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  1. Bathing Patients..thought only CNAs do that?

    Busia replied to Sheller86's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The hospital I am doing my med-surg clinical at right now does not use CNA's. The LPN's and RN's do ALL direct patient care, we do the baths, the wiping, the linen changes- all of it. I agree with...

  2. Taking classes while waiting??

    Busia replied to freesia29's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    God willing I will graduate this May from my lpn program. I am bridging too, I have two gen ed classes left to take before I can bridge, but I also have to work 1000 hours as an lpn before I can...

  3. Is it best to Purchase or Rent Nursing Textbooks?

    Busia replied to live&love&heal's topic in General Students

    I've kept a lot of my books from first semester to reference in 2nd semester, so I definitely would say buy them. I bought most of my 1st semester books and ALL of my 2nd semester books on Half.com....

  4. LPN/RN Program

    Busia replied to Liz Luv's topic in LPN to RN

    Check your school's requirements too- I was in a program where you had to do the lpn first, and then reapply to the RN (LPN was 3 semesters, RN was 2). We moved after the first semester of the LPN,...

  5. how far do you drive for school

    Busia replied to tierra399's topic in General Students

    I've got about an hour drive to classes. Last semester I lucked out and had clinical only 15 minutes away, but this semester it will also be an hour. It's a long drive, but I just keep reminding...

  6. WOW!!! I just saw how much first semester books cost!!!

    Busia replied to Waitingtill2010's topic in General Students

    I second Half.com I buy and sell as many of my textbooks as I can on there. (I get a LOT more back for them than if I were to sell them back to the school at book buyback). A lot of these books you...

  7. Nursing school & dr visits

    Busia replied to brokenroads27's topic in General Students

    I don't like going to the dr, not because it makes me uneasy but because it usually means someone in the family is sick and it's going to cost me a lot of money LOL! But I do find myself enjoying the...

  8. Any mothers in nursing school with preschool-age children?

    Busia replied to emptyboxcars's topic in General Students

    I've got three kids, ages 8, 6 and 4. My four year old was not in school at all last year, so he had to go to daycare while I was in school. This year he will be in school two full days a week! DH...

  9. Do you have to be a LPN before...

    Busia replied to Tricia76's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Most of the schools around here give you the choice of the short LPN program or the longer RN Program. The first year is the same exact classes for both LPN and RN. For the RN program, the first...

  10. caregiver in a non medical facility, assisted living

    Busia replied to Meganbuddy's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I am a CNA but work as a PCA in an assisted living facility. We have one or two LPN's on during the day and evening shifts, plus an RN that is usually there half of the day shift and half of the...

  11. I got accepted to a nursing program, but im about to give up my seat...HELP

    Busia replied to RN2BKD's topic in General Students

    If you are no longer living with your parents, you'll likely qualify for a lot more financial

  12. Nursing Schools in Minnesota

    Busia replied to nursingschool?!?'s topic in General Nursing

    MN State College Southeast Technical has no wait list. Once you finish all or most of your pre-reqs, you take the TEAS, and depending on what the cutoff score is (it changes a little every year)...

  13. All classroom, no lab???

    Busia replied to dee78's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    We get two hours a week for skills lab and two hours a week for pharmacology lab. Then there is a lab instructor (not the same person who actually teaches during our scheduled lab time) that has a...

  14. Does anyone work COC for more than one employer?

    Busia posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm a first year nursing student (I'm only going part time though), and am working as a PCA casual on call. Because there are so many empty beds, I'm really not getting called in much, as a matter of...

  15. Living in WI

    Busia replied to Anikka's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't read through all these posts completely, so I apologize if this has been said already. MN and WI do not have reciprocity anymore, as of summer '09. If you take your CNA in WI, you CAN work...

  16. Anyone know where to get free CNA training in Minnesota?

    Busia replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    In MN, if you get hired as a CNA in a nursing home within a year of taking the class, the nursing home has to reimburse you for the class and test fee. Things like PCA jobs or homecare do not...

  17. ID10T NS questions....... ***VENT***

    Busia replied to FLmomof5's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would have answered D as well, because of the 48 hours. Never is it going to be recommended that a woman have sex 48 hrs postpartum. These type of test questions are tough, and I find that usually...

  18. Excited about scrubs??

    Busia replied to nottootoo's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I love scrubs (except my school uniform, which is all white top and bottom- those are awful). But the ones I had for my CNA program and for work I love wearing- they're comfy and I don't have to try...

  19. Grading system of Nursing Ed.

    Busia replied to SuperDuperSuper's topic in General Students

    MN State College- Southeast

  20. Grading system of Nursing Ed.

    Busia replied to SuperDuperSuper's topic in General Students

    Wow, I always thought our grading scale was a bit unfair, now I'm positive of it!! No wonder so many drop out or fail out first

  21. Nurses with Vasovagal response problems?

    Busia replied to RyanAL's topic in General Students

    I experience this too, but only when it's on myself. I can watch or perform on others without trouble. Are you positive that you will be doing blood draws on each other? In my program, the only...

  22. Grading system of Nursing Ed.

    Busia replied to SuperDuperSuper's topic in General Students

    A: 100-93 B: 92-88 C: 87-85 Below 85 is failing. Grades are not rounded up. So yes, higher than 85% to pass. You're allowed to fail once throughout the program, if you fail any two classes (even if...

  23. Grading system of Nursing Ed.

    Busia replied to SuperDuperSuper's topic in General Students

    An 85% in our program is a low C, and anything below a C is

  24. January 2010 starts

    Busia replied to plaza's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That does sound frustrating. The test questions I can understand, as that is helping you prepart for the NCLEX, there will always be more than one correct answer, they want you to use critical...

  25. January 2010 starts

    Busia replied to plaza's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I've found in the program I'm in, you are on your own a lot. We get the syllabus, and they cover what they're going to cover in class, but it's up to us to make sure we know all the material in the...