Roll Call: Introduce Yourselves, LPNs!

Nurses LPN/LVN

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Go ahead and introduce yourself to our little online community!

I suppose I'll start. I completed an LVN program in the Los Angeles area in October 2005, passed NCLEX-PN in January 2006, and have been working in LTC in Texas throughout the past 2 years. Since August 2006, I've accrued 38 credit hours worth of prerequisite classes toward a local LVN-to-RN bridge program.

hey everyone, i graduated in feb. 2008.. just took the lvn boards and waiting for my results!!!

hey everyone, i graduated in feb. 2008.. just took the lvn boards and waiting for my results!!!

CONGRATULATIONS ON UR GRADUATION HOPE YOU PASS GOOD LUCK!:yeah:

Specializes in CNA/CMA/RA/EMT-B.

Well I am in LPN school right now. Worked as Nurse aide for over 20 yrs. I have other medical training also. Just this body getting to old to do the lifting. Plus my life goal was RN so I just slow getting to it. Mother of 3 boys all grown and out on their own. Married 2 yrs now which is wonderful everyday is something different that for sure. Hometown is Salina Kansas but now live up in Nebraska.

Besides cleaning the cobwebs out of this mind. I enjoy fishing,reading, listen to different kinds of music. Spending time with my dogs and just being in the sun.

HI,

I am 58 yaers old, was a cna for 2 years when I realized that my body wouldn't do that kind of work. Girls let's cheer for our CNAs because in LTC they do the heavy lifting !! Anyway, went to school, graduated in the top 10% of my class, work in LTC. Love it , Love it!! I am married, have 5 kids, the oldest is 38, the youngest 21. I did lots of things when I was old , LOL. I have no desire to go on for my RN, I love patient contact and it just looks to me like the more degrees you have , the more paperwork you do. Maybe that is a cop out, would do it if I planned to work for 10 more years, which I don't. :wink2:

Hi everyone! My name is Lisa, and I took the NCLEX-PN boards in March, and I'll begin my first LPN job on 5/27 at a great LTCF here in MI.

I'm so nervous!! :nurse:

Specializes in LTC.

Oakey-Dokey, Smokey. :yeah:

I began life as a skinny, pimply 18 year old NA (back before Cali decided that we all needed to be certified...I agreed!), then moved into being an EMT, then a Paramedic (loved that when it was exciting; problem was, that was only about 10% of the time).

Now I'm a crotchety (still skinny, but no longer pimply) 45-year old who is about to make the transition into the nursing field, which I should have done 20 years ago! :banghead: lol.

I will be graduating from my LVN program in Sept/08 and sitting for the NCLEX shortly thereafter. I don't see any real problems there, and hope to move onto my RN as soon as possible, with my sights set on trauma work.

Meanwhile, I will be getting my Wound Care Certification as soon as I pass the NCLEX-LPN. Love those wounds! :yeah:

Anyhoo, my school has seen fit to give us a whole week off (that's SEVEN days...in a ROW!) You know what that means...

:vdgmg:

Michael

Hello my name is Kristi I graduated April 11th 2008 passed boards May 15th 2008 and I am now officially a new LVN/LPN:lol2: . SOOO now my job search is on!!!!

Hello all, I graduated in July of 07, took boards in Nov 07, passed in Dec. 07. I start my first job in a LTC on May 19,08. I was president of my class, graduated with 3.7 overall gpa, and I am a single mom with three boys:yeah:. I plan on going back to school for my RN next year.

Hi.

I am a travel LPN assigned in the Chesapeake Bay area. I have been an LPN since 1996. I have worked in Ortho/Neuro Rehab, Hospice, TCU, LTC, Skilled, Med Surg and am accredited to work with Alzheimer's patients.

I love geri-psych. I love Transitional Care. I love Neuro. I guess anything to do with the brain.

This is my first travel assignment. Its hard because you float CONSTANTLY. Never seem to get my bearings straight so far. My son travels with me and I home/internet school him. We do love it.

I do have my RN pre-reqs just dont have my clinicals...my company offers a bridge program with tuition reimbursement after 3 assignments and I plan to utilize that. Always looking for a mental challenge and to better myself.

Nameste

I'm 26 year old fililino, male. I lived in CA, in San Mateo. I went to school on May 2006 and graduated May 2007. Got my NCLEX result on November 2007. I'm now currently working at Long-term Care facility in San Francisco. I am currently taking my prereq from College-Network. I wanted to pursue to become RN.

Hi, I graduated from the LPN program in July 2007, took state boards and passed in September 2007. I got a job at an outpatient clinic in October 2007 and worked there until February 2008 when one of the four physicians employed there was so direspectful and belittling:bowingpur that I spoke to management about it. Four days later, on my day off, I got a phone call from the nursing supervisor. She stated that I didnt do anything wrong but that a decision had been made, and I was being let go. So, after that slap in the face:(, I got a new job at a LTC facility where I am currently employed. It's hard getting adjusted to the heavy patient load and stressful med pass, but I think Im better suited for bedside nursing and that all the drama at my first job happened for a reason. Im going on for my RN degree and looking foward to the oppurtunities it will bring.:nurse:

Hi, I graduated from an LPN tech program in 1968, I did this while I was in highschool! It was tough! One of my instructors was a retired Army nurse. Taught us alot about taking responsibility for your actions, always being prepared,integrity, and ALWAYS bow down to the Docs ( that one has been tough for me, I don't). I worked med surg at a local hospital for my first yr after graduation, but my heart was always in LTC ( I worked as a NA while in High school in a nursing home). I work at the same LTF now, for the past 37 yrs, I work on short term rehab for the most part, I helped to open the unit 10 yrs ago. I love it!!!! I don't love the way administration treats it's staff or the attitude toward the residents needs. But I feel like I make a difference to my residents!

I hope to retire in a few more years, I will probably always work a day or so in LTC, until I either drop dead or get put into one of the beds ( God Forbid!)

I never felt the need to become an RN, people have always told me I should "Go on For your RN" But, it wasn't Me! I do make good money after all these years, and I already feel a sense of satisfaction.

Well, that's me in a nutshell ( nursingwise).

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