Any tips to surviving lvn school?

LPN3RAC-CTMDSC · Feb 11, 2010

Just make sure you keep up with your studies. One subject will lead in to the next. Pharmacology is usually one of the tougher subjects. I happened to have been a pharmacy technician before going to school, which helped a great deal. Good luck.

allmostlvn1 · Feb 11, 2010

Thanks

Txstarr972 · Feb 12, 2010

Make sure you study. Every day.

I thought A&P was hard, but now that I am in Pharmacology, I think it's the hardest.

Aurora77 · Feb 12, 2010

Get enough sleep and take some time to relax. You're going to spend a ton of time in class, in clinical, studying, etc. I make sure I get to bed at a decent time and read, since that relaxes me. Good luck! It's exhausting and terrifying but great at the same time.

Brilliant Dreams · Feb 15, 2010

schedule your time with a planner - to the hour!!! it is so much easier to multitask, when you know what areas to focus on and during what times. i highly recommend this. :idea:

use flashcards - especially a &p :yeah:

brush up on your medical terminology if you have time before school starts :twocents:

be prepared to tell family members or friends that you dont have time... dont feel guilty for choosing to study over going to a birthday party or something. :clown:

get comfortable shoes - i love nurse mates :nurse:

dont forget about youtube for a&p or even nursing lab skills. i often go to youtube and search out topics i dont understand or need to visualize, this helps to reinforce, understand it better and recall more info. :specs:

dont ever ever ever get sucked into the gossip or catty-ness... it is there, it will find you and you should run from it. :redlight:

CLUVRN, MSN, RN · Feb 15, 2010

Don't ruffle any feathers, do your best with difficult classroom/clinical instructors, be on time to everything, try to get along with your classmates, get the best grades possible, graduate, PASS NCLEX, and become an efficient, well-rounded nurse!

Greypoupon · Feb 16, 2010

Get a marker board and write down your schedule for the week. Get multiple colors. I use red for tests, black for lecture/clinical, green for side notes or etc.

Research on the internet using accurate sources. Medline Plus is a great source. The main thing that makes LVN school easier is just keeping your hands dirty with nursing/medical material. That means to substitute different areas of your life for keeping medical on your mind. Internet - you're on a nursing site so that's a plus. Research illnesses, youtube videos for visuals, etc. Audio to listen to in your car. Having at least something to study wherever you go in case you have the time. Relax and hold yourself to your own standards, not the standards of those around you.

You know when you play a video game and get the basics down, then find all the secret levels, have a goal of scoring more points next time, etc.? Same concept with nursing or anything else you do. The more often you expose yourself to the basic information, practice what you know, look for tips/tricks to techniques you can try (nursing skills like catheterization, injections, etc.), learn about ICU/ER/OR/L&D/etc., the better off you'll be.

If you make if your goal to keep learning the required material, and to supplement it with extra information, then nursing school will (should) be pretty easy.

Also don't **** off your teachers or other students who can trash-talk about you to a teacher. There are students like that in EVERY class, not just nursing.

As far as footwear that I prefer...I wear new balance cross trainers. They're amazingly comfortable for being on your feet all day and the colors aren't so flashy that you'd have to question being able to wear them or not. They come in all white too, but I got the white shoe w/dark blue letters.

Study ahead of time. That way that a night or two before the test, you are REVIEWING, not studying.

Good luck :)

Greypoupon · Feb 16, 2010

Wow I didn't know that pi$$ was a vulgar-enough word to be bleeped out! haha.