I'm starting LPN school this August!

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Specializes in LTC, SNF, Rehab.

:yeah:I'm so excited! I'm attending Gaston College in North Carolina. I've already completed my physical, fingerprinting, CPR re-cert, and started my immunizations. I still need two more rounds of immunizations, a background check, and drug test. My orientation is next month & we'll be fitted for uniforms, then I'll just need to get the rest of my supplies. I'm so excited! They accepted 80/250 applicants! I didn't expect to get in the first time I applied, but I've taken everything I can toward the LPN program with a 4.0 GPA and am now working on the RN prerequisites.

Is anyone else here from NC?

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Not from NC, but I am starting an LPN program this fall as well. My Orientation is May 12th and I am very anxious to find out what next year is going to look like. Just wanted to say congratulations and good luck! Keep us posted on how things are going when school starts......if you have the time, lol.

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Congrats to you, too!! My orientation is May 25. It'll be intense. My classes are M,T,W, 8am-3pm and clinicals Th,F 7am-3pm. I've heard it's very hard, but doable with lots of dedication(and that's something I have plenty of). I was told to invest in a good voice recorder for lectures, so I've started researching those. It's a 45 min drive to/from school, so having recorded lectures would be a great way to review lectures in the car before/after class. :specs:

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Yea, I am not 100% on my schedule yet. The head of the Nursing Dept at my college was trying to make it four days a week instead of five because she knows people still have families and or jobs they have to do. (She mentioned that she got through school as a mother and worker, so she knows what the reality is like.) Do you plan on working at all? I havent decided yet. Ive been trying to save money to avoid working, but Ive never not worked so it just seems strange to me, lol. The recorder is a great idea. Ive heard some schools dont allow them, so I plan on finding out at orientation. :)

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I'm going to a community college & they do allow recorders. A previous grad from this program told me to get one. The nursing secretary told me that our schedule will change each semester, sometimes 4 days, sometimes 5, but the schedule I posted is what we should plan for. I've never not worked, either. I'm 36 & I've had a job since I was 14. My boys are 12 & 14. My fiancee is trying to work more to save money & make more for when I'm in school, but I am planning to apply to the work study program at my school, then possibly work as a CNA part-time after the first semester, since we're eligible to take the CNA exam then. I've also heard I'll have a better chance of getting a job if I work as a CNA first.

My school also offers a night program, which I had considered so I could keep my current job, but I would leave just before my kids get home from school & they would be in bed when I get home. I can't stand the idea of barely seeing them during the week, so I've picked a day spot.

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hi all! i have been accepted in the lpn program at ftcc for august 2011.. i am in the same boat as garnetgirl29 ! i have about a 45 minute drive to school!! my schedule sounds a lot like the one's posted on here also.. i have done my background, started immunizations have to wait a month to finish. i have to get my physical found that cvs minute clinic offers them for only $39 to students and doing my cpr class this tue and wed. i am so excited this has been a journey for me.. i was orginally going for rn but due to the program i am in i had to change my major to lpn.. i have all the prereq done for rn and only two left to get my bsn.. but i know they will come in handy later on...

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Also we had a orientation well like a pre orientation back in March. This was to let us get acquatinted and know the deadlines.. I was surprised at how early it was but our next one is in August and it is a all day affair!

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Congrats everyone. :) I just found out this week that I have been accepted into the LPN program at St. Mary's School of Nursing in Richmond Virginia. Its about a 30 minute drive for me and Im so nervous and excited at the same time. No previous medical experience but Im almost finished with my Associate's in Social Work. I know its about to get really intense for me, but Im going to give it everything I have! Goodluck to everyone

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That is great! I am orginally from VA Hampton roads area!! We moved to NC about 6 years ago now!! Good Luck!!

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That is great! I am orginally from VA Hampton roads area!! We moved to NC about 6 years ago now!! Good Luck!!

Thank You so much. Im actually from Hampton : D

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OMG!! I am to.. We have to know each other.. Not sure If I can PM but I wil try..

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I start in August too...

I just posted a message

cause i'm so scared and apprehensive....

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