NurseFlower

...and I PASSED! YAY

Kinda freaked out, I was only in there for 25 minutes. I answered 85 questions, and a lot of them were on drugs I had NEVER heard of . So it's really in the air.

Thanks :) My dad and husband were arguing with me that I turned down being a "real" employee to be a temporary one. I really think they are equating PRN with Float or temp. I mean with PRN I will know my schedule way in advance, not like I will be sitting around day to day waiting for the phone to ring and them asking me to come in that day to work, or at least that is how I understood it, is that how PRN generally works? I'm really nervous to find out how scheduling shifts works.

Ok I accepted a job at the hospital of my choice, on the neuro floor PRN. The Nurse manager told me I would be able to work as much or as little as I liked, and I'll know my schedule in advance by at least a month. I will also make 2.17 more an hour for being PRN. No Benefits, But my husband is a railroad engineer and I don't need the insurance. Nurses @ the hosp I've talked to who are PRN said if they wanted they could work 4-5 shifts a week. But Also they never have to ask for time off. Since I have 5 kids I figured PRN would be more flexible for me with making appts and special days etc. The NM called tonight to offer me a Full time job on another floor (ortho ick) it would be 3 shifts a week 7pm-730am 2.17 less an hr because I'd get benefits which I wouldn't be using. My rationale is I'll make more money, have flexibility and actually get to work more if I want. I turned it down. I'm just worried by turning it down, even though I explained it to her and she was very nice and she said totally understood and that it made sense for me to, that I messed up somehow? Anyone else work PRN can tell me what it's been like for them? She also told me when I took the PRN job that after orientation I would be able to shift around to diff areas and get more experience if I wanted. This isn't a float position, they have floats too, diff thing.

we just took the ATI predictor today. It isn't CAT. My instructor came out to tell me I did really well on it, I wasn't impressed I only got a raw score of 78 but that was 99 percentile. I guess we only needed a 55 to pass and they gave us extra points on our average too. We had to take all the ATI tests all year long, and got the books, cds, etc. I never used any of the books, but I might review them a bit before NCLEX. I did use the practice tests for ATI though. The cd's were not that useful though, but ATI seems to be a pretty good program I guess.

Our program here in Missouri for LPN certifies us, I didn't realize it was state to state. I found this from NC board of nursing http://www.ncbon.com/prac-inscope.asp

Our clinicals focus mostly on hospital, and we do one at a nursing home. We do med administration, med surg, OB, leadership, elder care, peds, plus they always get us short term things like flu shot clinics, assessments, bp clinics, etc. Most of our program focuses on the entire LPN scope of Practice, and works towards going on for RN. I would really hate a program that just focused on working in a nursing home That's awful for you, I'd say something to the director if I was you.

it's tulsa, ok

This is the program I am doing as soon as I graduate. Tulsa is only 2 hrs from me, I had never thought about people doing it long long distance though. The jist of it is that Once you are an LPN, you must work for one year as an LPN to gain experience, after that year you then begin the program. You have to have some of your pre-reqs done, I am still waiting for the official on the ones, and I was told that during my year of working for exp I could get most of them done. They also take many Cleps etc. The program is shortened because you take 3 exams that test you out of , I think one is maternal-fetal and I forget the other 2, but that takes 37 credits off what you have to do. It is an advanced track, and you have to have the scores and ACT etc to get into it. I'll have to be at campus 3-4 saturdays per semester, and the rest is online. I will be able to take some of the other classes needed for my BSN at the same time. I will be doing clinicals in my local area with a preceptor. As I find out more I'll post it

yay!!! congrats

Finally! It's been the longest summer of my life, but I start my LPN classes tomorrow. 10 months of time away from the kids and being absorbed in medicine. I can't wait. It will go so fast and make feel like I am accomplishing so much, and get me pepped up for the long hard road to FNP, MSN, CNM!

my program is from Aug8 to Jun8, 8800 plus uniforms, registration fees for boards, cost of boards, school supplies, and whatnot. I was able to get a pell grant, and gallagher grant, for up to 6000, and i took a student loan on the rest.

I live in Missouri, am 28 years old, and mother to 5 kids, aged 11, 9, 7, 6, and 4. I am starting the LPN program on August 9th, after waiting my entire life to get on this track :) I wanted to raise my kids first before I started, so I got a headstart on having them. My goal is to one day be a Nurse Practicioner Midwife who takes care of and sees women and children. My brother is a Nurse Practicioner at Vanderbilt University specializing in AIDS research and runs an Aids clinic. Nursing has always been in my blood, and I am very excited to start. I have also worked as a volunteer EMT before I had my last son.

wow congrats! out of curiosity what did you get on your TEAS?

I have applied for the LPN program here in Missouri at Franklin tech, it's a 10.5 month with IV cert, and then I intend to bridge to RN , and go all the way for the Masters (in a few decades) :rotfl: Intended goal... Nurse practicioner Certified Midwife. I've been waiting for my children to get big enough to go to school, all 5 of them, and my last one will be 4 this June. Anyways, I scored a 26 Composite on my ACT, so I am praying that it will be a good enough score to guarantee me one of the 32 slots available, but I don't know, I am considering re-taking it to see if I can do better. I'm not all too sure how the ACT thing works. I believe she said they look for about an 18 for entry, but if I got a 26, how many of the other applicants have done better or the same? :imbar Anyone have any input? I take my TEAS on the 4th of April, and I am just sooo nervous about not getting in to the program.