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i do each drug by saying out loud their stuff and repeat it till i get it. for example: heart drugs- i say group name, what it does and 1-2 samples of it. if i don't ace it, i repeat it again till i do. then i move on to: neurologic drugs- do the same thing. once i ace it, i include heart drugs. etc. i also even find tricks to help me remember no matter how naughty or stupid it sounds. ex. antianginals drugs-it's to increase ur heart -Nitroglycerin. i think of nitroglycerin as the ride NITRO in Six flags. when ur in that ride, ur heart pounds faster coz ur nervous. Erectile ejection drugs-Afils---got to fill it up to eject. lmao.

Congratulations! I'd say start reading Medical Terminology book and A&P that's good start for now. Most Nursing schools start you off with that, then once you pass that, then you start doing Pharmacology & Calculations, Fundamentals, Maternity, Peds, Med Surg. But if you want to practice your math in Calculations then go ahead, but they don't start you off with that right away. Majority of them start you off w/Med. Terminology and A&P. I'm telling you this not to scare you or anything but it's alot of reading once you get deeper into the program. Try not to memorize it but to understand it. Good Luck!

Hi, I'm going to school in Hohokus in Hackensack & I start in Jan. 2010. Can anyone please tell me how many times are you allowed to fail during the whole entire LPN program & are you allowed to repeat them? If so, how many times? When will you repeat the ones you failed? Will you still be w/your class or be in different class just so you can repeat? I appreciate it. Thank you.

hey! i def agree w/lpncp15 coz im also a current student at merit & im currently waiting to repeat the classes coz i failed 3 of them. i've been waiting for like 3months now just so i can repeat them and the rule is if u get 3 strikes at merit, u have to repeat the major subjs: maternity, peds, pharm, med surg & funds, clinicals too even though u took them already & passed them & there are no discounts!!! each class is about $1K. if you fail again, you're out of the program! yes it's true the tuition is now $13K. this school is totally unorganized, they weren't prepared how fast this school is getting packed & now they're trying to like rush the classes to end so the next class can start. each class ranges from 1wk -2months each. if you're absent the day they give back your test results, they will make you wait till the end of they day to get it. that's so stupid! i dont' know why they can't give it to you right away. as for the midterm & finals, yea its' true it's done by outside the school and some sites we use to take the exams, only allow us not even 1min to answer the question. i believe it was ITT site i think & it was only 50 questions i believe. we went from 125 questions down to like 50!!!! also they don't round up your grade. so if you got 76.9, they won't give u 77 which is the passing grade. they even make us stay OT in class when some students got work. they even made us come in to school during the snow blizzard and one of the prof was lecturing in the hallway while waiting for the receptionist to unlock the classrooms. you also got to pay attention to your receipts, coz they made errors a few x's saying i owe them this or i never paid 3 or 5 months pay, it wasn't in the computer. good thing i had my receipts. no place to study, there's no library, no cafeteria, everything all outside the school. well i dnt knw what else to say, so please dont waste your time w/this school.