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  1. First week of nursing school and I already had my first good cry

    lvnhopeful replied to curlylocks29's topic in General Students

    Crying is good for you, helps get the frustration out and then you can get back on target. I am not a cryer, wasn't raised to let it out. I have cried in nursing school a few times since I started,...

  2. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    Yesterday was interesting, we had uniform check. All sixty of us had to come to school completely dressed as if we were going to our first clinical. Our uniforms are white, so we are only allowed to...

  3. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    Today was exciting, we gave each other shots. Nine in total. One we gave ourselves in the stomach with an insulin syringe, the other eight we gave to our partner. Everyone had to participate. three...

  4. I am so upset!

    lvnhopeful replied to lashon20's topic in General Students

    I feel bad for your troubles, but I can't help but wonder if the instructors mentioned that you needed to have a car before you even started, that it was made clear it would be necessary. We were...

  5. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    It is a lot of fun WcBrinkerhoff, and I count the blessings of finally being able to go to class and get my LVN. We (students) noticed that the first week was fun, then the homework and assignments...

  6. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    Nasogastric tubes were the order of the day, which students could voluntarily assent to. Students that volunteered had to have a partner that volunteered also, then they got to work on each other....

  7. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    This is the end of the fourth week and most students are very tired. We need to use our minds all day long for the lectures and skills lab. There is such a lot to learn! This past week we did...

  8. Took my boards today and....

    lvnhopeful replied to oneforyouoneforme's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Way to go Scoobydoo!!!!! Whoo hooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! Time to celebrate and enjoy your sucess!

  9. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    No, no catheters, thank goodness, but we may be giving shots to each other. Don't know yet. No enemas either. I will let you know if any other trauma inducing event of that nature happens. The...

  10. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    The last couple of days in class this week were like no other I have experienced concerning testing. Our classroom is such that 60 students are grouped into ten sets of six students each. We were...

  11. Need Help With Wound Care Fair

    lvnhopeful posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Today my class was told we would be presenting a wound care fair on August 14th. We have split into groups of six students each. My group has the topic; Wound Care Supplies. What I would like to know...

  12. Need Help With Wound Care Fair

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for the information Daytonite, it will save me a lot of time that I don't have at the moment.

  13. Took my boards today and....

    lvnhopeful replied to oneforyouoneforme's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Don't give up yet, they wouldn't have let you keep going if you didn't have a chance. I for one am going to wait for your post telling us that you did pass! Good luck to you!!!!!

  14. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    LOL, I think the catheter scare is a kind of hazing? Hmmm........ Clinicals start eight weeks after class begins, which will be in another five weeks. Before that, the class is getting training in...

  15. Memory is horrible how am I ever going to make it

    lvnhopeful replied to jewelshouse's topic in General Students

    I started nursing school recently after being out of the loop also. Being 54 I thought I would be the oldest in the class and probably the slowest. That is almost right, me and one other are the same...

  16. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    On urethral catherization......... In the third week and most of the class has done their catherization. No one was catherized and it was actually easy. All you have to do is be aware of the sterile...

  17. Took my boards today and....

    lvnhopeful replied to oneforyouoneforme's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    :balloons::balloons:

  18. 205 questions, and yet I passed!!!

    lvnhopeful replied to jonah1105's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Wow! Congratulations! I hope I am in your shoes a year from now, without having to answer all those questions. Now you can look forward to your first

  19. Anatomy and physiology HELP NURSING SCHOOL

    lvnhopeful replied to araujojr's topic in General Students

    Hello Jrodri,:welcome: I just started nursing school, along with 59 other students. Some of us have A&P under our belts (me for one) and others do not. The teachers are going over everything so...

  20. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    Hello JarOfPennies. An earlier post suggested that the catherizations we will be doing are all on dummies, and that is correct. We start tomorrow with our own personal kits. We have had a lot of what...

  21. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    I think this will be my last post here as the thread has done its job of informing some pre-nursing students what to expect. We have had four exams and two pop quizes this week. Next week we will have...

  22. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    This is the second week of school and we are hitting the books hard. Today we had two tests on Nursing Fundamentals and a quiz, and lectures. Tomorrow we have a test and lectures and skills lab. The...

  23. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    We were all scared our first day. And the second and third and on. On the first day the teacher had everyone in the class say who they are and what experience they had in medical areas. To say the...

  24. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    Fourth day and I am looking forward to the weekend! Today we did bed baths. No, we weren't naked, they were kind enough to let us wear shorts and tops. We also brushed dentures, shaved balloons, put...

  25. First day of nursing school

    lvnhopeful replied to lvnhopeful's topic in General Students

    Third day out and its just about exactly the way Daytonite explained. Tomorrow we do bed baths and the instructors are having us wear shorts and loose tops. I want the learning experience, but I am...