libran1984 ASN, 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, then by George, please know how much easier it is t...

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 pts of my own but primarily to act as a support te...

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. There are too many substance abusers who cry out ...

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 upper management purposefully set u up. There's no wa...

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 skills. I am confused as to what previous posters spe...

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 surrounding hospital networks are are cutting costs...

I was an LPN then RN and I'd like to obtain an RRT license and EMT-P cert.

Pt had a sz in church I said, "well you sure were filled with the spirit!"

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 hypothyroidism"

Can u do all ur charting in the pt's room?

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 greater than 2 years while those that had gone back so...

Keep on trucking along

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 the non critical care med surg courses as the rea...

I feel RNs make quite a fair chunk of change. I def need to stop eating out tho.

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 plane tickets somewhere! I can actually go out an...

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 LPN receiving overtime and critical need pay. Lol....

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 through nursing school once, especially pushed for the ...

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 improved my nursing practice - particularly microbiology...

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. I chose to do an LPN-ASN rather than an LPN-BSN be...

I wish I could do that.

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 your hands on. That's what you need to do. As long...

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 path is significantly much more time consuming. I ...

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 and cards. I'll keep them in my backpack if I need...

zomg; stay in the doctor's office!!!!!!!!!!!

the planner was really the biggest thing for me... that and hard liquor... seriously.