Jessi_w

If you don't get my private msg.- Hi, I was wondering how did they notify you when you were accepted to the program? I've recieved 2 letters now neither specifically stating if I got in or not but to just be at the orientation... I don't want to get my hopes up too soon. Also what did you do at the orientation? Thank you!

oh I understand but did you get two letters? one confirming you were still interested in the program and the second actually being the acceptance letter? I'm supposed to go to another orientation Monday...what did you do at your orientation? Congrats by the way:)

Though I am going to Savannah Tech, I looked up the pre-reqs for Chattahoochee Tech and they are exactly the same for the LPN program and it took me 2 quarters to finish mine... really there is no way to do it all in 1. I took english, math, and diet & nutrition the 1st quarter and psychology, A&P, med term, microcomputers and intro to health care in the 2nd. I will never take that many classes again! I was lucky to come out with a 3.0 LOL

yep, I'm at Liberty! I didn't know letters went out for that....they never tell me anything...grrr. Well thank you and good luck to you too.

yeah I know what you mean... Mr. T? I had Peters

I will...but have you gone to the orientation? I have to go to the one in August.

Sorry if this is a really stupid question but.... I'm currently waiting to see if I've been accepted in to my school's LPN program....I finished all my pre-reqs in 2 quarters, the last quarter I took 19 credits:banghead:- Intro to healthcare, A&P, Terminology, psycology, and computers and somehow got out with a 3.0 but I don't feel like I was able to actually learn A&P and terminology...I sold my text books but was thinking of buying the Lippincott's Made Easy books to relearn all the A&P/ terminology. Is it worth it or will it all be taught throughout the rest of the LPN program?

I'm currently waiting to see if I got in to the LPN program at Savannah Tech. I completed all my pre-reqs in 2 quarters and the result was a 3.48 GPA...honestly do you think I have a shot at being accepted?

Thanks for the input. I was also wondering is it best to take A&P before Terminology or the other way around or does it even matter?

thanks everyone! I just have a feeling this is gonna be tough! and I'm only in the begining. My diet and nutrition class that I thought was going to be easy is the worst, I think it might have been best to take it on-line. The teacher doesn't teach.

Even as a Medic 91W I got to do a ton of stuff... If a Doctor teaches you a procedure, and under their supervision you are allowed to do it... follys, meds, participate in minor surgery...too bad it's really hard to find a job with an EMT-B in the civillian world and the "scope" of practice is no where near what the Army lets you do... definatly get a M6 Identifier! It helps when you get out, so you will actually have a job when you become a civillian (LPN). The Army is a great experience!!

you're welcome! LOL... hey I loved my job!!!! hopefully after I finish LPN school I can get a job at Winn Hospital and do it on the civillian side.

Thanks!!! at my school we have "prereqs" so I can take those 8 classes in almost any order I want. AP and Med terminology are two of them...good to know which should come first...LOL:uhoh3:

i was regular army, as for reserve you would go through the same training as regular army. basic training then ait which would be "medic" school which i think is now 68w (it used to be 91w... alot of info online still uses 91w) (mos job code) but you would need to get an identifier, which is m6 to be an lpn. so you would be a 68w m6. it a lil different in the army though....some of your training can't be used in civilian world but having the experience is awesome!!! some of the things i've done i would never get to do out here. m6 school is a lil longer than most jobs 91w is 17 weeks training and m6 is an additional 52 weeks along with 9 weeks of basic training of course. here some info: the mission of the united states army practical nurse course is to educate and prepare highly trained battlefield medics in the ranks of private through specialist. the 91wm6 (practical nurse) coupled with health care specialist (91w) training, possess the skill set to provide first line trauma care far forward on the battlefield, perform as members of forward surgical teams, and function in expanded and support roles in combat support hospitals and fixed medical facilities. the 300-m6 course is approved by the board of nurse examiners for the state of texas and upon successful completion, soldiers qualify to take the national council licensure examination for practical nurses (nclex-pn). the soldier must obtain and maintain licensure as a vocational nurse/practical nurse for award of the asi m6. the branch also serves as the proponent for the 300-m3 dialysis specialist course which is conducted at walter reed army medical center in washington, dc. the m6 asi is a prerequisit for m3 training. vision statement: the vision of the u. s. army practical nurse course is to educate and train the 91wm6 for future success, performance, leadership, and most importantly for the survivability of combat forces engaged in battle. if a recruiter said it does not exist... they are lying.... when i went in i just went for a 91w, i did a lil research and knew what i wanted, after you pass the asvab ( you need a score of st = 95 on the asvab, what that means general science (gs); arithmetic reasoning (ar); word knowledge (wk); paragraph comprehension (pc); numerical operations (no); coding speed (cs); auto and shop information (as); mathematics knowledge (mk); mechanical comprehension (mc); electronics information (ei); and sum of word knowledge and paragraph comprehension (ve). st= gs+ve+mk+mc...buy an asvab prep book!) i may have confused you ..... but here's what you need to know, recruiters will try to put you in a job just because they need to fill slots, stick to what you want and never take no for an answer. take the asvab... your score determines what jobs you qualify for, the higher you score the more jobs you can look at .... and you will get that lpn. after you qualify for 91w or 68w whatever they call it (health care specialist if the recruiter looks at you funny:uhoh3:) you must ask for the m6 identifier! after all this you will go to meps (military entrance processing station) have a physical and fill out paper work and then get started on your contract, which is where they will ask what job do you want if they don't, tell them health care specialist with m6...remember the m6! if they tell you no... say ok then i'm not signing up! (it's like buying a car you want the best deal so you are gonna work that sales person, they should get you what you want) i was a medic, thats what i wanted and i told them the same thing...i got what i wanted. m6 = lpn google 91wm6 you will get a ton of info...as for deploying it all depends on the unit...of course regular army would put you at a higher risk of deployment .... i'm not sure how reserve componets work but regular army you could get a hospital on post (you may never deploy!) you could end up in a csh = combat support hospital where you would most definatly deploy...i was part of a ground ambulance unit and they just got back from their deployment. not trying to convince you or anything but do you know that in the regular army you get alot more benifits? also fyi recruiters know hardly anything about anything lol i have a friend who wanted to know the same things you want to know, i told him what i knew...he got so fustrated with the recruiters but went with some knowledge, stuck to his guns and is now just finishing up basic and going to 91w school in about a week. i hope this can help you... let me know

oh... were they hard classes?