LPNDebbie

Definitely job #1. More pay, less to spend at daycare and that money/day saved can be time spent with your children.

Awesome info, thank you! I work 4 days a week with 12-13 hr days each and one night shift. I'm exhausted. I need to work 4 days a week to pay my bills but I can do coding at home and drop the night shift at work ?

Thanks for the options! I've worked home health for years and also got a taste of hospice. Not interested in either. I have been working in Skilled Living for the past 2 months and I think I found my fit. It's still heavy with med passes but it's not as hectic as skilled nursing. I work in memory care so the job requires lots of patience but I am happy.

Hello, I worked in home health. I just got hired with an Assisted Living Facility and start Monday so we'll see how that goes. Being an LPN, we are restricted to what we can do. I do not plan on becoming an RN. I am sure an LPN cannot be a flight nurse and I'm not sure how I would feel being a first responder. As an LPN, I have worked in dialysis, home health, and skilled facilities. Other than assisted living and office clinics, I am running out of trying new things out.

Thanks for the input. I will definitely look ok into that! For now, I have an interview tomorrow at an Assisted Living facility. I am overwhelmed at SNF's and bored working home health. Hoping to meet in the middle!

I'm glad I'm not alone. My next step is to try Assisted Living. It can't be as stressful as skilled living. I have not considered what you recommended but I definitely will. I just hate school and I struggle with ADD. I would also love to work from home though so who knows. At this point, I'm desperate for any ideas. Thanks!

That sucks. I'm sorry to hear that. We work so hard for our licenses and get easily punished. I can't get used to always having my license being held over my head.

I'm sorry to hear! I can tell you, it's not easy to switch careers at our age because we are so used to doing a particular job for so long. I've been fired for giving 2mls of insulin that ended up sending my patient to the hospital even though she needed it due to the chart, but they didn't put a discipline on my license. I'm not sure what would give you a discipline. Does it drop off after so long? I know nurses make med errors all the time.

I have been a nurse for almost 3 years and have not yet found my niche. I am 44 yrs old and have been an admin assistant for most my life. I've worked in dialysis, home health (visits and shifts) and 3 different LTC's with experience working every shift. I think I am just unhappy with my career. I've dreamt of being a nurse my whole life and now that I'm here, it's not what I thought it would be. I wanted to help people but it's not easy when you're overwhelmed in an LTC. Home health gives me more time to care for someone but I find it boring and I also feel accomplished. I miss working with computers, having report deadlines, feeling like I've made a difference when I'm driving home at night, etc. I would go back to being an admin assistant but I would take a major pay cut at this time and my bills would go unpaid. I don't like nursing anymore so going back to school to be an RN is out of the question. I know it will open more doors but I simply have no desire to continue in the nursing field. Maybe I should have stuck with what I knew and what I was happy with. Has anyone switched careers later in life?

Many years later, I wanted to provide an update. I started LPN school April 2010 and graduated Jan 2012. I now work 13 hr shifts and find it, yet again, difficult to go back to RN school with these hours. I work Thurs-Sun nights so my only option would be to only work wknds and go to school during the week. Day time classes will get me through school quicker but the mixed day and night schedule will probably kill me. I will figure something out as my reg pay plus OT doesn't even amount to what I could be making with reg pay alone as an RN.

Tried that too. I just want to play the videos about how to navigate around the site and other things. Can anyone else view them?

Tried that too. Even my boyfriend, who builds computers, tried everything and nothing worked. Even got in touch with Excelsiors IT dept to no avail.

The same thing happens on my personal home computer

I ordered the ATI Teas study Manual version 6. This can be best found on abebooks dot com for under $14 new. Everywhere else is $30 or more. I haven't studied as I may not do my RN ASN. Good luck to you!

I think I want that job! The nurses are already overloaded and now we have to do the job of the cleaning people?!