Amzie91

Hello Twrights! You are very welcome for the response. As a matter of fact I think I was the only one in my class without kids with the exception of maybe one other person you should do very well in this program as your kids are a little older to your advantage they can understand a little better as opposed to having toddlers that are in daycare which you would have to drop off and pick up. My classmates and I did have limited time for family especially around test-sutdying time. If you can quit you're job without serious debt and consequences that would help you alot with spending time with family. There were many people in my program who worked part-time including myself and did fine but if you can leave work until school is done that is a very BIG help. Working full-time is out of the question just to let you know. And it is very good that your going full-time during the day as it is quick and you get more help from teachers, guest speakers and you have more motivation. For financial aid, everyone gets it. They will get you enough money to completely cover your tuition in loans so no they definitely don't make you pay back more than $300.00/mo. on a payment plan and that's a bill just to pay a very small portion into your loan. You don't have to start paying your loans back until 6 months after you graduate and if you start an RN program the following year or any institution with a program for higher learning your loans will be deferred. Now since you have kids I know a few the went to Excelsior College for RN and love the program. I encourage you to continue you're education most LPN's love the job and get comfortable because the money is good. But if you plan to stay an LPN don't listen to what people tell you about phasing us out. 2/3 of nurses are LPNs they will stay around for a longtime especially with the burn out rates of new RNs who are young and dumb and didn't know what they were getting themselves into when they decided to go for nursing for the simple reason of wanting to be a nurse since they were two. Go for it nursing=sacrifice I will also send you this in an e-mail to the address you sent me you can return it with the address it's sent by. Good luck I hope to see you on here as a future nurse! Please feel free anytime to ask me any questions and when you're in school ask me anything about classwork I had a 3.8 GPA and I am an RN student tutor in RN school so I am more than happy to help you from an LPN point of view as well as an RN point of view :-) I am very excited for you please keep me posted

Hello Twrights, I am glad to hear you're inquiring about nursing school. I know exactly what you mean being underpaid and overworked and don't forget disrespected (me being a nursing assistant for 4+ years). Let me say that before I started going to LTI I did lots of research and all I saw were bad reviews on this school. A couple of months before I even inquired about LTI's program I was talking to someone at my community college who was telling me to stay away from LTI. Even after hearing nothing but bad reviews I decided to give LTI a try. At the time I was already done all my prereqs for any RN program and I was tired of taking unnecessary classes just to pass time in hopes of getting accepted into the RN program at my community college so I called Lincoln Tech to set up an appointment. Anyway to make a long story short I called LTI from my old college parking lot and ironically I walked out as a graduate nurse from that same parking lot (Our graduation was held at my old cc's stadium). I waited 3 years at CC to get into an RN program and now I finally got accepted and I'm starting an RN program next week at a four-year college that is HIGHLY REPUTABLE with bragging rights (affiliated with and renowned by UPENN Hospital, Jefferson, CHOP, Temple etc.) I'm now projected to have my RN-BSN in two years, 2 1/2 respectively. So what do I have to say about LTI? I came, I saw, I conquered. I am a working nurse making $26/hr. I went there to become a nurse I saw what I had to do to become one and I became one. YES there is drama among students YES even drama with teachers the question is does that effect you? If you're humble and you stay to yourself you will succeed at this school. This school is more-so self-study so what goes on in the classroom shouldn't effect you. The teacher will tell you what you need to know and YES they put their experiences in their lectures as well and do they talk about personal life? SURE ALL THE TIME because as a nurse you learn from personal experiences whether theirs' or your own. AND YES some teachers do go more into their personal lives than others but that's people everywhere you go just remember this is an adult technical school they do not baby you here they live by their handbook which clearly states that THE STUDENT is liable for using all resources incorporated in their program. So if you have a class lecture on disease processes you should read into anything that wasnt gone over in detail during previous class time. Any chapters that are on a test should not only be studied by reading the powerpoints given but you should also highlight any extra details in your text book. Classmates at LTI are generally full of drama and disrespect but those are the ones you will see gone by the 1st or 2nd term one way or another. You'll find who you can rely on for studying and form a trustworthy study group by 2nd term. You may come across mix ups with your documents due to those faculty who do not do a good job but anything and everything can always be solved by a standard nursing measure DOCUMENTATION. One thing I will say about this school is make copies of everything you turn in keep track of your attendance VERY IMPORTANT! Keep documentation of everything from making copies of you're homework to emails to voice mails just always have yourself covered especially with teachers, FINANCIAL AID, BILLING, and ATTENDANCE BIG THINGS AT THIS SCHOOL! YES LTI is for profit so they try to squeeze every dollar they can out of anywhere or any person they think they can do it to and guess what? That type of stuff was never done to me because I document everything and remember exactly what was told to me so if it tries to get switched up I can go back on what was originally said to save my butt of any concerns. Sounds like a lot but its not. If you truly want to be a nurse this is nothing compared to the great responsibility you will have. And to also add on nursing itself is a field you really have to understand and want to be in. The money is great but the burnout is greater. Many of my LTI graduating class and I are working nurses at hospitals, dialysis, prisons, pediatric facilities, immunization clinics, home health, rehab the list goes on and on and this was only a month or two after graduation. Many of us took our boards within a month or two after graduation. The state boards of nursing licensure DO NOT LIE. Think about if you desire enough to become a nurse to go through with everything I have just given you and do more research. The best of luck to and your future career aspirations. ASB, LPN

