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Nov 03, 2009 04:36 PM

Clinicals

by Busia

How many days of actual clinicals do you have a semester? I was shocked to find out that we only have FOUR! There are some that we do in lab with the SimMan, but only four times do we actually go to a workplace with real patients, one day at each of four sites. Is this common?

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No. 1
from Boog'sGirl724
Old Nov 03, 2009, 05:05 PM

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Wow what semester are you in? I had clinicals 3 days/week for the entire year of my LPN program.
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from itsmejuli
Old Nov 03, 2009, 05:08 PM

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The LPN program I was in had clinicals 2-3 days a week and clinical lab for about 6 hours a week.
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No. 3
from Busia
Old Nov 03, 2009, 05:59 PM

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This is for 1st semester, it's a three semester program. I believe 2nd semester is the same, the final one (actually it's the summer term, not a full semester) there are a lot more hours I know, but I'm not sure how many.
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from Boog'sGirl724
Old Nov 03, 2009, 06:12 PM

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That's interesting. Our first "block" (it was 2 semesters, broken up into quarters) was spent at the nursing home 3 days/week doing basic patient care. The other three "blocks" were spent in the hospital setting doing skills we had learned in the lab (foleys, med administration, etc.).
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No. 5
from Busia
Old Nov 03, 2009, 06:15 PM

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Did your program require you to take the CNA course prior to applying? We had to already have that out of the way, there were four clinical days with that. But we only spend one 8 hour day at the nursing home for the LPN program 1st semester. (I don't know if any of the second and final semester clinical hours are at the nursing home. The final semester is ALL clinical, no other classes).
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No. 6
from Boog'sGirl724
Old Nov 03, 2009, 06:18 PM

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No, we weren't required to be CNAs prior to the program, but most of us were, so it was an easy block. If your final semester is all clinicals, it makes sense now as to why there are only 4 days in the beginning. I liked having a little bit of class and a little bit of clinicals so I could incorporate what we were learning in class in the clinical setting.
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No. 7
from New in NY
Old Nov 04, 2009, 03:55 PM

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We go 2 days a week the first semester and three days a week the second semester! How can you only go 4 total??!!
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No. 8
from Busia
Old Nov 04, 2009, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by New in NY View Post
We go 2 days a week the first semester and three days a week the second semester! How can you only go 4 total??!!
Not four total, four for first semester. Four for second semester. And then the bulk I found out today are in the last semester. Something like every day for three weeks straight. Plus there are a bunch of simulated clinical days mixed in there too.
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No. 9
from plaza
Old Nov 04, 2009, 07:34 PM

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Four for second semester. And then the bulk I found out today are in the last semester. Something like every day for three weeks straight.

still doesn't sound like much.

in CA, it is required that lvn programs include 957 hrs of clinical. now whether or not that means clinical in class or clinical in hospitals, is a good question to pose to the school folks.

busia, what school are you attending?
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