KIMMY03

4-5 + 1 or 2 quizzes

Well we are into our 7th day and tomorrow marks our 5th test not counting todays quiz. We did CPR today, which I was super excited about, but boy was I not expecting it to drag on all day like that!! I had no idea that there were so many aspects to it and towards the end it was about all I could do to keep my eyes open!! We have a test on it tomorrow that we have to pass in order to be certified...I wonder what happens if you fail...aside from not being certified i mean! Well I'm pretty happy in my class! I know it's just the beginning and I don't want to jinxx myself but so far i'm doing pretty good. The lowest I have gotten on a test so far is a 91% (phew! I was convinced I failed that one! Passing at my school is an 80%) and the highest is a 97% which leaves me at a test average of 95% which I guess makes an even A. Boy the things I would do to get an A+! I have been a little sad lately though. A few of my good friends in class are in danger of failing out. Although we haven't lost anyone yet (they give you the opportunity to redeem yourself during finals, so no one goes until the beginning of the following course) it is very possible that it may happen. Although I am not nearly smart enough to tutor anyone (i'm just learning this stuff myself!) I think I will suggest starting up a study group for anyone that is interested so that at least we can teach each other and have someone to bounce questions off of. I know my primary concern should be me and making it through, but I like all (well..most!!) of my classmates and really believe that we can help each other make it. Who knows...I may very well need one of them later on at clinicals or something!! I just want to be able to look around next year at graduation and see everyone on the podium with me...then again..I want to be able to look around next year and be on a podium at graduation, PERIOD!! Even if I do have to be there alone! LOL!! Til next time....

I don't think (at least I hope) that my personal safety is at stake. Originally when I wrote the thread it was like 6/7 paragraphs long detailing the entire situation! I later went back and erased the whole thing because I realized that if anyone in my class were reading it, it would identify not only me but the but the other party involved and that would be a problem. Believe it or not, it is general enough that I don't think any of my classmates could read it and guess who I am talking about (they don't know about the whole tire slashing thing). The reason caringtouch was able to figure it out is because we met online before school, figured out we were in the same school and looked for each other on the first day. I honestly know that she won't go to the other student and discuss this and unless I tell her myself, she could never even guess who this person is! I'm sorry if I misinterpreted your question...it's just that although the situation is small now, I know how fast these things can escalate and that is what I want to avoid. The teacher seems to be beginning to notice but I don't want to be associated with the girl when the teacher thinks of "trouble" but the girl seems determined to take me down with her. I make it a point to avoid her in class...no one would ever know that we even knew each other...but it's like she goes out of her way to provoke me....sigh.

OhDaughterofZion... Because the person on this site that knows who I am talking about is not interested in becoming a part of the drama and neither am I...obviously that was the whole purpose of the thread was to find a solution...who better to help me than someone who is actually in the class and knows the dynamics of the situation ?? I am talking (online) about someone who is actively rude, insulting, and negative and the fact that I am discussing the negative things a person has done to me does not make me negative as well. I am trying to find a positive solution to an ugly situation. Should I lie down and take it? Would your advice to me be to grow a pair? Honestly, if anyone doesn't have positive advice, I would rather you not respond and I'll just figure it out myself. I'm grown and i'm not interested in being lectured. Thank You

Caring touch, I'll tell you in class. I just didn't want to give details online because I thought it was unfair to her. Stanley-RN2B...I know right! LOL!

How do you deal with peers who are mad at the world and take it out on you? There is someone in my class who is just so nasty and has every negative quality you can imagine. I had suspected she had negative energy (I'm close friends with her sister and hear the entire family's complaints regularly) but jeesh! It is the first wk of school and I do not want to call attention to myself by approaching the professor. She has already indicated that she thinks highly of me and I do not want to stress her or be the squeaky wheel...It's just that this individual is sooo negative and pretty much unavoidable (without going into detail), and unapproachable as she welcomes and even relishes drama. (slashing tires & busting windows if you so much as look at her sideways!) In the past I have never been one to back down from confrontation but from now on I am determined to! I will have to learn how if I want to be a successful nurse but do not want to be perceived as weak (as I am not). NS is stressfull enough without all the added highschool drama! (I'm sooo over it!!). I just want to have a good year! P.S. Originally I actually did have some gloating to do but decided against it and now I can't change the title. Sorry if it was misleading.

There is a thread here called "first day of lpn school 2008" with a lot of first days listed.

