VioletKaliLPN

Do you work in admissions to the college? I saw that admittance requirements includes letters of recommendation to prove my ability to succeed.. Unfortunately, I don't have that since I have taken a break from Nursing. I have previous employers that will provide it though. I made in the 90's on my last TEAS. I need to take it again.

Did you need verification of employment from HR, or letters of recommendation? I have been taking a break from Nursing, so I haven't worked in 1 year.

I am considering this program.. Have you figured out how much tuition is? The online chart just doesn't make sense to me, and when I tried to call the program directly I left a message but never received a call back. I know they're very busy, so I figured maybe I would ask somebody that was accepted how much their tuition will be because I'll be coming from three and a half hours away out of state

How much is the tuition of this program? For some reason I am unable to view it on my phone, laptop is toast. Is it in state rates since it is online?

Due to Cancer I was unable to attend, but I had a 96 TEAS and was accepted to 3 programs that I had to back out of. You need to be around 89 for this College.

Hello Murse EZ, I have some advice/hints that I hope can help you. I am autistic, I am on the spectrum. Back in the day they called it Asperger's. I was formally DX with that as a child. I struggled with coworker relations for the first year until I met ANOTHER autistic Nurse and she helped me quite a bit. I hope that this helps you. Please BE AUTHENTICALLY YOU. ? - I always ask the NOC Nurse or AM Nurse "Do you prefer a big report or only the exceptions?" Many NOC Nurses work with the same people day after day, month after month, so they may know them well. They ONLY want to be informed of the BIG stuff, anyone on ABT, IV, or only BIG changes. It is rude to clicky clack fingernails, I would have politely said "Hey Murse EZ, I know these people well, anything acute going on?" ?

How did you prove the 1,000 employment hours? I work SNF through agency, a few facilities, so I wondered how I would prove this. I have been a Nurse for 11 years

Does anyone have info r/t proving employment? I work Agency and staff SNF. I have worked and completed contracts at 30 facilities. Would my travel agency be able to verify?

I was born in 1982 and do not consider myself a millennial. There is another term I prefer, and age range, which is better. Xennial. Born between 1976-1983

When I say this, I mean it... WELL DONE. You did the very best you could with the information you had, that is all you can do. Crazy things will happen, and you have to use your best judgement to make decisions. In the future your judgement may/ will change based on experience. ?

I am on those women that has been accused of using abortion as birth control, but I have zero regrets and advocate for contraception AND abortion. I was great about using BC pills, until I had a bi polar manic phase due to not being able to afford my meds that month because of car issues. Everything within my life went chaotic, I did not take my BC pills- simple as that. I still had sex though, I was married and not going to NOT have sex. We were both college students just getting by. I was 20 when I had my first abortion at 7w 5 days pregnant, and I had an IUD inserted while I was still asleep from the anesthesia. WINNING. IUDs are awesome, BTW. Life began to look up! I qualified for pt assistance for meds, and have been stable ever since.. Age 22, just 2 years after having my IUD inserted, I was pregnant. Crap, so I had my second abortion and then had another IUD inserted because they ARE very effective. Fast forward 12-13 years later. I had my tubes tied, never had another unwanted pregnancy. I graduated college, traveled the US and the world, I am VERY fortunate. To this day I am a travel Nurse and road trip all of the time. My life has been great, I have no regrets as far as my abortions are concerned. I ended up working for the same abortion provider until he retired in 2012. I had amazing medical care, the Nurse anesthetist, RN/LPN staff, and physician, were all amazing. I am thankful that we have choices, each and every one of them. I believe in CHOICE. No coersion, no threats, just support a woman in any choice she makes.

Shoot, as soon as the outbreak began I said to myself, TITERS. I am not taking a chance that my vaccination was good enough.. They are telling a few age ranges that we may need another.

I remember everything that I learned from my science classes. Maybe I am an outlier, but I HIGHLY doubt it. Nurses do not simply carry out orders and do what "The physician tells us/writes on an order". We THINK, we ensure the order is correct and carry it out if it is correct. On a weekly basis I am calling a physician to VERY politely mention that a patient is allergic to the Sulfa ABTs ordered, can "we" make a switch. You have to THINK critically. This means you must dig into your depth of knowledge to practice our profession. You cannot view it as a trade, it is a true profession.

LPN here. . my program required chemistry as a pre req. I took the same pharmacology class that my BSN program teaches, so I tested out of it. I took Med Surg, 1 and 2. I took mother and baby, peds, even did an OR clinical.. YES, you will use them. The teachers are not going to spoonfeed you. If they lecture about a drug and state "This works on the ascending loop of henle", you should already know what that is. If not, they are not going to teach you and you are SOL.

I am an LPN that is currently in a BSN program. I was able to skip Nursing 101. I already had all of the pre reqs, so I was able to go into upper division major which is Nursing classes. I have read the research. Facilities with more BSN prepared Nurses have better outcomes. It makes sense for me to get my BSN since I want to be an RN. I am excited, actually.

I have to add one, this irritates me to no end. SEEN and SAW You did not "seen" it. "I seen the lab report yesterday" You saw the lab report yesterday. "I saw the lab report yesterday." Or.. I have not seen the report yet. Bugs me to no end.

Have you looked for less expensive options? I am in NC, but we have several state schools that have tuition plus books that would be 1/4 that.

Perhaps take a different approach? I am one of those 4.0 students, maintained through Nursing. Inam currently in an LPN to BSN program. I never "memorized" anything flash card style because it never helped me. Rather than that, I focused on groups. What did that entire "group" do.. Side effects, how it interacts with other medications. Example is ACE inhibitors. I focus on that group, and then the individual meds associated with it. Maybe you might consider a different study strategy if what you are currently doing isn't working :) It is not difficult to change strategies.

This is common in my city, the two major hospitals offer much richer benefits such as low/no copay for their physician practices. This does not bother me, nor does it surprise me. It makes financial sense to give an incentive. This is one reason I would not work for the one hospital system..I dislike their care, but some love it.

Can this program be done in another state if one is willing to travel?

I access and flush my own port q4weeks. It has never hurt, but I am a quick stick. I commit and just go for it!!

Can I attend in NC if I am dedicated to travel when needed? This would be great , I am an LPN but do not mind retaking classes.

Is there any possibility of utilizing her strengths? IDK how this would work in acute care, but in LTC I have a 75 year old coworker that performs wound care and works on admissions. She said she could not handle the med cart anymore, but she is a WHIZ at dressing changes and the admission stuff.

I asked a friend that was a Cashier at Wal-Mart. She stated that in any given hour she would ring up motor oil, cleaning supplies, frozen food, and touch money that could be sticky or moist. (Eeek) She stated that it was not so much about germs, but actual viewable and touchable filth. Makes sense..

Call me a hard butt, but I will not loan anyone any money for any reason. There have been times where I will fill up a gas tank or buy some groceries, but I never give cash to anyone.