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  1. LPN to RN Program?

    SueNYC posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Are there any schools/programs that anyone knows of that you can get your RN if you are already an LPN without having to start from scratch? I only know of Helene Fuld nursing school in...

  2. LPN to RN Program?

    SueNYC replied to SueNYC's topic in New York Nursing

    Actually the reason for the post was because i was looking for options OTHER than Helene Fuld. Where Im working now,EVERY LPN who has gone back to get their RN has gone to Fuld. I thought that it was...

  3. LPN to RN Program?

    SueNYC replied to SueNYC's topic in New York Nursing

    OKay Ive got questions especially for the user who posted several schools other than Helene Fuld..... I tried calling St Vincents a few weeks ago and was told they don't have an LPN to RN Bridge.......

  4. State Survey...Advice Please

    SueNYC replied to annabrooke93's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Im a new nurse and have been at the same facility for the last few months. Im the charge nurse for my floor but when staffing is short I do it all including meds. Its my first state survey and...

  5. Venting

    SueNYC posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just need to vent, no one even has to respond, I just need one moment....:) Im a new nurse and having been working at a LTC for the last two months. For the last 3 weeks I have been assigned to a...

  6. Learning Spanish

    SueNYC posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was interested to know if any has taken any courses,study guides,books,cd's etc. to learn spanish. Ive picked up alot on my own but am definitly not confident enough to actually use it unless I...

  7. Clinical Prgm in NY schools

    SueNYC replied to malika's topic in New York Nursing

    LICH is part of the continuum which is a branch of hospitals that also includes beth isreal. But its a completely different school than the one at BI. The hospitals web site is lich.org but the...

  8. Clinical Prgm in NY schools

    SueNYC replied to malika's topic in New York Nursing

    Private nursing school prgrams generally do not have the long wait list to attend. Since youre already going to kingsboro, im assuming youre in brooklyn. I went to Lich's school of nursing which is...

  9. Bigotry/Racism in SNF's

    SueNYC replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    To readdress this.. in the situation I spoke on....This is a resident who has been with us for several years. Obviously then the nurses at our place have also dealt with her husband for that...

  10. Bigotry/Racism in SNF's

    SueNYC replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Funny how this was an issue in our LTC today. Our place as predominantly haitian cna's and nurses. One of our patients has a husband on another floor who would come to visit her daily. Whenever...

  11. My 1st Mistake

    SueNYC replied to SueNYC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Update: First, thank you all for the words of encouragement. I went through so much BS regarding that incident. For several days, all the cnas would talk about what happened from the beginning of...

  12. My 1st Mistake

    SueNYC posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I feel terrible... Now on my third week of orientation and I got tested on treatments today. I had a patient with 3 stage 4's. I walked into the room with my instructor and the patient was side lying...

  13. My 1st Mistake

    SueNYC replied to SueNYC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ive never heard him speak at all but I knew he didnt understand english. Ive only been in to see this same patient on 3 occasions. Every time I go in, I always say hello, ask how they are, explain...

  14. LTC patient to nurse ratio

    SueNYC posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Though the title should be pretty self explanatory.... What is your LTC facilities nurse to patient

  15. LTC patient to nurse ratio

    SueNYC replied to SueNYC's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    where are you

  16. Book learnin' don't mean a thing...

    SueNYC replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I think you are being very hard on yourself. We ALL make mistakes at one point or another, especially when nervous, and when you are being that tough on yourself, it makes the smallest tasks seem...

  17. orientation

    SueNYC posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just finished my second week of orientation, first week was watching videos on policies and this week was all on the floor. MY GOD how do you nurses do it ?? My feet are ready to call it quits! Im...

  18. New Nurses

    SueNYC posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So i just received my lpn license and got a job at what seems like a great LTC facility. I just started orientation on Monday. Today, I was given several forms, which were all sort of like a...

  19. patient to nurse ratio

    SueNYC posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just started orientation at a LTC, my first job as a LPN. I was speaking to one of the other nurses and she told me in the last facility she worked in, there were two nurses technicially assigned to...

  20. LPN to RN Program?

    SueNYC replied to SueNYC's topic in New York Nursing

    Thanks for the input, I really appreciate it. Did you attend the program full time, how was the schedule like? I checked their web site to see if there was any information about having to be an lpn...

  21. Stopped at 85

    SueNYC posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Okay... Does anyone know of anyone passing the lpn at only 85 questions? I just took the exam this morning and to my surprise it shut off at 85. I had thought i was doing fine up until that point. I...

  22. Stopped at 85

    SueNYC replied to SueNYC's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, I got a job at a subacute facility. I start orientation first week of August and im SO nervous. The staff of nurses seemed nice when i did a walk through during my interview but you never know...

  23. Phlebotomy course?

    SueNYC posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Anyone know of any phlebotomy certification classes ? I know medtexx.com offers one in NY and its only a weekend long but my local college offers one thats an entire semester...was wondering how could...

  24. Phlebotomy course?

    SueNYC replied to SueNYC's topic in New York Nursing

    Funny,because kingsboro was actually the "local college" i was referring to. I just missed their summer phlebotomy class, so im waiting to see what the schedhule will be like in the fall. I was...

  25. Pn Nclex to RN

    SueNYC posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Have any of you took the lpn recently then took the rn, is it that much more