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I was wondering if anyone here has done the OU LPN to BSN program. I have applied for this fall but won't know if I'm in until July! Just curious if anyone else has done the program...

Actually the NLN's and NCLEX are two separate tests. The NCLEX is the national licensure exam. There are two NLN Mobility tests called ACE exams. ACE I is intended for those LPN's who are entering an ADN program. The ACE II exams are for those RN's o...

No, I am working on my last two prereq's this summer which may hurt me. She said that you can still be working on prereq's but those applications that have already completed them will be considered first. She did say that she didn't think that it wou...

OU does have a study guide that the nursing department developed but they told me they recommended I just use a NCLEX-RN study guide. I used Nursing made incredibily easy Pediatric nursing, maternity, and NCLEX Review. The Nursing made incredibily ea...

I just have a question, are you the oncoming nurse? It is policy in our facility that if the admitting nurse does not complete an admission, etc, then the oncoming nurse should pick it up where she left off.

I had to do quite a bit of studying just because I have spent the last 14 years in long term care. I really had to focus on peds and maternity. I think that they were a lot easier than I expected but I would definitely rather have taken them right ou...

Thanks, I will let you know how it goes. I do recommend that you take the NLN's as soon as you get out of LPN school even if you have a lot of prereq's to work on. The tests were a lot easier than I expected but I definitely would have preferred to h...

We use the cloth bed pads and adult briefs. We have no decubs that occured in house. I think as long as the residents are actually checked q 2 hours it doesn't matter but if they are not then the cloth is definitely better. The plastic allows more mo...

I had a similar situation happen, except I witnessed verbal abuse. I reported it to the DON and Administrator and NOTHING was done! If I EVER witness any type of abuse again, report it, and nothing is done to the person, I will personally call the st...

We have 1 LPN and 1 CNA for our AL (40 patients) and we have 6 CNA's and 2 LPN on our SNF (85 patients).

You can try alfa.org. I had an administrator's course for AL administrators which helped me a lot. My state ALFA offered the course.

I truly did not mean to imply that I wanted to make a facility "look pretty". It was unfortunate that the Eden program failed to do what it was intended to do for LTC. Hopefull, the greenhouse projects will succeed. Each facility serves a different t...

I was removing an impaction from a LTC resident once and pulled out plastic flowers! She had apparantly ate the artifical flower arrangement next to her bed!

I was working in LTC, passing medications. We had a patient (I'll call Jane) actively dying who was one of our "spunky" patients. Her daughter was a frequent visitor so we all knew her well. I was outside Jane's room getting her medications ready to ...

I haven't done Hh, but plenty of SNF. To be honest, you won't find a whole lot of difference between LTC and SNF except SNF requires more documentation :-) and some of the patients eventually get to go home. It depends on the SNF you're working at bu...

I do understand your feelings on these issues. And I respect your opinion. However, its not just the issue of staff eating with our residents. Its having the time and opportunity to do normal everyday things (even if they are unable to physically par...

I agree that it will take Administration opening their pockets, changing the current structure of our LTC's both physically and developing a new staff structure. But it can be done. We should be the advocates for these changes not those who sit back ...

I was just thinking... When you list the salaries for the MDSC, maybe it would be helpful to also mention how many residents you are responsible for, is your facility skilled, and if so, on average what is your skilled census. Also, do you as the MDS...

My facility is also "experimenting" with culture change. I think some nurses cannot imagine residents and Staff eating together because they have not been provided with the "vision" of the future of long term care. I, for one, cannot wait until the d...

I wouldn't let the situation embarrass you. There will be times patients do not like you. There will also be times that you are not going to like your patient. We are all different and some personalities get along better than others (then there are t...

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I am a divorced mother of a 7 and 12 year old. I am also the DON of an assisted living facility. I really want to start my nursing in the fall and want all of the prereqs out of the way! I did 5 classes last semester but two of them were 8 week cours...

I am taking: Pharmacology (online) Intro to Literature (online) Statistics (online) American Fed Government (online) Nutrition Microbiology I really dread it!

I would recommend taking it. Even if you don't work as an LPN, it would give you an opportunity to get the "feel" for the NCLEX Exam! Good Luck!

Thanks! I have the NCLEX-RN Review Made Incredibly Easy. I am a little nervous about the exam, I have spent the last 13 years in Long Term Care! The test is the NLN Acceleration Challenge Exam RN-BSN. The decision score must be 95 or higher, I don't ...