LPN school and all the drama that comes with it!!(vent)

[flower2007]

I am in an 12 mo LPN program!, I am stressed as hell, have so much homework, i just want to cy!!!!!! Failed one test (A&P) and have some rumor spreading-backstabbing-insecure-gossping girls in my class, not all just 2 of them.

How do you handle the stress of nursing school, and how do you deal with gossiping or jelous people? I can hear them talking about me, always asking what my grades are? Sometimes i dont hear what they say ...but i just know they are talking about me...sometimes they write stuff on little piece of papers so you cant hear them.... Who has been through this?? How do you deal with the stress? And have any of you guys ever failed a test in LPn school?

Thank you,

Much love!!

[eldragon]

Hang in there and study.

Don't worry, their little gossip group will break up soon, as they start to fail - one by one.

Trust me on that one.

[eldragon]

I've often said that it wasn't even the work that was all that hard it was the stinking politics! I hated LPN school and also didn't attend my graduation. I'm not real big on ceremony and I didn't want to spend one more second with some of those twits. Fortunately my RN class is much better, or maybe I just knew what to expect, yeah thats probably it because there are a fair share of twits here also, lol.

Just go about your business and to heck with them.

Oh, I'm so jealous of you. My instructor has said we all have to attend graduation, or I'd miss it, too.

When I entered an LPN program, I had high hopes for making friends. I had moved to a new area, and it's been years since I had a good friend close by. Boy was I disapointed when I looked around the classroom and saw my classmates. First - I was older than most of them by a good ten years. Second, I am a liberal in a conservative area of the country. Third, I am spirtual, but not religious, and this is the bible belt. Fourth, I am a vegetarian in a place where hunting is the number one past-time, and I detest hunting. I could go on and on. Most of the people in my class have never traveled out of the state, and I've been traveling to other countries for years. To say I had nothing in common with my classmates would be an understatement.

I'm graduating next month, and I wish I could say it got better, but it didn't change. The few people I found interesting, failed or dropped out of the course. (But 60% fit into that category...so...)

You hear those speeches about how you will make life-long friendships with your classmates, and yes, it did happen between some students. But not for me. I've been there to help everyone whenever they needed it, and looking back, I've done something special for every single person in the class. But the return favor never came from anyone. Even on my birthday in October, I didn't tell anyone all day long.

In short, they have made me feel depressed and old. But really, is it their fault I am different than they are? Because it is I who is different, not them.

Sorry I'm rambling on. Just know that I feel your pain.

[LVN_LPN_2007]

LPN school was the hardest thing I ever did. Of course I failed a few tests. It doesn't matter how much you study there are going to be tests that just get you down. And I had teachers that wanted me to fail. But I proved them all wrong. The homework is intense too. Sometimes you have to figure what has to be done and what can wait or you can skip.

I had a hard time with the girls I went to school with too. But luckily for me most of them were so focused on themselves and what everybody else was doing they didn't focus of what they were there to accomplish so they had to repeat classes while I moved on. While I went to school I never forgot why I was there and what I wanted for myself.

Everyday remember the dream that has brought to school everyday. And you'll get there.

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

I can understand what Brian is saying...I had a program director that probably prayed to demons that I would fail. I disappointed her by graduating on top of the class. Later, she had to come to me and say "You really hung in there; didn't you?". I wanted to scream at her.

Use these people to give you the incentive to do your VERY best.

[Jules A, MSN]

The few people I found interesting, failed or dropped out of the course. (But 60% fit into that category...so...)

Lol the one friend that I have remained closest to was a student that dropped out in the first semester! We just clicked right away and I was heartbroken when she decided she didn't want to be a nurse.

