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First off I do not feel the school is being to harsh...what if it had been a more serious medication that you administered to the wrong pt and the pt ended up having a reaction or worst dying!...

Find out from your school what book they are using for A&P and start studying that or just go to the bookstore and get an A&P book. Knowing A&P is vital to your success in the program!

As far as the books go, you have to get them through the school. It is included in your tuition. The books they use for the prereq class are: Memmler's Human Anatomy in Health and Disease and...

For me, hands down is Pharmacology! All the drugs we need to know for class and clinical is killing me...I should buy stock in the company that makes the 4x6 index cards because I buy around 300 (3...

Study up on your A&P! You will revisit it through out the program!

Here is my email address if you have any questions or need help on your classes. I am almost half way thru Module 3, so feel free to shoot me your questions if you need help...

no I am still in school. why not volunteer somewhere where LPN's work to see the day in the life of an LPN. For me there was no question about what I wanted to do. I want to go on to get my RN, but...

look in the Distance Education thread for info on this program...I am planning on going through ISU for my RN once I finish my LVN because of the flexibility to do the classes online while working. ...

LPN's do everything an RN does except that we do not push meds in an IV line, or make the initial care plan for the pt. We work mainly in LTC's or clinics, and RN's work in hospitals. As far as pay...

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Are you there to get your LVN or make friends? Stay out of the drama...who cares if your class likes you or not! My class is full of high school bs and so sick of it, but I keep remembering the...

try outlining the chapter and answer all the objectives in the chapter...answer all the questions at the end of the chapter...utilize the online website that comes with your book if available...also...

Gurinick uses Calculate With Confidence 5th Edition...this book is awesome and trust me when the program starts, you will have alot of time to learn the calculations stuff...you learn it in the...

Why are you thinking of giving up when you just started? I understand you are depressed and questioning whether you can do this, but you have not given the class enough time. Give yourself a...

1.) 50 units = 50mL 500mL/50 = 10mL 10mL/20mL= 2 units Answer: 2 Units 2.) 25 units = 25 mL 250mL/25mL = 10mL

You are right! But, they taught us MONA not MOAN b/c you want to administer nitro before the ASA for the MI pt. As I said I am losing my mind...lol...I so need a break!:crying2::uhoh3::eek:

I record all my lectures! On my recorder I have 5 different files so I use file A for Med-Surg and file B for Pharm. This way I can keep track of what class I am listening too. The mnemonics did...

That is the only one to start with. The drug dose book is good to start as well, but Ann ususally gives you a packet with the first 6 chapters to do before class which will help you once class...

The only memonics we were taught in prereq's were for the cranial nerves. Which was o o o to touch and feel a woman's vagina...lol...do not ask me what they are anymore, I just learned them for a...

When you get your Anatomy & Drug Dose Calculations books...For Anatomy read chapters 1-3 (first test) and for Drug Dose start with the first 5 chapters. Your tests in Anatomy will include math...

The prereq class and Module 1 are the easiest classes...once you get into Module 2 & Module 3, everything you learned up to this point is stepped up a notch! The reason being is that you have a lot...

This is a simple dose over stock question... Order: 1 oz Maalox Stock: 500 ml First covert your 1 oz to ml = 30 ml The ml's will cancel out so you set up your problem like so: 30/500 =...

911, You will want to cut your hours down at work! This program is intense and very fast pace...I work 40 hours a week and it is so hard to stay on top of all the HW, reading, writing, and...

i attend the concord campus and in module 2, (about to start module 3). since all the campuses work the same, here is my advice and supply list that another student gave me when i started: stay...

The reason why they do not buy the books until the program starts is because they might come out with a new edition of the textbooks. Talk to Kamila (the financial aid director) and let her know that...