Dear OP I would give Lincoln Tech a 7 on a scale from 1-10. This school is a good school with good resources and information. You want to be a nurse and this school will train you to be a nurse. The boards don't lie. I had the minimum of 85 questions on my boards meaning I was well prepared for it. I attended the full-time day program. They have a full-time evening program which is almost identical. Clinicals start within a month. The teas is general but I would say touch up on math if that's your weakness. When you meet the adviser don't run. The way they call your phone constantly and keep a consistent smile may make you suspicious or maybe that was just me Tutoring is definitely available with three professors and one LTI grad of 3 years ago who is very exceptional. The only bad about this school are the students who aren't fit to be in nursing period and dramatize the classroom. LTI is full of complaining students yes the school has things to work on but by the time I started LTI had started all their major improvements and my experience was great. Teachers are great if you let them be which a lot of students don't b/c they complain. Clinicals start about a month into the program. Clinical sites are good but not as good as they used to be. Why? B/c of students. LTI has lost Cooper Hospital (NICU, nursery, maternity unit) voorhees pediatrics and Ancora Psychiatric Hospital all b/c of disrespectful students. You will never make it in nursing if you're disrespectful, ignoarant and a complainer which most LTI students are. I think LTI should have a more strict admissions process. Other than that the instructors are knowledgeable and experienced nurses with bachelors masters and PHD's. If you're like me and can ween out the negative attitudes and focus on your studying LTI is a fine institute for you. I've made some great friends, who like me are serious about nursing. Ironically me and the friends I made at LTI all passed the boards are working and starting RN programs this year hmmm and we never took part in the nonsense going on in the classroom! Classmates cry and want to petition because they fail a test they weren't prepared for and blame it on teachers. Students pick on other students out of jealousy, cliques form but if you're mature and humble you by pass all of that. Teachers sometimes can't stand students but who would like to deal with adult students that act like a a highly disrespectful preteens with no home training. Sorry this is so lengthy but in full DISCLOSURE good luck in your decision making ASB, LPN

Hello and great to hear your inquiring about nursing school I would just like to say as a recent Lincoln Tech grad and now EMPLOYED LPN that you are making a great choice! Do NOT Listen to negatives!!! I wouldn't tell you not to go to lincoln tech when I have my license and you dont! Lincoln tech has its faults but they are working on them! There statistics are bad based off students 2 years ago who have still not taken the nclex!!! Let me tell you more than half my class has taken it 1-2 months after gradutaion and PASSED! 3 that have fulltime and multiple jobs making between 26-30! And if you can get pell your set you'll pay 115 tops/mo. They do monthly installments of what ever is left over. I got pell to my tuition is ultimately $19,000.00 in loans 1,200 i paid over the 12 months i was at lti b/c a portion is mandatory while you're in school. Now remember this is a technical school so stay away from the drama. Some teachers are great but theres some not so great ones but what can you do? Pick up your books and study! Im a self study type of person this is a self study type of school but it can work in groups if you want it. Theres nice people who are about their schoolwork and getting the hell out and there are people you'll see fail semester after semester like nursing is a game. If you want your license and want it fast go for it. You'll have to put up with somethings but can you beat 12 months and then done?? Im going right into an rn program in august fulltime after being waitlisted for 2 years! Since im going fulltime my loans are deferred as long as im fulltime. Its your future dont let anyone talk it down

Hello and congrats!!! I will be starting Gwynedd Mercys nursing program this fall and I have friends in this program who love it it is known and highly reputable among hospitals. The school even has bragging rights for their nursing program. My clinical instructor for LPN school was a graduate of Holy Family and she said the program was good so do a little more research and if you come to gwynedd mercy keep in touch ill see you in the fall :-)

By the way today is GRADUATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello nursing prospects and/or students I am pleased to inform you I am graduating from LTI and am now a graduate nurse. It is very possible! LTI has come a long way they are wayyyyy more organized than what I've heard. They have great resources even for graduates. We get an online course from ATI (the testing website that administers the teas v test) and we have are own personal instructor that helps us to take the boards and literally gives us the greenlight to test when we are ready. This is very possible! I am now ready to work as an lpn! Also LTI has helped me get into a very reputable RN program that I start in September! If I didn't go to LTI I'D STILL BE ON A WAITING LIST SLAVING FOR LITTLE MONEY. Now I have a cushion and experience and nursing knowledge going into my RN :-) thank you for replying any questions please ask I will be on often

