teacerspet

Hi. Just wanted to introduce myself. I've been a nursing educator for 2 decades. Wow! Things have really changed over the years. Every day I am challenged to "reinvent the wheel" to keep students motivated. The students of today are so different from a generation ago. I have gone from writing on chalk boards to dry erase boards, from memeographing & xeroxing handouts to posting assignments and even tests on the internet. I have taught students using the simplest equipment (example: to catheterize using margarine cups/tops) and to the highest-tech manikins. Students have gone from carrying a pad/pen to blackberries/PDAs. Textbooks are now online with skills videos and computerized patient simulations available at home as well as in the classroom. What an exciting career. What a fantastic future for nursing education.

Try Dekalb Tech College (Clarkston, Covington) - LPN; Atlanta Tech College (Atlanta) - LPN; Lanier Tech (Gainsville) - LPN; Gwinnett Tech (Lawrenceville) - LPN; Athens Tech (Athens) LPN and ADN; Athens Tech @ Gwinnett Tech (ADN). Any degree level academic course taken at one of the tech colleges will generally transfer to a state university for an ADN and sometimes for a BSN. There are also articulation agreements between LPN and ADN programs at some local colleges and universities (Athens Tech, Ga Perimeter, North Ga College, GSU, KSU). If you have a degree in some other subject area, there are advanced nursing programs at Emory, GSU and KSU to accelerate completion of BSN and MN degrees. Also consider Ga Baptist @ Mercer University.

Has anyone investigated the LPN program at Gwinnett Tech College in Lawrenceville? Is it a good school? Any graduates out there? How well does it prepare you for an ADN program if you want to bridge? Are there area ADN schools that accept credits from Gwinnett Tech College?