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Hello everyone, I just wanted to know if anyone had any tips for getting a ward clerk/unit clerk position? I have no medical office experience, but right now I am getting some general office experience. I am willing to take a medical terminology course, but I want to know if anyone is sure that I actually need to get a medical office certificate/unit clerk certificate. I looked into how much this would cost me, and it is almost equivalent to the first year of rpn/lpn nursing school, which is what I really want to do. I know education is an investment, but do I really need a certificate for an entry level position that I want to be working while being in nursing school? Also I am looking to see if LTC facilities would possibly be more lenient with what they would require for medical secretary positions, so if anyone had any background in that area of healthcare, I'm all ears. I really want to be a nurse, and I am just trying to plan out how I can actually do this. Thanks everyone!

That is a very good idea!

What area of nursing do you work in?

Hi everyone can someone give me an idea as a day in the life of an lpn working in a nursing home? Thanks guys!!

Also is it wrong for asking about the scrubs? I love cute things and I have seen nurses who wear patterned scrubs and some who wear uniformed ones. If I had to wear a potato sack to work every day I still would be a nurse. Please don't judge my question as an indicator as to if I am serious about becoming a nurse. After giving birth to three kids I came in contact with great nurses and horrible ones. I respect everything you nurses, CNAs, psws, and doctors do every day. But I do feel that some, not all nurses are unnecessarily hostile or judgemental to new nurses and soon to be nurses jmho.

I'm just trying to where lpns fit into the healthcare system. I respect all of the positions in Heathcare but I feel like I am getting conflicting views of what an Lpn does and can do vs an rn. I want to go back to school and take nursing but I font want to feel limited in any way. I want to help ppl provide for my family, and feel confident in my choice to be an lpn or rn. I am in my early thirties, and will be paying for school out of my own pocket. I want to feel like I am making the right choice instead of a costly mistake.

Thanks guys for your answers. As a follow up do you get to wear your own scrubs? As in scrubs that don't match?

It might sound like a stupid question, but whenever I see a video on youtube about an LPN they aren't wearing one; at least, not like RNs. Just wondering thats all...

[quote name='>JustBreathe Love the dedication!

I like that there is so many different areas to go into for people who like to learn, and people who get bored easily:). I think when my kids are much older iI will bridge to RN but I think Ill worry about that later.

That would really be great I guess time will tell

No way l&d and pp!! This is really exciting. I only wish I started sooner. I always thought i wasnt smart enough to be a nurse, and that it really wasnt worth trying. I wish i researched it a little more while in high school

OOoo! That sounds goood:)

I live in Ontario. I hope they do. From what I researched it seems med surg gives you more opportunities to use more of what you learn in school

Great advice ladies!!