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Highly unrecommended, though possible. Part time you can definitely swing.

Haven't heard of that happening, but I can see that happen. You must know what your scope of field is and what is not. Down side of working at those practices is that you can possibly lose your skill set. Nursing homes aren't favorable but they do provide good experience. Big hospital do still hire LVN's.

Never thought about that! Good to know. Any who congratulations cjprenurse.

Just because you get straight A's did exceptionally well on the TEAs test does not make you a potentially great nurse. There are books smart people who excel in studies vs people are more hands on. Hell I went to CSULA and was denied and told to change my major as I couldn't become a nurse since my grades weren't up to standards. Are they as competitive as you guys? Nope. Am I currently a nurse? Yes I am and have great feedback from pt, coworkers and my bosses. I had the mentality of if I pass with C that's good enough! But once I got into the LVN program I was a A/B student.

Not sure if this is only for the generic program. But is anyone else doing the LVN-RN program? I took the HESI the other day and scored above the minimum requirement. I guess the process now is to wait for an email regarding orientation? We then take the transition course THEN we will see if we get into the program? Anyone know how Mt Sac works?

There are two types of LVN-RN programs they offer. One where you get a degree and one you do not. The one you get your ADN is the same process as generic (maximum 94 points). You up are talking about the non degree which is a maximum of 33 points.

Crossing fingers, but no it did not state I was accepted. They just mention how many points are the minimum which is 78 points.

I got a email regarding LVN-RN bridge. They mentioned that we will hear back the week of April 24th.

Congratulations! I got put as an alternate to PCC's LVN-RN bridge. Crossing fingers.

Best way to get in? Volunteer, and network!

I graduated from Hacienda La Puente LVN program last year. Heck I loved/hated it. Tabe was a breeze, everyone panics about time and what not. Basic english/math/vocab etc. I studied the TEAs book for the test since i didn't want to buy the tabe book. It cost me $3000 with tuition, health clearance, and the nclex. Total amount for the program was $7,500 but I got financial aid for $5,500. It was tough but worth it. Say try for all to see which one you get into then decide from there. 6 months after I passed my boards (on the first try) and now i'm working at Kaiser.

From my own personal experience. I've lost 10lbs from working as a nurse (4 months into working as a LVN). My meal consist of chicken breast, broccoli, and sweet potato. Even though it sounds extremely healthy it taste pretty darn good and for the price its dirt cheap. According to my fitbit I do about 18k steps a day. Then after work I just eat whatever I want.

HI there. I was in the same state you were. I was 6 months in after I gotten my license and still no job where as my classmates were all working already. BUT I was volunteering at an acute facility for a 2 years already. I've applied to multiple places and they all wanted a year experience. All of a sudden the boss at the place I was volunteering told me to apply for the job they just posted and got hired 2 days later. Volunteering is a great way to build connections and potentially get you that job you need.

About 3 months in Urgent Care and wouldn't trade it for anything else.

New grad no experience $26 at urgent care in california. My co-workers are around the mid $30s