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  1. Anyone started an unskilled, private pay home health agency/service/business?

    winsomehill replied to BA.LVN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I don't see why you couldn't just start a company and slowly build up business, especially if you are just offering light skills. I think it would be of critical importance to have adequate insurance....

  2. Board of Nursing Actions

    winsomehill replied to GoNightingale's topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering what's happening. I'm going through the process with the board. I'm feeling horrified, embarrassed, and a little hopeless. I'm trying to not build this up in my head to be too big. I...

  3. ADN to MSW

    winsomehill replied to diva216's topic in General Nursing

    This is a late post in response to the discussion.... I have been having a similar debate in my head. I am currently an LPN at a prison, and it has many social work aspects to it I love. I am an...

  4. accepted lpn correctional job

    winsomehill replied to heathert_kc's topic in Correctional

    In my prison I would think it would be very unlikely. (Vermont maximum security men's

  5. conditions in vermont

    winsomehill replied to hema s manoharam's topic in General Nursing

    If you are skittish about things in general in life it may bother you to work in a prison. And, it does take some getting used to. I am a 36 year old women under 5 feet tall. I am not tough. I have...

  6. conditions in vermont

    winsomehill replied to hema s manoharam's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse atl If you have any interest in working in a prison, there are jobs available. It's really not bad work. I've never felt threatened. Let me

  7. Is there a market out there for LPN's?

    winsomehill replied to ann22's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Sorry, I'm in Vermont at the border, so, I would work in MA, NH, or VT. I will say that one of the traveler's I work with who is an LPN with years of experience cleared $104,000 last year! I was so...

  8. conditions in vermont

    winsomehill replied to hema s manoharam's topic in General Nursing

    Vermont....the climate is cold, if you are renting get a place that has heat included in the rent. I have lived in northern vermont and currently I am living in southern Vt. Up north I found it too...

  9. Is there a market out there for LPN's?

    winsomehill replied to ann22's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I hear lots of stories about places deciding they are going to an all RN staff, and I just don't believe it. Hospitals, nursing homes, and health care in general are always going to be working on a...

  10. California Corrections New Hire

    winsomehill replied to Stumpy34's topic in Correctional

    I was looking in to jobs in Cali at the San Q prison, and online they have a test they want you to take. What is that test? I want to know what I'm getting into before I click the "take test" button....

  11. correction nurses pay scale??

    winsomehill replied to sphz9471's topic in Correctional

    Vermont LPN right out of school getting $23/hourly base, +$1.50 diff 2nd, +$2.25 diff 3rd. I am probably the lowest paid there (with no experience). It's not bad work, I'll ask for a raise at my 1...

  12. accepted lpn correctional job

    winsomehill replied to heathert_kc's topic in Correctional

    I know there is a big difference in different parts of the country. I am in Vermont. I've been working for 6 months as a nurse in a prison. I went directly to corrections after school. I'll give you a...

  13. Susanville, CA prison question?

    winsomehill replied to surgnurse26's topic in Correctional

    2009....I just thought I'd pipe in for those just poking around and considering correctional nursing. I work at a prison in Vermont. I went in as a new grad LPN, they pay $23/hour base $1.50...

  14. New LPN going for correctional nursing.

    winsomehill replied to Quiskeya's topic in Correctional

    I will keep my fingers crossed for you! Good

  15. New LPN going for correctional nursing.

    winsomehill replied to Quiskeya's topic in Correctional

    I can't answer any of your questions. But, I'm also a new LPN grad and just landed a job in a local prison. I am really excited about it! I like that it has elements of social work, advocacy, and...

  16. NCLEX: How many times is enough?

    winsomehill replied to PMHNP10's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh Marianne! Take it again! Get a tutor! Don't give

  17. NCLEX: How many times is enough?

    winsomehill replied to PMHNP10's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    On the one hand test anxiety is totally real, and I would hate to have someone out there who is potentially a great nurse not get to be a nurse because she took the test three times and failed. On the...

  18. NCLEX-PN study tips

    winsomehill replied to ashandjay11's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Lab values, conversions (kg-lb, oz-mL stuff like that), infection control, delegation. I wasted too much time on disease process. Use the disc that comes with the Sauders book, it will help get you...

  19. I feel like i failed NCLEX-PN

    winsomehill replied to 08gal's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oddly I passed. It's such a weird test. There were so many pharmacology questions that I just had no idea about. It felt really hard, I thought I had failed. What a roller coaster. I don't quite get...

  20. I feel like i failed NCLEX-PN

    winsomehill replied to 08gal's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just took my test this morning and I am feeling wicked defeated. Soo many pharm questions, I just never could have known all those meds. They give you the name of the med with no other info and ask...