smartypants22

smartypants22 LVN

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smartypants22 has 10 years experience as a LVN.


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  1. She is the only one to contact on my off days because sometimes she changes the hours she wants her nurses to come. Yes, this happens with my agency
  2. Some background on this patient- I only work Thursday evenings and the patient has nurses 6 days a week, used to be 7, but the nurse scheduled for Sunday is on an extended vacation as she is scared to...
  3. Hello everyone, I'm looking to apply for 2018, I was just wondering what you all got in your 3 classes? Did they just take the GPA for the 3 classes? Also what did you score on the Hesi? Just...
  4. Steps to Applying for LVN Program at HCC

    Hello, I graduated from the LVN program from HCC in December 2014. You need to take prerequesites, Nutrition and Anatomy & Physiology. There are two types of A&P, the A&P class for LVN,...
  5. Another thing I want to add is this particular resident was placed on contact isolation for having infected
  6. He wanted to leave too, he wasn't happy with his care and being left in bed all day since he didn't have a wheelchair. Rehab therapy is supposed to provide the wheelchair, but I don't know what...
  7. Let me give you some background on this situation: I have been working at my LTC for about 5 months now, doing only weekend double shifts 6AM-10PM. The 10-6 nurse doesn't come on time because she has...
  8. HCC Coleman LVN Program

    ^No. I took 2015 off to study for NCLEX and get a job. I'm now working weekends as an LVN and working on getting my the rest of my prereqs for the LVN-RN transition. I was hoping to go back to HCC,...
  9. HCC Coleman LVN Program

    I graduated in December of 2014, if they get their accreditation back, it's classes in the morning and clinicals in the morning. You won't be away from your children for long, but you'll also need to...
  10. Does your facility have 12 hour shifts or 8 hour shifts?

    I've been working at my LTC facility for about 3 months now. I originally wanted 6-2 Mon-Fri, but that wasn't open at the time, so I accepted 6-2 Saturday and Sunday. Now, the 2-10 Saturday and Sunday...
  11. Does your facility have 12 hour shifts or 8 hour shifts?

    That sounds like a great shift. I used to work 12 hour shifts, 3 days a week, and when I went to work in LTC, I found myself missing it. I loved having so many days off
  12. Houston Community College ADN Spring 2016 Applicants

    There were some bad instructors where you had to learn on your own, but having a study group helps. Tests were hard so you need to have good study habits. I figure since I made it through the LVN...
  13. Houston Community College ADN Spring 2016 Applicants

    Hello all. I did my LVN at HCC, that program was a disaster, but not too bad as I'm wanting to go back in Fall of 2017 to do my LVN to ADN, since I still need some prereqs. Plus I did most of my...
  14. I was just wondering. I know 12 hour shifts are mostly in hospitals, but I have a friend who works in another facility and she does 12 hour shifts. Mine only has 8 hour
  15. Private Duty wish: computers!

    My agency supplies iPads, tablets or laptops in the families' homes. If the household has an ipad or tablet, then there is also a keyboard with it. We also can chart online from home if we didn't...