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1. triage style testing for lpn students

   barbara168 replied to barbara168's topic in Educators

   Thanks much. I have emailed all the dept heads of the PN programs in my state for their input, as well as all the instructors of an RN program in town. If they think it's unfair too, I will bring my findings to the college VP. Again, thanks for tak...

2. triage style testing for lpn students

   barbara168 replied to barbara168's topic in Educators

   Great to hear from you again. No, it wasn't a group effort and we had no aids. Our class/lab room was the setting. Each of us walked in and was presented with five scenarios to be completed within 60 min. One might think it is not an unreasonable...

3. triage style testing for lpn students

   barbara168 replied to barbara168's topic in Educators

   thank you for your input!!

4. triage style testing for lpn students

   barbara168 replied to barbara168's topic in Educators

   thanks for replying. By triage I mean that when we stepped into the classroom we were read scenarios of three live patients you were assigned to, just like a hospital ward setting. One scenario was a patient needing a catheter before he was to be p...

5. triage style testing for lpn students

   barbara168 posted a topic in Educators

   I just completed my first term of a nine-month lpn program. I had practiced for the skills final and I thought it was going to be pretty straightforward like "perform catheter care on the mannequin" when instead the instructors decided to have us pe...