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Hi, First of all, let me say I am a 39 year old nursing student and on Sunday, March 11, my husband died. This may be a long post so please bear with me. You see, I have been beating myself up over everything that happened and if there was anything...

There was no autopsy although I did get a call from the medical examiner bright and early the morning following his death. I wish there had been an autopsy but I am sure it would just tell me what I know in my heart-that his heart was just tired and ...

Thanks everyone for all your kind words and prayers. Just an update for everyone---my husband was an organ donor and I was contacted shortly after arriving back home from the hospital after his death by LifeLink of Fl. They said they could still use ...

Thanks so much for all your support and prayers-I really do appreciate all your kind words. I really just needed reassurance I guess from those of you that are "in the know" about the way things happened. I just keep replaying the whole thing over an...

I understand how important clinicals are, but crap happens! What about your car breaking down on the way to clinical, or a death in the family, or any of a myriad of other things that one has absolutely no control over? All I'm saying is, why don't t...

Postmortem Cowboy, Thank you so much for all the good advice! That is the reason most of us (PN/VN students) love reading and posting on this site. The things you and others share with us are things we would never learn in a book, so once again, than...

That's scary-most of us HAVE to work or we would not be doing this! What state are you in?

Well said, I don't think anyone could have said it better or in a nicer way!

That was a very beautiful post and brought a tear to my eyes. Thank you Stephen for such a beautiful post!

I just finished my first week of school! It can be a bit overwhelming; we do about 4 chapters a day in various books and have a test on that material the next day. We will have one or two tests every day. I believe we have a very good instructor, she...

WOW-You ladies are all awesome and my hats off to you!:bowingpur

i guess what i'm most nervous about are the clinicals because i've never even been in healthcare before. also, i am giving up my job of 19 years to go to school and that makes me nervous as well. as far as the uniforms, i don't have a clue because i ...

I thought i was out of my mind for going to a school so far away-my drive time is about 50-55 minutes each way to the school I will be attending at the end of the month! I'm so glad someone started this thread!

Good luck to you! I start school the 29th of this month and I am getting nervous!!!!!!!!

Hi, I'm from Spring Hill, and I start the LPN program at Withlacoochee Tech in Inverness on January 29th!

I start school to become an LPN on Jan.29th! I am 39 years old and hope I am not the only "older student" in class!

Hi everyone! I will be starting school to become an LPN on Jan.29th. I am really nervous and apprehensive and questioning whether I am making the right decision. I have been in retail for almost 20 years and have a disabled husband[2heart attacks &am...

Thanks to both of you for your responses-I now have a much clearer picture of what I'll be doing. How early in the program do you usually start doing clinicals? And,.......MANUAL disimpaction?????????

Yes, my son's textbooks helped me more than the study guide because they broke the rules/concepts down into easier to learn chunks than the study guide did. Don't even consider those flashcards because they are very complicated and really don't cover...

I only had a month to study for it and I bought the guide to study from and believe it or not, used my 14 year old son's algebra and physical science school textbooks to help me study! I studied a couple of hours a day after work. What didn't seem t...

There were some things on there not covered in the book and the science part of it was challenging! I am no genius and my composite score was 151. I forgot to mention that I have been out of school since 1985 and have had no other college courses!