malloryg

We started last Monday and have already had 4 exams, and will have our 5th exam tomorrow. We are good crazy fast! Good luck to you all! :)

Be thankful for the break you have lol. We just started Monday and we already have an exam today and a paper and an exam tomorrow. Just relax! Trust me haha.

I personally don't prefer to bring my laptop to class anyway; I'd rather write out notes. Thank you for your input! I am excited and nervous about school.

I start LPN school on August 20, only about a week away! I am wondering what to bring to class. All my acceptance letter said was to come to class in full uniform (scrubs & white shoes) and to bring one book (Intro to Healthcare Workers). Do I need to bring my stethoscope? Laptop? Other books (I have 12 total)? What do I need to bring? Lol help!

I understand how you are feeling. I haven't graduated an LPN program, but I am starting one on the 20th. I have a 15 month old daughter and my husband and I would really like another child. I know we are probably going to have to wait til the end of the program or til I am stable in a job to get pregnant but I don't want to wait that long. We are probably going to see how the first few weeks of class go before we decide. Do what is best for you and your family. I would definitely try to work at least part-time since you are fresh out of school. That way, you would have a little bit of job experience if you decide to take a few months off to be with your new baby.

I'm also 21. I went to college in high school (dual enrolled) and after high school but kept changing my mind lol. Finally decided what I wanted to do about a year and a half ago. I had to go back and do prerequisites for the RN program and then I didn't get in. Yes I agree, better late than never!

Yes, I was chosen as an alternate for Tallahassee Community College's nursing program for Fall 2012. They accepted 48 people and I was alternate number 14, but they only called alternates 1 through 4. I was disappointed but LPN school was my back up and I was relieved and excited to get in. My friend didn't get in TCC's program either but she got in the same LPN program as me. We are both glad that we are going through this together. I definitely do not want to start from scratch lol. I wish I would've known 3 or 4 years ago what I wanted to do as a career, I could have already been a nurse.

Good luck with your second week. I start school on the 20th. I am nervous and excited.

It's not a community college. It's called Lively Technical Center. I don't think they let you sit out and then come back.

That's what I was thinking. Plus, we are planning on moving in 2014 and I think it would be easier to move with a baby and a toddler than with me being all big and pregnant lol. We would have to wait til I'm in a job for a few months before getting pregnant if we wait, that way I will be in the job for a year before taking maternity leave.

It seems that I am okay with waiting if that's the best thing, but my husband is still not so sure haha. He's almost 5 years older than me and really wants another child (so it's not just women lol). I explained to him that we'd be able to have another child once a got a nursing job, he understands but we might end up having one before I start working. This would mean I'd only be pregnant my last semester of school, which to me isn't that bad.

That's one of the reasons for waiting, so I can have a stable job so we can move to a better house with better school zones. I don't want us to struggle any more than we have to already because I am not working while in school.

Wow! You are strong for going through all of that. I'm glad your baby is okay. I would really like to have a baby sooner rather than waiting, but I just don't know.

It doesn't help when your family and friends are all having or have babies. My daughter is already 15 months, time flies! It seems just like yesterday when she was born.

I didn't think it would be a walk in the park. I just wanted to hear others experiences. After talking with my husband, I think we have decided to wait til after I'm stable in a nursing job, even I that's not my first choice.