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03-22-2009, 12:46 PM
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Location: Albuqueruue New Mexico
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Want to move to Springs
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03-22-2009, 03:26 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Colorado Springs
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Hi roseharley. Sorry you are hating Albuquerque. I'm almost native Colorado Springs. Let me see if I can help you. We have 4 main hospitals Memorial Hospital, Memorial Hospital North, Penrose St. Francis, and Penrose Main Downtown. Plus with your experience, there are many medical clinics for work. Do you want a close commute? Do you have specific needs with children's schools? Or maybe you have hobbies like hiking, mountain biking, shopping you'd like to be close to. Also are you looking to rent or buy? I know... ton of questions but there are so many people on this forum that have good advice but if you can narrow down your wants, I might be able to get you closer to a great place to live.
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03-23-2009, 09:02 AM
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Lpn
Hi,
I am thinking of moving out to Colorado, I am also an LPN, but have worked in a specialized area of case management. Will they hire LPN's out there? Also, looking to live in the "country" suggestions in Colorado??
Trish
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03-23-2009, 10:14 AM
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Location: Woodland Park, CO (8500')
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Penrose tends to hire more LPNs than Memorial. They are both in a hiring freeze I believe. My wife is a RN and tried to apply there a month back and nothing was available. Might be best using a travel agency if all else fails. See lots of postings on Craigslist ( http://cosprings.craigslist.org). |
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03-23-2009, 03:43 PM
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Location: Palmer Lake, CO
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What's an LPN?
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03-23-2009, 05:27 PM
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Location: frozen tundra ;-)
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licensed practical nurse?
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03-23-2009, 09:14 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Woodland Park, CO (8500')
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LPN's are limited in what they can do by state laws, where RNs have more responsbilities since they have more formal training.
LPN jobs are harder to find in hospitals since they are phasing them out. But MD offices and care facilities use them quite a bit.
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03-27-2009, 03:18 AM
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Wow USATraveler, guess you don't like Colorado Springs much do you? Roseharlee i really don't know about the jobs available to LPN's here, but I can tell you that I do not agree with the previous poster about Colo Spgs being a right wing extremist epicenter. I have lived here on and off for the last 30 years, and have been in Colo Spgs consistently for the last 15 years. I am not stuck in Colo Spgs, I choose to live here because I think it is a wonderful city. Plus all the people I know work hard, enjoy their family's and choose to live in this beautiful city.
Best of luck to you no matter where you decide to live.
By the way my sister lives in Albuquerque and she would love to move back here.
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04-05-2009, 11:15 PM
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Location: Colorado Springs
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I was born and raised in Abq for 30 years and have lived in the Springs for 9 years. The bummer with Abq is that everyone thinks it's Mexico, the pay is horrible, the landscape is brown, it's hot, everything is adobe, and it feels like you are in a tiny corner of the world. The good things are the Mexican food and traffic. Sound about right?
Well, the Springs is not a whole lot better. It is better, I think, overall, but not terribly.
Compared to Abq, the Springs is very, very conservative and very, very white. The weather is way colder, however the summers are nice and cool. It is way greener, way more hilly and the streets are very curvy. The streets and buildings are nicer for the most part, although the weather tears the streets up. The pay is better here, but the restaurants are awful for the most part. It is a more plastic city than Abq. There is no culture. There are only about 3 native Americans here. The downtown is in a better part of town and is a little more centrally located compared to Abq's downtown. It has better natural beauty I think and Denver is close enough to check out on the weekends. Also, Abq. is the "big city" in NM. Col Spgs is not the "big city" in CO...Denver is. So Abq. has way more hospitals than Co Spgs.
My advice? Go to Denver. It's way more fun, way bigger, and the pay is better.
Col Spgs is more of a step sideways than up.
Hope it helps!
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04-08-2009, 10:59 PM
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Colo Spgs and Denver are two very different cities. Visit them both and see which you like best.
Personally, I like the smaller size, less traffic, and closer mountain in Colorado Springs.
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