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  1. Amazing..lpn's actualy needed....

    mrsmoo2 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I just had to comment..I've read so much about how hospitals don't need/use lpns & how ltc is all they're good for, blah blah blah...my dad has been in the hospital all week after having his...

  2. LPN's just glorified nurse aids in LTC? Huh?

    mrsmoo2 replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just graduated as an lpn a couple months ago..it took 2 years of pre-reqs & then a FULL year after that..I am the charge nurse on afternoons..I do everything..even run antibiotics & heparin...

  3. Orientation-not enough

    mrsmoo2 replied to dinkymouse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just started a job at a ltc thursday (found out I passed boards wed)..I'm orientating on 2:30-10:30..I did my clinicals there, so I had a bit of an idea how it went, but at this place the charge...

  4. Start my first job tomorrow

    mrsmoo2 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's strange to not be posting in the student nurse or nclex section! Just found out today that I passed my lpn boards & I start my first job tomorrow at a ltc facility as a charge nurse. I've...

  5. NCLEX- Tomorrow is My Big Day!

    mrsmoo2 replied to Jen2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good luck tomorrow!! I took it this morning (lpn), it shut off at 85, and even though I know it "doesn't matter", I still was overjoyed...I figure I can't have done bad enough that it shut off because...

  6. Don't get caught up in NCLEX Hype

    mrsmoo2 replied to Ready2Graduate's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thank you so much for this....I take my test Monday morning & I can't stand hearing one more person tell me how insanely hard it was, how nothing I could possibily study will help, how it's full...

  7. Fill in the blank questions

    mrsmoo2 replied to Woman_in_love's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was wondering the exact same thing...that happened to me twice today on the NCSBN site....one time I worded it different..(barely), another was spelling..I spelled glycosylated hemoglobin wrong by...

  8. A few things on my mind.......relate?

    mrsmoo2 replied to xokelly2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I feel exactly the same way...I HAVE to pass...we cannot afford for me to be a "stay at home mom" for one more minute....I have a job waiting, pending passing this thing..I take it the 25th. There is...

  9. Pinning tonight

    mrsmoo2 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, after dreaming of beiing a nurse my whole life I am being pinned an LPN at 7pm tonight. I don't think it's really set in yet, because I just feel kind of numb..I'm not even all that...

  10. good grades=passing?

    mrsmoo2 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was wondering..if a person has had good grades (A-B) throughout school consistantly, are the odds good that they'll pass the NCLEX? Does one have anything to do with the other? Our med-surg teacher...

  11. good grades=passing?

    mrsmoo2 replied to mrsmoo2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Our other classes have been mostly knowledge..ie, Digoxin is used for A,B,C, or D. Pretty straightforward, but our med-surg teacher uses questions right out of Mosby's PN review book...4 good...

  12. All new lpn students tell me how it is going

    mrsmoo2 replied to lil' girl's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm at the end of my fifth week...we've had a procedure exam, which is where we go in to lab one at a time & there's acutal patients we don't know & we had to do a complete set of vitals, move...

  13. Amazing..lpn's actualy needed....

    mrsmoo2 replied to mrsmoo2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, I stood right there & watched the lpn do my dad's initial assessment..I was with him every step of the way..an lpn attended to him in pre & post-op, & every step along the way. I...

  14. A&P1 & Chem together: insanity?

    mrsmoo2 replied to Annabelle57's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm married with 3 kids, no job, & I took micro & intro to chem one semester & physiology & general chem the next semester..3 A's & one A-. I hate to say it, but I really didn't...

  15. What Nursing school are you in? Show your pride!

    mrsmoo2 replied to straba's topic in General Students

    starting first semester of lpn program at alpena community college,

  16. No letter for me, friends got theirs!!!

    mrsmoo2 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm SO frustrated right now...the few I've been close with all through pre-reqs received their acceptance letters yesterday...I didn't get mine yet!! I was so excited to come home & get the mail...

  17. No letter for me, friends got theirs!!!

    mrsmoo2 replied to mrsmoo2's topic in General Students

    finally got the letter!! I feel so releived, like I have acutal proof I'm really in. Now I get to go get all my vaccines & my emotional evauluation, which now I will be able to pass!! Going...

  18. No letter for me, friends got theirs!!!

    mrsmoo2 replied to mrsmoo2's topic in General Students

    Well, just got my mail & still no letter!!! Even though I was told I was in, I just can't get really excited & releived without it! I called the postoffice & asked them to check &...

  19. No letter for me, friends got theirs!!!

    mrsmoo2 replied to mrsmoo2's topic in General Students

    well, still no letter today, so I called the school & she said it went out Friday, but she mailed it to my old address, we've moved since I applied. The school has my new address on their...