anyone work for Lowe's or Home Depot?

That's the impression I got from someone a few years ago.

That's another thing...every HD or Lowe's employee I've talked to has liked their job, which means a lot to me. The only real complaint I've heard was from a guy in a paint dept. who said they are understaffed in his oppinion, so he can't get things accomplished the way he feels they should be. He was considering transferring to another store, but wanted to stay with the company.

Thanks for all that...those are all things that are very important to me.

So do I, and wonder why someone would present such an ignorant bit of "information" to anyone else, especially in a public forum.

Damn the SOB I'm currently working for...a greedy, dishonest asshole who lies to and about his employees for no apparent reason other than to hurt them, who never realizes his own mistakes meaning that he makes a lot of them (since he can't try to get over making them if he won't even acknowledge them), at the expense of those who are trying to work for him (as well as himself). Not damn him to Hell, but damn him to what he deserves!!!

LPN?

Low Pressure Nurse?

Large Prehistoric Nurse?

Low Paid Nurse?

Let's Party Nurse?

Now, y'all know damned well that's a Licensed Practical Nurse.

I have known (in the biblical sense ) some of these erstwhile companions of the medical trade - and found them to be perfectly suitable to the task at hand. Of course, this is all past tense - as is most of my life.

YMMV (Lord, I miss seeing that here).

I'i'll agree up fr>> >$13? $16? What is your location? Here in Alabama I know nurses making

Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker (ret) Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet Website:

mp asks:

Licensed practical nurse. Two year course. Registered nurse: I think currently a 4 year course, used to be 3.

Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore

Yup, the northeast. My wife's friend is an operating room nurse and her W-2 this year was in excess of $100,000.

Ok, so what does that mean? Most businesses that use forklifts have good drivers and bad ones. Just like any other job. The guy I know used to load my steel hauling truck and was one of the best I've ever seen. I'm not too shabby with a forklift myself. Have you ever ran a forklift? Ever screw up and bump something or dump something? Anyone who has used a forklift for a while and says they haven't screwed up is lying.

Bruce Redding, Ca.

they'll dump a

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My college sweetheart graduated the same time I did. I started out making more money as a computer programmer than she did as a registered nurse. But in the end, she wins, and I'm out of a job for months and months.

Not necessarily. SWMBO is a surgical nurse, and got her RN with two years in college. The frightening thing she told me is that to get one's nursing license, one only has to score 50 % on the licensing exam.

John

JP Lipe responds:

Ouch. Watched 60 Minutes last night and that was scary enough. OK. My mother was an RN, but she started in, IIRC, 1931, maybe 1930, with 3 years at Yonkers General Hospital as a training field. Got a granddaughter who is an LPN, 2 year course. My mother was in NY, Kathy in VA, but both seem to have fairly stringent licensing standards. Mom retired, many years ago now, as acting adminstrator (would not title her "administrator" because she lacked a BS). She was also nursing services director and a major motivator of the campaign to build a new hospital, helping collect an awful lot of money in a few years. The hospital board's gratitude extended so far that they didn't cancel her health coverage over and above Medicare for the first year she was retired.

The blessings of Westchester County and environs.

Long time ago now. Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore

Yep. when one of us loses our job, we're out of work for hours and hours.

I know several people who flunked the exam who wished that were so.

On 05 Apr 2004 04:03:33 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (JPLipe) brought forth from the murky depths:

Q: What do you call a man who leaves medical school with a grade of "D-"?

A: Doctor.

Half of the dotors out there graduated in the bottom half of their classses.

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Even *if* he were getting 40 hours a week, that's only about $32K a year. Even at that, the suits wouldn't get out of bed.

Same as above, about $25K. You called these "former tradesmen who are reasonably compensated for their knowledge of the trades"? We'll have to agree to disagree on this one.

People need to start referring to earnings in amount/year to really get a better basis for comparisons.

Gerry

LPNs and community colleges have 2 year degrees, hospitals (if you can find one still doing it) give 3 year degrees, colleges give 4 year degrees unless you already have a degree, in which case the extra is 17 months to 2 years. The 4 years gets you a Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Dave in Fairfax (RN, BSN)

RNs take a national registry board test. It's the same everwhere with the possible exception of California, but they have reciprocity with the rest of the country. Dentists and PAs have to recredential when they cross state lines. RNs just fill out a paper and pay the charge to get state credentials.

Dave in Fairfax

It's really annoying to have my mailbox filled by places that want to pay me to come work for them. %-) And the sign on bonuses are insulting, $3-5K. Really am sorry about your being out of work Phisherman. I was talking to Silvan about a career change to PT or Radiology, they take 2 years and pay OK to start.

Dave in Fairfax

It depends on which state is issuing the license. In New York State the minimum score is 80%, which is one reason the NYS license is recognized throughout the country. According to my daughter, who has taken the test twice, the NCLEX test is computerized, zeros in on you weakest area and hammers you.

-- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA (Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)

Licensed Pratical Nurse. They have about 2 years of formal training compared to 4 years for an RN. RNs are in pretty high demand.

Bill Ranck Blacksburg, Va.

Heh. When we had our fire last year and lived in temp housing a few months, the place next to ours had a young husband and wife, with the wife a radiology tech, IIRC. She was high enough up the training scale to be doing contract work through an agency. They moved every year or two according to job availability. The guy worked at relatively low pay construction and rode off-road motorcycles, which is what he enjoys, while the wife worked at a local hospital at a rate that probably pushed 100K a year, but that also included that temp housing (2 bedroom full furnished and equipped apartment, with maid service) and some other bennies. I know for a fact that the housing goes for at least $1400 a month (but that includes local telephone bill, utilities, heat, even the detergent for the dishwasher and the washing machine. It's rough, though: you have to share the washing machine and dryer with the apartment next door).

It pays OK. To start.

Charlie Self "It is not strange... to mistake change for progress." Millard Fillmore