Any Nursing students for January '10 ?? Need some friends!

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Hi all! I love it here, just to let you know :redpinkhe. I am (hopefully) going to be starting LVN program in January (6 months YIPPEE!!) After a year of really hard work on prereqs and everything that goes along with applying! I have two school choices: Tyler County Hospital, Woodville Texas and Angelina College, Lufkin Texas. I would love to meet new friends that will be attending the same timeframe and program as me! I am sure most of us are nearing the "waiting" period for finding out if we made it in or not! Lets go through this stress together! My name is Beth by the way, four children, two boys, two girls, and one husband:yeah:all of which are happy that I am going to school. My husband just started his prereqs this summer to start LVN in January 2011! He wants to go for surgical nursing, I want to be right up in L&D since I kinda know a little about birthing babies:uhoh3:! Hope to meet some new friends!

I love this quote so fitting:Sometimes change can be so constant you don't even feel a difference until there is one. It can be so slow that you don't even know that your life is better or worse until it is. Or it can just blow you away and make you something different in an instant. Kevin Klein in Life as a House

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Specializes in telemetry/med surg.
I think it is still something to keep in mind. Our faculty was very specific about the programs and in Avidgolfer it does not seem to be a problem anyway, since he already stated that he and his wife will continue along the chain to the BSN. Further, healthcare has is evloving so insanely fast that it seems to make sense to me that they will collapse the different programs into one. Think about it, more sophisticated eqiupment will be used, more meds given...we have a huge amount of elderly coming in who will require a much greater amount of care. Yes, 1966 was a looong time ago, but look how fast things are evolving in terms of technical demands and just general care situations. Look around you and see how everything around is merged and how the Nclex every two years is increased in the degree of difficulty. Add all this into one pot and I would bet that eventually things will change. Just because they have not changed since 1966 should not pacify others into believing that it will never change. Therefore, if I were in the shoe's again I would work hard to at least continue to progress up the chain instead of standing still with a LPN/LVN if I think that their might even be a remote chance that I may loose my job. Anyhow, that really should be our goal anyway, regardless of what level of degree you have. I would hope that poeple would continue to learn and stay informed and not get content with what they know and think that is good enough.

I think you are right, we can ALWAYS learn more. I definitely want my RN, I just felt like I was wasting time by sitting by idely until the RN program started which is a year away. I can start the LVN program now, finish and work a little as a LVN, while finishing my RN. Oh well, its different strokes for different folks I guess. I hope to be able to find a job as an LVN while finishing my RN but if it doesnt happen, thats ok too!

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This is not about a battle of who is better RN/ADN... RN/BSN....LVN ...I think it was just a great piece of advise and I doubt those changes happen within one year too...I think you have a great approach and I am sure the person who first started to speak about this was just trying to be very nice in pointing out the benefits of possibly going further then the LVN. Shoot I was a medic in the ARMY before I went for nursing and I know that some LVN do a better job then some RN's, even some medics do a better job. However, in the end it all comes down too, like in the so many other jobs that the requirements that were before great no longer are sufficient. Good luck to you and I am sure you will love the profession. I know I do and working as a medic gave me a great insight into seeing if I would like to progress or do another career all together.

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I think it is still something to keep in mind. Our faculty was very specific about the programs and in Avidgolfer it does not seem to be a problem anyway, since he already stated that he and his wife will continue along the chain to the BSN. Further, healthcare has is evloving so insanely fast that it seems to make sense to me that they will collapse the different programs into one. Think about it, more sophisticated eqiupment will be used, more meds given...we have a huge amount of elderly coming in who will require a much greater amount of care. Yes, 1966 was a looong time ago, but look how fast things are evolving in terms of technical demands and just general care situations. Look around you and see how everything around is merged and how the Nclex every two years is increased in the degree of difficulty. Add all this into one pot and I would bet that eventually things will change. Just because they have not changed since 1966 should not pacify others into believing that it will never change. Therefore, if I were in the shoe's again I would work hard to at least continue to progress up the chain instead of standing still with a LPN/LVN if I think that their might even be a remote chance that I may loose my job. Anyhow, that really should be our goal anyway, regardless of what level of degree you have. I would hope that poeple would continue to learn and stay informed and not get content with what they know and think that is good enough.

