How many hours a week is your LVN program?

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Specializes in Telemetry.

Hi everyone! I know the programs can all vary depending on nbr of semesters, but I was wondering how many hours a week do you spend in class/clinicals in the LVN program. Also, on average how many hours a week to you dedicate to studying? Thanks for the insight! :heartbeat

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Our school is a little over a year long. We go seven hours a day, whether clinicals or to school. We can miss two days of clinicals and two of theory in the classroom for each trimester, but we have to make it up on off days. We get a little over two weeks for winter break and one for spring break. There are also a few other holidays in between.

Its pretty hectic, especially the first two months of school. After clinicals start they eased up a bit.

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Specializes in LTC.

Mine is approximately 16 months. Class is 4 hours/3 days a week. Clinicals are 6 hours/2 days a week. I probably study about 2 hours a day on average, more when I'm closer to a test date.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

My school was Monday-Thursday anywhere between 6-8 hours per day for 12 months.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, ICU, ED.

My program is 16 months.

I have class for 3-4 hours M-F.

I study 2-3 hours a day.

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Six hours per day 4 days a week. For one year.

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Specializes in LTC.

We have a 9 month program divided into 3 quarters with class on Mondays from 8-3:30 and clinicals on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 7-2pm or 2-9pm. I think this is the first year that they squished all the classes in on one day. It isn't working out very well, so I am guessing that classes will be on 2 days next year for the RN program. We had to finish all of our non-nursing classes before we started in the program. What about your program?

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Specializes in LTC, Rehab, Skilled Nursing, Management.

My program is 10 months and is Monday-Thursday 8 hours per day and half a day on Friday.

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Specializes in Dialysis, Long-term care, Med-Surg.

My program is 8-4 M-F for 11 months, Platt College, Oklahoma

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Specializes in PN Student.

Mine is a 13 month program

8:30-3:00- We can get out as early as 2:00 Mon- Friday

I study from 2-6 hours a day- I ony started 3 weeks ago -so just getting use to

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