New LPN students to start soon !! Come share your experiences :)

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I am starting in September I figured it would be nice to start a thread where all of us new students could come and and share our experiences/help eachother out as we are on our way to be nurses :)

Hi all - I'm new to this thread - not sure how I missed it lol! I'm starting a full time LPN program in September. I will be taking A&PI and A&PII over the summer to help lighten the load a bit. My long term plan is to hopefully bridge to the RN program starting in September 2011. We'll see how that all goes :-).

We already had our orientation (seems early compared to lots of the posts) so we know that we have to wear white scrub pants and coat with hunter green tops. I don't think we have to wear scrubs on our non-clinical days but thanks to the thread I will now know to check on that!

So much great info here - I definitely will be running out to get flashcards and a nclex book right away. I've been out of school for so long (20 years) any head start can only help!

I do know my schedule for first semester will be something like this:

Mon - Clinical Day 7-3

Tues - Fundamental of Nursing 8:30 - 11:30 then most likely a math course that I need to take

Wed - Clinical Day 7-3

Tues - Fundamental of Nursing 8:30 - 11:30 and math

Fri - Throughout the semester we take 4 (1) credit courses - Growth & Development, Human Behavior (I get a pass on this because I took Psych in my early college career), Nutrion and Microbiology

Second semester is very similar but Friday's will be free day and I won't need anything other than my Nursing courses and clinical.

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Hi,

I am starting school on 4/8 at CCTS. I see I may have a fellow classmate on here. I am just about ready, still awaiting a few books to be delivered....

Just starting my search for white scrubs and believe me this is no easy task... I mean I have found stores that carrry them but for the price and quality (too sheer) you can see the pockets right through them. I am still on the hunt. Funny, how an assumed easy task always seems to become a bit complicated.

I am filled with anxiety as the first day of school approaches....

Would like to wish every one some luck and remember to stay focused!:)

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Congratulations DJandKMommy and JerseyN! I believe I may be your classmate JerseyN, I just got my last delivery of books today (though I think I might send a study guide back for missing waay to many pages). Your right about the white scrubs, I ordered some online, but bought two pairs at best uniform, incase my online ones don't get her intime. I'm getting sooo nervous for class, just a few more days!!

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Hey my sister (RCH85) told me about this website and I really like this thread. I start June 26 at Lincoln tech (any classmates?). Its so hard for me to be excited since Im still a student at another school. But, seeing how excited my sister is getting is kind of helping me in a way.

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I will be attending the Lincoln Tech Edison campus which will you be attending?

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No I'm going to Mount Laurel. Sorry I should have said that. Good luck though!

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Hi everybody! I'm so glad I found this thread...don't know how I missed it before now! Anyone in Alabama starting the LPN program soon?

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i just got my acceptance phone call this afternoon!!!:nurse: i'm so excited to be starting may 4th!!!

hey everyone!

i start april 13th and am excited, scared, nervous.....running the whole gamut of emotions here! i'll be working fulltime too while in school. it's going to be hard work but i can do this! we all can do this! congrats to everyone!

hi all - i'm new to this thread - not sure how i missed it lol! i'm starting a full time lpn program in september. i will be taking a&pi and a&pii over the summer to help lighten the load a bit. my long term plan is to hopefully bridge to the rn program starting in september 2011. we'll see how that all goes :-).

we already had our orientation (seems early compared to lots of the posts) so we know that we have to wear white scrub pants and coat with hunter green tops. i don't think we have to wear scrubs on our non-clinical days but thanks to the thread i will now know to check on that!

so much great info here - i definitely will be running out to get flashcards and a nclex book right away. i've been out of school for so long (20 years) any head start can only help!

i do know my schedule for first semester will be something like this:

mon - clinical day 7-3

tues - fundamental of nursing 8:30 - 11:30 then most likely a math course that i need to take

wed - clinical day 7-3

tues - fundamental of nursing 8:30 - 11:30 and math

fri - throughout the semester we take 4 (1) credit courses - growth & development, human behavior (i get a pass on this because i took psych in my early college career), nutrion and microbiology

second semester is very similar but friday's will be free day and i won't need anything other than my nursing courses and clinical.

hi,

i am starting school on 4/8 at ccts. i see i may have a fellow classmate on here. i am just about ready, still awaiting a few books to be delivered....

just starting my search for white scrubs and believe me this is no easy task... i mean i have found stores that carrry them but for the price and quality (too sheer) you can see the pockets right through them. i am still on the hunt. funny, how an assumed easy task always seems to become a bit complicated.

i am filled with anxiety as the first day of school approaches....

would like to wish every one some luck and remember to stay focused!:)

congratulations to you all!!!

update: this week went well! the first day (wednesday) we were bombarded with information regarding drug screens, background checks, immunizations, uniforms, etc. i felt so overwhelmed! actually most of the students did...you should've seen our faces. :uhoh21: for those of you who haven't started, save some money for the cost of getting all of these things taken care of! :twocents: after finding out my class and clinical schedule...and making arrangements for my son to get to school i felt much better.

i am learning my instructors' personalities, as well as my classmates, and i think this quarter will be challenging, but great! i am really enjoying fundamentals and will fully dive into drug cal next week.

cooking meals ahead of time and staying organized helps a lot!!!

please continue to share your experiences, i really enjoy reading them. :)

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I think the underwear idea is a great idea...thinking about nude boyshorts by hanes or barely there they are very comfy and I wear them just in the wrong colors lol

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I've been feeling like a human pincushion lately with the immunizations lol! I also need to get my CPR course finished in May - then I think I'm off the hook until September. I fully intend to try to enjoy this summer to the fullest - lots of relaxing at the beach and smutty books :wink2:

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Hello!! I'm starting April 6th! So excited but nervous at the same time! it's been 5 years since I've studied. Anyone going to Fortis College in VA?I would love to be a part of this thread! lol Congrats to everyone and look forward to more posts!

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Congratulations nccatim! Good Luck tomorrow, let us know how it goes!!

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