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Haha, nearly 700 views of this topic... and I hope to find this "Entrepreneur forum", when I search via the search box here it takes me in a circle back to this exact page ( https://allnurses.com/entrepreneurs-innovators-hub/ ). Perhaps a link to the new topic or at least the forum which you feel is better than this one would be nice... Try to leave readers smiling - not feeling corrected. We come here to commiserate and feel safe with peers, not to be treated just like the real world of nursing, where hairs must be split and backs need stabbing. Just my opinion. -Tom

"Oh, I thought you said "Childbirth NEEDS a b-", not 'childbirth _IS_ one'..."

Teaching Muttley to READ was a mistake; would you please tell him there is NO LIVER in there?!

Short, concise, accurate. Thanks for the article, Trauma. Should be required to register on AN.com, especially for students. I admit I watched with the the youtube speeded up to 1.5X, and with the exception of waiting the full minute in the absence of bowel sounds (and other time-based metrics, to include breath sounds), THAT's the way it actually goes (depending on the pt's ability to cooperate, of course)! Short-staffing For The Win! (avoided text/chat speak there). N.B. I am NOT suggesting anyone should shortchange any time related components of an assessment in any way.

Look into TCAT. ...LPN but ya gotta start somewhere, and you can bridge (theoretically)... and it's dirt cheap, ($2500 TOTAL) plus there are a lot of assistance programs

When administrators dream...

As you say, they accept the highest scores, so you need to determine if your scores would be in that range in the past few groups. Call the admissions counselor and ask. I'm in the Hartsville program and the AC couldn't be a nicer guy. If your AC won't give you a hint as to whether your numbers are competitive, call another TCAT and ask. You don't have to identify yourself, and you're not asking for privileged information. If you don't want to call around, then my advice is to retake the test. You'll do better just from the lessened anxiety - you know what it's like now. And take your time! You've got virtually all day to take it, so do the math twice! Re-reread all your reading! Plan on spending four hours there, and when you finish in three, you'll feel good. Are you talking about COMPASS (I assume not because there's just "Math" and "Reading" sections on that as far as I know) so I can't tell you about actual number scores. Did you take HESI? good luck, Tom

I have always thought that the term "LPN Corner" was a bit demeaning , as if AN.com was saying to us "Ok, go sit in the corner with the other less-desirable kids". But I'm pretty sure that's not their intent, and I have tried to come up with a better title to no avail - although consistent formatting WOULD dictate that it should have its own yellow/white tab at the top of the page with the "Nurses", "Specialties", "Critical"(why this doesn't fall under specialties eludes me), "APRN", etc., labelled "LPN/LVN". No biggie, though.

Ha my thought exactly.

"Usually when you see things in catalogs they're SMALLER than you expect when they arrive!"

"Good thing it came in such a big cardboard box, 'cuz we're going to be LIVING in it!"

Just quit complaining about your casts and be grateful the ambulance didn't take you to the HORSE hospital! You know what THEIR cure for your broken ankles would've been!

I want a very specific "Medic Alert" tattoo - my doc's face. Last time, the ER put me with an "out-of-network" specialist and I'm still paying it off!

Do not expect the breaks and lunch hour - or even dismissal - to occur anywhere near the allotted times. For a school that's so hung up on being in your seat at 8:00 and homework being unacceptable after 0800, they do not respect the students' time one iota. Very unprofessional. I just pretend that lunch is supposed to be at 12:30, not at 11:30 as scheduled, and it bothers me less. What does drive me insane is how a great deal of very important information is presented AFTER dismissal time. I have to leave right at 2:30 because I have to pick up my kids at their school 35 minutes away, and I have missed studying for tests because they announced an exam AFTER DISMISSAL! Now that I have made some friends in the class they look out for this and let me know but, again, this school is not like a real college in many respects. Another example is today the maintenance guy was actually painting the metal doors and frames inside our classroom WHILE THE TEACHER WAS TRYING TO LECTURE! I mean, scraping the metal frames and then not even getting out of the way while we literally had to step over him to go to break! It's pretty unbelievable really. I have had profs at real universities who would have calmly walked over and dumped the can of paint over the guy's head who tried that in THEIR classroom. /rant off. Good luck in any case... Tom

Congratulations on the impending nuptials! Since you work in a hospital, could you go to the ER there and pick some other employees' brains about this? People are usually happy to help out if you aspire to be like them (as long as they don't perceive you as a threat to THEIR jobs, of course). Also, consider talking to HR - maybe there are avenues you haven't even considered. If they get to know you as an eager person you'll have a major foot-in-the-door there. Network, baby!. Good luck! -Tom

Thanks for this thread, StudentOfHealing. I agree that projecting confidence is vital in any pt interaction. I just hope that in "the heat of the moment" I can remember to do so! A least that's one advantage to being relatively old (I'm 50) - I look more like the instructors than the instructors do!

"Who the heck is this "Doctor Frankenstein"? I mean, he caps a central line with a BOLT!?!"

"I think the Donor Services rep is gonna want to meet this guy!"

"Yep, we checked, and "resurrected from the dead" is a covered pre-existing condition under Obamacare!"

Haha, you guys are giving me an idea... call up some old actor friends to dress up like the most undesireable applicants ever, to show up on my interview day...

Hi RustyAnn, I'm in the TCAT Hartsville PN class now. There are about 40 people and ~3-4 are 18, most of the others are 19-20, then there are a few 30 YOs and four 45+ including me. There are about 7 kids who know each other from the local high school. Everybody gets along really well as far as I can tell. We just took our first "final" and all but 2 that I know of are still in... and there is one more project grade to figure in so we'll see. It's smart to start early to try to get in. I HATE the "Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing" (DeWit - O'Neill) text and its poorly constructed test questions, though. If you're good at memorizing the answers they WANT you to choose, as opposed to the ones that are also just as correct but "Not In The Book", you'll do fine. I'm slowly figuring this out (as is the rest of the class). One thing they told me is that the books are new this year and so I had to buy the $1000 bunch of books from TCAT. Guess what; the teachers all use the old books! Also the only differences (so far) are the addition of Obamacare (one paragraph) and some other random stuff. And the workbooks that refer to the texts have not been updated so if it says pg 5 the answer might be there or on page 6... no biggie but $1k is a lot of money to me so I wish someone had told me this... Good luck, and if I can answer any more questions, ask away! -Tom

Here's the Tennessee one... extra $35/year. I'll put both size pics since I don't know how big it'll show on mobile devices.

My school prohibits clinicals where students work/have worked.

That's a really good tip, thanks. I'm cheap-watch shopping and I hadn't even considered that. WOW! that thing is seriously cool!

I would think it would be better to ask a court OFFICIAL simply because if you fall asleep and cause a mistrial you will have one unhappy judge on your hands. An assistant is probably not an official. You seem to be trying to do your civic duty as opposed to getting a (poorly-paid) vacation from work, and being able to pay attention is part of that duty. If there's never a convenient time to ask (verbally/informally) you should email a court clerk or even the judge, since the clerks answer that email under the judge's guidance. Just copy and paste your middle paragraph from above.