starfishlpn

It is illegal for them to ask about your marital status or your family, whether you have children is NOT there business. If they have offered you the job and you are available to work the schedule they offered there should not be a problem. They cann...

That sucks, you and your classmates should still looking into celebrating none the less. Unfortunately, I did not have a ceremony after my completing my LPN. We finished in December, so it was scheduled for the 18th. Then the day before there was a h...

that's kinda what I was thinking. I have not done a formal application and technically your resume does not have to have every place you ever worked, I mean if you are mid-career with several nrsg jobs why would you add a seasonal retail job or worki...

As a brand new LPN, the first full time gig I was able to land was a prison, private owned federal. I was being open-minded about the idea but ended up being there all of about three months. Long story, technically I was fired for 'insubordination'. ...

Okay I work noc shift on a very small unit just me and a couple of aides. A man called and asked to speak with one of the CNAs that was not normally scheduled to work that day. I responded, after pausing to think about it, 'she isn't working to night...

that is of coarse what I meant. It is a ltc facility and our policy is no non-work cell phones though not as strict as most hospitals ou7r policy. My husband text me or leaves a vm which I check when on break. I can't even remember the last time anyo...

Especially if they are long term care or even hospice? Is there any surefire rule?

I take a prenatal vitamin and a probiotic every day and then teaspoon of fish oil qod. I am not pregnant or even trying to be right now, as my husband are both students right now, but my ob/gyn says he recommends that for all of his patient's of chil...

Glad they are willing to work with your schedule. I don't even understand why some facillities act that way, I mean why discourage someone from furthering their education and reaching their own personal goal that will even make you better at the job ...

From my experience bridge programs are less competitive than straight through RN programs. You are not guarenteed a spot in the RN program so I certainly wouldn't drop out of your current program until you are officially accepted. RN was my initial g...

I am really lucky at the place I work, it is a 32 bed skilled unit. Day shift= 2 nurses, Evening= 2 nurses (though it used to be one nurse and a medication aide), Night shift=1 nurse. So a ratio of 16:1, except at night when it is 32:1, but far fewer...

I agree with the original poster it is getting to be a bit rediculous and there are so many nurses who really got into it for all the wrong reasons (not that I ought judge to anyone else's motivation), and when you are miserable in the profession you...

Some schools insist on using the best grade is counted toward your GPA others say the most recently completed (hopefully these are the same) and some schools limit the number of retakes you can do, so your best bet is to check with the individual sch...

Well you may get financial aid for the immediate year following your lpn program assuming you are like most of us and were relatively poor when going through your program. But making 50k a year you aren't likely to get much if any thing, unless you h...

Again I was not downing the medical profession, I have enormous respect for them; it is just a fact. As a student whether medical or nursing you are taught how things ought to be, in the perfect world and in the perfect facility, and a little less of...

I took the exam several years ago, and don't even remember any of the questions, but it is mostly just common sense more so than anything you ought to study. You just need to know the limitation of your scope of practice. If it is not something that ...

I once met an older nursing instructor who said that a good number of the pre-med students she had seen come through her program, dropped in favor of another major once the realize how hard, time consuming, and all consumming it was; plus they tended...

You have to start at the begining of the adn program and do 4 semesters? That's terrible, if that is what you are saying I would be looking into other options. Personally I think it is best to get the ISB number for all of the books they require an...

As a student I am taught it is a no no, cause it is unnecessary and can cause nicks and skin irritation... teacher says it is old school, did it 15 years ago but generally thought to be a bad idea. The other difference is likely your environment, I h...

I joined the second year of a bi-level RN program at a relatively small rural community college. I chose this school over the other one I was accepted into because they had one 7 hour lecture day and a 12 hour clinical day and I thought that it would...

The problem for me is that, I moved to a more rural area, not just for my school (as I had another option where I am from) but a program that my husband got into as well, and I commute a little over 2 hours every weekend to work and then stay with fr...

Firstly, what schools are you looking at 35,000 is a lot of money I probably won't spend that kind of money for six plus years of education if I decide to go for a graduate degree. You need to look in to public school as the best option just because ...

Well in a perfect world we would all be able to quit our jobs to go back to school, but I have to work... I get no financial aid and my husband is a full time student too. I think if you are a brand new lpn with little or no work experience then it ...

I have been out of school for two years next month and was thrilled to learn that I was accepted into a bridge program starting in January. Because I have worked in environments that did not require the full range of the skills I learned in school an...

Thanks, glad I finally got a response. I did really well in my LPN program and have learned alot since then, but I have never felt smarter than I did when I was finishing school. I was afraid that I would be expected to be as well studied as the day ...