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:) Hi! Don't fret you will find a job as a nurse! The number one thing for you to remember is that this is only a stumbling block! Make sure you write a really good resume including a cover letter and if you are faxing it make sure you have a fax cover letter as well! I live in Alabama and have been an LPN for twelve years. Perhaps you should start out like I did- on night shift. I worked Baylor on my first job for almost ten years! Baylor is when you work two or three nights a week on Saturday's and Sunday's. Night shift is much easier and relaxed than day shifts are! I feel like that was a great decision on my part because nursing school has taught you only "some" of the things you need to know! Alot of things are on the job learning! Take for instance, charting... Oh my goodness, I had no clue of how to really chart once I came out of LPN school. Thank goodness I had some great coworkers who were willing to help me. Although clinicals were out the yazoo and I thought I knew alot (because nursing school is so stressful and hard) I found out quickly that I was lacking in many areas! Hey, I could answer a question about anything that was book related but when it came to doing different things the books can only help you remember the proper way to do them! Don't get discouraged! I started out in a nursing home because in our area that is where the money is! I always wanted to be in the labor and delivery room but found out quickly that not too many LPN's are in that field. I grew to love the elderly and they taught me so many life lessons! I know in the nursing home that I worked we advertised that we hired new grads! Perhaps you can call around before submitting an application or resume to prevent your heart from being broken! Hang in there- I promise you will get a job! Oh, and by the way- Congratulations!

Hi! I am an LPN who is seriously considering starting a Home Health business. With that said, the only things that would be done under my licensure is supervision of Home Health Aides. My idea would be that if there is a complication that isn't serious then I could come out and assess the patient. If there was a problem the goal would be to call 911. As in any serious situation in a nursing home or home environment - no matter what your credentials the main goal would be to care for the patient. This goal is achieved by sending to the ER for further evaluation. CPR would be required for all the home health Aides as well as CNA licensure. That was just something I have been thinking about but I have not pursued. There are so many sitting services now in the state of Alabama that have no LPN's or RN's working. Instead these people get a notion to start a business using only Home Health Aides. I actually went into one of them the other day to apply for a position and they told me that they only hire HHA's and didn't hire LPN's or RN's. Isn't that strange! I would think that if they can do this surely I can as well! Just thinking!