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Hello, I'm new to this site my name is Dylan and I plan on being a LPN. I'm 20 years old and decided I wanted to be a nurse when I was 18 years old. I wasn't able to get into nursing right after high school. So i actually went to school for business for a year until I realized how much I hated business and wanted to pursue a career in nursing. Throughout high school I dealt with my grandmother who was placed in a nursing home with alzheimers right near my house. I was there every other day after school with her and some other elder folks. I wasn't excepted to nursing until this year actually after I upgraded my chemistry. I'm going to school come January and in the meantime I'm working and saving money to out towards school. This is what I want to do for the rest of my life I want to be able to help people and make a difference in their day. I'm currently putting myself in a financial situation in which I can move out on my own for school and what not. I'm looking forward to it and I'm going to give it everything I have physically, mentally and emotionally. So my question to you is what should I expect first semester. I have been out of school for two years, disregard my business course lol.What should I expect first year where should my knowledge be and what could I spend the next few months reading to help myself put come January. Please don't mind any spelling issues or grammar I wrote this on my phone. I'm looking forward to hearing back from this community and I appreciate any feedback. Thank you! :)

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Hi Dylan, welcome to allnurses.com!

First, I want to congratulate you on realizing your dream and working towards it. Saving money and getting finances together now will help lessen the stress when you begin classes!

You've got a few months, so make sure you take some time to relax before the stress/excitement of school takes over. If you already have your book list, pick those up (amazon, eBay, and half.com will save you tons of money) and go through them. I don't mean that you need to read every chapter of every book- just look them over (its nice to see familiar things once you get started). Also, run through medical terminology and brush up on conversions (lb to kg, etc) life will be easier if you know them in advance :)

From what I've noticed from other forums and from my own experience, your first semester is basically a&p, (which may include nutrition and growth & development, but they may be separated as well) pharmacology (although for me, the first nursing school I went to had pharmacology in the first semester, the school I'm starting in September has it in the second) and definitely fundamentals of nursing. I've seen intro to nursing meshed in with fundamentals or as a class on its own- so it really depends on your school.

I know that seems like a lot, and it is- but from reading your post you're coming into this field knowing that this is your dream. With that in mind, you have absolutely nothing to worry about! Keep us posted as you start your journey!

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Thank you very much for the reply :), as far as knowledge is everything going to be from the ground up sort of thing when it comes to first semester?

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