MrsCuoco

MrsCuoco

Member

  • Content

    126

  • Visitors

    5,300

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by MrsCuoco

  1. Science Pre reqs with no science knowledge?

    MrsCuoco replied to Mr. Michael's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I flunked HS bio twice before they just passed me with a D to prevent me from not graduating. Science literally made me cry every night over homework. When I decided to apply for nursing school and...

  2. Which job to choose?

    MrsCuoco replied to Taelia's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

  3. Mandated colors

    MrsCuoco replied to KRSLPN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

  4. I (male) get extremely nauseas and light headed when discussing catheters

    MrsCuoco replied to Guitarstrings's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Yup. My "thing" is phlegm. I can. Not. Handle

  5. Patient Assessment

    MrsCuoco replied to Mrsladysoul83's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

  6. Flow sheets/check lists for floor staff?

    MrsCuoco replied to LittleMamaRomeoRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

  7. cover letters

    MrsCuoco replied to cyde's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

  8. cover letters

    MrsCuoco replied to cyde's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I just got hired. The DON said my cover letter was very honest and refreshing and impressed her. I'm also a fresh grad with no experience. Message me and I'd be happy to send you a

  9. LTC: 3 Strikes I'm OUT???

    MrsCuoco replied to mejajo02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yeah...I wanna know so I can work there! Hal my class works in LTC and they repot being run off their

  10. Consumer Notification Form?

    MrsCuoco replied to DDD_0429's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've heard that fewer and fewer places are doing credit checks, because your credit score just isn't that relevant in determining if you'll be a good nurse. This is mainly because there are just too...

  11. Warning on an LPN License.

    MrsCuoco replied to Tacc's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh my...from your lips to my ears. Nursing school has put me so far into debt it's not even

  12. No previous healthcare related work

    MrsCuoco replied to RegenerativeNurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It's no longer a hard and fast rule that a resume has to be limited to one page...in fact our class hired a résumé expert to come teach a seminar and she said its virtually impossible, especially...

  13. lpn life after graduation

    MrsCuoco replied to futurenurse1986's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My class had 30 students- well, 25 graduated anyway. Some has jobs lined up before pinning, and maybe 3 don't have jobs yet. A handful of us just lined up jobs in the past couple of weeks. I got...

  14. Licensing

    MrsCuoco replied to affroman's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Be patient. Nursing grads take the boards in clumps and so the state BON gets inundated with results and they get back

  15. How does an LPN get the 1yr experience if no one will hire them?

    MrsCuoco replied to nichelle.james5's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sometimes all you can do is just...keep...applying. Everywhere. Even the places you might not want to. Have you applied to every local nursing home? I just got hired at one that employs 7 other...

  16. Obtaining an LPN position advise

    MrsCuoco replied to SammieK's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm extremely picky about grammar and spelling in real life, but in texting, facebooking and forum posting, I give people a break. It's just not that big a freakin

  17. Obtaining an LPN position advise

    MrsCuoco replied to SammieK's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Have you applied at LTC facilities? When my LPN class graduated in May, the nursing homes were snapping us up left and right. Still are- 3 of my classmates and myself all got hired within the last 3...

  18. How many LPN's Don't Plan To Pursue the RN Title?

    MrsCuoco replied to CLUVRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

  19. LPN/LVN demand in Colorado

    MrsCuoco replied to marymargaret55's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I live in western colorado (grand junction) and we have TWO out of 3 area hospitals that employ a high number of LPNs, and there is ZERO talk about phasing them out of nursing homes. I graduated from...

  20. I'm turning 25 soon and I want to be a nurse, am I kidding myself?

    MrsCuoco replied to christinem2388's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am 37 and just graduated from a practical nurse program. In August I begin classes that are prerequisites to apply for the AAS program and after that I still have a boatload more prerequisite...

  21. Good pop up and Failed???! Really??!

    MrsCuoco replied to westcoastguy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have encountered several people both in my university and online who got the "good" pop-up and it turned out they had not passed, and vice-versa. Granted...I'll be trying the trick myself when I...

  22. "Study the problems, not the material" any truth in this?

    MrsCuoco replied to tarotale's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Nooooo! If you know for certain that you are fuzzy on acid base balance or lab values or major classes of drugs or s/s of certain disease processes you should definitely do a little brushing up. You...

  23. Nclex and shutting at 79 questions.

    MrsCuoco replied to Cunurse2013's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just beware. I know of 6 people that got the "good" pop up and it turns out they actually failed. It is NOT 100% accurate. Go by your actual results before sharing

  24. Do your classmates really care?

    MrsCuoco replied to do-over at 40's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Advice: don't waste time worrying about people in your class who don't seem to appreciate the fact that they're in those seats. Only worry about yourself. Unless you're doing a group...

  25. What made you choose LPN/LVN?

    MrsCuoco replied to Wannabeeinscrubs's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I chose to do the LPN program as part of my university's career ladder model because I am 37 years old and wanted to be entering the workforce as a nurse ASAP. I graduate in 6 days! I'm glad I did it...