Hey all! I am just a girl who is on a journey as a nurse. I started as a CNA, then became an LVN and now am an RN. I am finishing my BSN. Please follow my channel for videos related to all aspects of nursing.
I have been a LVN for awhile in a LTC facility ! Graduate RN in December ! Very good description! Blessed to have med aids and great cna for sure ! I do have to pass lasix and antibiotics as well as if any patient on IV antibiotics!
Hi Heather! I have watched your videos ever i have been a nursing student. I really liked your videos and they really helped me. I stumbled upon your old video and just started wondering where you at in your life now and how are you doing😊. You should make a video and update us😉.
Hi, as someone who doesn't really like medicine all that much, but is ok doing hands on skills such as phlebotomy (where you don't have to know too much about the patient's illness) which path makes more sense LVN or ADN ? or are they the same type of training/work?
It’s all about perspective, no matter what job or rank you have in healthcare. It is an honor to serve on any level, and I have done that as a Tech during Nursing School, an RN with a ADN, and an RN with a BSN, and finally, I left because the “business” of Healthcare took over, now I work as an Engineer, and my job sadly resembles nothing of Nursing because it SHOULDN’T be a For Profit Business. Now I am at peace. I’ve been set free, and I done my time. So if you feel stuck, just know there’s more out there,... and I make 3x more than my highest rank in healthcare... Don’t feel like you are shut in.
Great advice, but the video could be done in a more quiet area. Can barely hear you and it is really loud. Thank you for the advice though, much appreciated 👍
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I'm a CMA right now, however there are more job posting for LVN's. I'm considering doing an LVN program from an accredited school that's less than 10k. I'm just debating on weather or not I should do it BUT I also want to do it to make good money, good hours and not continue with school. Just be an LVN for the rest of my life. Thoughts?
That's what my plan is also. I'm going to school for CMA atm and would like to do lvn. I eventually wanna move up but if I stayed an lvn I think I would be ok with that.
Question,, is it worth getting a BSN if I only have 10 more years to work? I enjoy what I do, dislike management and will make $2 more by getting it and I will be doing the same work (ER grunt).
I live in Austin as well and just was offered a job at St David’s! Really cool to see someone close to home talking about the department I’m going into !! (Med/Surg telemetry)
Great video! I appreciate you going through each step of your day! It was very helpful insight! I'm a nursing student headed into advanced Med Surg 3 for my BSN program. I'm thinking about doing MS for my fIrst nursing job. Do you feel its helped you build your skills and confidence as a new nurse?
I'm a nurse aide and I'm considering to be a lvn first because for the higher pay and the experience. Then a rn and I figured the prior experience will help and I want to be familiar with patient care and everything. Thanks for the advice. The pay will help and be nice to live independently.
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I have a bachelor's degree in criminology and now I'm going to be going for my two year RN degree. After I obtain my RN do I still have to go for a bachelor's degree or will my bachelor's in criminology satisfy the bachelor component?
Hey heather, I see that you've probably been a nurse for a little over 6 years! Congrats! I want to thank you for this very informative video! I am considering being a nurse for over a year now. I've been doing my research to see if that's what I really want since I took a break from school. I just don't know if I want to be a LPN or a RN (BSN) because I've been told that the job can increase in stress due to the more responsibilities as a RN. Is that true in your experience? What type of responsibilities do you have now as a RN than when you were an LPN? Do you believe that those responsibilities could cause more stress from day to day? thanks in advance.
Thank you so much for this video! I am a single mom & I just got out the military. I've been wrestling with the decision of LVN or RN. I've been taking classes, but I start my science classes in Jan 2018. From watching this I'm going to take the LVN route.
Heather, I am less than one year away from graduating and thinking about going out into the field with the knowledge from school alone is concerning and alarming. A scenario in Sim lab shook my confidence and made me question my abilities. I am so happy that you made this video, because often times, knowing that there are so many things we don't know is frightening and stressful! Its good to know that there is a support system in place and that you can feel free to be transparent about your knowledge set in order to be safe and competent and serve the patient well. This has been so helpful and calmed my nerves. I feel so much better about graduating soon. Thank you!
Hey! Love your videos. Do you think nights on med surg are less busy than days? As in time to eat, sit down and chart. Also, do doctors round on nights?
The LPN/LVN is trained to recognized when something is wrong and notify the RN. It's also about nursing skills. The RN is expected to do something when they find something wrong before they notify anyone. Like she said, it doesn't mean LPNs don't know anything. The best nurse ever worked with was an LPN. He was the standard bearer of med-surg floor.
Ana Luna i don’t think so because if you’re going to bridge to RN later or there’s a long waiting list at least you’ll have taken your pre recs and gotten them out of the way ya know? But it’s up to what’s best for you.