Originally Posted by tlombardi
Hello Everyone!
I am 45 years old....and starting my last of three semesters of LVN school. Finally on the home stretch!
My original plan was to attend RN school, but in San Diego there is a 3 year wait for the Associate RN Programs. I choose to get my LVN and then I will work on the transition to RN. I attend a vocational LVN program that is 18 months long. This program has allowed me to pay for school out of pocket and not take on any debt, as well as "no wait." They only accept 60 students a year and over 375 applied. The entrance exam to get in was brutal.....but I made it. We lost several students the 1st semester. They didn't pass A&P.
I have completed clinical rotations in Oncology, Ped's, OB, L&D, and Med Surg. This final semester we will do Leadership/Mentoring to the new incoming class of students in addition to our academic & clinical requirements.
I'm looking forward to the start of my new career and fulfilling my dream of 30+ years.......being a "Nurse". It has been a long journey, but one that I would not trade for anything. The saying...."Life begins at 40" has proved to be true for me.
Good luck to all of you!
Hi tlombardi,
Welcome to my world! I'm 46 y.o. and put my nursing dream on hold for about 20 years. I too live in So. Cal, but not in SD area. Started my LVN program 6/30/08 and intend to graduate, with God's help, June 2009. I'm so looking forward to graduation!
Currently, I'm in my first round of clinicals, a 4-month rotation at a local large acute facilityabout 25 minutes from home. I'm serving patients on the Med-Surg floor and it's been quite an eye-opening experience for this vintage gal who's been home all these years raising 4 children. Sort of like culture shock is how I'd describe my clinical experience at first. It was scary those first few weeks, but now it's feeling more like any other God-given day. Sometimes tough, other times relatively easy. The best part is coming home to my family after a long day. (Home is still where my heart is.) Come January '09, it's off to another facility. May be another acute facility or SNF; I haven't been told yet. After that, it's off to Peds & OB/L&D at County USC Hospital in L.A. I don't think I have an Oncology rotation in my program.
I truly love serving my patients...yes, even the grumpy ones.
Wishing you well.
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and a wonderful partner that is very understanding and wants me to fulfill my dreams of becoming a nurse. Im in a 10 Month Program which started September 3,2008 and which ends with Graduation if god is willing on June 25,2008. I pray every night and thank the lord for this wonderful opportunity.
