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One other thing to consider - getting nurse licensure by endorsement in California's likely to take several months. Can't speak for the BRN, but endorsing an LVN license (through BVNPT) will take anywhere from 3-6 months. Took me 5 months to get my L...

Other than what's been already mentioned, I've tended to find that you usually get more "bang for the buck" at a CC. In my case we covered topics in critical care, hemodynamic monitoring, leadership, successful job hunting that my peeps in the workfo...

The one thing that jumped out at me was the part about waiting on a response. Bit of advice for you; check with your former classmates and try applying where they work. Apply at former clinical sites. If you're doing CNA work, ask your co-workers abo...

Odd...took my NCLEX March 31st, and got "the letter" a little over a week later. Maybe they've got a backlog at BVNPT? ----- Dave

"Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't" - attributed to Jerry Rice. CNA's know this one intuitively.

Figure on a week or so from the time your license number shows up on BreEZe. It's been taking 2-3 business days from time of payment for me & my classmates to get the license numbers, but can take a week or more. In my case it took about 2 1/2 we...

It's not so much a job market issue here (so long as you're not dead set on an acute care position and you're not out in the boonies), the bigger issue is likely to be getting your licensure by endorsement from the BVNPT. Count on it taking a few mon...

Passionate? Not really - pigheadedly stubborn worked pretty well for me. :-) What you do have to do is to be willing to take your nursing education seriously, and to be willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen. In my case, I had to fail out ...

All I can really say is that it worked for me back on April 4th. Took NCLEX-PN on the afternoon of March 31st, waited until the 4th (1st & 2nd were weekend days and wanted to give it 2 full business days to ensure accuracy) then checked and got t...

Hard for me to see how you did the wrong thing, except in one area that I'll get to in a moment. From what you've described, your mom received care well beyond the level she would have had you left her in the care of others. Your fear is that you som...

First, congrats on being accepted into a CC VN program! Getting that far is a pretty substantial accomplishment by itself. Since I'm doing this off of my phone, I'll try and address your issues from memory. A bit about me - finished my VN at a CC in ...

Why, thank you for the kind comment - I'll be sure to share my Metamucil with you. Ahem - for the record, 54 and on the cusp of starting out as a brand-new LVN in one of the most economically depressed areas (San Bernardino/Riverside) in the People'...

What would my nursing career bill say about me? Mostly that I learned my life's lessons pretty darn well, and did a decent job of applying them to my new (to me, anyway) career. Things I would've done a bit differently: (1) Been a bit more assertive ...

Evening, Colleen: As you've probably figured out by now, the ways of the BVNPT are strange. From what you've described, it sounds like you're applying for licensure by endorsement, which takes quite a bit longer than an initial application after comp...

If commuting's an option, I'd look at some of the inland CC's (Mt. SAC, Chaffey, RCC). I just completed Chaffey's VN program, so can't comment directly about how long it takes for admission to their advanced placement LVN to ADN program; however, the...

Really, it depends quite a bit on (a) the program and (b) individual circumstances. In my case my entry cumulative GPA into an LVN program was 2.68, and my cumulative GPA upon completion was 2.88. That said, I also had other things going for me, such...

Hmm...just did a search using Indeed and had no problem finding an on-call LVN position at Spring Valley Post-Acute in Victorville. No experience necessary. Praise Be & Alleluia! Of course, 10 people've already applied for the position... Other ...

Really, it's not about the "ticks on the odometer" so much as being able to deal with the physical & intellectual rigors of the profession. In my case, I'm 53 and headed into 3rd semester of a VN program. At the moment I'm working full-time as a ...

In my case, my age (53) has had both good & bad aspects. I'm in my 2nd semester of LVN school; as far as the school was concerned they were (and are) glad to have me. A's & A-'s scholastically, and working hard on my bedside skills. Some issu...

Not necessarily. I'm in a similar situation in that I failed out of a VN program (didn't pass skills testing) but was able to remediate back in. True, some area schools won't allow you in if you failed out of another program; some will. Also, it's po...

Always nice to see someone putting the trolls back under their respective bridges. As for me - a mere VN student here, but being a 53 year old male has made things a bit interesting. Got a HESI exam and a last day of clinicals to go, but as of right ...

Priority 1 - Dad's birthday. Priority 2 - Pinning. Intervention: Attend Dad's birthday. Have Dad pin you approx. 1 hour before start of pinning ceremony. Take video of Dad pinning you. Send video of your pinning to tech-savvy classmate. At conclusion...

Too old? Heh - perhaps my story will give you some inspiration. Lost my job in IT in '09, got cross trained as a CNA in '12 (49 years old, 5'7" tall and 290 lbs.) did that for a year and a half, ended up having to sell my late mom's house, figured ou...

In my case (not ADN/BSN; VN) they had a stripped-down version of A&P, plus an intro math class for dimensional analysis. For ADN at the same school, you get the 180-proof A&P I and II (Anatomy and Physiology as separate classes) plus Microbio...

Likewise, especially given that all of my relatives (both parents & 2 out of 3 sibs) that have passed on died of CV complications. I'd LOVE to find out that I don't have that Sword of Damocles hanging over my head; alas, other than Bernstein's an...