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I'm happy to be married to someone I can do things with. Why would you want to marry someone who is never home?

No, they don't have to pay you overtime for 10 hour shifts. Do you think all the nurses working 12's get overtime? Heck, I used to get mandated and would end up working 16 hours-- no overtime.

I would consider the clinical sites more than the lab-- definitely more important. It sounds like a good program.

Check out this thread:Bohecker Accreditation - Nursing for Nurses

I have never heard "Killumbus". I live in the city-- never had any problems with crime. It certainly is safer than many places out in the country such as Pataskala. What I mean, actually is that the rural areas are not rife with violent crime, but they do have a higher per capita rate of break ins due to stretched police forces. Also, they do have a higher auto accident rate. Those county roads can be quite dangerous! But, like anywhere you have to do your research. There are some parts of the city that are perfectly safe and some that are, well, a lot less so (I don't really like the term "trash" though).

We need people like you. Go for it!

Amen to that. Sounds like she cares more about the paperwork and how it looks to state rather than the actual people living there!

Good luck!

I guess I'm confused as to why you would question the legality of this.

Perhaps they need more staff-- not more restraints

So true! Some of us will keep hammering this point home!

Oh OK. I see. I was just wondering because I was happy enough with the program. I looked at Capital and Mt. Carmel, but they were too expensive for me. CSCC would have required too much waiting. I have to add, I'm sure its gotten harder to get into. When I went I had a prior bachelor's degree with a 3.5 (but all A's on my science + ananotomy prerequs). Perhaps I would not be accepted now. Actually, I guess I had a 4.0 in all my prerequisites, so that was helpful.

I'm a huge believer in not going into debt for a nursing degree (well, sometines it can't be helped-- but I do think there is debt, and there is DEBT) so I'll keep writing these posts, but why did you leave OSU off your list of recommeded schools? It is certainly less expensive than Capital, Otterbein, and Mt. Carmel.

good luck! Just want to add-- I just think it is really important not to build up too much debt to become a nurse. Like I said, there is no guarantee of a job and you definitely do not want to be in a position where you take any job or have to base your decision primarily on the pay. You could find yourself in a situation where your license is on the line every day or at the very least you find yourself saying with some frequency "I hate my life."!

Not an LPN, but I've worked with graduates of columbus School of Practical Nursing and they seem knowledgeable to me. I think the program is well respected. Plus, I think they get better clinical sites than some of the other LPN programs.