First day of nursing school

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I am writing this for those of us that fret about the unknown.

Today was my first day of LVN nursing school. Our school has a rule that anyone even one second late does not get into the classroom, so a lot of us were very early. I was 40 minutes early and there were five other students ahead of me. A couple of students came in a little late, but I think they were docked.

The classroom was open so we came in and picked our seats. The woman next to me told me she hardly slept at all the night before, and that remark was reiterated by everyone close by. She said she had a dream that she was in a hospital with a disease that no one knew about. She attributed it to a fear of failure to become a nurse.

At the proper time we were introduced to our five teachers and their subjects. Then the head teacher passed out paperwork for us to fill out, (I have never filled out so much paperwork as for LVN school). Then the student handbook was passed out and the whole class (60 of us) took turns reading about the rules, regulations and school Mission Statement. It was made clear to us that the school set high standards and expected nothing but the best from its students.

We were then informed that we would be giving each other bed baths, NG tubes, and foley catheters, in addition to shots. I know I will not be involved in having a foley or a NG tube, but the rest I can live with. If students don't want to commit to a certain proceedure, its not mandatory, however, the students that volunteer for those activities will be the first to do them in clinicals.

The syllabus was not available so we were given our first assignments by our respective teachers. This program is seven hours a day, five days a week. We were told that for every hour of class time we were to have three hours of homework. That equals a 28 hour day not counting everything else besides school. They say we will have time to catch up on weekends. I guess that means I won't be posting as often as I have been lately, lol.

Uniforms were passed out, but we won't be using them for the first eight weeks. Thats when we start our clinical rotations. We were told that we would be working some evenings and some weekends. Oh well, I don't have a life anyway:o

I hope this helps some of you who are wondering what the first day is like. It must vary from school to school. Tonight I will try to catch up on the sleep I didn't get last night because I was sooo nervous about the first day of school. Well, at least I will try to catch up after I do some homework.

Good luck to you all.

I will be starting nursing school (RN) next month, I'm too anxious/excited/nervous for all of it. When I got my acceptance letter i decided to start a blog that will hopefully give me something to look back upon this experience, help other (pre)nursing students, have people travel along this journey with me, and keep me from boring everyone in my life with random ramblings in student nurse talk that I know they care nothing about. it's eccnursingstudent.blogspot.com for anyone who might be interested.At this point, it's not too interesting, it's just a newborn blog-baby. I will have to make myself keep up with this one.

Thanks for sharing your first day! Im patiently waiting for.. oh gosh, im not even sure what day mine starts... my first day :-X

I will be starting nursing school (RN) next month, I'm too anxious/excited/nervous for all of it. When I got my acceptance letter i decided to start a blog that will hopefully give me something to look back upon this experience, help other (pre)nursing students, have people travel along this journey with me, and keep me from boring everyone in my life with random ramblings in student nurse talk that I know they care nothing about. it's eccnursingstudent.blogspot.com for anyone who might be interested.At this point, it's not too interesting, it's just a newborn blog-baby. I will have to make myself keep up with this one.

Thanks for sharing your first day! Im patiently waiting for.. oh gosh, im not even sure what day mine starts... my first day :-X

wow, I was thinking about doing the same thing! I probably will, but I don't start until April. I will check out your blog in the meantime :-)

My first day of school is coming as well--Jan. 20. I waited two years to get in...woohoo! Congratulations to all who finally made it in. Now the hard part starts...:banghead:

are you going to nctc?

No, pwootx, I'm going to ARC, in California. Where are you, Texas?

Hi LVNHOPEFULL, I don't know if you will read this reply since you started this thread a while back, but I was very excited and interested in reading your thread, well I am about to start the Visalia Adult School LVN program which starts until October 4 2010. I went through out the whole long process and was very excited when I learned I got in. Our orientation is not until July 13 and this whole wait process is killing me to know more about the program so it was very nice to find some one that actually went through what I am about to start. Do you have any advice for me? What to expect and what to do before hand? Thank You. I loved reading about your experiences through the program and would have loved reading more about it! I am currently married and a mother of two kids, 2yrs and 8months, I am just hoping I do well and that I can do it!

Being Close...our class I guess will be close, because I did hear that we give injections and all sorts of stuff., and it hurts because we are using Saline. Saline does burn but I am in to this nursing so much that a little pain now will pay off later! I have already looked at all the books, 12 of them., wow is all I can say!

Congratulations CC559 and Roseann. Best wishes to you both at school. CC, I answered you in private message and got no reply, hope all went well for you.

Its been two years since I graduated. First job was with a LTC working nights. It was okay, I learned that I needed to learn. Working was very hard at first until I got into a rhythm and learned to use my time economically. It was hard watching the veterans finish way before me when passing meds and doing treatments. Part of the secret is just repetition.

The second job I'm at currently is with the state of California working in a prison. There are/were good and bad experiences in each position, but there are no regrets going to school to become a nurse. It was a long haul, negative nurses trying to make it harder, and loving ones giving their best to make my experience a positive learning experience.

The first year/s of nursing are learning that what you learned in class is an ideal set forth for you to strive for. The workplace isn't going to conform, you need to be flexible and keep an open mind.

After you graduate, don't settle for just any job. Somewhere out there is a job that will fit you and the reason you went into nursing.

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