libran1984 ASN, RN

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    Ivy tech Indiana LPN - ASN 2013

    libran1984 posted a topic in LPN to RN

    To offer more encouragement to other LPNs. You are a REAL nurse! If many of you were like me and were denied admission to the ASN program the first time around due to one B or a low TEAS test score,...
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    Male catheters

    libran1984 posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    Here's a problem I run into quite frequently- the female nurses come to me on a regular basis to insert indwelling foley catheters for their male pts. I work in an ED as a float nurse, rarely taking...
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    Deceptive Offender for Chest Pains

    libran1984 posted a topic in Correctional

    I am an LPN and worked in a level 2 correctional facility for 11 months. The Prison's doctor was a wonderfully smart man and lived by a few simple rules, Never trust the offender regarding pain level....
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    POSITIVE DRUG TEST

    libran1984 replied to pinktattooed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yeah, I agree with some of the above... If someone says your positive for "Ativan" and that is the official accusation, they're lying. If management uses that as an excuse to fire u, then perhaps...
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    Residency Programs

    libran1984 replied to kelly328846's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My understanding of an RN residency program was that it was meant for all new hires directly out of school to improve retention rates and better familiarize the nurse with protocols and technical...
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    How has Obamacare affected you and your employer?

    libran1984 replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My hospital is turning a huge profit and we're seeing record numbers of ED pts, new admits, and more ppl are being signed up for PCP's than ever before. What I don't understand is why several of the...
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    Nurse VS Respiratory Therapist?

    libran1984 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    I was an LPN then RN and I'd like to obtain an RRT license and EMT-P
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    Capstone project on congenital hypothyroidism

    libran1984 replied to RNIZZY14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A thesis statement is merely a declaration of what you wish to discuss such as: "We will closely examine the pathophysiology, etiology, treatment and blah blah factors related to congenital...
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    Out of nowhere threatened to be fired?

    libran1984 replied to Toby1225's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Can u do all ur charting in the pt's
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    LPN to rn...asn or bsn

    libran1984 replied to AprilGreen's topic in LPN to RN

    I did my LPN-ASN at a community college and it cost me less than $4,000 I now make just over $5,000 per month as an RN. That program was only a year long, but that was bc I had bee. Out of school...
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    Understaffed Surgical Unit

    libran1984 replied to rnz17's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Keep on trucking
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    Medic starting for RN

    libran1984 replied to TexasmedicRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've worked as an LPN in the ED alongside several medics. I went back for my RN with many of them. The medics found the transition to be somewhat easier than my LPN peers that worked in LTC, but found...
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    Hey so young nurses, are we really making "that much"?

    libran1984 replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    I feel RNs make quite a fair chunk of change. I def need to stop eating out
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    Some advice, I hope it helps.

    libran1984 replied to mellowdude's topic in General Students

    This was a great post!! Kudos!!!! Although, I think we make very good money as RNs! For the first time in my adult life (30 years old), I can afford to take a vacation somewhere. I can actually afford...
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    Oh you're a Nursing student?

    libran1984 replied to happyinmyheart's topic in General Students

    lol... i always tell them how great it is to make such insane money and only have to do it for 3 days a week! As an RN now, in 72 hours I make (without overtime) what I used to make in 96 hours as an...
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    The DEU Model of Nursing Education

    libran1984 replied to kalycat's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A Designated Educational Unit certainly sounds like a great idea. During my PN and ASN programs, many students talked of a similar method. Particularly, the LPN-ASN students, having already been...
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    Do you think nursing programs can benefit from more rigorous prerequisites?

    libran1984 replied to richardgecko's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i felt the pre-reqs were more difficult than actual nursing school. I will also say that microbiology and advanced A&P were two of the most beneficial classes I've ever taken. They actually...
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    Bsn or lpn-adn not your usual argument

    libran1984 replied to BrenLanders's topic in General Students

    LPN to ASN was just jumping through a few hoops. It was a joke. It also cost me less than $4,000 to do my LPN to ASN bridge. I am going back to do my BSN which I expect to be just a bunch more hoops....
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    morning report

    libran1984 replied to nurseladyinjax's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I wish I could do
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    Failed NCLEX 2X

    libran1984 replied to NurseTiten's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    1. Talk to your school if they have remediation / NCLEX prep courses 2. Kaplan has a thorough course you need to pay for, but they guarentee passing. 3. Do as many practice questions as you can get...
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    Tuition cost

    libran1984 replied to hs4lisha's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My LPN+ASN was less than $12,000 and I left school debt free. My RN to BSN is going to be approximately $8,000 - $12,000 dollars; which is how much I make as an RN in just 2-3 months. However, this...
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    Too much stuff behind ID badge!!

    libran1984 replied to NurseEric81's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    yah..... I have just my 2 IDs front and back with my access card sandwiched between them. Even my big, heavy, red, RN tag I simply hung up in the same glass case as my Diploma. Screw all those badges...
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    Long-term care/SNF

    libran1984 replied to trillnurse7's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    zomg; stay in the doctor's
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    NEW PN STUDENT

    libran1984 replied to Code Red's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    the planner was really the biggest thing for me... that and hard liquor...
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    LPN/LVN salary for 2013/2014

    libran1984 replied to Moving Foward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Acute Care hospital LPN pay without previous acute care experience in Indiana is $14.35 but with shift differentials it averages about to $16.50 .... in those few places that still hire