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    Day In The Life of an LPN/pay

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to Hoping2BeANurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work for an agency. I work with a special needs boy who has a seizure precaution, needs to be fed, and has a g-tube. I park at his house ride the transit bus with him to school, take care of him...
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    Hows the LPN Job Market in your area?

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to ecclecticlylovelylvn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I live in Pa not far from Philadelphia and the job market for new grads are great. I got a job with an agency less than a week after passing my boards. I'm making $25-$30 an
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    LVN Career Path

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to slalo2427's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Lol that is the truth. I love agency work get paid more and less stress. LTC and nursing homes and hospitals are great for experience
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    New LPN

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to NewNurseJ's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You just have to find and learn a way to manage your time. It will not be perfect but things could get better. I do agency work and LTC prn for experience I love my
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    Lincoln tech lpn program edison,nj

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to melcuba's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Oh ok got you, you want something recent, I dont blame you. I had a terrible experience, the program was very disorganized, the teachers werent that good, ghetto, fights, arguements, etc BUT, I have...
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    fair acres interview process

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to cnaisme81's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Congratulations. I am AA as well and I know a lot of nursing homes are catty and have cliques. I would take any other job before Fair Acres and $10.55 was a total rip off. Northeast is a nice area (...
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    Medical Assistants - Good Career Move or Not?

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to igus2666's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    From my experience, I would either A: do cna first, lpn, then rn or B: Go straight for lpn thrn bridge over to Rn or C: do cna, take prereqs and then do rn because you said that you would like...
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    Lincoln tech lpn program edison,nj

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to melcuba's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    There are plenty of threads on the Lincoln Tech NJ campus, go to google, type in lincoln tech and the town the school is located, then allnurses.com and then they will come up. I went to the Lincoln...
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    anyone ever determine whether to give morphine or demerol to pancreatitis?

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to kgh31386's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was taught and seen in one of my NCLEX books that morphine is contradicted for pts with pancreatitis and to give demerol. Morphine causes spasms with
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    The College Network

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to mariacristina's topic in Excelsior College

    Oh and by the way, that $10,000 and $12,000 does not include the fees and tuition
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    The College Network

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to mariacristina's topic in Excelsior College

    If you are good with doing online schooling on your own then I would cancel. College Network is a 3rd party and is not associated with Excelsior. I am directly signed up with Excelsior. College...
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    I HAVE TO VENT

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to mrsnurse2014's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    You will just have to make the best of your situation until May. Some places will hire you as a nursing assistant/student nurse while you are in nursing school with or without you being a certified...
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    fair acres interview process

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to cnaisme81's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    They pay about $12-$14/hr from last time I checked. That place is always hiring. My advice to you when working there, please do not get caught up in the gossip and foolishness with the workers and if...
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    Does becoming a CNA help you if you want to become an RN?

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to Becca014's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Being a CNA has helped me with clinicals, patient care, and very understanding of othe cnas because they work hard. Most of the nurses that I ran into that werent cnas first were snobby. Not all but...
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    Lincoln Tech Students: Scholarship

    Philly_LPN_Girl posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hello everyone, I start Lincoln Tech on August 8th at the Center City campus I am so excited. We all know that Lincoln Tech is high BUT, some of us have to do what we gotta do, so while I was at the...
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    Lincoln Tech Students: Scholarship

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to Philly_LPN_Girl's topic in LPN, LVN Students

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    Wow!

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to Emily Cox's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Oh wow an A was a 90%-100%, B 80%-89%, C= 75%-79% and anything below a 75% was failing but, if you have a 74.5% and above, it will get rounded to a
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    What course was most difficult for you?

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to SirenoftheSea's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Chemistry
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    Saunders 6 week study calendar

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to rizmei's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did the 6 week study calendar and it helped out a lot with content and I've pick up and learned so much. Even if you would have gotten a 100 on the 75 question assessment, they still would have...
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    Frustrated no ATT yet (FL)

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to NURSEKI's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I recieved my att about a month after graduation after a lot of people got theres within days and two weeks. Come to find out, my SBON couldnt verify my birthdate or name because my school sent the...
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    dallas texas mom of 3

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to ms.lovely's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    There is only 1 LPN/LVN online but you have to be in Oregon. It is not too late to go back to school you are 21. Having children may make it a little harder to go to school, study, etc depending on...
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    how to study nclex pn

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to abarnes2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did a 6 week study course. I read the content for NF the first week and did practice questions for that then Pharm/Med Surg the 2nd week and practice questions, Maternity/Peds the 3rd week/ practice...
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    lpn to RN online, whats the material format like? looking up questions all day?

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to northmississippi's topic in LPN to RN

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    Hubby says to take a mental 2 day break

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to Mainergal2000's topic in LPN, LVN Students

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    Drive

    Philly_LPN_Girl replied to Emily Cox's topic in LPN, LVN Students