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I am an LPN and I was just asked by my facility to take over the MDS because our current coordinator resigned. I have never done MDS and I'm a little (ok, a lot) nervous. The assessment part doesn't really worry me because as a nurse we do that al th...

I'm the charge nurse of a 60 bed unit. I have 3 CNAs and a med aide. My problem is conflict with the aides. Most the time we all get along and they do their jobs without problems but sometimes when I tell them to do something it either doesn't get do...

Thank you all for your comments. Let me add that I had trouble with the same aide on several occasions as had the other nurses she worked with. She would hide out in the laundry talking on her cell phone instead of doing her job or I'd tell her to do...

I'm kind of in the same boat. I have been working at a LTC/skilled facility for 2 month. I'm the charge nurse of 26 patients (10 are skilled), 1 CMA and 2 CNAs. I had 2 days of orientation and that was just passing meds before we got a med aide. I wa...

Thank you both for the encouragement that I'm not the only one that has felt this way. I've only been working about a month and there are times I feel like I didn't learn a thing in school. Some days it's not so bad then there are days that I just wa...

I'm the charge nurse 3-11 in a new LTC/skilled/rehab facility. Since we are newly opened we only have 16 residents right now and I am the only nurse there with two aides. The problem is I feel overwhelmed at times. Our admin. has started taking in l...

$5300. I graduated in June '13, in Okla.

Central Oklahoma here: depends on where you work. I've been an LPN for just over a month. It took me 3 weeks to find a job. It's in LTC and it pays $24 an hour for 3-11. Day shift pays $23. I was offered jobs ranging from $9.76 (hospital) to $18 (LTC...

I got my LPN license Aug. 14th and for a month I put in apps to every job on every job board I could find that didn't say previous experience required. If they said previous experience preferred I went ahead and applied. I didn't get any calls or int...

New LPN of one month, Okla: $24 an hour working LTC, good benefits but expensive.

I have applied to several different jobs, LTC, assisted living, hospital, and clinical in the last couple of weeks. Today I interviewed at one with the ADON and have an interview with the DON tomorrow. I like the facility but they only pay $16 per ho...

We used ATI and it does cover a lot. I didn't really use it for the NCLEX though. I used the CD that came with my NCLEX book and found a lot of free practice tests online and a lot of good information videos on youtube. There is a lot of good informa...

Other things you might consider...in the smaller facility on 3-11 you will have more people there to help you and answer questions you may have. The larger one may have more things for you to learn but being part time you won't get that much experien...

I've been wondering the same thing. I just got my license 2 weeks ago and have been looking for a job but it is really hard to find one that doesn't want a years experience. I was told to apply to the jobs that say " experience preferred" because eve...

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Congratulations. I am waiting to get my dates to take my Nclex. I am a nervous wreck now. I can't imagine how I am going to be when I take it and when I'm waiting on the results. I have been told I can pay an extra fee to get my results quicker or to...

I'm a new grad also. I will be working while getting my pre-reqs to go on to RN school. I don't know about Cali but here in Okla. all the hospice/home health I have looked at want you to have 1 year experience in med-surg since basically the nurse is...

Thank you for taking time to answer my question and the advice about checking the discharge papers.

I am a recent graduate from an Oklahoma PN school and waiting to take my state boards. I have been told from numerous nurses at clinical that I should do at least 6 months to a year on a Med Surg floor before I do anything else. I am planning to brid...

Yes working 12s and drive time would be a killer but I guess it could be done. No the LTC is just a regular facility. It is 12s too, 2 on 2 off then 3 on 3 off but only 30 minutes away and the pay is better. I did my preceptor there and enjoyed it bu...

Thank you for your answer SamHill. I forgot to mention that I would more than likely have to either drive an hour one way for at least a year to take a med-surg job since I live in a town that only has 1 small hospital and the neighboring town only h...

It's not hard at all if you have studied any. I just took it yesterday and made 68%. I would have made higher if I had actually studied for the version 5. Instead I was told by the school that the version they used was 4 so that is the book I bought ...