LPNDebbie

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

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 sh...

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...

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 nur...

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 h...

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 ne...

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 wou...

I have come to all conclusions that I cannot work my FT job and go to school at night for LPN (or vise versa) It is too much time away from home as I am still raising my 16 yr old. Once I am an LPN, I would like to work in a hospital while getting ...

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?!

You were correct. On the bright side, hopefully she never asks you to do this again! If you did do it just so she could avoid OT, you could have gotten written up, lost your license, etc. You worked too hard for your license just because of some r...

LTC is hectic! I was a new nurse with 3 days of training and put on a cart on day 4 because they were short staffed. It was insane. I am a fast learner and love to multi-task and even this was a lot to handle but it did get easier. Once you know ...

I have been researching online schools to attend for over a year now. I want to obtain my RN ASN. Will go straight to BSN if that's my only option. I have been an LPN for 2+ years now and have been running into dead ends finding an online school. ...

Thank you, I am not seeing it on this Chromebook. I get the application only. I will check it out at home.

I took it in 2010 for LPN school and now again. I only need to study the math. I failed it the first time and when I retook it after studying, I got only one wrong. I just hate math! Thank you!

Thank you for the quick reply, Pixie! I will definitely read the info in the links you sent me. You also attached a link that states there is a video attached. This is the problem I am having with Excelsiors website. They always say there is a vi...

So...I enrolled to Excelsior on the LAST day before the dreaded TEAS test was in effect. After much thought, I decided to drop out because I hated the idea of the CPNE. I didn't want to waste all of that money if I couldn't pass the test. Anyway, ...

I have been a nurse for only 2 years after working in the corporate world for 20+ years. I adjusted quickly to the 12 hour shifts and don't even think twice about it anymore. I get that extra day off a week but I use it to pick up shifts for OT.

I just sent my transcripts to ISU after dropping out of Excelsior. Is it possible that I may have to take some pre-req's at a local college if needed prior to starting classes at ISU if accepted?