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  1. Rejected Apps- getting scared

    bstewart40 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hello all! I've had my ASN for approximately a year now and while I am currently employed, I'm looking for something closer to home and that will allow me to grow in my skills. I'm getting highly...

  2. Rejected Apps- getting scared

    bstewart40 replied to bstewart40's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    So is my experience as a LPN pretty much irrelevant? I've been a nurse since 2011 but an RN since

  3. What's Wrong with My Resume?

    bstewart40 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    BRITTANY _____ Address Here | City, IN zip| phone number [email protected] OBJECTIVE A licensed practical nursing position that will totally utilize my skills and abilities SKILLS PROFILE Success...

  4. Care Planning Confusion

    bstewart40 posted a topic in LPN to RN

    Hello all! I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but I looked for a while under the "student nurse" tab and didn't find what I was looking for. Anyway, I'm an LPN to RN student and I am...

  5. I GOT A JOB!

    bstewart40 replied to CrazziiRN913's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats! That's the sort of job I've been hoping for as

  6. How do you schedule yourself when working 8's and e/o weekend?

    bstewart40 replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC working every other weekend and 8 hour shifts. They'll schedule you depending on the facility's staffing

  7. The New Grad & Charting

    bstewart40 replied to CoffeePVCs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Charting is a learned art, and when I was as new as you are, I was staying over that long as well. Your best bet is to chart right after something occurs. If you have 30 seconds, make a note. This...

  8. Is it worth travelling 4 hrs to work?

    bstewart40 replied to RNHURT's topic in General Nursing

    I would not do it. Gas is too expensive for a 4 hour commute. I'm not close with my own family, so there wouldn't be anyone to watch my children. I would move if it were that important to

  9. What's Wrong with My Resume?

    bstewart40 replied to bstewart40's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My professional profile would be nowhere near that impressive- which is obvious because you have much more experience than I have. I don't have my ASN yet and I have minimal hospital training. I...

  10. Scope of Practice / Nurse Practice Act

    bstewart40 replied to xoemmylouox's topic in Indiana Nursing

    LPN and RN scopes of practice are determined by the facility. That's why some LPNs can hang blood and others

  11. What's Wrong with My Resume?

    bstewart40 replied to bstewart40's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    BRITTANY ______ Address | CITY, IN ZIP| Phone Number [email protected] OBJECTIVE A licensed practical nurse seeking a full time direct patient care position in an inpatient hospital environment....

  12. What's Wrong with My Resume?

    bstewart40 replied to bstewart40's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Indiana's state practice acts are pretty vague. Typically what LPNs are prohibited from doing are determined by the facilities. As a nurse in my facility, I always do the initial admission assessment....

  13. new graduate RN -- terminated after 2 months

    bstewart40 replied to cyoucapri's topic in Men in Nursing

    i was terminated from my first lpn position after 4 terrible months on the job. i didn't know what i was doing, really, and the facility i worked at chewed up and spit out new nurses. what i did...

  14. My DON is sexually harassing me

    bstewart40 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ladies, I am at a loss. Since I was fired from my first job at a LTC facility, I've had massive anxiety about keeping a job and keeping enough money to take care of my kids. I worked as an agency...

  15. Help need advice - I am a new grad with no luck!!! Suggestions welcome

    bstewart40 replied to MisLead in Kentucky's topic in General Nursing

    You might want to look at LTC to get some experience. LTC facilities are always looking to woo RNs, the pay is pretty good, and it'll give you some patient

  16. Starting at LTAC facility after working at LTC- advice?

    bstewart40 replied to bstewart40's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I've already asked about orientation. I'm familiar with the facility but only because I was there as a student. The facility wants me to come in an hour before my shift Wednesday night. I asked for a...

  17. Starting at LTAC facility after working at LTC- advice?

    bstewart40 posted a topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I was let go this time last month from my LTC facility and I recently got accepted to work with a staffing agency that will be sending me frequently to a LTAC facility. My official job description is...

  18. New LPN let go from LTC facility

    bstewart40 replied to bstewart40's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you. I think the worst part of my experience there is that I'm leaving with my nursing confidence shattered. I know I'm capable of being a good nurse... I just don't know what that means...

  19. New LPN let go from LTC facility

    bstewart40 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated from my LPN program in late December and took boards in late January. I immediately got a job at a LTC facility thanks to a friend who was a new RN and UM there. I was always pretty...

  20. New LPN let go from LTC facility

    bstewart40 replied to bstewart40's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh, it was one job but two facilities on the same property. They had LTC and then across the parking lot, they had Assisted/Independent Living. Sorry I wasn't more clear. I did fulfill my 90 day...

  21. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    bstewart40 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the NCLEX-PN on the 21st at 8am. I've been checking my BON obsessively all weekend and was going stir crazy, especially when I heard about other nurses having the same test day and already...