Dynas12180

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1. Preparation recommendations??

   Dynas12180 replied to SkiMama's topic in General Students

   Hi! congrats on getting into a program! I am 4 months away from completing an lpn program and the one thing that i think would have been helpful to study beforehand is medical terminology and abbreviations. I wouldn't go nuts on the abbreviations tho...

2. CT Students!!!

   Dynas12180 replied to ReneStovoL's topic in General Students

   I too would ask the school, but just for an example I transferred all of my pre-reqs from a NY school to a VT school and had no problem. Good luck :)

3. Thinking about moving down

   Dynas12180 replied to crodriguez's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hi. As far as I've read the pay for nurses (RN & LPN) is much lower in the south, especially Florida. I live in NY now but used to live in Florida and there are some advantages to living there, no state income tax is a huge one. I don't think I c...

4. Public Health and birth control

   Dynas12180 replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

   Here is a great link for anyone who is unsure about how plan b works. Plan B/Emergency Contraception - McKinley Health Center - University of Illinois

5. CPR Class

   Dynas12180 replied to justchill's topic in General Students

   I just took it on saturday. The way mine went was: everyone has their own dummy and air bag with detachable mask. The group of 30 or so was split into 5 groups with 5 instructors and we all sat in a big room on a mat. Then for about 3 hours you follo...

6. Anyone attending VTC this fall (PN program)?

   Dynas12180 replied to dalgal's topic in Vermont

   scratch that, i miss-read your post, to see the schedule for orientation day get on vtc's website and search for "orientation", click on randolph center new student orientation, then over to the right under "events" click on full story ( below all th...

7. Anyone attending VTC this fall (PN program)?

   Dynas12180 replied to dalgal's topic in Vermont

   You can view it on blackboard.

8. Anyone attending VTC this fall (PN program)?

   Dynas12180 replied to dalgal's topic in Vermont

   Hi Krystal! Congrats on getting in to the program! I will be going to the Bennington site. I'm really excited and cant wait to start. I'm not looking forward to the drive up to randolph for orientation though, ugh.. it'll be about three hours from wh...

9. Anyone attending VTC this fall (PN program)?

   Dynas12180 replied to dalgal's topic in Vermont

   Hi chelsea :) congrats on getting into the program! I'm really excited too, cant wait to start. I still need to get a watch as well, and a lab coat. I'm a little irked that we cant order our books, or even see what books we need, until the 24th. I ev...

10. Anyone attending VTC this fall (PN program)?

    Dynas12180 replied to dalgal's topic in Vermont

    Hey again :) I got the littmann lightweight II. I ordered it from allheart.com. I pretty much just looked on these forums to see what people recommended. The tubing on it is so much nicer than on the cheaper ones. So I looked up Newport, WOW you are ...

11. Anyone attending VTC this fall (PN program)?

    Dynas12180 replied to dalgal's topic in Vermont

    Hey dalgal, I emailed the bookstore today and they said online ordering wont be available until the 24th...grrrr. I just want to know what books I need really. I emailed them again with my schedule to see if they would tell me the titles and I got th...

12. Anyone attending VTC this fall (PN program)?

    Dynas12180 replied to dalgal's topic in Vermont

    I started checking efollet yesterday morning and still nothing

13. 1+1 LPN to RN

    Dynas12180 replied to ornery2athome's topic in General Students

    I haven't been through this situation yet but I will be. This is the only way my school does it. LPN the first year, RN the second. I think this is a great way to do it personally. I start next month, can't wait! Good luck whatever you decide to do:)

14. LPN SCHOOL!

    Dynas12180 replied to AppleInBrooklyn's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    Congrats! I start my program next month. Have fun and good luck :)

15. Has anyone heard of this?

    Dynas12180 replied to Dynas12180's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the replies everyone. I called the school the other day and it is like saysfaa says above. I have been a part time student for a while now (paying per credit) so the "over 12 credits" thing never occurred to me. what confused me initially ...