactly what...

  25. GPA for USC?

    tothepointeLVN replied to jelly221,RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Maybe especially since you have such an excellent GPA. I would think they look for a lot of other things other than pure GPA. I don't know what exactly to except to be