Hello all and thax for replying to my post Haven't entered a post in a while as you can see but have nothing more than good news. I am very happy with Lincoln Tech's LPN program. Yes YOU have to put more than money into your education. Those who have negative comments I am very sorry that you did not have the same experience with Lincoln Tech as I but I believe the school is very fine if you truly want to become a nurse and won't complain about a few small issues compared to that. Yes it is a very expensive program but the other very reputable LPN program in the area raised their tuition to just as WITHOUT FA ASSISTANCE AND A FLAT PAYMENT OF $4000.00 EVERY 3 MONTHS OR BYE BYE. Lincoln Tech works with you and your payment plan and your loan can be owed back for up to 10 years after grad and you don't start paying it until 6 months after grad. DON'T LISTEN TO NEGATIVITY FROM THOSE WHO WENT TO THIS SCHOOL. THEY HAVE THEIR LPN WHILE THEY'RE TELLING YOU NOT TO GET IT? Go for it if you want it I hear the same things about an online LPN to RN program which I will be enrolling in but guess what I'm going to do it and get my RN and no one's going to stop me. :redbeathe God Bless will keep you posted, Amz.

Yes u gey to choose where u want to go! I know one teacher goes to the veterans hospital in philly bc she worked as an army nurse for 11 years. But we have acute psych peds longterm amd al we have to go to all of those types ill keep you posted to specifoc places but you pick the place you want based on,where you live or as far as you want to drive one teacher maybe at a place in philly and one in delaware and one in jersey you,chose where you want to go even if its not your teacher as long as its the same clinical skills which all teachers do at the same time

oh and sorry if my post sounds elementary I can use fancy words and name all medical anatomical regions and terms but ehhhhh u get the point lol

Sorry for spelling errors im on my cell phone keyboard alot of those words are supposed to have i's lol

So far...EXCELLENT PROGRAM GREAT TEACHERS ALL NEW RULES BOOKS CURRICULUM PHENOMENAL RESOURCES GREAT LABS AND ACUTE CARE STRUCTURAL SETTING FOR SKILLS AND ITS ONLY THE 5th DAY!!! MY TEACHERS ARE TEERIFIC CLASS IS VERY PARTICIPANT IN ALL LESSONS WE LOVE LEARNING HELPONG EACH OTHER OUT AND GETTING A GRADES NEW DON TURNED THONGS AROUND AMAZING!!! HARD WORK BUT VERY FUN ALREADY GOT AN A ON AP TEST AND AN A ON NF1 QUIZ JUST STAY OM TOP OF THINGS TEACHERS ARE VERY VERY EXPERINCED AND KNOW HOW TO TEACH ARE HELPFUL AND REALLY WANT TO HELP STUDENTS FORGET WHAT YOU HEARD WE USED THE DUMMIES OUR 4th DAY AND IT WAS SO COOL THE DUMMY WE USED FOR SETTING STERILE FEILD WAS A DUMMY SET UP LOKE IT WAS A REAL PERSON IN THE OR WITH OPEN STOMACH AND CLAMPS AROUND IT LAB PROF. USED BLACK LIGHT TO SEE GERMS ON OUR HANDS AFTER HANDWASHING SKILL OVERALL SO FAR GREAT CLASS GREAT TEACHERS WHO ARE WELL PREPARED GREAT PLAN GREAT RESOURCES GREAT TIME 8:30 to 3:30 WITH PLENTY OF IN BETWEEN BREAKS EXCLUDING OUR HOUR LUNCH BREAK AND PLENTY OF EDUCATION I TOOK ALL PREREQS AT A REPUTABLE COLLEGE AMD FEEL LOKE IM LEARNING MORE HERE BUT ITS MORE FUN HERE!!! Best choice I made thus far ill keep u posted!

Hi yes I'm starting the end of this month too our second orientation passed the 18th on Friday REEEAAAALLLY EXCITED! We start march 25th for full-time day. Good luck!

Hey everyone I just found out tuition is 16000 for me after I finish but I guess its worth it since I can pay it back 190 a month over 10 years...it beats paying bcit 20000 when I don't have it or don't wanna kill myself doing doubles at work trying to get it my friend thats in the part time program told me at her clinicals they haven't passed out meds like they were supposed to bc the facility wouldn't allow them to so they just did cna work like bed pans i hope clincals consist of a lot more science of medicine she said that those cool dummies they have they don't even use! maybe its just too early in her program the day fulltime may go quicker into meds?? :-/ anybody in the program or was in the program full-time that started to get more into the nursing science??? Please let me know the details thanx!

Hey CAdams yea I think the experience is what the person makes it so im going to do my best to make it a great one :) I am pretty good at self study my friend that I work with said it is pretty difficult she failed pharm hopefully everything works out I wish you the best luck thanx for replying keep in touch with me about your program future fellow nurse