r/LPN_LVN_Community

So I’ve been an LPN 11 years. All of those 11 years have been in LTC with the exception of about a 6 month stent in an ER, which I still stayed PRN at a SNF. Recently the residents have been getting worse and worse. These are no longer regular LTC residents. These residents now have intense psych issues and are a lot more complexly ill than in the past. Yet, the nurse patient ratio hasn’t changed, although the acuity has. A few weeks ago I had an admission come in from the hospital literally covered in coffee ground emesis. He was spitting those coffee ground emesis at me and other staff members during his admission assessment. Immediately contacted the MD. I obviously was expecting an order to send him back out to the hospital, instead was told to give him zofran. It took about two hours of this before they finally let me send him out. It gets better though, then last week all on the same day I had a resident with a blood sugar over 500, a resident (tube feeder) throwing up everywhere, an admission, and not one but TWO falls with head injuries obviously requiring me to do Neuros all going on at the SAME time. Someone was nice enough to help with most of the paperwork for the admission, but I still had to actually go assess them. Everything else was all on me. This was all while I still had 30 residents to medicate and take care of. Then my DON still was complaining about “I need to know where my CNAs are and make sure they’re documenting.” Lady… I barely know where I’m at, at this point. Long story short the next day I got two phone calls about jobs the very next day, both of which I told I could start immediately. Both jobs had me send references and other things and are supposed to be contacting me next week for interviews. So the question is if I get these jobs, or any other jobs would I be wrong for not giving a notice at this point? I really feel like I need to get out of here immediately. Also, current job will not accept a two week notice, they want at least a month. I’m honestly scared at this job at this point. I don’t know how any one expects one nurse to do all this. I would feel bad for my residents and coworkers if I just left, but I also am honestly scared at this point.

Hello!🤗 I’m on my 3rd month of 12 months program. Few days ago I had my first clinicals and I need reassurance because I started questioning my life choices😅 We got to the facility and we didn’t have any orientation with our instructor she assigned us to our nurses and left. I thought that we will be shadowing nurses first and then they will let us do something on our own but instead my nurse was like go do my vitals.. mind you I never had a sim lab and I don’t have experience as a CNA or med tech (I work at healthcare but I don’t have typical nursing tasks). I was shocked but asked my classmate about help and he showed me how to do vitals. I feel very discouraged because all of my classmates are CNAs and have lots of useful skills. Some of my classmates were laughing at my lack of experience and not knowing how to do vitals.. I’m a good student and have good grades but I feel demotivated and stupid after that clinical. I’m so scared of the upcoming clinical and idk what to do. I have a notes on what I need to improve on and I’ll watch YouTube to learn stuff but still I feel like a failure 😞 I was just wondering if that’s how clinical look like..

Hi all,

I recently posted about my status in nursing school. I took my HESI and a few hours later received an email in regards to my last date of attendance and that I have been dismissed from the program. I am more than willing to appeal to re-enter the program, but I do have a few questions if any of you have any answers or advice:

1. What are some details I should include in my appeal letter?

2. If you have been dropped, what were some things you did (looked for another school? Appealed for re-entry? Etc)?

3. If you were dropped, appealed, and got accepted for re-entry, what did you do differently to help you pass?

4. What can I do to process this unfortunate event?

Hey guys! I’m starting Lon school in August and I was wondering how did you guys find the best study methods/habits that actually make you retain and understand information? I feel like I’m a visual learner because I write down alot of stuff. Is there quiz I can take?

Hey yall! Hopefully this is okay to post here. I (28M) am starting to career pivot to nursing from biotech with a BS in Chem. I know the next two years are going to be a grind with school and currently working 40 hours overnight. I just want to look for opinions.......im a lil anxious and getting in my head about what people are saying about the job market. I plan on quitting my job and working as a CNA as much as possible during school if i can. And the current administration will hopefully be gone. Any general commentary for job market or that im just overthinking? Lol

does anyone know if any of these work from home jobs are real? I keep seeing them on TikTok, but I cannot for the life of me find actual job postings. I refuse to participate in these “message me for the information” because I think it’s a scam, but I’m getting desperate. I hate bedside, but I don’t want to abandon my career completely. I don’t know if I’m looking for the wrong thing, but all the postings that are talked about on TikTok all want a bachelors degree.

Hi everyone. I posted a while ago that I’m considering doing LPN.
I currently work in dentistry making $28 an hour with my health insurance paid every month. $28 is probably the highest I will get due to DA’s just not being paid well.

I have a ton of prerequisites done and was deciding between RN/Radiology/Dental hygiene.
My only issue with my credits is that I took A&p 1 twice and withdrew it, passed my third time with a C. It is the only class on my transcript that I repeated and have a C with.
Everyone told me prior to lean for RN since I have most of my classes done….

