LPNtoRNin2016OH LPN

Last year I returned to LTC PRN after 5 years of working in clinics,, we are a billed as a low acuity LTC w/ 8 beds dedicated to rehab patients. When I first started working, the rehab patients were stable, mainly hip fractures needing PT/OT, and str...

Before you manage an occ health clinic or are in a position where you are the soul nurse on site? I have 2 years experience in occ health as an LPN. I was trained way more than what I would have been had the RN on site been in good health. She has s...

Wondering if this a common occurrence. I go to a fully accredited, nonprofit, respected, and traditional nursing program but I go for LPN-RN completion which is a class of 30, they also have a traditional program that runs along the same lines that i...

Thank you!! I am in an associates program but its designed to be 1+1. We (as in LPN-RN students) do all of our bachelor pre-reqs while completing the associates program. Once we graduate with our associates we then have 9 months left online for our B...

I think your misunderstanding my post. I am in an accelerated program, its three semesters. this is my ONE and only med-surg clinical/hospital experience. I did a peds rotation/psych rotation, this is our big all encompassing med-sure/acute care rota...

I went to LPN school at 21 but no other college after thattill I started my pre-reqs for my LPN-RN bridge program at 26. I will graduatethis April shortly before turning 30 so I think I can give you a good view ofwhat it may be like. I do have three ...

[COLOR=#000000]Oh man, this sounds exactly like the situation I had with myhusband before our third was born. I had not pushed it with him for the firsttwo but after the previous season when our older 2, who were vaccinated, butstill got the flu at t...

[COLOR=#000000]From all of the details you have provided, it would have beena questionable nursing judgement call if you did not send her. I wouldseriously blow this ER doctor's complaint” off, it's not like you can bepunished if you accurately doc...

Yes!!! I was about to say the same thing. I did it for 3 years as an LPN, had to resign because I am finishing up RN, but I worked M-F, 8-5:30 pm, no weekends or holidays, and made $20/hr which is bank around here for an LPN in a clinic. It is a undi...

I appreciate all of the advice! I plan to go over some time saving strategies with a senior nurse to see where I can improve, even if there was no room for improvement in that particular shift, I can at least explore strategies to prevent myself from...

It would be highly unlikely if a traceable amount would even appear in your urine due to accidental exposure to your hands because it's really not even being absorbed by your body and being stored at all. I wouldn't worry.

I recently did a paper on how prescribed opiates over the last 20 years and how it's impacted the current heroin epidemic. It was actually interesting to read about and there are many peer to peer reviewed scholarly articles on the subject.

I feel for you OP because as someone who is white, when I see this behavior by patients towards non-white co-workers, it pisses me off to no end so I cant fathom how it feels when its actually directed at you. My co student and I were in a room with ...

I just finished my pediatric clinical rotation at what is considered to be one of the best Children's hospital in the nation. It was BORING as all get out. Understandably, many parents do not want students. We were on a transplant floor so most of th...

Well im in a bridge program so it may be different but we use the focused tests for whatever unit we are covering that week. Then based on our scored we are required to do X amount of remediation on that topic. The integrated testing is proctored and...

Khan academy is good! I prefer the route of setting the info up into conversion factors because you can then end up crossing off units. Its pretty fool proof because if you end up with a unit that's not in the answer you know you went wrong somewhere...

Best bet is a community college debt wise. I'll graduate next spring with my ASN and I don't have doubts I will get a job and continue with my BSN after the fact.

Lol yes!!!! It took me 3 years to do the pre reqs and it was not easy due to outside circumstances. Now that I'm in my program, mind you I'm just about to finish my lpn to RN transitions course not even half way thru, I'm already brain dead lol. Just...

You'll get anywhere no matter what field your in. I choose to live my life treating people well and not thriving off drama, if others choose to do the opposite, that's their choice. I believe in karma so if I encounter catty behavior towards me, it h...

We had to provide insurance info per some school policy, otherwise we had to buy the schools insurance.

Back before the health exchange I bought a catastrophic policy thru Einsurance.com for $100/mo. Try there perhaps?

I think it will depend on what type of program you will be going into. I can only offer limited advice as I literally just started my bridge program and am finishing up the transitions class this week. My program is an associates, we are advanced the...

I have liked being an LPN but its definitely more opportunity with your RN. If your interested in continuing to work with the elderly, your lpn will certainly get you there. Its a good amount of money for the school, I am in a low cost of living area...

We do 40 hrs one on one with a med surg nurse but that's the extent of it and I got to one of the top programs in my geographical area. I know the other school in the area does the same as us as well.

Did you get a debriefing from the clinical professor and your other nursing professors? For example, saying XYZ events occurred however many times and this is why we feel we need to hold you back. In my experience, if someone fails out due to the cli...