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Hi all, I am an LPN student and going to bridge to RN. After studying A&P and Med term etc., I really am most "interested" in GI and I seem to retain a lot of info about it fairly easy. My problem is, I had planned on being an oncology nurse for...

Hi all, Just wanted to post something to encourage those who are about to start their LPN program. OK.....That's a lie. I just wanted to gush about how much I love being a nursing student. My school is a "discovery learning" school which means we don...

I think my adviser's at school are getting irritated at me for asking questions about my tests. After our tests are graded, they hand them back to us and we look them over to see if we got any questions wrong. Sometimes, if I get an answer wrong, I s...

It's so awesome to see someone that loves LTC. Residents and Administrations need more CNA's like you!

i *think* if someone performs resuscitation on someone who they know has a dnr then they can actually be charged with assault and battery. although i must say, i don't see that actually happening very often.

We had a nurse from you know where last night it was TERRIBLE. She had no CLUE what was going on and wanted us to do EVERYTHING for her. She was SO lazy it was ridiculous. A few examples: we were working our patooties off and doing bedchecks when she...

"i mean before you left the room or when you was doing your rounds you should of made sure they were already pulled up in the bed." actually we were doing rounds and hadn't even made it to that room yet. of course i would have pulled her up when i ...

i love this idea. love it.

I'm just not sure where to draw the line with her, to be honest. I know that we are the nurse assistants and we are required to certain things, I just dont know exactly when to say " This is something you can do for yourself" or "I have other priorit...

I'm really not sure if it would cause a problem.... And after having worked with her a second night, I don't really think that she is lazy. I think maybe she is either on a BIG power trip or is just having some type of delegation issues. She doesn't...

Actually, I didn't even think about that. :chuckle

My clinicals start on the 13th week but my program is 15 mos long. I can do it in a shorter time frame like 12 or if I had no job or life I might be able to do it in 9 lol

Our first clinicals start 4 months from our start date, every month has a different number of clinical hours.

I started my job at a LTC facility last night (midnight shift) and everything went great. She was pretty thorough in teaching me (the aid) and and I went home feeling pretty good about it. Well I am due to go back in tonight and it is just supposed t...

I think everyone is wondering the same thing.

The other aide actually did come in last night so they canceled the agency aide. BUT tonight I really do work with the agency aide (will be my 3rd night) so wish me luck. Our charge nurse told me the guy that they have coming in is really creepy, kin...

41 views and no replies? No one knows why they chose gastro. lol j/k

That's terrible, I've never even heard of that! But in all fairness, that shouldn't affect the way cna's treat lpn or rn students or vice versa.

I wanted to work as a CNA while going to LPN school and as an LPN while going to RN school for several reasons one being that when I have to delegate tasks, I want to know what that task really is, not what it is on paper, and I want to be able to do...

I am an LPN student and I start work tomorrow night as a CNA. I don't even think I want to mention that I am in nursing school (LPN) because a lot of the cna/lpn or rn drama.

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I like the "LPN NOTES", a little flip book with useful info about anything and everything. It has growth charts,dos calc formulas, everything you can think of. Its small enough to fit in your pocket at clinicals, which might be a help.

Its really not as bad as I first thought. Its true that we don't have lectures, but we still do have labs and clinicals with our advisors (all nurses and teachers). And we can ask for clarification if we don't understand something. They don't always ...

Hi all, I just started my LPN course on July 1st and its a self directed learning class, which is basically where they give us a contract every month that says what modules/skills to finish and master and how much seat time we have to have. I really ...

I agree. Although it is a shame that people act this way. Such is life I guess.