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I GOT ACCEPTED TO A new LVN PROGRAM(2 EVENINGS A WEEK AND ALL DAY SAT). I WAS IN ANOTHER ONE ,THAT FELT AS IF THEY DID NOT CARE IF YOU HAD A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF ANY SUBJECT

PLEASE GO FOR THE RN IF YOU CAN IT IS THE WISER CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!

I don't care if you have been a Nurse before the earth was created. If you have a history of students not liking you, because your rude, its you. If your students are afraid to approach you, because you tend to humiliate them, its you. If you cannot keep certain things private about students, who have given you personal information. you have a serious problem. If you like egging on students, to confront other students about something they told you in private, you have a problem. If you find joy humilitating students in front of others, you need to see a pychiatrist for observation. TO ALL NURSING INSTRUCTORS IF THIS IS YOU. HERE IS A PRESCRIPTION YOU NEED TO FILL (STAT) You need to write a letter of resignation quickly, have it legally notorized. Run dont walk, to administration hand it in. Then take your old yellowing RN license with any bootleg teaching creditionals, and burn them. Then check yourself into a nursing home. Hopefully one that has a shortage of CNAs. On the other hand if you are kind, approachable, helpful. If you treat your students with dignity and respect, your badly needed. There are times to be srtict and firm that is understood and respected. Students want to learn in a positive upbuilding enviroment. Two thumbs up for good level headed instructors.

Wish I was standing in your shoes. Its funny Now at 45 I am wondering what the heck I was thinking when I was younger. All I thought about ?? well you can imagine, boyfriends, clubs, my nails, hair, parties, my car, shopping, sqeezing into a size 5. A faithful Lane Bryant customer now, thank you very much. If I only knew then what I know now. Oh boy, brings tears to my eyes.

just wondering if I am the only dinasouar starting.:chuckle If so what school are you in? And are you scared to death as I am.

Hi, I will be starting a LVN program in about a month. Does anyone have an opinion on when I should purchase the Nclex review books, should I buy now or toward the end of the class. ( my program is a intense :eek:1 yr program) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

hI, I start school in august. I would wait until I had all my info first. I know it is so hard to wait, but it makes more sense. As for shoes, doesn't hurt to look around to see whats out there.

Hi, you might want to go to the voctional nursing official website bvnpt. you can check out the passing rate for that school. If Iam correct, they have a very low passing rate when it comes to taking the nclex exam. I worked with someone who is attending IME and they are not very happy with the school. I called the school and ask why they have a low passing rate, gave me some lame excuse of how they are going to help solve the problem. Be careful because it seems some schools are opening because of the money they can make. A nurse I know left her job to open a lvn school. over 20,000 per student!!! Western career 41,000. check out Boston Reed, they seem to have a higher pass rate. hope this helps a little. I was looking for a school in the bay area. But got accepted at Visalia adult school program. tution 2900 dollars.

HI, JANET, just saying hi from fellow santa cruzen.

Hi, Did You Check Boston Reed. They Have In House Financing. No Credit Check(i Think) Just Scedule Payments, Every Three Months. Their Program In Martinez,ca Is A Fri,sat Class, And It Is Cheaper Than The Rest. It Also Has A Very High Pass Rate According To The Ca Board Of Vocational Nursing, I Think It Was 90 Or 100% Pass Rate In Martinez. Check It Out Bye

hi, Iam curious what country you are from?????

Oh , I don't know how many took the test ? alot, from amount of peopleI could see at testing, I would think since the class will be only 45, less than 120 will be interviewed. Guess I will keep my phone today, if they contact by phone. any other tips please send them my way. thanks

hi, will they contact me by mail or phone? just wondering, cause i do tend to cut my phone off, since I work noc shift.

Hi, any idea when we will get notification for oral interview?

hi, I was just wondering, all our paper work had to be in by march 28th. How long before notice of oral interviews come. how long did it take for you? thanks for the support!!!!1

Hi, everyone had to have all info into the school by 4:00 on the 28th of march. So now it is wait by the mailbox, for a oral interview appointment.I guess I could start carjacking the mail trucks! Gosh this is driving me crazy!! But just in cause I don't get accepted, Iam looking into my next option. I will keep you posted. signed, going nuts!

