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dblpn

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  1. Instructor's throwing out exam questions

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That is horrible for an instructor to throw that many questions out just bc alot of students scored very low. are they insane? those students who scored in the 50's should get what they deserve and...

  2. Instructor's throwing out exam questions

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    LOL! omg i thought my school was the only one who does this. just today on our pharm exam there were two questions where one was thrown out and the other had two right answers, so if you chose at...

  3. most difficult section

    dblpn replied to pupsnpaws's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    eventhough i'm doing well in A&P it is still the hardest so far. pharm is going great got an exam in that tommorrow. i really can't wait to get done with A&P also FON

  4. Lutheran school students or former grads...?

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in General Nursing

    you didn't graduate from lutheran? i know it's a really old program and school building and they should really upgrade. i'm sorry, all of these schools get a ton of money in tuition from students and...

  5. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    dblpn replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    hey john, i'm in missouri as well. i've been doing fingersticks for years too and never had any problem. i dunno, probably some aide screwed up somewhere and now a chain reaction has started where all...

  6. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    dblpn replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    i'm not surprised this is happening. our instructor the other day told us that UAP's (unlicensed assistive personel [cna's, techs etc..]) could no longer do insertion of foley catheters b/c of the...

  7. Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    dblpn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    my profile is not misleading maybe you should go back and reread it. i've been and still is a CNA,CMT,PCT and now a new nursing student! i've been in the field for about 20yrs. so no misleading there....

  8. Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    dblpn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    that's right i don't know for sure if the teacher said d5 or d50. and if you're thinking that i should know which one would bring up a blood sugar, i don't. well, i'm a new nursing student and we...

  9. Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    dblpn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    that could've been what the patient got i dont know. the instructor said d5 or maybe d50 cant remember

  10. Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    dblpn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    actually that list applied to me a few yrs. ago when i was in rn school. some but not all that is on there. not all students do like you and i do if we dont get the grade we hoped to get. even if i...

  11. Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    dblpn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    C- students are more likely to struggle through and fail out of nursing school. C-students are more likely to be those last minute studyers and poor test takers. C-students are more likely to cram for...

  12. Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    dblpn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    i understand how you feel but i have to disagree. i'm in lpn school right now and maintaing a's & b's on my exams. i did recieve a "c" on one of my A&P exams which i was very disappointed...

  13. So how's everyone doing in their lpn program?

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Has any of you in your IV therapy class (that's what we got in my program) needed to get a seperate book for doing IV's? the book is pretty pricey and i didn't need a seperate book for IV therapy when...

  14. Loud, rude ,disrespectful behavior in the classroom

    dblpn posted a topic in General Students

    How do you deal with this type of behavior? unfortunately, there are a few students in my lpn class where those words describe them to a T. for instance, when the teacher is lecturing over a...

  15. Loud, rude ,disrespectful behavior in the classroom

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in General Students

    gunners? never heard of that

  16. Loud, rude ,disrespectful behavior in the classroom

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in General Students

    i understand what you're saying. i've used situations in my family before there is nothing wrong with that. what gets me is how these particular women are just plain rude when they interrupt the...

  17. Loud, rude ,disrespectful behavior in the classroom

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in General Students

    i have two children and i know exactly what you're talking about, but i don't interrupt the teacher about something that my kids do/don't do all the time, i just think it's rude. we all want to talk...

  18. Loud, rude ,disrespectful behavior in the classroom

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in General Students

    great advice thank you. i've thought about going to the instructors and talk with them because i see they too get annoyed with this kind of behavior that goes on. if that doesn't work, i'm off to the...

  19. How do you deal with annoying classmates?

    dblpn replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    omg i just made a thread something similar to this. i think it is really sad that we, those of us who are trying to learn, have to put up with this kind of crap in class. i really don't care to hear...

  20. Got through my first semester of LPN course....whew!!!

    dblpn replied to SoutheastMurse's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Good for you on making it thru your first semester. it just goes by sooo fast. i got six chapters of pharm to read before our test next monday, i feel pretty good about it been having my head in the...

  21. So how's everyone doing in their lpn program?

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That's great LpAngel. i have about 9 months to go, cant wait until it's OVER! i got the feeling we're gonna lose a few students soon and i really hate it because a few of them are really trying to...

  22. Do we feel entitled to a job just because we're nurses?

    dblpn replied to MesaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    MesaRN, you as so on point. i'm in lpn school and will go into an rn bridge and hope to work in the ICU. you do make some valid points. we as nursing students do feel a sense of entitlement when we...

  23. Anyone here after struggling with an RN program?

    dblpn replied to Laura77598's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hi laura. i'm a former rn student and current lpn student just started recently going into my second trimester next month. i thought lpn school would be much easier but it's not just like the rn...

  24. So how's everyone doing in their lpn program?

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    omg stop it dont rub it in our faces lol. j/k you are so lucky to be graduating soon and i wish you and your classmates all the

  25. So how's everyone doing in their lpn program?

    dblpn replied to dblpn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    i couldn't believe that i passed my human growth exam today with a B! i really didn't study as much as i should have because i was working on my parmacology. omg i was almost in tears today i am so...