Thanks for your insight on this matter!!! It's people like you that have the experience helps us who are just starting this profession!! I think ultimately future nursing students will have to get their BSN in order to be in the nursing profession. I don't know how soon that will be. Hopefully my wife and I will have our BSN'S before then!!! I think people that strive for excellence and continue to learn new things daily about their job make excellent professionals!!!

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This is not about a battle of who is better RN/ADN... RN/BSN....LVN ...I think it was just a great piece of advise and I doubt those changes happen within one year too...I think you have a great approach and I am sure the person who first started to speak about this was just trying to be very nice in pointing out the benefits of possibly going further then the LVN. Shoot I was a medic in the ARMY before I went for nursing and I know that some LVN do a better job then some RN's, even some medics do a better job. However, in the end it all comes down too, like in the so many other jobs that the requirements that were before great no longer are sufficient. Good luck to you and I am sure you will love the profession. I know I do and working as a medic gave me a great insight into seeing if I would like to progress or do another career all together.

Hello, thanks again for your insight!!! Also thanks for serving our country!! It's awesome people like you that allow us to have our freedoms today and live our lives with many choices and opportunities. I agree with you about that it's not a battle of who is better LVN....RN...Etc.. All I know is it's becoming more and more competetive to get in the nursing program. Shoot in one of my classes there are 20 of us who nursing majors. That is just in one class. Hopefully I can get my RN and work as an RN while I am working on my BSN!!! It's all in God's hands for me and my wife so I am not worried about it!!!

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Hello, thanks again for your insight!!! Also thanks for serving our country!! It's awesome people like you that allow us to have our freedoms today and live our lives with many choices and opportunities. I agree with you about that it's not a battle of who is better LVN....RN...Etc.. All I know is it's becoming more and more competetive to get in the nursing program. Shoot in one of my classes there are 20 of us who nursing majors. That is just in one class. Hopefully I can get my RN and work as an RN while I am working on my BSN!!! It's all in God's hands for me and my wife so I am not worried about it!!!

Well, you guys have already something going for you. You working as a team and how great is that to have someone at home who "truly understands" why the other person feels overwhelmed, or own or just outright ..***** ( mad is another word) lol. Plus, you guys can exchange a lot of information, because two brains worker better then one. I wish you both great luck and I cant wait to take my Nclex I feel so ready right now, but we have to wait for our grades to be released first then off as an ARMY NURSE. I feel so proud to be part of the greatest military in the World.

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Hi all! Has anyone else taken any of their entrance exams yet? I have my first one (TEAS) on thursday! Then the next one HESI is on Sept 2nd. I bought the TEAS practice test from the ATI website, and made an 80 percent on it. I guess thats pretty good, since we only have to have a 60 percent to be considered. I've been studying every few days for the last few months. But I am sure the science will still be hard. Did anyone else purchase the practice test?? If so, was the real test anything like the practice version? I know the real version has more questions (I think the practice test only had 100 questions versus 170 like the real test). Im just hoping I didnt waste 32.00 on the practice version LOL. anyways, everyone keep me updated on who's taking their tests soon, and if you got in!

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Specializes in CNA, SPN, LPN.

I am still waiting for the application packet for financial aid it is susposed to arrive in September. :D

Nina

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Specializes in telemetry/med surg.

My exam date was changed, I was supposed to go thursday, instead I go TOMORROW eek! Nervous, excited, you name it!

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Hello

I have been accepted into the Spring 2010 program at Tri-C in Ohio. I have 2 kids ages 11 and 8 and a supportive husband. I currently work full time and am getting ready to start looking for something I can do on the weekends. Nice to meet you all.

I am very excited to start nursing school pretty soon. I cannot believe it is almost mid-August already. Time sure flies.

NewStart2010

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Got my acceptance letter today :yeah: YIPPEE!! Sent in all my required forms for backgroundcheck, ect. now I just have to wait til january lol

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Hello, avidhunter, are you going to AC for the LVN program or RN program?? I just finished my HESI test for the LVN program starting in Jan 2010. They said we won't know anything about acceptance until Oct. I wasn't sure if you were going for the same thing as me or the RN.

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