Misscruella

Told I had to retake a class and now told I don’t

Misscruella posted a topic in LPN/LVN Students

Hello so I was accepted into an Lpn program a few days ago. I’m glad I was, but kinda pissed about one thing. When I applied, My anatomy 1 class was almost expired. I was told by a nursing admissions associate (someone who answers questions about the nursing program) that in order to be accepted I would need to take a and p 1 over again. And I had a few months to do so until the nursing application priority deadline and a few months more until the regular deadline. There were two deadlines, a priority deadline and a regular deadline. I asked about being accepted in general to the program. Well I applied anyways before the priority deadline and got accepted. So I emailed the nursing admissions associate and said I was confused because I was told by her I wouldn’t be accepted unless I complete this class. She wrote back and told mE that it was ultimately up to the nursing department. I want to write back to her and ask her that she have the school reimburse me for this class that cost me $792 through portage. And say that if she had any doubts or questions about classes that may expire close to the application deadline that she should have asked the nursing department first. She could have told me about my OPTIONS and told me that I could have waited until The priority deadline passed and wait to hear if I got accepted or not for that deadline, and then decide whether or not to take this class over again or not at that point. Because then I would have the regular deadline coming up after that, and would have had time to still complete the anatomy class before the regular Deadline. But I also know that if you make waves in these nursing programs you can stick out like a sore thumb for the rest of your time at the school. I don’t want to get off on the wrong foot before even starting. But this isn’t my fault either. What do you think ? by the way I haven’t got an acceptance letter in the mail, just via email. Not sure if that matters with all this

Is it worth becoming an RN

Misscruella posted a topic in LPN/LVN

I have already posted similar questions but didn’t get an answer. Anyways, my question is this? Is it worth going to school for an associates degree vs getting Lpn license ? I looked on a website called Glassdoor and a lot of jobs in my area say “looking for lpn/RN”. I don’t know if this means they pay the same amount or if they are willing to pay different rates because the ads don’t usually say. I see on the glass door salary estimate that the pay range doesn’t seem to be much different from a Lpn to RN, like only a couple dollars. I also have heard people say that hospitals used to say that they were phasing out of lpns , but then they never did. I don’t really think I want to work in a super busy hospital anyways. Especially right now. Thoughts?

Choosing a school

Misscruella posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

Hi I have a couple of questions. I have been to nursing school before in Massachusetts. I was failed for clinical for some things. I did great in the lecture portion and was getting Bs but clinical was more challenging for me. I think it was a challenge because I haven’t had any real experience with being a CNA or a Lpn or any kind of healthcare worker for that matter. Most of the other students had. The only real work experience I’ve had was bartending for many years which is a very different environment. Anyways, I am ready to start reapplying at schools but I’m wondering if I should apply at schools out of state. For example, in Massachusetts clinical is part of the class even though it is seperate. If you are failed for clinical then you fail the whole class. I don’t know how it is in other schools, like I don’t know if I were to have a clinical failure but doing well in lecture if I could continue on if it were another state, or if I could have the chance to repeat just the clinical portion of the class (if it were another state).In this state I was told that you can repeat clinical if you aren’t failed for unsafe clinical practice, but I was. That being said, I think it would be very common to be given an unsafe clinical failure if you were failed for clinical since you are working hands on with patients so I am not sure how often students are even allowed to repeat clinical and aren’t failed for “unsafe” clinical practice and instead just failed for clinical without the “unsafe” mark on their grade. In my state if you are failed for unsafe clinical failure you can’t re enter the program at that school. Is it different in other states? Then I was wondering about this: what If you fail the lecture portion of class one year, say your second semester. And you are having trouble re entering into the program at that particular school. Can you then apply to another school and enter into a second semester at another school or would you have to start all over again wherever you go? I just want to be prepared for all possibilities, I realize nursing school is hard and If you do fail a class it makes it hard to get into other schools. I have read how some people are failed when they are have something stressful happen in their lives like a death in the family and it makes it very difficult for them to continue on sometimes with that failure on their transcript. my next question, I was thinking of just gaining some experience by going to Lpn school and getting an Lpn license. That way I have some experience in nursing. I could become a CNA but I think it is a waste of money because you do have to pay for it at most schools around here (No financial aid) and I think most jobs are in private care so you aren’t getting the interaction with other nurses and learning new things. But I don’t know if it makes much of a difference. I heard that a year is knocked off of school for the Bridge program If you enter an LPN to RN program so I don’t know if there is a lot more that you learn in that year and if it is a lot more difficult then just doing an RN program because the RN program may be more spaced out with the information you absorb and therefore more doable whether or not you were an LPN or not. I knew one LPN in my class when I was in an RN program and he seemed very frustrated all the time because he said that the things he was taught in the RN program were very different than the things he was taught in the LPN program and at times were conflicting. I guess I would like to hear people’s opinions on this, perhaps anyone who has gone through the bridge program at a school. Thanks!