hope1234

Been in LPN class since May. It is very tough, but worth it. Just know, if you decide to go for it, for a year, your life must revolve around school. And dont worry about the Math. If you can add,sub, multiply, divide,and the Metric System then you got it. It is really just a matter of learning the formulas. My school does Dimentional Analyis instead of regular dosage calc. It is so much easier.

To hopefulnurseab: Have u already taken ur Compass?

U r welcome, anytime. It is all very confusing. oh, one more thing off the top of my head. Dont plan on buying ur books cheaper online. They wont release the book list. They kinda force u to buy it from the bookstore. And if they tell u that you will get ur fin. aid reembursement check( if u get fin.aid), soon after u start, that is wrong. We got ours last week.

I expect to graduate April 2012. To my knowledge, there is no way to graduate early. The class is 11 months for all. We all learn and test together. U will b evaluated each term. U must maintain a 81 average to remain in the class. Not to say your grades cant drop below 81. Im saying, at the end of each term, after u have taken the final for each class that term, your average for each class must b 81 or above to advance to the next term. Hope this helps

yep. started 2 weeks ago. LTC first then hospitals and dr office.

Not sure what everyone has told u but it is VERY fast paced. We do anywhere from 2-4 chp. in A&P per week. They try to cram as much as they can in before we start clinicials, which i am already doing,and only started in May. The Foundations is'nt to bad, mostly common sense stuff. Get your social life in now cause u wont have much time for one after u start. I study 5-6 hrs each night. If u can, get u a A&P book now and get a head start. That helped me alot. And study up on MedTerm.

I just started my clinicials for LPN class. We are spending our first week in a LTC. I have been A CNA for years and I am sorry to tell you but this is the way it is most everywhere. While I agree that you will find some CNA"s that dont care, most r not this way. You have to understand, There r many residents, and a very limited amt. of time to get things done. And an even more limited amt. of CNA"s to do all. You have to do the best u can with what u have to work with. You said in your post that u plan to attend RN school. Thats great and good luck to you. However before you do, please rethink the comment you made that u " Dont want to do CNA work". Once u become a RN, dont forget where u came from. There is nothing worse than a nurse who thinks she to good to wipe butt. When I am a LPN, I promise I'll never forget who is the backbone of the whole operation, the CNA"s

I attend TTE. Started in May..

I have just completed my first week in LPN school. Have taken 3 tests my first week. The best advice I can give you as far as preparing for school is to get some books now and start studying. A&P,A&P, A&P. We started with Med Term, which you prob know some of, being a CNA, A&P, and Foundations. Med Term seems to be easy so far(just my first week,so it might get harder),Foundations, the first 2 or3 chpts. seem to be common sense stuff, but A&P is the most confusing stuff I've ever seen. We are into cell parts, OMG! I hope once we get into the body parts and organs, it will get better. I am truely wishing I had taken a class somewhere on it before starting school. Hope this helps.

All the places I've ever worked at expected a reply directly following the offer. Biggest reason being, they prob. have several more waiting behind you.You can always ask if you can have some time. If I were you, I would have a back-up plan in case the Peds thing does'nt work out. Take the offer, then if the Peds Office calls, tell the hospital you have decided to accept a position elsewhere.

New to it all too. Dont know about loans but Pell you can. The way it was explained to me, the school gets your Pell, they take what they need for tution, then give you the rest for supplies,uniforms, books, and whatever is left, you can use however you need to

Very sorry, but this all sounds like a typical day at any LTC. I know that it can be very boring. If it helps, remember that while other differently certified employees r doing the BP's, ROM, and stuff like that, you r providing the most important care your pt's will get for the day. While we think the feeding and bathing(and all the ADL's) are boring, ur pt's , wheather or not they r able to express it, appreciate the fact u are willing to make sure they are'nt hunger, not laying in their own pee(or worse), and u make sure their ears get washed behind. While it all can b a bit rountine, b proud of what u do.

3). If ur talkin bout ward clerk, I worked in ER, was hired w/o any training other than CNA, which was'nt required. I was trained on the job in telementry.

Since there is no measurement for "hard", I would imagine that u would use common sense. Hard enough to dislodge whatever they r choking on, without beatin the crap out of them.

Nails r notorious for causing skin tears. And it is really hard to get Poo out from under them. I vote no.