LPN State programs for January, 2010 start

Hey everyone,

Just a quick tibbit I overheard today. The instructors were talking about how they only recieved 20 applications at Kaynor. If you dont have yours in, get it in now. Also they closed the Stamford program due to lack of interest. Do you believe that?? Our new instructor is from Stamford and she said they only had about 30 applications and ended with about 20 that transferred to Bridgeport. Anyway, send in your apps if you are interested in the LPN state program, and also apply for the state RN too. Last August, we have about 6 students leave our program to attend the state RN program. They called them in January too. It worked out for me, they called me in to fill one of those spots. *** Sandy, hope you sent yours in.*** oh and the bad news is the program is no longer at the Naugautuck Valley Campus. They moved us back to the Kaynor campus this fall. And yes we have to wear scrubs as our "uniforms" while on campus. We really dont see the highschoolers, but we miss the college campus. The new classrooms are roomier, bright, and new so that's the plus side.

Regi

Its not just the LPN program that is down the entire high school is closed down for the next two years according to this article that was found on the school's website.
http://www.cttech.org/central/main-n...right-tech.pdf
very very sad
Nina, SPN

Originally Posted by CTPCTstudent

wow thanks for posting that link! Are you a student in one of the state LPN programs? If so, where and what do you think of it?

Yes i am a current student at Prince Tech Lpn program in Hartford. I personally like the program i feel like i learning what i am suppose to so far. I have been getting decent scores on all the mock nclex that we have been taking so far. However, there is this new rule that they decided to start implementing in this final semester that is p***ing me off so bad. Currently the passing grades for all classes is a 75 but if your average is not 85 or more you have to stay after school on tuesdays for remediation (and its mandatory!!!). Remediation classes consist of the instructor doing a test review which usually last for about 20 minutes and remainder pf the day the students are doing nclex stuff on the computer. On tuesdays we get out at 11am but if you dont have that 85 average or more you have to stay until 2:30 pm or that time will be counted against you. I think it would have been a good idea for it to be mandatory for students who got below a 75 average because of what the pass mark is.

We just moved back to the actual high school this semester and the building and classrooms are beautiful, the only thing i miss is that where we were at before it was there was much more leniency in reference to what we wore to class (now we have to wear those ugly olive scrubs everyday, they should have stuck to the blue and white ones), we had much more option of places to go get lunch now we are stuck with cafeteria food(The cafeteria food sucks)
Other than that i like the program, clinicals are not too far and we are getting some wonderful hospital experiences. after this clinical rotation which ends October 2nd we will be starting our leadership rotation which basically is that we wont be doing AM care anymore we will only be passing meds on like 6 patients, doing treatments for an entire unit, shadowing nurses, making assignments etc.
But anyways let me cut out my blabbing lol..

75 more clinical/lecture days to go till graduation yaaayy me
Nina, SPN

Honestly i am not certain if all of them are doing the remediation class but i do know that howell cheney lpn program is doing it too because my friend goes to that campus..

I don't know if it had anything to do with the fact that they have a more strict criteria to get in (requiring the applicants to have college credits in math 137, english 101, and intro psych)maybe that have something to do with it because i mean come on the state schools are like 6x cheaper than the private institutions. When we had orientation our director told us that over 300 people had applied that year to prince tech alone. And this year they only recieved 60 applications so far.I think a lot of people get intimidated and don't wanna be bothered. For example one of the nursing homes where i was doing clinicals in last semester there is an aide that works there per diem now she expressed interest to me about the lpn program and that she had tried to get in back in 2007 but she was not accepted into the program. I gave her my Teas study guide and the number to call the school and the website to solicite more information. I saw her last week at my new clinical site and i asked her how everything was going with the application process and stuff. She told me that she called my school on numerous occassion and someone told her that the class was already filled for jan 2010, and i was like are you serious. Now to be honest i did not bellieve her because it did not make sense to me that would be still testing and the seats would already be filled. So monday when i went back to school i asked the secretary and our program director if the program was already filled because i know someone that was interested and wanted to know. My director literally laughed at me and said that was not true because they havent even sent out any acceptance letter yet and they wont be doing that until december. So today when i went back to clinical i told her that she should apply because my director said they havent filled any seats yet and she still had time to send in her stuff. All of a sudden she started yelling at me (because she knew she was caught in a lie)and telling me to mind my own business and that she didnt see what the big deal was because anyone can push a med cart and that lpn's dont make squat (this was the first time i had ever laughed at someone in a professional setting) In all honesty i wanted to ask her if so was the case why is'nt she pushing one then?. Anyways my friend who is in the program with me told me that she knew her and that she did not have any college credits. So this goes back to my original opinion i think maybe a lot of people do not have these credits to get in.