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  1. ADN lower than BSN????

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in LPN to RN

    Hello everyone. I'm an LPN and have been for a year. I was talking to someone who's in a ADN program (which I'm considering), that getting her ADN will soon be a waste of time. She says her...

  2. Illinois State University ABSN Program- 2011 start

    litebrightgirl replied to MedOncIllinoisRN's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I'm not familiar with the ABSN program at ISU? Can you shed some light on it? I would love to go to ISU.

  3. LPN in the ER

    litebrightgirl replied to litebrightgirl's topic in Emergency

    I will.... For sure!! And thank you

  4. LPN in the ER

    litebrightgirl replied to litebrightgirl's topic in Emergency

    Thanks Calixan for your response. I'm so excited to work in the ER. I know I'll learn so much. I feel like I'm losing my skills working in

  5. LPN in the ER

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hello everyone. I have an interview in the er at the hospital next week. For anyone who works in this department, what exactly do you do? What are you allowed and not allowed to do? I currently work...

  6. Online BSN to CRNA school

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am thinking about getting my BSN through Indiana State Univ. I want to go to CRNA school. For those of you who are in school or looking into going to school, will getting a BSN online hinder or help...

  7. Where did you get your license, KMart

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    :angryfire Ok. I'm a LPN working on my BSN. I've been sick for little over a month with a cold. This past week I have been progressively worse. I work in a doctor's office and the PA said I need to...

  8. Where did you get your license, KMart

    litebrightgirl replied to litebrightgirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ok. I did not go to my PCP because I couldn't get in for another 3 weeks. That is why I went to urgent care. Second, I have a hx of asthma and was only on a preventil inhaler and my asthma has been...

  9. Respiratory to RN

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    So yesterday I went to the local CC to look at a LPN to RN bridge program. The counselor said I don't have enough prereqs done to get into the program next August, so I would have to wait until 2011...

  10. Respiratory to RN

    litebrightgirl replied to litebrightgirl's topic in General Nursing

    GilaRN, why did you decide to become a RT after completing a RN

  11. Respiratory to RN

    litebrightgirl replied to litebrightgirl's topic in General Nursing

    ICU is exactly where I want to work. I shadowed a RT and he let me intubate(on a maniquin, of course) and he said I got it on the first try and that's a sign I should be a RT. It was an adrenaline...

  12. Do I really hate nursing?????

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi. So I've been a licensed nurse for only 3 months. I am a LPN and in my town the only jobs for LPN's are in the nursing home. I work overnight and even though it's at night, I am swamped. I have at...

  13. Do I really hate nursing?????

    litebrightgirl replied to litebrightgirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Houndnurse thank you. I appreciate your honesty. I had a fantasy idea of nursing but it's alot different once you actually do it. You made me think about things an RN does that I didn't realize....

  14. Pulmonary NP, PLEASE answer

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi everyone. I tried to decide between becoming a nurse and a respiratory therapist. I decided on nursing but I'm still very much interested in respiratory diseases. I though about becoming a...

  15. Pulmonary NP, PLEASE answer

    litebrightgirl replied to litebrightgirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you everyone for replying to my post. Everyone has given me great advice and responses. Lifelong, I will be PM you. I live in Central Illinois but will make the trip to Cincinnatti....

  16. Is it the same????

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in Operating Room

    Just curious. I'm a new nurse(LPN). Just wondering if a scrub nurse can do the same things in the O.R. as a P.A. can?? Any insite would be greatly appriciated!! Also, what do scrub nurses do in the...

  17. Patient to Nurse Ratios: What are yours?

    litebrightgirl replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    LTC 56 people per 1 nurse on

  18. Do I really hate nursing?????

    litebrightgirl replied to litebrightgirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh and I forgot to mention that on the other side of the building there are 50 residents. We have 4 cna's in the building. 2 on each

  19. Do I really hate nursing?????

    litebrightgirl replied to litebrightgirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There are only 2 nurses at night...me and another nurse. I dread going to work at night and I'm so disappointed that I feel this way. I worked so hard and wanted to be a nurse for so long that it...

  20. Do you regret getting your LPN-BSN or RN online

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi. I just graduated and waiting(anxiously) to take the NCLEX. I heard and researched TCN and Indiana State University. The program sounds good. But, if you had to do it all over again, would you have...

  21. I'm bored!

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I'm a new grad. I'm a LPN and graduated this past June. I work in a LTC. I've been there for about a month. I didn't want to work in LTC but it was about the only job I could get. The facility is...

  22. How long did you wait.........

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I graduated from LPN school this past June. Everyone keeps asking me when am I going to go on to earn my RN license. How long did it take you to go back to school? Was it right away or did you work...

  23. Rehab??

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I really like rehab nursing. Just wanted to know if there is such a thing as a Rehab NP? If so what do you earn your APN degree in?? What would your daily duties and responsibilities be?

  24. Would you repeat your LPN year again?

    litebrightgirl posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was accepted to Illinois State University for fall 2009. I want to get my BSN. There nursing program does not have advance placement so I would have to repeat all of my LPN courses. I went to a...

  25. Would you repeat your LPN year again?

    litebrightgirl replied to litebrightgirl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yeah I feel the same way. I want to learn more