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My goal is to work in the hospital on med surg while I go to school to become an FNP. I can't work in the hospital right now, though, due to my husband being deployed and we have small kids and no family support. We are due to transfer in the next 6...

What books do you need? I didn't go there but I just graduated and have tons of books that I would happily get to you for much cheaper. I'm in Kittery.

Have you considered going to the hospital that you worked at for 7 years and working for a year or two? I'm in Maine now and got a job offer within 2 weeks (Internal Medicine). I have 10 years of LPN experience, so maybe that was part of it.

I'm a 10-year LPN vet and a new grad RN. I've spent the last 7 years working in SNF management. I'm a mom of two small children with no family support and a deployed active duty husband. My goal is to do FNU's WH/CNM program. All of that is to say t...

Did your pre-WGU gpa factor into your ability to get into your program? I am starting WGU on 9/1, and, like everyone, hope to be done in the blink of an eye. My next goal is Frontier's WHNP/CNM program. My ADN GPA was a 3.89. Will that still help...

You all give those of us just starting out hope!

Unfortunately I can't work in that setting right now. My husband is active duty and deployed. I'm at the mercy of daycare hours (M-F).

Bump. Anyone?

According to PV it's 48 business hours, but I took my test at 2PM on Friday before Memorial Day and my license was posted to my BON (maine) on Saturday morning. So, it might be quicker than expected

I winged it. My local testing center had an opening 2 days away and I figured I would give it a shot. I passed with 75 questions in about an hour. No crazy studying. I did NCLEX mastery, Saunders and LaCharity. If you have a good grasp of content the...

Here we are rounding out week 3. How is everyone feeling? I have already completed 2 tests, written 3 papers, and have taken 2 quizzes, not to mention cultured the bacteria from my car on a petri dish. I'm feeling a lot better now that I've seen t...

and I'm feeling SO overwhelmed. Anyone else feel like they bit off more than they could chew?

I was previously licensed as an LPN in Michigan and just transferred my license back. It took me about 4 weeks, and I had to use a third-party finger printer as well.

Eh. Don't let jaded comments get in. There are plenty of us who still have fun EVERY day! Congrats girl!

I graduated with my LPN in 2005 and am anxiously awaiting news if I was accepted into an RN bridge program to start this fall.

I am asking myself this question as well. Thanks for that website Commuter!! That's awesome.

I'm a 30 year old mother of 2 (3.5 and 2) and have been with my husband for almost 10 years. I've been an LPN since 2005 and just applied to an LPN-RN bridge program. I'll find out in June if I get to start in the fall.

It must vary from place to place, because I have never worked in a facility with those stipulations, either. Also, how is it ethical for a physician to bypass a patient's code status? If a physician has a problem with a patient's code status, then...

I think that you will be much more successful in school if you have A&P done prior to starting nursing courses. That said, if your school doesn't have that requirement, then I suppose they feel it's not absolutely necessary. Perhaps their cours...

I read the post as the MD was in the room as the patient passed, not necessarily that the doctor discovered the patient. Reading it in that context, then yes, I do agree that more detail is needed. However, if it was the case where the MD witnessed...

Unless the doctor was physically restraining me, I would be performing CPR on that patient, no matter what he said. I would call for another nurse to come in for a second set of eyes as well. No matter what the doctor's opinion is, a full code is a...

Well we will hopefully be in this together! Good luck, and we've got this!

I graduated with my LPN in 2005 and will hopefully be starting my RN program in the fall. I've worked in multiple capacities within LTCs and SNFs, ranging from a floor nurse to an ADoN to an MDS nurse and finally as a nurse manager for a Medicare uni...

It seems like that nursing class would require admission into the program as a pre-requisite. I don't know of any schools that don't require A&P prior to admission. So, in that respect, I think that you'll definitely need to take A&P first.

University of Alaska Anchorage does online A&P. I took it and LOVED it!