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1. Most easy job in Nursing?

   xmasbabe replied to moliuchick's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked clinic for 25 years. Would not say it's low stress. The hospital nurses who come to work with us end up quitting. They think it is going to be easy and it is not. There is a lot of work...

2. Anyone take LPN program just to make it easier to become RN?

   xmasbabe replied to cindy0624's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   I have been an LPN for 20 years. I started the ADN completion program after being on a waiting list for 3 years. Considering the "shortage" of nurses that we always hear about, you would think they...

3. Dropping Out of the LVN Program

   xmasbabe replied to rosebud1's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   Please do not let anyone have that kind of control over what you want to do with your life. I am just starting clinicals and I absolutely hate it. I feel absolutely inadequate. I dread every Sunday...

4. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

   xmasbabe replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I make $19.14 per hr in Wisc in a clinic and I have been there 20

5. Chancellor's LPN to RN study guides

   xmasbabe replied to xmasbabe's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Ryaninmtv, thanks again for your response. Your advice about learning the testing style sounds very wise. It has been many years since I have been tested! What would you recommend as something...

6. Chancellor's LPN to RN study guides

   xmasbabe replied to xmasbabe's topic in Online Distance Learning

   RyaninMTV, Thanks for your reply. I appreciate your helpful advice. I am still not sure which route to take. I see now that for many tests, you must first be enrolled at Excelsior. Was it that...

7. Chancellor's LPN to RN study guides

   xmasbabe replied to xmasbabe's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Thanks for the reply. I understand that Regents/Excelsior is the SCHOOL that grants the degree, and the others are just publishing companies that print material to help you study to pass the nursing...

8. Chancellor's LPN to RN study guides

   xmasbabe posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

   Does anyone have any Chancellor's study guides that they would like to sell? Has anyone used Chancellor's and found that they also needed to purchase additional booksfor study? Chancellors claims...

9. Did you have a Preemie or Pre Term Labor while working?

   xmasbabe replied to dawngloves's topic in General Nursing

   I had planned on working until 39 weeks with my first, but PROMed at 36 weeks after a day of working ICU. I had planned on working till 40 weeks but went into labor at just 20 weeks. I was working in...

10. Certified Medical Assistant

    xmasbabe replied to jjrbh00's topic in General Nursing

    If you have 2 years to devote to full time study, why not go for LPN or RN assoc. degree? I was a CMA but could not find a job. I graduated from an LPN program and had no problem finding a job. A...

11. 45 yo Physician ISO Single Nurse

    xmasbabe replied to NROSRGN's topic in General Nursing

    You did not state if you are MALE or FEMALE! What are you doing on a nurses site if you are a