jayyr_lim

Hi fellow nurses and anyone reading this! Today I started my first training day is an LVN at a skilled nursing facility. It was a long day and I'm still having trouble piecing all the pieces together. As the title states, I am having trouble understanding the overwhelming amount of paperwork in the patients' charts. Is there a trick to deciphering what information goes where? Pt. change in condition, new physician orders (where to transcribe), nurses notes. And is there a specific guideline as to how to chart effectively and accurately? Thank you in advanced! Any help is appreciated :)

SoCal resident here and I went to a private college. Tuition for my LVN course was $25,000 Books and supplies were an extra $5,000 But I did get financial aid that subtracted a good amount from those fees. Anyone else in SoCal pay too much for their education?

Thank you for the help and support! It really eases my mind knowing that I wasn't the only one going through this. I appreciate all the help :)

Focus on your weaknesses, I think when you got your previous results it should have feedback on the topics that need work. If so, focus on those. My study cycle for the nclex usually looked like this Practice quiz-> evaluate results-> picked 3 of the weakest subjects based on that one quiz(ex. Cardio, infection control, labs) -> read up on those subjects, making sure I understood and not just memorized the content-> take a quiz based on those 3 subjects-> reevaluate -> If satisfied with the results, move on and take another general Practice Quiz (if not, repeat step 4) I know, it's a long, confusing, and difficult process but that's how I got by. Every test is different but one thing for sure is that the nclex will give you a hard time on your weaker topics. I wish you the best of luck.

It's not necessarily 'bad luck' to tell people when you're taking the nclex. I always did feel like it added extra pressure and stress though. Personally, when I took the nclex, I told no one and when my results finally came in, it was like a surprise gift to everyone who helped me along the way. They had no idea I took the test but they were proud that I had passed. At least if I had failed, no one would know. Lol goodluck in pursuing your career! You can do it!

How busy does your personal life get? Because if it is fairly busy (kids, family, job) then I would only imagine how difficult the long drive would be for you as you would be exhausted. But if you can manage, I'd say go the RN route. Goodluck! :)

You did not overreact. If I was in your position, I would go about it the same way and report the teacher as well. As nurses it is now our duty to be a patient advocate and be the voice for our patients. So you did the right thing my fellow nurse.

Hi everyone at allnurses! This is my first post on here and I'd first like to start off by saying thank God I found out about this website. :) I'm currently a Newly Licensed LVN, but I've been out of school for about a year and 3 months now. I've recently passed my NCLEX in September. Today I had my first job interview at a Nursing Care Center and as nerve racking as it was, I got the job on the spot! But this is where I need help and advice from my fellow nurses. Since I have been out of school for quiet sometime now, my clinical and critical thinking skills are rusty and I feel like I don't even know where to start. There's this fear in the back of my head that I'll go into this job feeling clueless and as a result, lose the job. So that gives me quiet an amount of anxiety. And on top of that, I'm not even sure what to where for my orientation Do I already wear scrubs or semiformal business attire? I'm just all over the place right now. Any tips that'll help me get through this stressful job process? Thanks in advanced allnurses!