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I am a 28 year old male from Pennsylvania. I am currently in a 1 year accelerated LPN program at a local vocational school. I have just started level 2 of 4 (which is Med-Surg) As far as grades are concerned, I am at the top of my class. I have already graduated from a 4-year college with two degrees in French and in Spanish. I was unable to find work and have always been interested in the medical field, so this is why I chose to go to nursing school. At this point, I have been really considering either going to Pharmacy school or Veterinarian School. I wanted to ask whoever feels like sharing an opinion what they think I should do. If I know in my heart that I want to do something such as pharmacy school or veterinarian school, should I just stop nursing school after this level and work a minimum wage job part-time while putting myself through school or should I continue on? I really feel like since Pharm School and Vet school are a 6 year commitment that maybe I should just apply for college to go back again starting in January, that way I won't be taking up more time out of my life. I figure this way if things don't work out with that venture, I can always go back to nursing school in the next class and pick up where I left off (which would be level 3 of 4 - Pediatrics/Maternity). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Give me your opinions positive or negative...I just don't have a lot of people that I can really go to for suggestions. Thanks everyone! :)

Mine is at a vocational school as well.

Thank you all very much for the responses! I feel much better now knowing that I was not the only one feeling this way. I am glad to know that it will pick up and the more technical information will be forthcoming. We started to get into some more technical information this week and the following week will also be more technical. I can see why they would have us learn the CNA type duties for those people who have no CNA experience as one person mentioned. Also, as LPNs we learned that you often time will be delegating duties to a CNA and so you have to know how to do their duties properly so you can teach/evaluate them if needed. Thanks again for all the responses. Anything else anyone has to share is, of course, greatly appreciated! :)

Thank you so much for replying! :) I am glad to hear that it will pick up and get more in depth. Just seemed so blah right now. I do read ahead all the time to stay ahead of schedule. That way if there is a ever a day or two where I don't have a whole lot of time, I will at least already be read and prepared for the lectures on those subjects. I understand having to know this basic information, just was feeling kind of confused as to why nothing more challenging was being introduced yet. These accelerated programs definitely keep you busy though. We have had 7 tests, 1 quiz, and 1 assignment already and only in our 3rd week LOL. Once again, I appreciate your taking the time to reply to me :)

I recently started LPN school because the RN program doesn't start in my area until well over a year from now. I most likely plan on going straight into the RN program after my LPN program. My question is somewhat unique. I would just like some opinions or experiences that current LPN students or licensed LPNs could share. My question is basically "Is it normal for the first unit of LPN school to be basic information and not very technical." I feel like right now everything we are learning is simple, verging on common sense type material. I guess I am just hoping we move past this learning of "CNA type duties" and into more advanced technical information that feels more like learning what one would think a nurse should be learning. So any opinions on this would be greatly appreciated. I am the only male in a class of 24 (1/3 of them are CNAs). Everything we are doing is the stuff they say they do on a day-to-day basis. I guess I have no intentions of going to school for another year (already have two Bachelor's Degrees) only to find out I'm going to be doing all basic care that a CNA can do, when I know for a fact there are CNA programs that are very quick 2-6 weeks long. Thanks a lot...hope I have made myself clear in what I'm asking. :)