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hi there my name is Kerry-Ann and i live in Jamaica form i got out of high school i wanted to be a nurse, and it was too expensive and the subjects because i didn't take any at school so my dream fell apart now i heard about the Pre- university one still too expensive mainly because i lost my job the same time i heard and was about to apply now they have change the dates and will raise the fee i wanted to start in October Or Feb of 2010 because by then i would have some money and would get the loan approve now it seems like i am lost again because they start the new batch on Monday and an will raise the fees next year almost double what it is now me just feel like i am going to go crazy if i don't achieve this part of my life and every day things get harder i am so confused and mad at myself and life i just feel so down an tired of not accomplishing what i set my mind to to the big thing is that me na and can't give up

Hello EVERYONE!!! I am m/23 working in the ED unit ever since I passed my LPN NCLEX test 2 years ago. I love the ER life and the thrills. I am ACLS, PALS, NRP and CPR certified....will be Trauma certified soon, hopefully hehehehe well I am looking for a job in the mainlands and is wondering if there is someone or how hard is it for someone like me to find a job in the U.S. I am really really good at inserting IV's, NG's, and FC. I am looking for new challenges out there. I am a filipino citizen currently working in American Samoa...is there anyone out there that could help me out in looking for someone to sponsor... I work 12 hour graveyard shifts, sometimes for 10 days in two weeks....the shortage in American Samoa is crazy and sometimes we get really exhausted! BIG TIME!!! But I still enjoy and LOVE my job....looking to continue my RN in the mainlands and maybe become a Doctor...Pediatrician or Dermatologist later on in the future after completing my RN. I am still young and is looking towards fulfilling my RN as a CRNA or NP. Please let me know if there is a hospital that is willing to sponsor someone like me...Thanks!

i am an Enrolled Nurse in Hong Kong, i want to experience nursing career in foreign country like US.
is it difficult to get a working visa?

DITTO to your post TAMMY and everyone else that is proud to wear LPN on their name badge....and I would like to put my 2 cents in on CNA's.....A LOT of the CNA's I have worked with are some of the hardest working people I know and I just hate it when nurses ( RN and LPN ) down play CNA's........CNA, LPN, and RN are just letters behind your name. It really only lets people know how long you went to school and where you fit into on the pay scale. I only say that because the longer I am in the nursing field, the one thing I do know is that those letters we have behind our names DO NOT reflect how much commn sense or what you know about nursing....As a LPN, I have learned just as much from a well seasoned CNA that I have from a RN....

This is a short description of what being an LPN entails. LPNs do so much more. I agree with Iobra in what our duties are. LPNs can start ivs now. The one thing we can't do that a RN does is insert an ng tube. That may have changed too. I too am tired of hearing "Oh you're JUST a LPN, why don't you on for your RN?" I love being a LPN. The only reason I'd go for RN would be the difference in pay.

Experienced LPNs are charge nurses in nursing homes,supervise CNAs,hang and monitor tube feedings,monitor IVs,and blood which has been hung. They are integral parts of the interdisciplinary team.

I was a nurse in the military for a few years and the courses I took are very similar to that in the civilian world. Now that I am out the state I live in tells me that I have to go back through all the classes I took to become a LPN. I was planning on getting a RN later but with this headache I don't know. I want to know is there anywhere that I could possibly CLEP out of some Nursing classes to get it faster? I can only get Cardiac Monitor Tech position and I would rather do more one on one with patients.