sallydee101

1. before you sign....ask to see the schedule of classes. I was told we have different times...once in verry little flexability. My job then had no flexability.

Ffranco I went summer before last, and found it over whleming working full time. 2 weeks in I had surgery had to drop out. I am back at ccri. I am a LPN so getting in the program at ccri is faster.I have all a's at ccri with one c I got in a summer anatomy class I am retaking.(yep they are right dont take it in the summer). Due to health reasons in 2 weeks I was struggling there...and never had issues before. There is no flexability in classes you take them when offered when I was there, so working nights was an issue with me as I could not get to 8 am classes from work.If you arnt working, dont have kids, or a life, and can give all your time to the program it is a great program. My other beef....once you attend one class and drop you are responsible for the entire semesters bill.I have over 5 grand owed for a semester I went for 2 weeks. again I think it is a great program to get it done fast, but you have to go full time and no flexability in class times. I did my LPN in a nother state set up the same way and knew how it would go jsut sudden surgry blew it for me. Minorities....I do not think this is an issue, classes are smaller so less people but there were a varried selection of people in my class. If you go I have books from that semester email me and I will gladly share. they might be an older eddition.

I think it is normal. The gals who pull the day Baylor say the same thing. I work as a LPN on a 60 bed LTC unit Baylor..(love it)..my two 12 hour 7p to 7a shifts are a lot of the time 14 hours.. Monday I am zombied even after sleeping. My body hurts. I have started going to a gym and feel my endurance is better at work but come monday dont ask mommas taxi to go anywhere.By tuesday I can play catch up in the house and feel normal.But then Tuesday I have class....

I am on acute psy unit. The very nurses who say " we are not real Nurses, have a easy job, do nothing ect..." have a fit if pulled to our unit and then are scared to go out behind the nurses station. So ask them...we need a nurse on our shift want to transfer.....normally stops them in their tracks.

I find this intresting as seasoned LPN who has worked pulmonary step down, med surg, a travel nurse, ED, long term care, ect and now in acute psy setting. I am choosing NETECH for the speed. This is a long time goal put off by raisng children and being a caregiver to my spouce for years who passed away with huntingtons disease two years ago. The reason of my choice for NET is simple I like the program, the speed, convience and class size. If I finish in 2 years and on the higher end of the pay scale it will take 2 years to make the difference up in what I paid for school. While CCRI, RIC,URI ect......those schools with long waiting list I would still be in class . If your young, mom still paying your way yes go the BA route. Having worked with nurses with educations from all types of backgrounds...you learn, book knowledge is your back ground but until you hit the floor for a few years you realize how little you really know. After a few years it becomes natural, you move then think. In pulmonary stepdown we dealt with vents and codes almost daily, and you need the ability to react with a second nature. We dreaded a new grad witha BA so little schooling in patient care compared to other programs. A LPN does 18 hours of clinical a week in my home state for 13 months with only 3 weeks off in that time for breaks. The AD program did that much in 2 years.....the BA were strong in management but weak in patient care.