Any St. Louis, MO area LPN students?

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Hey All...

I've applied at 2 LPN programs in the St. Louis area - Applied Technology and St. Louis College of Health Careers. Just wondering if anyone else from the area is working on going to either of these programs or if there are any other programs in the area I maybe should look into? I figure it's never too early to make some friends to study with and what not! I'm hoping to hear from Applied Tech soon as the classes start April 5th :)

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Specializes in Peds, Med Surg, Oncology, Home Health.

I am in the Applied Tech Program my grad. date is Feb. 12, 2010. The program is accelerated and sometimes difficult to keep up with. There are some great teachers that will take the time to help you in any way possible. But like any program there are some problems clinicals for example. But overall it is a pretty good program. Good Luck!!!

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Great to hear! Congrats on the upcomming graduation!

Just curious, what problems are you finding with the clinicals?

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Specializes in Peds, Med Surg, Oncology, Home Health.

Thanks!!! With clinicals there were always problems with last minute changes and i mean last minute. Instructors didn't always know where they were going. During med-surg clinicals we could not give meds because our instructor did not have an access code so the clinical was mostly following orders from the CNA's on the floor and giving only direct patient care. It was just very stressful and as a last trimester class we missed a lot of experience that we needed. Most of these problems were due to the termination of instructors, so they were short staffed. Hopefully, this will all be cleared up by April. As I said it is a pretty good program with a few problems.:)

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Thank you so so so much for the input! I expect there will be some parts of every program that aren't perfect! I'm so ready for school to start and know the year wil fly by. I've been studying A&P and medical term with my husband who is a nurse and who also teaches at another school - so I hope I'm prepared when April rolls around. It's still just so refreshing to hear someone else who is getting ready to graduate say they liked the program - not that I doubted it - just makes me that much more excited about it starting! Thanks for all the input and again, congrats on your quickly approaching graduation! :nurse:

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Specializes in orthopedics and telemetry.

I went to beck area career center in red bud illinois alot of people from st louis have come there also i graduated dec 3 i really liked the program it also was fast paced 11 months but with determination anyone can do it

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Wonderful1 I'm actually in Festus, MO - so a little south of St. Louis - I'll have to check that out too. I'm also looking for good LPN to RN bridge programs in the area. If anyone knows of any, I'd love to get a list together for when I'm done with my LPN!

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Specializes in SN, LTC, REHAB, HH.

I'm at applied tech graduating in march. honestly, i'm a lil disappointed in the program because of all the changes with the instructors and clinicals. the whole program is very unorganized. med surg lecture you may as well stay at home and read from the book. that's pretty much how that is. if i had to do over again, i probably would go to maybe st. louis college of health careers, st. charles comm. college or sandford brown.

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Are you at the metro location or south location? I checked the pass rates for the nclex and the lowest rate was 98% for Applied Tech - do you feel you are under prepared for the nclex as a result of the course you took?

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Nurse Puff and 2BeeNursey10....

I just sent in the last of my paperwork for the entrance packet. I also met with financial aid and signed my MPN. Could you tell me about how long it took for you to get your acceptance letter once you finished the entrance packet? I'm just wanting to hear back now, and they won't give me any idea how long I'll be waiting just that they will get to them as soon as they can! Thanks gals - I'd pm you instead but I don't have enough posts yet :p

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I too have been waiting to hear back. My packet was complete since early December. I have been calling weekly to Rebecca to try to get an update. If anyone else hears back a yes or no please let me know..

Thanks,

Hope to see you in class in April.

Kelly

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Oh my, you poor thing! I didn't know I could financially afford to go until Jan, so I signed up and took the entrance exam on 1/19. Rather late then never I guess! Any who, I've got my fingers crossed for you Kelly, hopefully we'll be seeing each other in April!

Ashley

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