This is my second day in the nursing program and already we have our first test on Friday. The test is over 350 medical terms. Next week we start Intro to Nursing and that test is like 3 days after...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Med Surg! It was great. It was a transition from CNA work to Lpn work. I've given full patient care while starting IV's, d/c'g and starting foley caths, blood draws, wound care, and ng tubes! Ive done...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
First day of I.V. Therapy was a full day of information. We went over everything, even acid/base. So much material leading up to the procedure of venipuncture, but it did help in the understanding....
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Thank you enchantress! Ok so today was the last day of clinical in the geriatric site.Tuesday was our last day of geriatric theory. We had a final Tuesday and my overall theory grade was an A. Today I...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Thank you Ivaiav. I truly appreciate it and I'm glad my experiences are helping others like you. That's why I wrote this forum because when I was making my decision to start lpn school there was only...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Geriatrics clinical: It's fun! I finally get to care for patients and be hands on. And all the practice on our dummies really helped. So a day in clinical starts out in pre conference. This is were I...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
So we were tuaght med math on Thursday. Had test 1 on Friday..were taught even more math..then took our final that following Monday. Med math. I passed it! With an 92 % A. ME!..MISS BAD AT MATH passed...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
ashleys: don't be scared!! It's really fun because it's exactly what you want to do. It's to the point without all that extra hoopla most majors make you go through before you can get to the meat and...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Ok. I passed anatomy and physioolgy! Now on to nurtrition! So far we hav been learning about vitamins and such. Not too much on the first day but it is alot of stuff to remember. Clinicals start in...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
I have made it to anatomy and physiology! It's hard. I won't lie. There just soo much more information in this section. We have covered all but 3 chapters of the book in one week. We have already had...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
ADRIANE: I have been in college since i graduated highschool and I can tell you that nursing school is a bit different ...alot different..the material...the way its taught and the way you have to...
yes i just took my first set of ati modules for my course. it was..different. the questions were what i'm used to on the test we take in our course but they focused on more situational things....
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
hair 303... don't worry! I may make it sound hard on here because I am typically wrapping up days into one so you guys can get an idea of everything..don't get me wrong this is the hardest thing I...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
My program is 12 months long. What you can do to get a leg up?...I would get a nursing math made incredibly easy book and start looking through fractions and decimals if you have been out of school...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Well so far so good. Ive passed my check offs on ngt, cath, and more. We have dummies to practice and do our check off's on so we don't do it on each other if anyone was wondering. Right now I have...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Ok. Sorry I havent been on this week but I've been ultra busy. This post will be short untill I can make it back to do a really good post! So far we have started Nursing Fundamentals and were learning...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
This is my second week of school and today was my second test. Its was the first quiz for Intro to Nursing and I made an 97%. I only missed one question. Now we seem to be getting into the nitty...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Thanks for all the support you guys!! Yeah our instructors said everything builds on everything else we learn. Well remember that big test I mentioned.....I GOT AN 94%!!!:dances:: This week has been...
This is for anyone who is stressed out during the first week of nursing school... I just started and already we have a test of 350 med terms this friday. We have to make an 82% or above or we get...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to NursingLadyQuinn's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Thanks! Yeah ive made flashcards,gimmick test, said em out loud a million times (im an audio learner), and wrote them over and over. me and my classmates calculated and we can miss 63 total and pass...
NursingLadyQuinn replied to iwillbanurse08's topic in LPN, LVN Students
I started my first day and now I'm on my third. It's really hard right off the bat but it's just a lot of studying at night and very fast paced during the day at school. For those of you who are...