lchRN2006

I am a book keeper but if you are desperate for money (who isn't in nursing school) keep nutrition although, we were required to buy a new one and A&P. As far as developmental psy. any info in that book that you need for nursing will be in your peds or med surg book. It was in ours anyway. Hope this helps.

I recently graduated from an ADN program in May and was going to enter into a LPN program if I did not get accepted into the ADN program (waited two full years to get in). I know several people who are doing the same thing you are. There are many advatages, you can work as an LPN during RN training (more money), get your foot in the door at a facility, get grants from your current workplace if you intend to work there after graduation. The LPN transition students in my class came in with a awesome base of knowledge and experience and were more confident in their ability to perform assessments, their knowledge of pharmacology was broader, and they were much more comfortable interacting with patients and families. You have to work as a LPN for six months before you can enter a transition program in NC. I don't know how the laws or schools work in your state. That would be a disadvantage. Also you run the risk of not continuing on with school. Life happens sometimes and we don't get all the things done that we intend to. I am 26 and just now graduating from college. Better late than never I suppose. In NC LPNs go to school for a full year and a transition program takes a full year. You end up spending an extra 3-4 months in school. That would be the only other disadvantage I could think of. I do agree with a comment made above. Go ahead and get A&P out of the way now unless you are not intending to go back to school for the next 5 years. You still need that knowledge to be an LPN. Hope this helps. Good Luck to you!!!!

thanks bala shark, I thought I was the stupidest person on earth. I graduated in May and that was the only was I was taught to calculate, desired/have. ratio and proprotion was mentioned but the instuctor was very uncomfortable using that method. I have no idea what DA is. I used the book, calculate with confidence, in school. It is a great book and uses desire/have. In clinical and on tests I never had any difficulty calculating dosages using this method.