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You mean they don't still use tapes for dictation? My rural clinic does! LOL!

:uhoh3:I took the USA NCLEX exam, and while I was studying using two different study guides, I also found quite a few mistakes/contradictions!! It was unnerving to say the least. It doesn't give one a good sense of confidence at those times! So yes, all you readers---do not be surprised if you find mistakes in any study guide---and then be sure to seek the correct answer from another source (and don't be shy to inform the publisher of the contradictions or incorrect info that you may find). Good luck on the exam!

I got the ALl heart Italian style Comfort Clogs for $10.99 (2 for $20.98) and I LOVE them!! They do not have the Croc strap, however. I found Crocs very comfortable on the bottoms but much too roomy/wide for my B-width foot. I take an 8 or 8-1/2 B and the Medium Allheart Clog fits me great. I LOVE THEM---and the price is great!

Northern New Hampshire on the Quebec border here! Closest hospital is 16 beds and is 30 min. away. We're an hour north of the northernmost McDonald's in NH, an hour north of the nearest traffic light, and 70 miles from the closest WalMart. We have to use old bag phones in the car instead of handheld cell phones (and the towers are bounced from Canada---talk about roaming fees! LOL!). I"m a CNA in LTC and commuting 1-1/2 hours each way currently to attend nursing school (the closest college). I want to do ARNP later and that is four hours each way so I'll have to stay there during the week, I guess!

Hi there, Did you ever get any replies to your post? What did you decide to do? I am curious---I'm in my mid-40s, have a BS in animal science, am starting an AD RN nursing program in the fall. I've considered going on for ARNP but not sure if that's the route to go. Don't think I can do many many years of floor nursing, either. Am considering MS in other healthcare disciplines as well as the ARNP. What are your thoughts at this point? I live in a very rural area with limited job ops (though nurse practitioner would be available for a job most likely---they can't keep MDs very long around here and many people are low income).

Yes, I would definitely get whatever courses you can out of the way before nursing courses start. Re: LNA tuition assistance---the state will reimburse you for your course as long as you work in a state facility afterward (like a county nursing home). And re: employer paying for your nursing education, you generally have to be a full time employee for that to happen, as far as I know (though I certainly don't know everything---LOL) and may have to give a commitment to them to work there for a certain amount of years.

Yeah, liljsmom02 and I were in microbiology together, and we both had Dr. Ribner, too, for A & P (different classes though!). Take it with her---you'll really learn your stuff! Sorry we won't be in chemistry with you but good luck! And don't worry about the $$---it will be all worth it---and at least you can peck away at your courses and tuition rahter than coughing up $20+ grand at a time!

Yeah, liljsmom02 and I were in microbiology together, and we both had Dr. Ribner, too, for A & P (different classes though!). Take it with her---you'll really learn your stuff! Sorry we won't be in chemistry with you but good luck! And don't worry about the $$---it will be all worth it---and at least you can peck away at your courses and tuition rather than coughing up $20+ grand at a time at another college!

Yes, here's a couple for the cranial nerves: "On Old Olympus' Towering Top A Finn And a German Viewed Some Hops" and then the one our prof learned in med school (now you may think it's awful but you remember it! LOL :-) "Oh, Oh, Oh, To Touch And Feel A Girl's lady parts, AHhhhhh..... The way to remember which cranial nerves are sensory, motor or mixed: Some Say Marilyn Monroe But My Brother Says Bridget Bardot Mmm, Mmm!

Seems like there were other nmemonics (?spelling?) to help us remember other important items. Do you remember one for the cranial nerves?

Yes, I meant also that I've seen ads for Weeks in the past offering education assistance if you work for them for a while. They are at 788-4911

Yes, Weeks Hospital is the one in Lancaster that you're talking about, and they do sometimes offer a sign-on bonus, I think. They are also a DHMC affiliate. Not sure what their LNA employment is like (if they use them much, etc.). St. Vincent de Paul nursing home in Berlin may offer a bonus as well---I think I read that advertised w/in the last 4 months. As far as pay rates, the county nursing home in West Stewartstown starts LNAs at $9.47/hr and after a few months goest to about $10 in rounded figures. They pay a $1 differential for weekends, and $0.60 for 2nd and third shift any day of the week. Home health in the Colebrook area pays somewhere around $7.50 (maybe even only $7.35) and a very small amount for mileage. You may get more in Berlin or Lancaster or Conway, but I doubt it would be significantly different.

Yes, that's me (Deb)! LOLOL! And you must be Heather (or April), right? LOL! And just re-read my last post with the atrocious typos in it---I just did a couple of 11-7's and must be a bit brain-fogged. Anyway, nice to reacquaint with you, and I'll see you at some point, I'm sure. And thanks again for the input, and the offer to input more as I need it! BTW, were you real nervous the first "real" day as an LPN? Did you have any nursing-type experience prior to that? Bye!

I guess I'll try to remember what I sent previousl! :-( Anyayy, yes, I have Ribner for A & P. I had her for microbiology, too, which I took in the summer (were you in my class? :-) I think she's great---I don't want to be spoon-fed, I want to learn---and I get along with her just fine, really enjoy her classes. I did my LNA training through Deb Cardin (Care Services of Milan) and we did clinicals at St. V de Paul. I thought she taught an excellent course. I lived in Lancaster only 4 miles from Weeks---moved last year---too bad I didn't do the nursing thing at that time, huh? Ah, well, sigh... Thanks for all your input. I'm sure I will have lots of questions as I head into this thing---I appreaciate your support! Good luck with your own studies and work. Write again soon!

Oh, no! I just posted a long reply but I don't see it there!