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  1. Okay, I need to improve in documentation...any helps?

    vintagestudent posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hi all, My documentation needs some improvement. Will you recommend a book/website that can help me improve in this area? My instructor says you improve with time, but I prefer improving in the next...

  2. LVN Schools in Southern California-which one?

    vintagestudent replied to Jewelsy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    How about the weekend? Weekdays are rough, honestly. We'll talk soon, okay? Take care. P.S. Be ready to have no life other than nursing school...no joke, the 11-month program is intense, but I'm...

  3. LVN Schools in Southern California-which one?

    vintagestudent replied to Jewelsy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I privately emailed you via this site. Click on "MyAccount" at the top, next to your user name on left and then click on "Private

  4. LVN Schools in Southern California-which one?

    vintagestudent replied to Jewelsy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I attend Hacienda La Puente. Privately e-mail me if you'd like and we can "talk" a bit...still in school and don't have much extra time. :) I will say the program is indeed very intense...you're one...

  5. Accelerated LVN/LPN programs - what do you think?

    vintagestudent posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hi all, What are the pros/cons of accelerated LVN/LPN programs? Accelerated meaning less than 12-month programs. Would like know what others think about these programs in terms of theory &...

  6. How do you handle all 'other' responsibilites while in nursing school??

    vintagestudent replied to midnight*sky's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    So true, so true. It's all about time management and prioritizing. Still learning the skills with 3.5 months to go:D. I know I won't have mastered all of them by the time graduation rolls around, but...

  7. Am I too old to just be starting?

    vintagestudent replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

    Ouch, that hurts. I agree with one of the poster that at 20, I'd have been too immature (ahem, like some of my fellow nursing students) and taken the job for granted. 17 years and 4 children later,...

  8. Any good advice fellow students?

    vintagestudent replied to logans_mommy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Thanks for the encouragement. I hope to become more efficient throughout my remaining nursing service at my clinical site...I just feel so cheated in the basics. I'm convinced my previous instructor...

  9. Any good advice fellow students?

    vintagestudent replied to logans_mommy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Oops, sorry for the poorly typed post. I forgot to scroll all the way down to see if I'd left anything in that needed moving

  10. Any good advice fellow students?

    vintagestudent replied to logans_mommy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The fact that you have some CNA experience makes you one step ahead of those of us who are completely green in terms of hospital/SNF experience. This lack of experience has proven to be frustrating...

  11. How do you handle all 'other' responsibilites while in nursing school??

    vintagestudent replied to midnight*sky's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I don't handle the "other" responsibilities: my mom and husband do. There's no way on earth I can juggle nursing school and family life w/o sacrificing one or the other. For now, my family is the...

  12. Need to buy my own pulse oximeter - which one? help!

    vintagestudent posted a topic in General Students

    Hi, As seems to be a recurring problem, there's a shortage of pulse oximeters in my current clinical site, so I have decided to buy my own. (Grrrr, another student-related expense. ) Problem is, I...

  13. Am I too old to just be starting?

    vintagestudent replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

    Hmmm, what is "old" anyway? 35, 45, 65, 95.... Guess it all depends on what you consider old... for me, as long as the body & brain can keep up with the rigors of nursing school & beyond,...

  14. HELP! I got dismissed from my nursing school

    vintagestudent replied to basid786's topic in General Students

    Wow, what an account. How utterly depressing. Take time to think things through...let the emotions and shock subside. I pray all works out for you in the end. Peace to you in a very difficult...

  15. Basic hygiene for CMO patient who refuses it?

    vintagestudent posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Should basic hygiene be given if the CMO pt refuses it continuously? Pt Stage 4 cancer & given a couple of days to live by physician. No foul odors, no visible bodily fluids other than a small...

  16. Nervous about Clinical

    vintagestudent replied to studentgrl89's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Welcome to clinical nursing, fellow student. I too came in with no previous medical experience and have been home raising kids for the past 20+ years. Nervousness before beginning something...

  17. Basic hygiene for CMO patient who refuses it?

    vintagestudent replied to vintagestudent's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hmmm, good point. I'll do that next time. Thanks for asking your instructor...mine still doesn't want to talk about it...preferred to send me to the counselor for this incident. Good thing the...

  18. Curious about the lab coats & high heels on my M-S floor

    vintagestudent posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Okay, I confess my ignorance, but I'm new to nursing and at clinicals--an acute facility--I see these ladies in "non-scrub" attire sitting in their offices on the Med-Surg floor I work on as a student...

  19. Curious about the lab coats & high heels on my M-S floor

    vintagestudent replied to vintagestudent's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm in Southern CA.

  20. 2009 Grads! Come 1 Come ALL!

    vintagestudent replied to Hoping2beRN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hi tlombardi, Welcome to my world! I'm 46 y.o. and put my nursing dream on hold for about 20 years. I too live in So. Cal, but not in SD area. Started my LVN program 6/30/08 and intend to graduate,...

  21. Looking for LPN/LVN programs

    vintagestudent replied to annacrist's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Thanks for the SCRS & CTFS link. I can certainly use these.

  22. Westcoast University or Community Colleges?

    vintagestudent replied to scorpio82's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Curious, how thorough has the practical aspect of your program been? How much time have you spent in clinicals and what exactly have you done? Thoroughly assess your pts, bathe them, pass meds, give...

  23. First Day LPN Fall 2008

    vintagestudent replied to WhoNeedsaShot?'s topic in LPN, LVN Students

    JQ, good for you! I'm glad you had a good experience your first day. May your instructors continually show you the respect you deserve as a human being. Have fun, study hard, and don't sweat the...

  24. The Patient I Failed

    vintagestudent replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you, nerdtonurse. Very eloquently said through the written word what many of us will see with our own eyes and quietly suffer through. May God help these dear patients whose wishes are trampled...

  25. Where are you in LPN School?

    vintagestudent replied to KIMYNURSE2B's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Here in Southern CA, I've finished the following: Nursing Fundamentals (that was a brutal 5 weeks!) Pharm Part 1 am currently in Med-Surg...I'm so tired right now I can't remember what class is next....