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Are there any? Aside from the for profit places like Concorde career college, etc... I recently completed a LPN program (western slope of CO) and have a previous degree in biology. I would ultimately like to get my BSN, but it appears that places l...

This article totally hits home for me. I will be a new grad LPN starting in LTC this summer, and am freaking out. I tend to be Type A, am extremely hard on myself, don't rein in anxiety well, and tend to take on other people's issues as my own (as...

I'm a LPN student, in my second year (I chose the part time track). This year, I have clinicals, skills class, and med-surg. I'm a 4.0 student (even in my RN prereqs), have worked as a CNA, clinicals are going well...I am doing fine at the hands on...

Thanks for replies-what I ended up doing today is asking my instructor if I could re-do it. Not to pass or fail, but just b/c I wasn't happy with how it went yesterday. She was totally fine with that, and said she appreciated that I would make an e...

I prepare, and we have lots of time to practice. I practice in front of my group (of 4 students) and we have to check each other off. I wasn't even nervous before starting...I felt confident. Then, once I start, and I'm kind of talking through it ...

I am freaking out. We have to be within +/-2 of whatever the instructor gets, for all three BPs. If we don't pass, we get some remediation, etc... but I am currently in school with 2 women who failed this skill last year, and are repeating b/c of i...

well thanks! I feel slightly better, in that I've practiced and been reasonably accurate with the numbers. Still generally freaked, though.

See if your family will help out, in lieu of you living with them. I am married, but my husband travels a bit, so I am always looking for babysitters, etc... My parents have given me $$ towards this. Even if we are late on other bills, the babysitt...

I'm not sure that's always true... a RN at my LTC is starting at our local hospital next month. She's been doing LTC for maybe 5 years, started working at the hospital PRN a year ago, now she's going full time! I'm in school now, and most of my ins...

I work in LTC, where many residents have chair and bed alarms. I know for a fact that people forget to use them on occasion, and they are just sternly told "you forgot to put Mr X's alarm on". And that's it. Of course, I don't know of any falls th...

I'd post over in the student nurse forum, except I thought I might get better (more) responses here... I start clinicals this fall and need to purchase a stethoscope and a bp cuff. Our program recommends the Littmann brand, but one that has 2 sides....

I had a $15 sprague 5 years ago when I did my CNA class. It worked fine, I learned to do BPs with it. But I don't like the 2 tubes that rub together, making more noise...that's the last thing I need. Maybe when I am better, and know what I am list...

I'll keep looking for the 2 sided one... I don't want to stray from what school recommends. Also, any input in a manual bp cuff? I need one of those too, and have no clue...

A friend of mine (also in my program) who is a CNA at the hospital, says all the nurses have the Cardio III one... is that overkill? I don't care about the $$ for this purchase, but it may be more than I need... I guess I am deciding between those 2...

that's the other one I am considering...

yes, Peds all relates back to growth & development...how does xyz disease/surgery/hospitalization affect G&D for a kid of a certain age?

oh, I live in CO too! Most of my fellow students struggle with exercise/fitness during school. But I know some nurses who ride their road bike 25 miles to work, work the night shift, and ride home again in the morning! I consider myself fairly a...

Don't bring any cash for the vending machines. That's my advice. Otherwise, bring healthy food for lunch and to snack on. I buy those greek yogurts when they are on sale, specifically for snacks during breaks. Raw almonds, pack a salad with lefto...

I took this last spring (just the lecture, no clinical till next year). Can't remember the book author, but it was OB/Peds combined (OB in the beginning, Peds was the last half of the book). I'd recommend studying up on OB-the anatomy involved, pel...

This is the kind of thing that absolutely terrifies me to the core...as someone who has chosen nursing as a second career, and is starting clinicals in the fall!!

I'm a CNA in a LTC (I'm half way through my LPN program). In that specific situation, it does sound like she would have had time to sit with a patient. I would have said "sure" if I were her, at that moment. To say "it's not my job!" OMG. I can'...

It can be uncomfortable and upsetting at first. Don't try to "correct" them...just go with what they are saying. ftmp. Some residents, you can "reorient", but not always-sometimes it upsets them more. You can kind of redirect them, to an activity,...

I may have posted on this a long time ago, but anyways, I make a base rate of $11.50ish per hour. $2 for weekends, $1 for evening, $3 for night. So on a weekend night, you are at $16.50. And $1/hour if you take a call in or heavy duty shifts (work...

I'm currently a part time LPN student, planning on getting my BSN, and ultimately want to become a nurse practitioner (I have a BA and a MS in another field, hope some stuff may transfer). What's the deal? I know that position required a MSN up unt...

After your first year of a ADN program, you are typically eligible to sit for the LPN boards, so I'm not sure why anyone is bashing LPN. I have a graduate degree, and a biology undergrad... I am doing my LPN right now (part time). It is the only w...