SilenceintheLibrary

So fair warning, this is probably going to be completely unproductive and may provoke the RN vs LPN debate. I'm really not trying to start anything, I'm just honestly at a loss about this situation. I work in a clinic that has a couple of awesome R...

It did, thanks! Tried letting it all out to my hubby, but he just made asinine comments that make me even madder!

You're right, it's not really an lpn vs rn thing, but I figured some sensitive Sally would try to make it out to be one so I wanted to nip it in the bud at the beginning. Usually when I give a warno it stops the nonsense before it even gets starte...

Question, I am currently an LPN and I am about to join the Army Reserves as a 68C. I am prior service and am told that I will not have to redo basic, but no-one seems to know if I will have any AIT requirement. Anyone know if you have to do any AIT i...

I was Army.

I was a 13W, field artillery meteorological crewmember. I figured I might have to do some AIT, but I'm wondering how long I'll have to go since I am already an LPN

Can anyone tell me if the GI Bill covers everything for Excelsior? Like all the tests and the enrollment fee? I've managed to save up enough for the application fee, but the enrollment fee is too much for me right now. Thanks!!

Thanks Lunah!

I went through LPN school with a 2 year old, so I feel your pain. As a few others have said, I coslept with my son and often studied while he sat next to me watching cartoons. I also took him to the park while I studied. He had a hard time with it so...

So I work as an LPN in an outpatient clinic. I am fairly new, only been there a few weeks. At a staff meeting, our manager announced that for Christmas the entire staff was invited to go to a party at a local restaurant. Okay, that might be fun. Now ...

Yeah, the $11.66 sucks. I was pretty shocked by it when I moved down here to Oklahoma from Pennsylvania, but it seems to be the going rate around here. I'm stuck here for now as my husband is stationed with the Army here, but I am looking forward to ...

Lmao, great idea, that is hilarious.

You need to speak up for yourself and stand your ground. And watch this awesome video....

Sadly, yes, I am serious. I've joked to my husband that I might switch to flipping burgers if they ever do end up with that $15/hr. What really gets me is that I just moved here from PA, where I could've made ALOT more, and the cost of living down he...

I really need to move. I live in Oklahoma and I am making $11.66 as a new LPN. Not nearly enough to get by on so I am looking for a second job. *sigh*

Age doesn't matter when it comes to doing what you want in life, your determination and motivation is what matters. We had a woman in our LPN class who was 58, just starting her nursing career. And I just heard a paramedic who is in his mid-40s talk ...

That's one thing about nursing school, sometimes there is more than one right answer. You can know what you're supposed to do, and still get the answer wrong because there was a more right answer or a different thing to do first. Drove me nuts in sch...

jeez, you guys are making me want to move. $11-$12 here in oklahoma.

I seem to have developed a debilitating fear of hospitals. Every time I try to go to work, I start shaking and fight the urge to run screaming in the other direction!

You might need to come up with a whole new psychiatric disorder for this one.....

Not only does my SO not understand how hard nurses work, he has the most ASININE opinions about nursing. For instance, he believes there should be no hospice. He doesn't believe in "wasting" all that time, money, and energy on people who are "choosin...

I feel your pain. I dropped out of high school in 10th grade and went for my LPN 10 years later. I remember trying to study for the TEAS test and thinking I didn't have a chance. Finished LPN school and am now looking at going for my RN. I found it h...

COPD pts- Pink puffer for emphysema, Blue bloater for chronic bronchitis

Had an 8 year old boy pt in Iraq I'll never forget. He had 1st and 2nd degree burns covering approx. 40% BSA. The whole time we were working on him, he just lay there, not making a sound or even wincing despite the pain he had to be in. After we had ...