bilingueRN

I had at least 10/75 SATA. I wasn't counting either. My results are on hold, so no pop up for me. Hoping to get quick results tomorrow.

I would personally think that going on to get your RN first would save you quite a bit of time and you would make quite a bit more money with more options for places to work.

People that think that I must have failed out of med school because I am an intelligent guy in nursing... ugh

Who are you kidding? Every day is food day at the hospital! Food is like currency around my hospital.

Interesting about the amps of Epi. Do you think that the docs are OK with that since in the ACLS algorithm you can only use vasopressin once? (not that the docs can't use it more, but with the new interns using their little flow sheet cards, it might get interesting) In our unit we are almost exclusively using the Versed/Fentanyl combo that works pretty poorly IMHO. We have a very limited amount of propofol in the pyxis; it just sits there daring us to use it through the clear doors!

Here's the thing with waiting though, you get your LPN and you are trained in that role and immediately have to change your thinking when you bridge to RN (which may also involve a long wait) and so you're a "new grad" twice instead of once. Why not get really good at being a DC in the time you are waiting and save up for the time you will miss while you are in school. Just my 2 cents and I am certainly not trying to dismiss your ideas.

I would say that it would be better to wait for an RN program to open up for what you need them for. I think that LPN would add too much time on to your program. If PV works out, you could then go for an RN-MSN if that is your ultimate goal. You could also look into Research's accelerated BSN since you already have your bachelors. I believe that it is 12-15 months long.

I don't think that they will ever advertise it as a part time program and they may not admit part timers since their admission standards are so sky high right now due to an overabundance of qualified candidates. When they change the curriculum, they will admit twice a year instead of once and they will have courses offered more often than they are now which may facilitate someone going part time.

Saint Luke's is about to change their curriculum, so they may have a part time program by the time you start, but no nights or weekends currently.

More than 15 percent of the students they admitted will not go there. So many people apply to multiple programs, I would say you have an excellent chance. I was in the same situation around the same spot on the wait list in a smaller program. Got in and now have one year left!

Saint Luke's is incredibly hard to get in to. I have not heard much about LPN's being hired at SLHS, but I could be wrong. Have you thought of looking in to Truman Lakewood? They have quite a few LPN's. You can call the HR office at SLH and hope to talk to someone, but they are not the best at getting back.

I'm here in KC and can give some insight on the student world and the St. Luke's system.

I guess the answer to this question would involve what her current K level was. And since it is YOUR punishment, don't ya think you might want to do it yourself instead of asking on a board like this? Just my humble opinion here. Good luck in your future clinicals and career. I hope you really do learn a lot from this.

I am also a non trad student and personally have a Littmann Classic II SE. It's a two sided stethoscope with a bell and a diaphragm. I think that it should be more than adequate for what I need it for, but I think you would be better served if you got one of the master series ones or a cardiology one since there are times when I think the better sound would be nice. I got mine at medisave.net. It was the cheapest I could find and had free engraving (good for those scopes that sprout legs and walk away)

As an evening shift CNA who formerly worked days, I agree that they are unorganized and we do get dumped on, but it helps when the RN's work twelve hour shifts, then the pts come at 1830!

We get 10 percent for working evenings, and 20 for nights as an aide, I'm not sure about the nurses.

Nurses vs pharmacy:angryfire

Don't you just love Oklahoma? Thank god I'm leaving after the summer semester. 19 yrs is plenty in this podunk state.

We had a hospital there until 2002. Now we have two facilities, one at TRMC and one at Kaiser Rehab on the HMC campus. I am kinda sick of Tulsa though. Would like to move to a big city with tons of hospitals.:)

i'm a cna at a specialty hosp @ 11th and trenton, wondering if i should stay in town after graduating. what do you guys think?

The food that they throw on to the tray to serve to our patients is an abomination. I hate the fact that we have to actually make some of them eat it. They complain and I totally sympathize with them. Our dietary dept. has not heard of seasoning and it is the worst food I've ever had. It is worse that Mickey D's.

I completely understand what you guys are talking about. Try working the 3-11 shift as a lowly CNA and not having any nursing staff for an hour thanks to the oncoming shift and telling your patient in pain that they have to wait until the nurses get out of report!:angryfire

I have been given demerol post appendectomy with a ten inch scar due to a grapefruit sized abcess surrounding my appendix. (whole different story there.) It made me more than dingy... Talk about hallucinations. I had a drug reaction to something after a 6 day stay in the hospital. Not sure whether it was the Levaquin or Demerol.

LTC brings its own unique problems. In a hospital, you may not see the same patient twice. In LTC, you see them again and again and learn all of their likes and dislikes, which is to your advantages. However, if you dislike a patient, they aren't going anywhere. Another problem is that you will work with people who are unqualified and make you want to scream when they don't care about the 83 y/o who is dehydrated and refusing fluids...:uhoh21: It is rewarding though, once you know your patients and can anticipate their needs. The first day is one of the hardest. Good Luck!