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I am thinking about applying to Norton Audubon and Baptist East. To the nurse who has worked agency, what did you think of Baptist East? Are the nurse-patient ratios at these 2 hospitals ok? I am used to 5 med-surg patients. Thanks!!!

You need to check out the "distance learning" section in the student nursing forums. They have all kinds of dicussions about Excelsior.

Good luck on your test today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will do great! It's a hard test, but everyone always does better than they think they do. I just found out 2 hours ago I passed, and I was *seriously* convin...

Yay!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations ****RN****XeniGirl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WooooHoooo! :):balloons::roll:beercuphe:smokin::yelclap::cheers::smiley_aa I took my PN boards the same day as you, and I just found out I passed too! I have been torturing myself a...

I took the test yesterday and hated it! I thought is was alot different than questions from my Saunders book. I had about 15 priority questions where 4 people have horrible things wrong with them and you are supposed to pick the pt. you would check...

I don't see why you couldn't become an LPN. I suggest you call your state nursing board and ask them, I'm sure they have dealt with situations like this before. Good luck!

I am a new graduate in KY and I just got offered a hospital position for $13. It's 3rd shift too, so the pay doesn't seem at all great. But I have no experience, so I'm guessing this is normal? I accepted the position anyway, it seems like a grea...

Hey there girl! Congratulations on graduating! I'm a new LPN myself and was wondering if I would ever get a job too. I don't have any nursing experience besides clinicals but I do have experience working with special needs, which I list on my cove...

I live in Kentucky, and I'm actually noticing a trend of phasing "in" LPNs in hospitals. I just graduated and interviewed with a major hospital today, and not only do they have around 12 new openings just for LPNs, but they are also willing to hire ...

I don't know what kind of experiences Indiananurse had, but I do not recommend them either. I just graduated from the LPN program and there were a grand total of 3, yes 3, of us in the graduating class from our original class of over 50. The other ...

Yes, that's true. I can really see both sides of this issue. This can also be very, very frustrating to students as well. I finished up my last clinical rotation at a hospital a couple of months ago, and our clinical instructor had each of us divi...

OMG that is completely outrageous! She will get a rude awakening when she gets out of school and treats co-workers like that. I wonder where that leaves me... I'm graduating with my LPN and plan on working in a hospital while I'm going to school ...

Thanks everyone who replied! I finish this week, and luckily I have had a really great and understanding preceptor so I was able to get through it all okay. I'm glad for the experience now that it's over, but I definitely know I will not be working...

Hey everyone. I am in LPN school, and I began my preceptorship at a longterm care center this week. The patient load for each nurse is between 25 to 27 residents, depending on the wing. At first I thought that there is no way that I will be expect...

I am also interested in Norton, specifically Norton Suburban. Anyone know what new grad pay is, for an LPN and an RN? thanks!

In my old Sunday school class we had a pale boy with curly white-blond hair with the unfortunate name of Lambert. And kids being kids, everyone would baa like a sheep while saying his name, which ended up being La-a-a-ambert. Poor boy!

Next semester we will be doing psychiatric clinicals and I am just wondering what to expect. If you've done psych clinicals could you share your experiences? I guess out of all the areas of nursing, I'm least confident about these clinicals... what...

I couldn't find an RN program in my city that didn't have a super long waiting list, so I'm attending a school that does the LPN-RN bridge. I'm really happy with my choice because I'll be able to work as a nurse after only a year of school, and then...

HAHA! That's really funny. I'm in my second semester at a community college, and out of a class of almost 40 I'm one of the only students without kids. And most of these girls are alot younger than me. The topic of conversation a couple weeks ago was...