koolau

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1. MCI LPN Program

   koolau replied to cayces's topic in Virginia

   Any of the Saunder's should work, least i think mine was yellow (have no idea where it is now). Everyone I talked to used that publisher and had good results.

2. MCI LPN Program

   koolau replied to cayces's topic in Virginia

   I was so nervous for my first scheduled test date, I pushed it back a month. All I did was do questions for about 2 hours a day out of the yellow Saunder's NCLEX study book. I didn't want to overstudy and just worked on it until I lost concentratio...

3. MCI LPN Program

   koolau replied to cayces's topic in Virginia

   Every one of my classmates that I've kept in touch with work outside of hospitals. Most of the hospitals have very limited LPN spots, and most people that get those seem to have worked there as a CNA or somehow else to get a foot in the door, then w...

4. MCI LPN Program

   koolau replied to cayces's topic in Virginia

   I graduated from their LPN Program in January '09. If you did that well in pre-req's for RN and have a good history with school, you shouldn't really have any problem. It of course takes a lot of extra hours to catch up, i.e. doing homework and stu...

5. RN program at MCI in Richmond

   koolau replied to tiffdeandre's topic in Virginia

   I did the day program for LPN and the schedule was 8 - 430 for normal classes, and 630 - 3 for clinicals during weekdays. The night program goes 530 - 10 during the weeknights, and clinicals sat/sun 630 - 3 I believe. Then of course you get random ...

6. MCI LPN Program

   koolau replied to hopeful10's topic in Virginia

   I know for the day classes it was pretty much always up to the time limit, getting out early was 30 min before the end of the day. Classes throughout the program are generally fast paced and packed with a lot of homework and information to learn. ...

7. MCI LPN Program

   koolau replied to hopeful10's topic in Virginia

   I was in the 12-month days program, the first week we had at least one test. Be prepared to be given an abundance of information, and have loads of homework. It may have changed with the curriculum you are in now, but the new students from before I ...

8. clinicals

   koolau replied to orange_sky's topic in General Nursing

   I've heard it depends on your specialty and what you enjoy. My clinicals so far have been spent mostly in nursing homes that were quite easy. The psych ward was insanely fun, while others hated it. If you are finding one section difficult, perhaps...

9. Accelarated programs

   koolau replied to krolik's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Krolik, I'm 27 and decided to finally go after my dream of becoming a nurse. I have a Bachelor's degree from my prior career, and as a result chose an LPN program that is a year long. With no medical experience at all, I felt that starting with ...