You need to know the cranial nerves for assessment. However, LPN's scope is not to assess as much as an RN perhaps, but like the above posters said in the places you will work you are the eyes and...
Its so hard to say how much time you need to spend, it all depends on how effective your study techniques are. I spent about an hour or two every other night and on Wed I would outline the chapter...
I didn't use Taber's you get a drug guide with your book packet and the internet was helpful, but its all up to you on the extras! I bought a bunch of random stuff and still do for school and research...
you may know, or if anyone else knows, i know i have been accepted. my letter says we will get all our info, books, etc at orientation. so, am i already registered for class or do i need to do that?...
We barely saw the second semester PN students and I sure had a lot of questions as a newbee I wish I could have asked... so any way I can help. It was crazy, stressful and fun all rolled into one....
Physiology as in A&P? You'll be wasting your time with the PCT as the "skills" section is just Pass or Fail, and you won't fail. You get plenty of practice with Foley and glucose sticks in labs...
talk to the nursing advisor about your plans to make sure you have everything you need. you have to take the hesi and score the 800 but other than that... you just have to pass block 1 & 2....
They have actually started getting the dirt area ready for the prospect. There was some talk about it at the hospital the other day too. Not sure how close it is to the design or build stages. But it...
Our program encourages us to do at least 3 NCLEX-PN questions a night. They want to continue the 100% pass rate they have now. Its your education, Nursing is a serious business and well a lot of...
PCT is some states require a CNA and further because some states allow PCT aka Nurse Techs to insert and dc foleys, dc iv's, vs, and do accuchecks as well as patient
I saw a posting for new grad jobs at Children's that start in July. Go to their website they have a list of criteria 3.0 GPA, two letters of recommend from clinical instructors... stuff like
I can't remember much as it was may of 08 when I took it, and I don't have any of my notes but I do still have my books. But feel free to PM me and I will help all I
The final was worse than the midterm, at least the midterm I had was pretty much what I studied. The thing about the RIO tests is that they can be over EVERYTHING in the chapters, not just what was...
I found it helpul to watch the lectures from Berkley once we got indepth on the material from cell recognition to functions to help study. It broke up all the reading. Rio is memorize memorize...
Glina is starting in the Aug 2009 ( This falls program- WTG and congrats again! ) and momto2lilgirls is currently in the night program of the spring 09 semester- Block 1 ! I'm in the day program at...
All of the AYL's you've seen before are up for grabs on the midterm and for the second part of the semester those are for the final. I think there were 4 essay questions and 80 multiple choice...
Tinae you were just placed at Rio? Well keep us posted because there are not many people on here that have been in that program! I'd be interested to see how it goes. I took all my pre-reqs their but...
I applied to Gateway in October and got right in. I am doing the LPN Fastrack program and then rolling into Block 3 once I get all of the co-reqs completed for the MCC programs. I like the program...
I didn't reapply for Fall, I didn't have all the co-reqs completed, as almost all of the people in that semester did I guess. But I got into Gateway which after talking to my friends in the CAC...
I did the CNA at CAC on Sat last spring the only thing was that it was long and fills pretty fast. Every Sat for 16 weeks. I loved my instructors there. I go to Gateway now for their PN program. You...