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How many hours a week do most of you work as an LPN while pursuing your RN? I was just accepted into a bridge program and even though they recommend cutting your hours down, in this economy, it is not always an option.

I have been an RN for less than 1 year and am currently working full time in sub-acute rehab. I am looking for a relatively inexpensive online RN-BSN program that I can do at my leisure. I don't care if it takes me 4-5 years to complete, I just want ...

Has anybody had any kind of work experience at Sterling Manor in south jersey? If so, how was it? I am a new grad LPN and may be offered a position and was wondering if this is a good first step.

I was an LPN who wanted more, so I went back to school for the RN. Now I can't find an RN position and I have slammed the door on being an LPN. I should have waited to take the boards and continued on as an LPN for as long as I could. I have LTC expe...

I am also a new RN and have been working sub-acute rehab/ltc for almost 3 months now. I work the 7A-7P shift, but 12 hours is not enough time to get all the work done for 20-25 patients. I work with some caring nurses, but management just piles way t...

I am a fairly new RN, with about 1 year LPN experience prior. I found my first job in a sub-acute/LTC facility. This facility gives each RN between 18-22 patients, so you give meds, do tx., take off orders, do new admits, etc. all in a 12 hour period...

I had charted admissions before and incident reports before and did not have any problems. I don't know if it was a computer issue or if I was just so flustered over the acuity of the patient that they sent to us and my brain just stopped working. T...

How long does it take to get the authorization to test from pearson vue? School sent the transcripts 2 weeks ago and I have already registered with the BON and pearson vue, fingerprinting is complete and background check done. It just seems like it i...

You are not alone. And the new cuts in Medicare are not making it any better.

I was told that I would have 2 weeks orientation and then, if I was not comfortable, I could ask for more. I had one day in a classroom to fill out paperwork and watch videos. Then had 2 shifts training. On my 3rd and 4th day, they were so understaff...

I feel your pain. I dread going to work in the mornings and sometimes feel like crying on my way home. The stress is terrible and I am losing sleep at night going over what I did during the day. I am also a new RN grad and just started my first nurs...

Yes, I started my first RN job right after the new year in a LTC/Rehab facility. It is definitely not my first choice, but it is a chance to get some experience and then hopefully find my niche. I had 2 weeks orientation and am going out on my own th...

Thank you, I think that they are the only ones that I did not send a resume to.

mel101478, could you tell me which home care agency is hiring new grads? I am in south jersey, received my license in July and have applied to everything and am still looking.

Most places will not allow you to work below your highest license. If you become an RN and your facility only carries so many RN's on their payroll and there is no room for you, out you go. I know a few of my classmates who worked in hospitals as aid...

Tried applying to flu clinics, did not get a call back from them either. If I were young and single again, I would pack up and move across country if I had to, but I have a family and cannot do that.

I actually know somebody that works at Shore Memorial. She even gave me some contact names to send my resume to and still nothing. Not even an interview. As for Atlanticare, they require the BSN and I am only ASN. I am taking classes towards my BSN, ...

I live in jersey and there are no jobs around. My youngest is in high school and my husband has a good job in this area, so moving to a location that is hiring nurses is really not an option for me. I have even considered getting my license for PA an...

Hope an "up" comes soon. I don't want to lose my skills. Hopefully something will come up. At this point, I will take anything that comes along.

You can register with Pearson Vue when every you are ready. You just cannot schedule your test date until they send you your ATT.

Good luck on your test. My test is 2 weeks away. I have been doing practice questions every night. Hopefully, in a few weeks, we will both have RN after our names and then the fun begins looking for a job.

I am testing the second week in July, that was the earliest I could get. I am testing in south jersey, Atlantic City, and I even looked at a few testing centers in PA. and they were full until the middle of July.

I sent my paperwork to the BON at the beginning of May, graduated middle of May and registered with Pearson Vue, had to take a mandatory NCLEX review course (school would not send in paperwork until everyone took this class) which was first week of J...

I actually just received my ATT, exactly 2 weeks after my school sent in my paperwork. Thanks

My pinning ceremony is in 7 days and I do not want to go either. I am definitely not going to graduation and sitting there while they call about 3000 names and I am not going to make my family sit through that either. I have worked long and hard to g...