HeatherMax

HeatherMax

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  1. How much schooling?

    I am taking a basic A&P class right now, I will be taking an algebra refresher, CHEM 1, intro to healthcare and CPR/First Aid for the medical worker starting in May. I have to take the TEAS V by...
  2. Is there a chart of how the job task duties differ

    Not for school, I am trying to figure out the difference between the three. I had made the decision to go to school for LPN, work a few years and then do the bridge program. Now everyone and their...
  3. Capping ceremony

    tparker I would love to hear more about your school! I am also in Hampton Roads and looking for as many schools to check out as I
  4. I keep hearing it is a 2 year wait at TCC, AND you have to have a A in all of your science and math pre-requisites. Have you found this to be true? Or is it just bunk to scare away competition for the...
  5. LPN program in Hampton Roads?

    I have since found a few vocational schools/Adult learning centers locally too...so many
  6. Any career switchers starting in the Fall?

    I am leaving my job as a pharmacy tech to study nursing. I want to do more to help people than just count pills, and the cool pharmacy jobs are so few and far between, I will be stuck in retail...
  7. Drug dosage calculation class?

    This is a great place to take practice tests and watch videos of how to do the math. Pharmacy Math to study for the PTCB or
  8. I am waiting to hear if I made the cut for the PCT, the program I am hoping for is taught at the hospital and you are guaranteed a job offer. My long term goal is to continue working on my nursing...
  9. Nurse Corps Scholarship Program

    Is there an age
  10. LPN Case Study

    I would look up the medications and read about the side effects, I would also ask the patient what time he is taking the meds, esp the
  11. LPN Case Study

    BID is twice a day, QD is every day, PO is by mouth and INH is inhaled and Q4H is every 4 hours. The Proventil and Theodur are for asthma, the furosemide is generic Lasix, a duretic for congestive...
  12. Looking for advice about the very few schools in the Hampton Roads area.
  13. How competitive is the
  14. A year between pre-reqs and nursing school?

    Here it is a 2 year wait list, for many of the schools. If you can afford the private school you are pretty much guaranteed a spot in the next class if you pass the entrance exam. For the 2 year wait,...
  15. physiology and microbiology during the summer??

    Will your school allow it? Mine won't allow more than one science subject per semester. I tried, I want to get the prerequisites done asap. Good
  16. Drug dosage calculation class?

    I am teaching myself from a used dosage and calculations text book and you
  17. LPN Entrance Exam

    Heck I hope
  18. I have been going through the list of schools posted here and so far none of the schools I have called still offer the LPN program. Are there any schools in the Hampton Roads area that still offer...
  19. Where have all the LPN programs gone?

    I was very impressed with Riverside, I think I am going to
  20. Where have all the LPN programs gone?

    I had planned on going to Portsmouth, but they no longer offer LPN. I am disappointed, it was a great price and very close to my home. I am still waiting to hear back from VA Beach and Norfolk, and...
  21. Where have all the LPN programs gone?

    I looked into MCI a long time ago when I was thinking about going RN, it is way too much money for me, plus with an active duty husband and 3 small kids I dont think I could keep up with that pace. I...
  22. Where have all the LPN programs gone?

    Ok so it seems that Riverside still offers it as well as Thomas Nelson. Are there any
  23. Cheapest school in Hampton Roads

    I am looking to get my associates degree in nursing, but I am older, married with 3 kids, so I need to do it as cheap as possible! Are there any coupons for college?
  24. teas test at NVCC

    I would love more info too! (Graduated HS in 1994 so I am rusty to say the
  25. Cheapest school in Hampton Roads

    It is hard to figure out what the right choice is in schools.... I want to be a RN, I know that for sure, I just didn't know there were so many ways to achieve it. When applying for a nursing job,...