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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 for one nurse to get done on her own, telephone t...

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 would have found a way to quickly usher LPN's thro...

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 and Monday night but I know I can get through it....

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

   xmasbabe replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN/LVN

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

5. Chancellor's LPN to RN study guides

   xmasbabe replied to xmasbabe's topic in Online 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 "easy" to start with? I have been studying the Ch...

6. Chancellor's LPN to RN study guides

   xmasbabe replied to xmasbabe's topic in Online 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 way when you tested? Did you enroll at the beginni...

7. Chancellor's/Regent College for RN?

   xmasbabe replied to davisll's topic in Online Learning

   davisll, what did you not like about Chancellor's or what did you see as the difference between Rue and Chancellors? When I compared the 2, which has been quite a while ago, Rue required that you buy additional books, whereas with Chancellors, you...

8. Chancellor's LPN to RN study guides

   xmasbabe replied to xmasbabe's topic in Online 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 tests. I was wondering if anyone had tried Chan...

9. Chancellor's/Regent College for RN?

   xmasbabe replied to davisll's topic in Online Learning

   davisll, are you still "considering" Chancellor's/ Regent's or are you still undecided? I have been thinking about it for 3 years now. Would like to know if you have started.

10. Chancellor's LPN to RN study guides

    xmasbabe posted a topic in Online 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 that all you need are their expensive study guides ...

11. MA's being used as "nurses"

    xmasbabe replied to Jeanbean's topic in Ambulatory

    I as an L.P.N spent 12mo. learning health mantinace,desease process,basic med's applacation, get the picture?If Ma's are doing the same job Nurses are doing, what about the saftey of patient?To have an Ma step in and call herself a nures worries me a...

12. 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 a very fast paced clinic as the only nurse. In, "...

13. 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 med. asst. is trained more for clinic work, both cl...

14. 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 neurosurgeon?

15. LPN pay

    xmasbabe replied to adireen's topic in General Nursing

    After 16 yrs in a clinic, I currently make $17.00 per hour. I live in Wisconsin.