olivia60

Don't do it! Learn your material well.

Well I believe in getting paid for what I have accomplished, and that is not a privilege, it is what is due. Those who hire us are privileged to have us work work them.

Ditto to that!

You can sure say that again. When I got my LVN I only paid $25.00 for the Board Exam. It seems that anything that has medical in it is automatically overcharged. Medical Coding is the same. Before you take the certification exam you have to come ...

Getting help on the tuition for furthering your education is a must and a plus.

That is an excellent idea Jose. With a shortage of skilled workers in nursing but also other professions, the internship would stand as the go between the knowledge and the clinic. What has happened to the apprenticeship programs anyway? For the n...

Well, the High School's in the early sixties were pretty darn good. However, I have never been informed that I may have learning disabilities. That would be a first.

Well I can hardly move after reading that. The best Registered Nurses I ever knew were all C students. For that matter so were the LVN's those many years back. The schools never went by GPA's back then because just because you have a 3.9 GPA doesn...

What about taking individual courses that move too fast at the college levels? I have a couple of classes that I understand but they move too fast for me so I don't do well on the tests. I am thinking about maybe using Straighterline. Have any of ...

That is exactly what it is. Your adventure. Now is the time you can do the second most wanted desire in your life. You were a nurse so that was your first, now what was it you also thought you would like to do? You are retired now, you don't need...

If you have either an AS or a BS degree you can get into Health Information Management or get certified as a medical coder, your background in nursing is going to take you a long way for this field. Being a coder you would assignment codes to diagno...

This issue of schools refusing prerequisites is becoming a big topic in the student loan debt. It seems that they are going to start determining just why the student loan debt is so high and checking on these schools that are making students take cl...

Well I know what I am going to do. Catch up on my lost sleep and go out for a change. Get to know my neighbors who never see me and probably think I am a shut in. In a way, I guess I am.

Yes, I have. I was an LVN for about 8 years, but had to give it up due to not being able to find evening care for my 3 children. I did not realize that they had the bridge programs open anymore. The CC I am attending requires the course to be withi...

Well I was watching Nurse Jackie last night and the episode had a computer holding medications and nurses having to push a pin number to get patient's meds. Are computers going to take over nursing too? Can you imagine, a computer just like vending...

There are no Medical Assistants in the hospitals here either.

What are MA's? Are they medical personel that are licensed for just giving meds? I live in New Mexico and I have not seen that yet but I have heard of them.

Do all the registered nursing programs in the US have the same classes and grading standards? Is there a any chance to get in with a say 2.7 gpa?

I would like to find out about other schools other than the one I am attending now, that can give me college credit class in Intermediate Algebra and Anatomy & Physiology. The college I am attending now goes so fast I can't learn it. I received...

Being a financial aid student I am well aware that D is a fail. I did not take algebra in high school. Actually I have never taken algebra until now.

Why are they having trouble in California? There are jobs everywhere there. I don't know if you would like this or not, but Home Healthcare is really booming because of us baby boomers and it pays very well. You might check it out. Good luck!

I applaud you all. I never was able to work 12 hour shifts, even when I was only25 years old. That would certainly put me in burnout.

Thank you for your replies and recommendations to me, I really appreciate it. I have just barely started to inquire at other schools. I have a 3.113 GPA so far even with the algebra and science classes. I will go ahead and start checking other sch...

I am a pre-nursing student and I have been in community college doing my prerequisites for the BSN. Well I am starting my 5th semester in January. I am a prior LVN and had attended a nursing school in LA for about 18 mos., took the boards, passed a...

That is absolutely fantastic!