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Can someone please explain to me what exactly we're supposed to learn from them. We spend so long filling out all the forms we don't actually have time to learn anything of value about our patient or their condition. Does anyone have any insight?

Nurse56, thank you for the link, I will look through when I have a minute. Ashley, I've done just that, we'll see, I didn't get much help the first go request, maybe it will be two times a charm, if it's three, I guess I will ask another way. The th...

Ah ha, Thank you Joy, I did finally find it. Clearly not enough has changed in the teaching of care plans or at the very least in the explanation of care plans.

My original post question still stands, what exactly are we supposed to be learning? How to think like a nurse, the different forms we fill out have yet to help. Clinical is the only place I feel like I've learned how to think, next steps, what to ...

the problem is not everyone learns from sitting in front of a computer screen. I would get WAY more out of care plans if someone walked me through the thinking in action, that's where care plans are formed anyhow. Still makes no sense to me to teac...

Just the thought of allowing immigrants to help with a "nursing shortage" is so infuriating!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Teacher, I took 205 during the summer at Paradise Valley with -----, Awesome guy! His ex was a Nurse so he's aware of what you need to know. Also one of my classmates in Gateway's LPN program took the accelerated 8 week A&P class during block 1 ...

For anyone that doesn't get in take Human pathophysiology, you will be so happy you did! The class sets you nicely for the first block. The exams ask "NCLEX style" questions which are so different than any other test. In some areas my Pathophys cl...

Sammer, Heart and Jobless have great advice. One of the challenges to interviewing is we never do it. Heart mentioned doing practice interviews with friends and family, I can't think of anything better. Practice makes perfect and the rule still ap...

Deeval, You have an advanced placement application to fill out (it's on the Maricopa site). There is not a list like there is for the traditional RN program. They place you based on your HESI-PN scores into whatever program has an opening for Bloc...

I would strongly suggest the VA, it's an excellent hospital out here. I know for sure ALL their wound care nurses are NP's and with your prior military service it would make paperwork processing faster. You know how long the government takes to pro...

Please keep us posted on their progress. As a student moving though the system I would hate to have my education delayed by bureaucracy, though it wouldn't be the first time

miteacher, there may be a confusion going on. No Gateway does not normally do "summer session" the accelerated LPN program starts/ends earlier than the traditional program, i.e. we actually started two weeks earlier than the traditional program. Th...

tolerating mediocrity is a form of condoning it. It's too bad a school with such a great reputation allows this type of behavior.

you obviously had the day program. The quizzes in the night program are insane, they don't reflect the material lectured in class nor do they reflect the reading material. One of our instructors is prepared for class, effectively lectures on the ma...

Know your rights, not all states make you declare things that are so old especially a misdemeanor. You might just be shooting yourself in the foot. Do some homework on what your state requires, they may not even look past 7 years ago.

Wouldn't pathophysiology be included as part of the nursing program? I'm hoping to start this January. Yes and No. Patho used to be a pre-req but now they say it's been incorporated into your nursing education. Nursing school is going so fast, I c...

Pathophysiology...I second that! I just started NS at Gateway and am already glad I took that course. There was a thread that nearly every other person said to take the course so i modified my work schedule to fit it in. Bottom line BEST thing I e...

Since I'm stuck waiting I thought I would use my time wisely and take Pathophys but not sure what the class is like. I imagine it can't be much more work than BIO 202 because they are both 200 level courses. Anyone have any hints, it's the 7am clas...

I loved the Pathophys at PVCC, I took it with ----- , she also teaches Nurses so she is more clinical in Pathophys than scientific. It's work though and even harder if you are still in BIO 201/202, not impossible but much harder

Thank you so very much for sharing your experience. I will be starting the same program in August and this is a great snapshot of what to expect. I suspected the reading would be that intense. Do you work full time too? I work 50 hours a week and...

wrong gauge staples...LOL!!! Since it took 4 months, yes, 4 months to get my CNA since for some strange reason the couldn't "read" my fingerprints, I should have known it could be an ordeal. Thanks for the info, maybe if I put it on a jet plane it ...

Question I can't find an answer to...how long after completing the LPN program can you become licensed as an LPN? I hope I can obtain an LPN license and begin working before entering Block 3. How possible is this?

Wanna Be, sure we have no prob welcoming a new addition to our group. We sort-of set up a meet time for June 5th at 11am Desert ridge SBUX. Good Luck getting into the Banner program

I can't believe all this time I've never seen this thread. I am an acupuncturist and going to Nursing school. After 5 years at struggling to make Acupuncture work I decided to return to school only to have my Acupuncture practice start to get busie...