There is a thread on the LPN/LPN forum called "first day of lpn school 2008", it has alot of first days beginning last friday.

Okey-dokey...Here goes!!! Today was my first day of LPN school (boy have I been waiting a long time to say that!). It was very eventful. I saw a few familiar faces and even had one or two friends in the class that I had no idea would be there! At least FOUR poeple no showed! What a shame! There are people desperate to get into the program and you have others throwing it away! First the instructor was just going over the basic orientation type stuff...Then the "Seniors" (thats what they call the class ahead of us but it's only a 6 month difference) came in to greet us and ask if we had any questions. Each one of them was assigned to one of us as a mentor and one by one they called on us and presented us with little gift bags and a promise of a list of all of their contact information for every junior! They were really nice, and you could tell they genuinely plan to mentor us. They were answering all of our questions, offering their own advice, promising to make us copies of all of their notes and outlines, and a couple of them even put on a little song & dance performance!! It was hilarious! It just so happens that I had already met the person who was chosen as my mentor on myspace!! She gave me a little pencil case with pens, hand sanitizer, Ibupfrofen and coupons for tylenol, along with a few highlighters, some candy and a note. Anyway, afterwards they led us to a little dining area where the seniors had prepared a huge breakfast buffet for us with everything you can imagine, and we all just sat, ate and talked about the program. Then we went and took pictures for our ID cards and we were sent on break. After break we filled out tons of paperwork, got our syllbus, yada yada yada...Then someone came into the classroom and informed us that there would be NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!!!!! I know for most people that would be great news, and I'm sure if I were further into the program I would agree but I have been waiting for much too long for school to start to then be told that the second day of school would be cancelled due to a freakin' tropical storm?? Not even a real hurricane! Not to mention that its supposed to hit south florida and I live in central florida, like 4 1/2 hrs away!!! They said that there was a good chance that there might not be school on wednesday either! I hope they're wrong. I want to get this over with! Not only that but we were told that whatever time we miss now will have to be made up on THANKSGIVING BREAK! It's not their fault though, the program is hour based so....We were then let off about 20 min. early because the instructor was afraid to give work because she didn't know when we would be back so we ended up doing no work all day! But thats not really a problem though seeing as they gave us enough HW to last us a month! There was scheduled to be a test on wed, thur, & fri! Basically, bwtween now and sept. 5th we will have a total of 9 tests, 3 quizzes, an Oral presentation and a final...not to mention HW and....NO EXAGERATION... at least 450-600 prefixes, suffixes, Root Words and Abbreviations to memorize before the 5th!!! I bought 6 packs of Index cards before school thinking that it would get me through the year...I have 1 1/2 packs left and I still haven't made abbreviation flash cards yet! Yeah...it's that serious. I have been doing HW, making flashcards, and studying for the past 6 hrs! I just finished and now I am about to begin searching for an article online for my presentaion. In all fairness though, I did do most of the work tonight so that I would have the majkority of tomorrow free, though I will still be studying the flash cards. Anway...off to do more work! (it's a good feeling though!) Goodnight and Good Luck!

I would also say above the collar.

Whoa!!! That sounds so hectic! I start on monday (I'll be sure to post)and at orientation they told us we would have a test every non clinical day for the entire year!! Keep in mind, not only do clinicals not start until about 6 wks in, but even when they do start, they are only twice a week! The good thing is that we were told that we will never have more that 2 classes per "semester" (there are only two instructors), no pop quizzes, and never more than one test in a day. My program groups everyone together all day/year too. I think thats a good way to do it because it makes it easier for you to establish friendships, study groups and a comfortable family like environment among instructors and classmates which IMO helps facilitate learning. Thanks sooo much for sharing!!

I start monday too!!!!!!! Man I'm so excited!!

Thanks! I finally figured it out (well actually my hubby did...embarassing, I know!) Thank you for your reply, you did help! That was exactly what he did, apparently I was supposed to turn it until I heard a click.... Thank you for being the only person who cared enough to respond! LOL!!

YES YES YES PLEASE DO!!! Forgive my over enthusiasm but I have been asking for that forever! Everyone always promises to but I guess when they actually make it back from school they are so overwhelmed and busy that they can't get around to it. I hope you are able to. Have an amazing 1st day!!!

Hello??? I'm sure some of you probably think this is a dumb question (rightfully so) but it would still be really helpful if I could get a response. Thank You