littleone49

Yesterday I had my advising session at the college I applied to get my RN at. I graduated in 2010 with my LPN Diploma at the same college. Hoped to get started this coming spring, thought all I needed was the HESI exam to get in. Turns out they have a new curriculum and my GPA from my previous college courses does not meet there requirements.. okay fine.. I will take the two courses they want me to take to see if I can get that raised, no big deal. Only problem is I want to take evening weekends so that I can keep working full time and this program is only offered every other year. So looks like I might not get to start until spring 2015 I am glad that the advisor remembered me from a few years back and remembered the crappy year I while enrolled for my LPN. My step-father had passed away suddenly and it really took me awhile to get my head back into nursing. Even after graduating and passing NCLEX it took me awhile to figure out that I actually do enjoy the profession. I don't know if it was from being a new nurse or the reality of our family's loss but I wanted to quit several times. These last few months something has changed and I know now I want to go on and pursue my RN.

During my schooling for LPN I worked weekends as a CNA at a local nursing home, but I only worked between 5-8hrs every other weekend. I do not have any children yet but there were several in my class that did as well as a co-worker who worked full time while going for her RN. She made it through although she did say it got stressful at times, but I think nursing school is whether you have children or not. I think if you have a good support system and someone good to help you along it will all work out. I am hoping to get enrolled to go on for my RN and I still plan on working full time doing school in the evenings and weekends, finally got that day shift position I want and I really don't want to lose it! Goodluck! :)

Thanks everyone!!

Hey everyone. I am a fairly new LPN grad. Been working at a long-term care facility here in Iowa. Wondering if it would be a good idea for me to carry some type of insurance? Also, if so, what companies are good to go through? Thank You :)

I hated the PDA that was required last year for our school it was slow and so many students had problems with theirs freezing up or not even turning on. This year they upgraded and now we use nursing central, i downloaded it on my ipod touch and love it.

At Iowa Lakes Community College we wear blue scrub top with a white shirt underneath along with white pants and white shoes.

I took my course when I was a Jr. in HS, which was 4 yrs ago. It was a 75 hr course with 4 days of 6hr clinical. I don't feel we had much hands on experience, we only had one resident to take care of.

Totally normail :) when I took my CNA course we only had one resident and had 4 clinical days. That will not prepare you at all, especially when they give you one assist residents. When I got hired I had 10 orientation days. The first couple dadys they just had me follow another CNA who did everything but talked through everything they did. The other days the CNA watched what I did. I still felt really slow when I was finally on my own but gradually I got a routine down. Now I love training new CNA's. Good luck to you :)

I'm with you on this one. I have the worst time trying to pronounce numerous names of medications. I don't believe it has anything to do with you being a bad nurse in the future. If it's new information and new words it will most likely be hard to pronounce, especially meds. :)

I start my second semester LPN Jan. 14. So ready to get back at it :) good luck to everyone :)

I work as a CNA and it was time for 10PM night rounds at the nursing home we work at. Anyway it's said that there is a ghost of a resident that died quite a few years ago and she looks like a resident we had at the time this happened. A call light came on from a resident that it totally independent and very with it. She was complaining and getting very upset that "suzie" was trying to get into her bed. The aide that went to answer her call light insisted that no one was in the room and no other residents in the hall way. But to asure her more she went to "suzie's" room to check on her and she was sound asleep with her alarms pluged-in.

I'm from Iowa and we do ATI. I like the books we got for another resource, but I hate having to be online so many hours a week and take certain tests when I really should be studying for the chapters where doing in class. I don't think it really reflects how we really do. Many students in my class did horrible on ATI but do very well in class and seem have a lot of common sense. I think it takes to much time from what we should be studying and the tests we take for ATI have nothing to do with what were learning in class or is on stuff we have never even talked about. I do believe the books are helpful though just wish we could use it more as another study guide then being actually tested and having to stress more tests.

May 2010 :) :) :)

Im pretty sure i got a B when i took anatomy in high school. For the School i am taking my nursing classes you need a C

I am a second semester student. I enjoyed the first semester. I don't have a lot to tell you for experience since I am just a second semester student, but many of the other students in my class where married and had families or were single parents. To me they seemed they really had their time organized and they did a very good job in class and clinical. To the post before mine. The grading is the same at my school. A is B and so on.