Wouldn’t it be great to be able to conquer testing anxiety by implementing three simple steps? If not addressed early in LVN or LPN schools, improperly managed test anxiety can lead to the failure of an LVN or LVN program. A simple yet powerful technique that can differentiate between failing or passing is practicing the […]

Are you looking for an exciting medical career that does not require extensive schooling that you can complete in as little as 14 months? You should strongly consider training to become an LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse in some states, also known as an LPN — License Practical Nurse). Typically, LVNs have the most interaction with […]

LPN school can be very stressful for LPN students. With weekly exams, weekly clinical projects due, reading assigned chapters, and being accountable for all, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) student can develop burnout. Nursing school is very stressful. Students experience increased tension before their clinical rotations or their written examinations, especially their finals. The significant […]

When I was a child, I had asthma. It seems I was always being rushed to the ER because I could not get air, and that wheezing sound was so awful and scary for a kid. Back then, I thought women grew up to become mothers, teachers, and nurses. From the time of my first […]

We all know Sigmund Freud as the father of modern psychoanalysis and the famous Polypsychism theory. He was the first psychologist to identify the multiple subegos within each person’s psyche, which continuously interact, agree, or disagree with each other. However, many people don’t know of another psychologist, Eric Berne, who took this theory to the […]

Looking back to the past holiday, Independence Day, the Birthday of this country, the United States of America, should make us stop and think about this incredible land that has become a home for so many. With less than 1% of the native population, most people living in this land are guests who stayed: immigrants […]

Having been an LVN for 30 years, it’s been challenging to hear people say things like, “oh, you’re only an LVN? As if that makes me less of a nurse or less of a professional. As if RN stands for Real Nurse. At the beginning of every LVN course with a new group of students, […]

“This, too, shall pass.” When you hear this simple phrase, if you are happy, it makes you feel a little sad, and when you are unhappy, it makes you feel a bit better. You would hear this in a movie or read from a book, but it is so true. No matter what is happening […]

An x-ray school is an institution that prepares students for all the responsibilities that an x-ray technician job implies. X-ray schools teach prospective medical employees how to manage x-ray imaging processes, transport and prepare patients for x-rays, and provide information to understand the whole process. The programs in an x-ray school usually take four years to get […]

There are many X-ray programs in California, but the most common type is a diploma or degree program. There is also a limited X-ray training program that ranges from one to four years, which will prepare the students for different job possibilities. The shorter radiologic training programs will typically only prepare the student for the […]

A licensed vocational nurse’s job involves caring for the sick, convalescent, injured, and disabled under the direction of superiors.

A career as a licensed nurse LVN is finding an increasing number of takers these days. The reasons are not hard to establish. Someone completing their education from a licensed nursing school would have a morally rewarding career apart from the financial rewards. There is a spurt in demand for licensed nurses, and this trend is seen […]