LPNs: Tell me what kind of physical exam you received prior to the nursing program

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Can a LPN tell me what kind of physical exam you received/had to get prior to the program. I just hate surprises. I have asthma and hate having blood drawn. I don't do drugs or drink. I will gladly pee in a cup. I messed up my acl a while back but it healed on its own. I did not have the operation. I was told I had to. The doctor was wrong. I just didn't know if they can disqualify you from doing this is all or look for things. My friend out of state that I no longer speak to, told me when she went for RN.. they took blood and check you for everything. She said IF they find you have something wrong with you .. you have to fix it or attempt to before they let you in.

She scared me from going for it. Thanks. I know for work physicals.. they check eyes, ears, and make you bend and pee in a cup. I am afraid they will say.. I can't swallow correctly or they feel something. EEKS.. How stressful. I just don't want this to hold me back.

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Can a LPN tell me what kind of physical exam you received/had to get prior to the program. I just hate surprises. I have asthma and hate having blood drawn. I don't do drugs or drink. I will gladly pee in a cup. I messed up my acl a while back but it healed on its own. I did not have the operation. I was told I had to. The doctor was wrong. I just didn't know if they can disqualify you from doing this is all or look for things. My friend out of state that I no longer speak to, told me when she went for RN.. they took blood and check you for everything. She said IF they find you have something wrong with you .. you have to fix it or attempt to before they let you in.

She scared me from going for it. Thanks. I know for work physicals.. they check eyes, ears, and make you bend and pee in a cup. I am afraid they will say.. I can't swallow correctly or they feel something. EEKS.. How stressful. I just don't want this to hold me back.

I had the doc check my lungs, draw blood for vaccinations, ask me my medical history (he even got my doc to give him my records from a previous visit in my old town), listen for bowel sounds, check my thyroid, etc. That's about it.

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I had even less. In addition to getting a titer drawn and a few shots, the doc listened to my heart and lungs, tested my reflexes, looked at my eyes and ears, and that was pretty much it. Now, when you actually get a job somewhere, most likely there will be a more involved physical. When I was a CNA for instance, I had to do a whole range of motion thing with a back screening and all kids of movements, and there was a urine test.

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For our RN program, we just had to make sure we had our mmr, tdap, hep b, varicella, and flu vaccines or show titers, and get a tb test. But then again, class starts tomorrow (EEEKKKKK!!) so maybe they'll require more later?

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My school provided a checklist/questionnaire on medical history - the student and the doctor each had to fill out a portion. We had to have a full round of vaccinations unless you could provide documented proof of prior vaccines/titers. We had to have a full physical exam in addition to a mobility, balance and flexibility test, as well as testing for hearing, sight and color-blindness.

It seems that every program is different (mine was pretty thorough and stringent). No need to stress so much about it. The only thing you will achieve by freaking out is elevating your blood pressure and making it look like you are hypertensive... and that's not going to be good!

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The school directed us to the clinic the physical was to be done. The physical was a full physical and included an eye exam and a check for color blindness and our PPD test was done. A urine drug screen was collected at the clinic. We also had to go and have titers drawn for proof of immunity to the normal disease (MMR, chicken pox, Hep B, etc) .

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Get a PPD, make sure you have your tetanous, mmr varciella shots in order and a doctore does a basic physical check up on you and thats it

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Okay.. Thank You all. I feel some what better. However.. the one lady above said when you get a job they do a whole other physical? That is that all about? Is that every place? What if they find you have things wrong with you? It is nerve racking. I don't know if that is every place you work or some? You are suppose to wear gloves. However.. many nurses now are choosing not to. I think I rather protect myself when dealing with blood.

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Hi Mrs. Cuoco,

Does it depend on where you will be working? I would assume.. if you had a recent physical for school and can prove this with paper work and that all your vaccines are up to date and in order that they would not bother to go threw all this again. I did the CNA course once.. but failed in time to take the state exam. I have to re take it now. All we needed was our TB test. That was all. Nothing more. I know what school.. I am going back to lol.

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Hi Mrs. Cuoco,

Does it depend on where you will be working? I would assume.. if you had a recent physical for school and can prove this with paper work and that all your vaccines are up to date and in order that they would not bother to go threw all this again. I did the CNA course once.. but failed in time to take the state exam. I have to re take it now. All we needed was our TB test. That was all. Nothing more. I know what school.. I am going back to lol.

Most places of employment will require a physical...and usually done by their occupational health clinic/office if they have one.

I had JUST had a full yearly physical less than 3 weeks from when i found out I had been accepted to my school. They would NOT accept that, they insisted I go to their clinic (they paid for it so it was fine with me). My school accepted my labwork results sheet that was sent to my doctor for all my titer verification.

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

I had no physical at all before school. We just needed to get our shots.

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What she said.

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