Oh my Gosh!! are trying to get into Martinez adult school? where do you go take the test? I applied somewhere else, but Iam seriously thinking of getting my info off to boston reed for the Martinez adult school. even if I lose he 100 bucks, at least if I get rejected by my first choice, Ill have a chance with Boston reed. Iam looking to hear from you soon, respond asap. thanks and study! study! study!

I cannot believe someone actually got in the program and walked away and quit.(OH MY GOD!!!) In your last post did you mean they kinda frown on ones who plan to work and go to school? How long was the whole interview? is there anyone in your class that you can't believe they let into the program? if by some mighty act of God I get chosen, what is the one subject, that you would say I should get a head start studying up on. Are most of your classmates cnas? the class is m-f 8-4 right? what is the farthest distance any of your classmates travel for this program? How did you feel after your interview? did you feel you were pretty sure you made it. If you don't mind, were you working in the medical field before this program? I am going crazy asking questions, I just really want to be accepted into the program. anything you can remember helps..

congratulations for finishing the program? with your class chosen, did you notice anything you all had in common, to why you were chosen over others?. Do you know around how many were chosen for the oral interview? and how long after the interview were you notified you got into the program? is the program hard? thank you dearly for responding....

Hi, Iam glad I found someone. Did you get all your info in to the school yet? Do you have any other info on what to expect during the interview? also were are you located?

Hi thanks for replying, I was wondering what the entrance test was like? was it hard? What is the passi ng rate, in other words are students passing the state exam? do you feel that you are getting a good education there? would you choose the school again? you mentioned the school is a little disorganized, just curious, what kind of things? sorry for so many questions. thanks for the info

I just passed the pre-entrance test:yeah::chuckle any tips on the oral interview? any info on how you liked the program?? info on what they look for in selecting students?

Hi, everyone, just wanted to know if anyone is enrolled in the Lvn for boston reed in the bay area. how would you rate it ? or gurnick in san mateo feedback? would you go there again or choose a different school?

Just to let you know the ones who failed on the skills part either did not check the pt ID band, also a few did not pass vitals, make sure when you take vitals you count for a full minute!!! if you only count for 30 sec and times it times 2 you may fail. someone did that and failed skills. also be able to explain how you performed these six principles of patient care.( dignity, safety, communication, infection control, independance, privacy) one person could not explain how they provided independance to the pt, they failed for that. I am not trying to scare you, It may be a bit different where you are, maybe not as picky. I also noticed and was shocked, the way you learn skills in the book, and the proper way to do things are sometimes not the way it is being done in reality at the nursing home.for your test just follow the book, remember to perform the six principles of pt care on each skill, if you get nervous in the middle of doing a skill for red cross, just stop, take a minute, think and proceed. I had to do that a few times, because it is nerve racking. make new friends and enjoy the adventure!!!

I understand how you feel. I also am pursing nursing, I wanted to take as many pre-reqs as I could, to hurry and get on the waiting list for the RN prgram, because the waiting list went from a two year wait to now a 3 year or longer wait, anyway I got so overwhelmed I dropped everything. (Math kicked my butt )Now a year or so later, Ive decided to take it one class at at time if I have to. dont give up on your journey, drop a class and continue to get as much out of the one your still in. by the way your not old, I just completed a cna class, and some of the stuff we learned I had to study alot harder and longer than my younger classmates. But I surprisingly saw that I had an advantage over them during clinicals, being older, having children, just life experience helped alot, really having empathy, fellowfeeling for people, understanding devestating things in life people go through, physically and mentally, you cant learn that in a book. So never feel like your to old, you have a really big advantage. I am not putting younger ones down, I think its great so they are pursuing nursing.(i wish i had,when i was younger) but there is something to be said for comforting older mature nurses. I have a few relatives who are really young RNs, the only pain they have had in there ln life, is cramps, and stress on how to spend their enormous paychecks .( just made myself laugh) anyway thats my 5 cent worth.