[nappydreads31]

I am in school now I am honestly to tired to hear if someone is talking about me or anyone else for that much and yes I have failed my very first anatomy & physiology test and I felt like dirt but I have to move on and get read for the next one

I am struggling with time management with a full time job,husband and 2children I honestly do not have the time to think about the next person and as much work as I have been getting you should also be to tired to care what othersw think

you need to put your focus back on nursing and nursing only:)

[baseballmom20]

Please Help! I am currently attending an LPN program where the instructors are so disrespectful. They are the rudest people I have ever met. They treat you like a kid and give you no encouragement. Their teaching methods are not helpful at all and they think that they are the best out of all the schools in the area. The entire program is so disorganized that students are ready to go to the Dean and complain. If you have a question they say look it up. They constantly change the rules and don't make sure that everyone is aware. If you are in the room at the time your doing well if not your at a loss because they are not going to repeat it. Anyone else out there that is going through the same BS?

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

Please Help! I am currently attending an LPN program where the instructors are so disrespectful. They are the rudest people I have ever met. They treat you like a kid and give you no encouragement. Their teaching methods are not helpful at all and they think that they are the best out of all the schools in the area. The entire program is so disorganized that students are ready to go to the Dean and complain. If you have a question they say look it up. They constantly change the rules and don't make sure that everyone is aware. If you are in the room at the time your doing well if not your at a loss because they are not going to repeat it. Anyone else out there that is going through the same BS?

Oh, yes, I did experience ALL of that. All I can say is that you have to work hard to get out of any nursing program, and that this is a true prelude to how the nursing world really can be. I still experience this, but, from my co-workers, supervisor, management and doctors. But, don't be discouraged, do what you have to do to complete it. It is over before you know it. I am now entering two years being away from nursing school, and I do not miss it for one minute.

[BOSRNMSN, BSN, MSN]

OMYGOD. I feel like I could have wrote that at this time last year. I failed alot of tests in LPN school. I work much better under pressure and when I had to pass the final or get kicked out, I did much better on test. All my finals in the end were above 85. As for the gossip, ignore it. Your all stuck together and it will get better. As bad as it is, you'll miss it when its over. And graduation day was the happiest day of my life. I thought I was going to fail out everyday but I did it. Now I work on a Spinal Cord Injury Floor in Boston at the VA and I LOVE IT! Also I just swore in to the USAF to be a flight medic. The oppurtunities to LPN are endless, and you can go very far. Don't let anyone tell you your not a "real nurse"!

[JONlvn-np2b]

yeah, theres a lot of drama involved with nursing school. actually, based on my experience its safe to say that nurses love drama. just dont mind the drama. keep your goals clear right in front of you and dont let anything/anyone stop you from accomplishing your goals.

[Kelly93084]

I dealt with this A LOT while in nursing school. I went into the program thinking I could make some great friends that I could become close with, and study with, and encourage, but no. I was very wrong. I was the youngest in my class, and when people started to notice I was getting some of the highest grades in the class everyone turned on me. One woman (when I say woman I MEAN woman, she was about 50 years old with children older then me) screamed at the top of her lungs at me because I was sitting in a chair she occasionally sat in. People went as far as to tell me they were practicing voodoo on me! I got very discouraged, but didn't let it affect my grades or anything. I would just go to school and only speak to one or two people in my class and mind my own business. It was awful and really, I couldn't wait to be done and never have to see those people again. I was just very shocked because I thought everyone was going to be mature and that wasn't the case at all.

I guess since nursing school is such a stressful time, people don't know how to deal. All I can say is don't let ANYONE bring you down. They are most likely grasping at straws to try to bring you down because they are jealous of how well your doing!!

[JONlvn-np2b]

hmmm i think you have to develope the look to get the drama queens away from you. the look is something the older nurses taught me at work and i didnt learn in nursing school. basically, the look is an emotionless, ice cold, poker face look that you wear or put in when you first start your shift. it gives the impression that you mean business and you dont want work that couldve been done last night passed on to you.

when i first started, nurses would pass on work to me all the time and doctors would seem mean when i call them(theres also the TONE). but ever since i started using the look and tone, nurses would actually stay to finish there work and doctors seem to be a little bit nicer when i call.