PedsAtHeart LPN

So finally after 8 years of being an LPN (which I have loved) I start RN school next month. I am doing a bridge course so I only have the last year of the RN program to do. I'm so excited but so nervous too!! Just had to share my news :)

It doesn't get to me as bad as it does you, but hand sanitizer bothers me as well. I would actually prefer to go back to the good ol soap and water. I think hand sanitizer is over-used and not as great as what people seem to think. I have a horrib...

Seminole and Midwest City are pretty comparable in travel time from Shawnee. I attended Seminole for quite some time until I ran out of things I could take. I'm a single mom who was working full time so evenings/online were all I could take. Rose...

Thanks everyone!! And good luck avip123!!

Maybe so, but, as I said, that is how I was taught. Spell everything out, especially in a professional letter.

That is so sad But warming at the same time, that their love was that strong!

i would leave out abbreviations, such as pals and acls... sure we all know what they mean, but as far as what i was taught, when writing professional letters or resumes you should spell it out and not abbreviate. "if there is anybody else that coul...

I think sometimes nurses do need to get this type of thing out. We are human and we have emotions. Most outsiders would not understand, so I think this thread is good for those who have experienced something horrible and just need an outlet. I have...

While I agree with some of what you are saying, I do not agree with parts. I have worked in primary care since graduating from LPN (not RN) school 8 years ago. I have done everything from internal medicine to pediatrics to Urgent Care and now work ...

Thanks so much! My daughter was 1 when I went through LPN school, and now she is 10 and my son is 4 as I am starting RN school. I hate missing things with them. My daughter always gets upset because I cannot make her school parties and such. I am ...

I live just east of Oklahoma City but have fallen in love with Denton, TX just outside of Dallas. I don't know why, but I love that town. I have to stay there anytime I am in that area. Thats a possible move for me once school is out, I haven't re...

Have you tried G-2 in fine point? I love those pens. Usually go for the bold tipped ones, but when writing in small spaces the fine tipped work great and it is a nice bright black, not that dull gray/black color you get from some pens. I don't reall...

Agree with Otessa and elkpark. Anytime I go from standing orders, I also chart such and such per standing order Dr so and so... I would never document telephone order if I did not telephone the Dr. Thats what standing orders are for, so that you can ...

As much as I love my life as a nurse, I am a mother first and foremost. If leaving work for an emergency with my child means that I will lose my license, then so be it. I can find another career but I cannot replace my children.

I don't know what other additional classes you would need to take if you are in the regular micro and a&p, or do you mean pre-reqs for those classes? Since I knew I was going to apply for Rose's RN program I just took their intro to clinical micr...

Our's is set up mainly online and with weekend clinicals. So I'm going to get to work my 40 hours a week (mon-fri 8-5) and do my classes online in the evenings (i hope) and do clinicals every weekend! Plus I have 2 small kids at home by myself. Its...

I had a DON who swore she would never hire another nurse (LPN) from Platt. But of course, we could have just gotten the bad apple of the class. I am doing an LPN to RN bridge at a state college and its only 2 semesters... why is Platt's 13 months? ...

If I were able to, I would have gone ahead and got my RN first. BUT I was single and a new mom, I needed a better job so I went ahead and did the LPN course. It was full time for 11 months. And have been trying to go back for my RN for about 8 year...

THANKS!! I am in Oklahoma and I have passed all my pre-req tests and everything so I will be starting in the 3rd semester. So start in January and graduate (if all goes well) in December!

You can take the courses at Rose that do transfer, you just need to watch which ones you take. They have an Intro to Clinical Microbiology, which is specific for their nursing program. But they also have regular Intro to Micro which will transfer. ...

Ok, I understand being able to hear all the way down to 0. Just didn't see how you could have a start but no stop. My bp is weird... You get a start at the normal 120 or so, then it will stop at about 80, but then start back up at like 60.

Ok, I'm lost. Call me crazy, but how do you have a systolic and not a diastolic? Does that mean you just heard one "pulse"? I have never encountered this. If you hear a beginning, shouldnt there be an end?

I met with a TCN rep a couple of years ago. It was a high pressure sales call. Only to find out that there are NO sites in the state of Oklahoma (where I live) to do clinicals and I would have to spend 1 weekend (really?? only 3 days of clinical fo...

I WISH it were that easy... I have tried that approach over and over. I was in a horrible/abusive relationship and even once it was over was still tormented by him. I laid awake at night listening for any unusual noises, any car driving by, any hea...

Yes. I have anxiety issues which get really bad when I'm trying to go to sleep. Things roll through my head constantly and sleeping pills just really don't work for me. As long as it is taken as RX'd and not abused its ok. I wouldnt know if I woul...