I have been an LPN for 30 years. I have worked hard to learn all that I can and be the best at my level I can be.I have critical care experience which has enabled me to work in a part of nursing that I dearly love, home health. Here I am the eye and ears for our physicians. I complete simple to complex wound therapy with wound vacs. Infusion therapy through PICC line and peripheral lines, draw labs, patient assessments, patient education and disease management. My goal is to keep patient's disease process stable and to keep them out of the hospital and in their home environment.

 I have completed all of the neccessary classes at John Tyler Community college (3.8 GPA)to begin my journey be meeting my life long goal of becoming an RN but found that working full-time, which I must do, and going to school full time and starting clinicals is something I just can not do. I had started and paid for the classes at an online school to complete my RN  when I learned of the new guidelines decided by our state board of nursing. Because I did not want to work in a federal hospital or out of state I lost a lot of money and a dream.

Experienced LPNs should have the right to go to school online and their experience and skill level should count for something.