Mrs.S1071

The cool thing about this to me is...if yall get in, I will be in your class next May. Im doing the bridge program. ( well if i get accepted).

Not always, they have a ton of people that applied to the LVN program, they had all 3 campuses at one school today going over the final applications. Im sure the RN (ADN) program is doing the same. They have A LOT too. I "think" they also (RN's) have to go through the applications for the bridge program too. They all have been running ragged both programs going through the applications. I know the LVN normally get the official approval letters in May. Thats when I got mine. It will say on letter head, congrats, you were accepted. here are is the other list of things that need to be done before school starts. (its not a lot.)

Are yall talking about LVN program for Navarro who's main campus is in Corsicana? Im just wondering if its the same college. If it is, more than likely you got the acceptance letter of you application to get an application. Im in the LVN program now and we were off today because they were going through all the applications to figure out who was accepted into the program for the 2011-2012 program yr.

I do have a flip side to this. We are fixing start clinicals and our instructors were telling us how we knock on the door and introduce ourselves.... A couple of them told us to say....HI I'm (insert name), I will be your nurse today. I dont feel comfortable saying that. I am not a "Nurse" yet. Im only a student nurse. I dont feel I should say Im a nurse. I should say I'll be your student nurse today.

My school here in Texas we had to have a background check, drug test and a full physical health check. All outof our pocket cost.

My poor husband, hes so proud of me that he brags to everyone he knows and sees..He was telling me about how one of his customers (sales homes), She was an RN and so he bgan bragging about how his wife is in Nursing School to become a....wait for it..... "Licensed Registered Nurse" LOL I about died when I heard that...laughed so hard. Im going for LVN...:rotfl:

We are only 2 weeks into classes. My first block of classes are Fundamentals, vocational concepts, Health Science and Meds Admin. We've had 7 tests so far, my grades so far have been: Fundamentals: Test 1 88% Test 2 86% Voc. Concepts Test 1 90% Health Science Test 1- 84% Test 2 92% Meds Admin Test 1 88% Test 2 85%

I have a friend that is a CNA (nothing against CNA's I understand they are the ones that get shafted in the end) This friend made a comment on how they helped at an accident. They made a comment, Now I really feel like a nurse. At the time I got my acceptance letter to school so I was OFFICIALLY a nursing student. I didnt say anything to this person but took offense to them calling them self a nurse when they hadn't even been through official nursing school. I felt like, you are a nurse Assistant not a nurse. Again I have nothing against CNA's personally i feel they are paid CRAP for what all they have to do!! I don't know about anywhere else but most Cna's around here only get paid like $8-$9 an hour. That is WAY to little!!! I have told my CNA friend if once I graduate if I ever talk down or put down CNA's smack the sh*t out of me because without yall, a lot of jobs wouldn't get done.:bowingpur

Thank you for being nice to us nursing students. I'm a little scared of when we start our clinicals. Ive been told that the nurses will get us to do all their work (within our "student" limits) and that sometimes even the CNA's will use us. I hope that once I graduate I will keep in mind out nervous I was and help out a student when they come to my floor or where ever I'm working. And, I hope that I can build them up.

Student Nurse answered....Hope it helps. :)

We have to have them for school, everyone I talk to (scrubs companies) say that Dickie's lost their license, they are still making and selling them they just aren't in the large amounts they use to. They said that Dickie's is in the works of getting their license back so they can mass produce again.

What I have bought: My required school books, pens,pencils, spirals, bulk size of the "pocket note pads", clip on book tabs, durable tabs, LVN Patches (required), highlighters, Clipboard, white socks, Small bag for meds (personal ie Tylenol..), stethoscope,blood pressure cuff, 2 pen lights Need to buy: 2 sets of scrubs (for clinicals) 1 set of "fun" scrubs,shoes, Create to put in truck to hold my books, overnight bag for spare clothes, under armor, a watch, white lab coat, printer ink, travel size toiletries ie deodorant, mouthwash, tooth brush. T There are more things i need to buy just cant remember.

We get to wear any style of scrubs we want only on fridays when we are in the lab skills other than that we just wear street clothes. The dickies scrubs are for when we are at clinicals. We HAVE to wear our lab coat into the clinical site every time we go no matter what the temp is outside. (dont have to keep wearing it inside just as we're walking in)

Well, we start in just a couple more days....I cant wait!! Do yall have everything you need for class? (supplies wise...). I have to check a couple of my books, I looked at the handbook and the ISBN # isnt the same as whats on the books.

We have to get Navy blue Dickies. Can only be Dickies. And a white lab coat both have to have our patch on the arm.