HippyDippyLPN

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1. Student loans for daycare expenses..

   HippyDippyLPN posted a topic in General Students

   Hi all... Wondering if anyone has been in my situation before. I am an LPN bridging to my RN (hoping this board moves faster than the LPN to RN board so I can get answers) and will have to utilize...

2. Need advice on potential employers

   HippyDippyLPN replied to PCPNURSE's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   This is bizzare! I don't get why OM would push you out like that when you had always gotten along, any idea? Maybe OM is doing something wrong and by firing you it's taking the heat off her? They will...

3. i hate nursing

   HippyDippyLPN replied to klong05's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Take a break, switch jobs, or switch fields for some time to see what you really want to do. I also became an LPN younger than most and in 2012 I just had to step away from nursing for a year and make...

4. Nicotine Test for new employment

   HippyDippyLPN replied to hls0810's topic in General Nursing

   I quit last July but march 2013 I had to take a nicotine test that I passed. I had smoked for 10 years, was smoking about 10 cigs a day. I didn't smoke that day and drank water. At the time I was 5'7...

5. Starting to get really frustrated....

   HippyDippyLPN replied to NurseQT's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Just keep plugging away is all...when I graduated late 2008 with my LPN license it took me till January 2010 to gain employment, I worked as an aid to float myself financially during that time. Now I...

6. 2014 LPN Students

   HippyDippyLPN replied to Moving Foward's topic in Ohio Nursing

   To be honest, have not heard great things about Beckfield or any for profit nursing trade school in the Cincinnati area. IMO many lack the correct educational courses and certifications needed to...

7. People being spiteful about grades?

   HippyDippyLPN replied to LPN709's topic in LPN to RN

   Just lie if you feel you have to say something. Honestly I wouldn't care what your pre req classmates think (I don't). I am there to make stellar grades, not friends, so i would tell people too bad so...

8. Having your LPN/LVN license make it easier to get into a Bridge Program?

   HippyDippyLPN replied to AlyseB's topic in LPN to RN

   My bridge program at a local CC is much less competitive than the regular RN program. The bridge program is it own program and doesn't mix with the traditional RN students at all. Students are gaining...

9. Did you work during your bridge program?

   HippyDippyLPN posted a topic in LPN to RN

   I'm plugging away at my LPN to RN program (part time student), I also though work full time during the day and have two kiddos 2 & 4 years old. Financially I can afford to not work (or perhaps...

10. Obama delays major part of health law: coverage for > 50 workers pushed to 2015

    HippyDippyLPN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Our government cannot get one single thing done but yet they still get paid. I used to be a democrat, now I am neither, both parties lie, cheat, and are out of touch with middle class Americans. I am...

11. Financing lpn to bsn

    HippyDippyLPN replied to l150's topic in LPN to RN

    I am taking out loans through financial aid myself but my program is only 6k per year and I think that's a steal now a days. You could pay per semester if your able to work that much or find a job...

12. Delta college! (Rant)

    HippyDippyLPN replied to lilREDthang's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    That's a invasion of privacy. The only personal thing my college needs to know are the things that are pertinent to receiving financial aid, other than that it's no ones business how you pay your...

13. Oldest patient

    HippyDippyLPN replied to MessyMomma's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In LTC I took care of a lady who was 101. She was sharp as a tack and up until the end could mostly take care of herself, died peacefully in her sleep one

14. Is nursing right for me? (First year of college)

    HippyDippyLPN replied to jagmyswag's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I graduated high school with a 2.4. I graduated LPN school with a 3.8. I am starting my LPN to RN bridge this fall and get to skip many pre reqs because I tested into college level courses, including...

15. Do you work while in the transition program?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to pookyp's topic in LPN to RN

    I will be working full time while I do pre reqs for my bridge part time. I plan on completing all co reqs during this time as well so that when I enter the clinical portion I will only need one to two...