LPN2RNdude

I was an LPN for years, went to RN school to leave LTC and get into a more critical area. I worked ICU for a few years and decided to return to LTC as an RN 3 years ago. I am SO over the way we are treated by management in LTC, and even by our fe...

it seems i had to guess on many of the questions. i am worried sick....... i made 99.99 on every school HESI exam, but this NCLEX exam was tough. they say if u get a lot of hard questions, it means u are doing good. anyone have any thoughts on ...

its been FIVE years, and just wanted everyone to know i did pass and have been an RN for half a decade!! :)

yes, you can live comfortably, the key is to NEvER live outside of your means, point blank. I drive a new car, live in a nice house in a subdivision, buy whatever i want, ect. i work in LTC 3 days a week and make 60,000 a year. state GA.

:yeah:"I have itchy feet" "my daughter has a little red mark on her arm" "I need to get a pregnancy test, I did 2 at home that were positive" "my son who weighs 220 pounds hasnt been eating too good the last day o...

The hospital doesn't belong to just you, it belongs to the people...the homeless, the poor...the ignorant and the drug abuser and the alcoholic...the repeat offender...whatever. i take it you do not work in an ER. if you did, youd see what we a...

please dont take that personal. i myself was a medical assistant and got the ol "youre not a nurse?" then when i graduated LPN school it was "youre just an LPN?" now that i am an RN i still get the occasional "oh, youre just a nurse, not ...

ive worked in a lot of different areas, and ER is like no other. you have to think quick, and always remember the ABCD's..... have to know when a patient is going bad and what to do. ive been in the ER for about 4 months now, and its been qu...

i am an RN, and have been working ER for 4 months. we have 4 LPN's that have been in the ER for years,,, but they were grandfathered in...... i have noticed no difference in LPN's v/s RN's job description. the LPNs do everything we do.... but...

hmmmmm..... thats a hard one.... but i think id have to say medicating pediatrics in the ER ( i usually get another nurse to double check the dose with me.... what can i say im paranoid) and i HATE it when patients vomit..... the dry heaves...

i just started a job in the ER as an RN (ive been an LPN for 7 years) i think i started out at 3 dollars more than a new grad.... i took it and RAN!!!

i am in the same exact boat. i was an LPN for 7 years, working in internal medicine and then on a LTAC unit. believe it or not,,, youll do FINE. i just finished my first week in the ER. i did very well, so everyone says. i have a great ...

yeah im an RN and start the ER this monday.... im nervous as well..... a lot of my friends work there so they are all up for helping me out... good luck!!!

i was an LPN in RN school working for a local LTC unit connected to the hospital. it paid very well for this area (semi-rural GA) made 16 dollars an hour and was able to work only weekends for a year and a half so i could do the RN school thru...

in my RN program we HAD to make 850 (after 2 trys) or we had to repeat the next semester.... at least every semester we had 1 or 2 who couldnt pass it and were set back.... i always made a score in the higher 1000's (conversion score of 99 perce...

well,,,, i too worked at a LTC facility when i was an LPN..... i loved it at first,,,, i was on a subacute unit so i did get to use a lot of skills,,, kinda like the hospital (this facility was connected to the hospital). but my last ye...

i know i got that crap a lot as an LPN,..... people would not be as blunt but they would like say "when are u going to RN school" and "are u an RN or an LPN" so i pushed myself to go back to school. i was tired of working my as* off and ge...

LOL these posts are FUNNY!!!!! i find a good bit of humor when reading them. i work as an RN for home health and the other day this lady was at a senior living apartment complex (this place makes u call the person up before they let u in) and ...

i was a navy medic for 4 years, then an MA for 5 years, LPN for 6 years, and ive been an RN for 9 months or so. i think my medical assistant and military training helped me a GREAT deal in LPN school, and LPN helped me a great deal in RN school...

ive been a nurse for 8 years (LPN for 7 yrs and an RN for about 9 months) yeah in georgia LPNs can do just about anything but hang blood in hospitals, but about 2 years ago a local hospital where i worked stopped LPNs from touchi...

hello all,,,, i was an LPN for 6 years prior to going back to RN school.... the reason i went back to school was to land a dream job in the ER. ICU was my first thought, but after precepting there in school i was in for a rude awakening. ...

i understand what you are saying, bigysis, about other units thinking that way, but i just know in my heart i wouldnt be happy on a floor. i want to be the first nurse to care for that sick patient, i like trying to figure what...

OMG!!! when i worked as an LPN for a LTC facility we had a lady who would do that. she would wear white every day, and call everyone "my patients". she would even tell families she was an RN when she was really a CNA. she did some scar...

i think mermaid has taken "i went to RN school to work less, not more" out of context. i meant, work less days as an RN to be able to afford to live..... in other words,,,,, i went to RN school to work three days a week, NOT 12 days straig...