u/Key_Situation643

My niece just graduated and accepted a job that starts in two weeks. Shes asking me if she should take it tho bc she's applying for LPN to RN bridge programs, that would potentially start in January. Shes PRN at a nursing home right now. Doesn't like it enough to do more hours. Two things tho: one program is hybrid, one only has one class until Aug 2027, and they (the new job) already asked her if she was planning to go back to school. She withdrew from the school she was supposed to attend this fall. There are only two big hospitals in her area and this job is affiliated with one of them so she's worried about being ineligible for rehire if she has to quit. She has no real income in the meantime tho, and no guarantees that she'll be accepted into any of the programs. Any suggestions bc I'm drawing a blank here. I want to tell her to go ahead and take it but there are definitely concerns.

We have a trainee that took her Nclex a few days ago. All of her classmates got their results but staggered out, even the ppl who tested on the same day. She wasn't thinking much of it but today she tried to get the quick results and it said the results were on hold. Then she told us that the computer froze during a break and she had to be switched to another computer. Does anyone know about how long it will take to sort it ?

My niece 35F single no kids just graduated her LVN program in Texas. She got a few offers but narrowed it down to a SNF and a urology clinic. Some issues, she is planning on going back for the RN bridge program, provisionally admitted pending a prereq, and applying to a hybrid program with a deadline of Aug 1. Clinic is only open M-F 8-5, and SNF is 24 hours w/8 hour shifts. SNF is offering slightly more pay, with option to become PRN if she wants due to school. Clinic does not know about her school plans, and she would only be able to work there for less than six months. She said she was convinced to apply there by a clinical instructor. My advice to her was to decline the clinic bc it's affiliated with a major hospital and I don't see any advantage of burning bridges. I've never done SNF so I don't know what it involves, but she told me that they told her she would be using her nursing skills, things like glucose checks, insulin and medications that aides can't do, tube feedings, IV stuff (they have some kind of nutrient IVs done there and possibly short term meds) and I'm not sure what else. The advantage to me seemed like she could at least pick up one shift per week while in school, and it also looked better on the surface to stick with something longer than a few months (which she wouldn't even be able to put on a resume).

TLDR: SNF or urology clinic affiliated w/a big hospital. Similar pay, different hours, RN school bridge program pending soon.