PinkHoyt

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1. Meningococcal Disease

   PinkHoyt replied to Spidey's mom's topic in School

   A little off topic but... My dad had Bacterial Men. when I was in 7th grade. Very scary! He is lucky to be alive. He came out with major vision loss (tunnel vision in one eye and then peripheral...

2. LPN working as school nurse in pa

   PinkHoyt replied to shamirad's topic in School

3. LPN working as school nurse in pa

   PinkHoyt replied to shamirad's topic in School

4. How much was your lpn program?

   PinkHoyt replied to joyfullpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   Mine was $15,000 which didn't include all the extras such as uniforms, ink for printer (went thru a ton of it), food, gas...way too much to be getting paid so

5. PRN ideas for sub nurse

   PinkHoyt replied to katynurs22's topic in School

   I'm waiting on my last clearance to come thru so that I can start subbing as well! Very excited, but also realize it's not going to pay the bills. So I have applied for PRN position at the county jail...

6. What does your username mean?

   PinkHoyt replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

   I shoot archery. My bow is a Hoyt and has pink strings. Not too creative

7. lpn life after graduation

   PinkHoyt replied to futurenurse1986's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I graduated August 2nd. I interviewed for one job a couple weeks prior and they said they wouldn't let me know until the end of September. Haven't heard from them as of yet. It's ok tho because...

8. Lpn salary

   PinkHoyt replied to futurenurse1986's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   While interviewing I've been being told anywhere from $10 - $14/hr. Not very

9. I hope to hear from you board passers! Kindly reply to this :)

   PinkHoyt replied to NewbyLPN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   My advice would be to start doing practice questions as early as possible that way you can familiarize yourself with they way they are worded. It's also fun to do them with classmates. Then you can...

10. LPN working as school nurse in pa

    PinkHoyt replied to shamirad's topic in School

    I just interviewed for a Health Aid position in my local school district. I also live in PA. The only issue was that I just graduated and haven't taken my boards yet. I was interviewed by a panel....

11. Indiana State University's Online LPN-BSN

    PinkHoyt replied to MissPriss618's topic in Indiana State University

    I have been looking into it as well. Two recruiters from the college network came and talked to our class yesterday and made it sound wonderful...so now I need to start researching myself.

12. How Many people did your program start out with?

    PinkHoyt replied to Philly_LPN_Girl's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    We started with 42 and then added 5 from last years class at different times. Graduation is tomorrow and we currently have 21. Just had 2 finals today and had to leave at the end of the day with out...

13. Where do you want to work as an LPN?

    PinkHoyt replied to Lpn__'s topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I graduate in about 3 weeks. I just applied to one of my state's correctional facilities. That would be my first choice. One of the local hospitals that we do clinical at told my instructor that...

14. Top 10 Nursing Supplies

    PinkHoyt replied to JenLahaye's topic in General Students

    Using a "smart device" is a great suggestion, however in the program I attend we aren't allowed to use them on exams. Only a plain old fashion calculator is allowed. Thankfully you can pick them up...

15. IV course fears

    PinkHoyt replied to MrsCuoco's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    We just started our IV course on Tuesday. So far we have went over what we as LPNs can and cannot do, learned about the different types of IV Therapy and calculating drip rates. I guess this coming...