Ginja85 LPN

Ginja85 is a LPN and specializes in LPN.

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1. Background Check / Finger Printing

   Ginja85 replied to PKB0322's topic in Chamberlain College

   Chamberlin will not be your issue; they want your $. The Board of nursing in your state will have questions for you. Start gathering all your legal documentation about your arrest, why you were arrested, how you have changed your life. I would honest...

2. Is it normal to have only Long Term Care clinicals throughout nursing school?

   Ginja85 replied to StudentRN56's topic in General Students

   That is unfortunate; I would present alternative options to your school. If the facility is concerned about students bringing in COVID-19, have your class donate blood for the free antibody test. Peds; PPEC (Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care), Peds...

3. Test made entirely of SATA!?

   Ginja85 replied to AceMami's topic in LPN-RN

   Yes, during Med-Surge, every other exam was SATA. Real nightmare in my LPN program and we had many students fail out, but I appreciated it because it thoroughly prepared me for the NCLEX. When I took the NCLEX-PN, 41 out of my 85 questions were SATA,...

4. Surgical Green Scrubs for 6'5" man

   Ginja85 replied to Croaker's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Avoid anything unisex, even if you order tall they will be too short. My friend swears by dickies for men but he's only 6'2.

5. Scope of Practice Florida

   Ginja85 replied to HSLPN's topic in LPN/LVN

   We can do blood draws, and you don't need a license to do phlebotomy. Think about it PCAs in the hospital do phlebotomy, and some just received on the job training or took a short course for a few hours of practice. While there is a national certific...

6. Financial Help for LVN program

   Ginja85 replied to implathszombie9's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Check with the program you are interested in, most LPN/LVN programs qualify for Pell Grant.

7. Supplies needed for Clinicals?

   Ginja85 replied to Blondie_M's topic in General Students

   Brown sharpies.... sounds odd but, they never go missing lol Your program should have a list of required supplies available. I also suggest a higher quality stethoscope such as littmann, it makes a big difference during assessment.

8. Miserably Failing the HESI Exit

   Ginja85 replied to kyfitch's topic in HESI

   I average 1200 on all 3 HESI tests taken so far in my program. I truly believe it's due to the HESI study guide I use. The book itself is short simple and to the point but, the true value is the evolve code for the online practice questions. I loaned...

9. Group project issues

   Ginja85 replied to Ginja85's topic in Student Assist

   Thank you everyone for your responses. I guess as someone who didn't even complete 9th grade and got a GED many many years ago, I was expecting my classmates to be at a higher level academically and this is not the case, while its a relief its is als...

10. Group project issues

    Ginja85 posted a topic in Student Assist

    I am in an LPN program and I have done extremely well thus far. I am running into 2 issues with group projects and I'm looking for any assistance. Issue 1) Members of the group not completing their work or even making an attempt at the work. I found ...

11. Help, providing patient care

    Ginja85 replied to ShelbyReade's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    Are you expected to forcibly wash your patient? Last I checked that would be battery and false imprisonment if you had to hold the patient down to wash them, would not advise doing that EVER. I think your instructor may have taken what you said as; p...

12. Recruiting new CNA's

    Ginja85 replied to RN&mom's topic in LTC Directors

    Might seem a bit out of left field; reach out to CNA training programs as a potential clinical site. Myself and 2 other students were offered jobs at our clinical site, conditional on passing the CNA test with reimbursement for the test after 90 days...

13. Lowest-cost online science pre-reqs?

    Ginja85 replied to blondielocks's topic in Pre-Nursing

    If you're confident in your self-learning ability and your school will accept CLEP they have one for Chemistry. The last time I took a CLEP test it was only $160 vs $532 for the class, this was 7 years ago so I'm sure prices have gone up but, it migh...

14. Medlife Institute

    Ginja85 replied to futurenurse 84's topic in Florida

    Not sure what county you're in but, I'd check here first; https://appsmqa.doh.state.fl.us/MQASearchServices/NursingPrograms so many schools down here arent accredited. This also shows you pass rates for every quarter as well as pass rates compared to...

15. American Red Cross CNA Skills Test - Massachusetts

    Ginja85 replied to fcp4life's topic in CNA/MA

    I passed the test in MA many years ago and it was a breeze but, 17 out of the 20 people I took it with failed....... for NOT washing their hands. Don't forget to wash your hands! You will not perform; vitals, full bed bath, bed making and feeding is ...