Recently I found out I’m pregnant with my first. I truly am leaning towards doing LPN first due to more flexibility in schedule then dental / more pay then I make right now and also due to the fact I can’t imagine taking off 2 whole years of work and affording a new born baby + my bills just on my significant others pay for any healthcare program at the moment. I also know being not married I should qualify for the program to mostly be paid for.

My significant other finishes school in September, he will be in the aviation field and unfortunately this career you often have to be willing to move a lot until you can get into a major airline. Another worry of mine is that I can’t risk being in a program for 2 years and us potentially being separated for a year while he pursues an airline in another state. I figured a one year LPN will also be quick and I can go with him with our child if that is the case. I read about obtaining the compact LPN license and thought this would be a great option does anyone know is it hard to get how do you go about doing that?

My main questions are how much do you make as an LPN? Do you find that the pay is sustainable for you and your family? How was the program for you? Do you think this is a reasonable plan? What did you wish you knew about becoming an LPN prior to doing the program.
Any advice is appreciated. I am in PA if that helps !

I took my final for the ending of my term and I didn't pass it. My last hope is taking the HESI and getting a really great score to pass my class. I'm nervous and afraid that I will have to fall into remediation. I know my weakest point is studying because I don't know how to study or retain the information well enough. Any tips/advice? Any youtubers that helped you get through nursing school?

I had enrolled in a LVN program and when the financial aid lady went to send in my FAFSA she noticed there was a problem with my husbands tax returns. She gave me a deadline of 2 months to fix it, I begged and pleaded with my husband to amend his taxes so I could access my financial aid and he ignored it till a few days before my deadline and then decided it was more beneficial for him to not amend his taxes and instead just have me be kicked out from the program. I had finished the first semester of the program and I completed it with a 98% I dedicated so much time and energy into my grades. But regardless I was kicked out. I don’t really know what to do, I don’t know how I’m going to do school if he won’t fix this, it feels like my dream of being a nurse is gone. He told me he will amend his taxes so I can enroll again in November but I don’t trust him. Ugh idk what the point of this post even is… I’m just so sad and I feel so lost. I really want to be a nurse.

Anyone else having a hard time finding a job? I graduated in December and got licensed in February. I currently have a home health job at 30 an hour working 3 days a week so I’m really not making much. Before this I did lashes and worked 5 days at 21 an hour and made about the same (sometimes more with tips and commission) than I am now. I have applied to every job posting there is, with no luck. I’m in Cali btw. I can’t even get a job in a SNF, which at this point id rather do because they pay better. So frustrating.

im from texas & i just signed up for community college with the intention of going for my LVN. they offer the 11 months course but of course i have to complete the TEAS exam first. i was never good in school so i figured i would do a practice test for the TEAS… am i way too stupid to go through with LVN? im struggling with the biology questions & algebra. tell me now if this is going to be an issue or its doable if i put my mind to it. please no judgement either!!! i graduated early at 17 through an online program so i could work full time & contribute to bills. im now at a better financial position in life where i can afford college but to say im scared is beyond an understatement.

any advice?

in my first semester of accelerated LPN program i’m doing okay so far . staying on top of everything. but i have my first exam coming up this week and im terrified ! i have so many moments where i doubt myself and im like am i smart enough for this . im going to keep pushing but does anyone else feel like this in your first semester does it change as time goes on ?? just kind of scared of failure

Score 1094 !!! I did it ! I’m so happy !! NCLEX here I come 💕👩🏻‍🎓👩🏻‍⚕️🩺🎉🙏😇

I (29F) have been contemplating going back to school for a while now. I moved to a new city for my partner's job and have been unable to find work since we moved ~8 months ago. I used to work as an ophthalmic technician/scribe back home and enjoyed it a lot. Now, I am interested in getting back into the healthcare setting but am unable to do so since I have very little qualifications. There is an LVN program at the local community college and I have reached out to speak with a counselor. Before I make my final decision, I wanted to see just how difficult the program is and how hard the NCLEX-PN is. I have so much time on my hands right now and want to find something I enjoy and can be proud of at the end of the day.

I was wondering if anyone had some free ressources to study for the nclex pn. And if you already took the test how useful was board vitals ati for you?

do yo u have to retake core classes like pharmacology, mental/ behavioral health, maternal/pediatric etc. in a LPN to RN bridge program?

Geriatrics/LTC/SNF etc are pretty much the only specialties I don’t want to go into. However that seems to make up the vast majority of LPN jobs. Why? Everything else seems to be home health if it isn’t one of the others I listed.

Hi everyone I have passed my NCLEX Lpn I’m now looking for an LPN to RN program I am in Ohio I would like to work full time while going through my RN I have spoke to a few schools anyone have any recommendations ?

any insights is it challenging to find jobs in SOCAL area for LVNS

What methods did you use to study etc? I’m trying to prepare in advance with med math, pharmacology and med-surg topics and am using simple nursing. I have 3 months to prepare so I study basically everyday for hours. I’ve been out of school for a while though. I have this intense fear of failing out. How was it for you?