shan409 ASN, BSN, LPN, RN

I take handwritten notes (and use my tablet or laptop while having downtime in between classes). Two of my professors put powerpoints and learning outcomes up and I download them to my tablet. Everyone's learning style is different, it really depe...

Look up resources for pharmacy technician students. Go on PTCB.org and if you just google top 200 drugs you should get lots of responses like flash cards, lists, etc...

Thank you so much for the inspiration! I'm happy to hear from a graduate of DU that's not in the BSN program at Warren (as I will be transferring to an LPN-RN community college program). Yea when they told me the tests were not just from our instru...

Congrats! I'm not sure how many people we have lost....I only know of 2 for sure. Even though they are our nursing family we gotta keep it together. I'll find out Monday when we start back.

Congrats! I plan on bridging through my entire nursing journey. I justed finished my first LPN semester, 1 down 2 to go. LPN-RN, then RN-BSN, and I may go on. Best wishes!

Yayyyy! I'm so excited to start Med-Surg and get through this semester. I'm glad there is someone that I have connected with at another campus. We will make it!

Yes kacraft31, start all projects/papers early. No procrastination. I am moving down to part time at work (I worked full time as the lead pharmacy technician at the hospital system I've been at for 7 years), I love my job; but becoming a nurse is m...

Hi, It's 3 semesters. You can check the price on the website for next years tuition rate, it goes by credit hour. I had all my pre-reqs done except for A & P 1-2 (4 cr. each), which you can take in the program...but if I could do it all over ag...

My situation: I am bridging through my entire nursing education/career journey. After waiting on a community college's RN (ADN) program for more than a year, I have just finished my first semester of an LPN program (3 semesters total). I am and ha...

Most nursing scholarships want you to have passed 1-2 semesters of med-surgand that does not apply to us LPN students. I'm still looking, so I'll let you know if I find anything. I am finishing my first semester next week....1 down 2 to go!

CNAAJ, Yes ma'am I'm from the D. I attend Davenport (Warren). I received 2 really good scholarships for transferring from HFCC and working for DMC. I looked at Riverview's LPN (OU), but it wasn't a good fit for me.

Hello all! I am in my first semester of my LPN program and have had two tests in both Foundations (Fundamentals) and Pharmacology 1. My results back from the first test: 100% on Pharmacology, but 81% in Foundations. Below 80% is a failing in my p...

Thanks taggart84, I have done better. I started using the learning outcomes and key concepts. I have an instructor that doesn't really teach, but reads from the book...so I talked to other LPNs and RNs I know about some of the concepts (NIC/NOC/Mas...

I started clinicals a month ago (at a long term care facility) this is what I have in my bag: stethoscope, BP cuff, scissors, clinical folder and paperwork needed, a piece of fruit/granola bar, water bottle, hand sanitizer, NANDA diagnosis/careplan ...

Congrats! You can do anything! You are MOMMY! I am a full time pharmacy tech at very busy hospital in Detroit, mommy to a 2 year old little monster (I mean "princess"), started my LPN program in September. I may be going part time due to clinicals ...

I will say that the critical thinking requires you to over think sometimes. There are usually 2 correct answers, you have to select the "most" right answer. Just like the Sdt222 said, if there is an answer that leads to safety then more than likely...

Our waitlist here in the Metro-Detroit area are crazy for ADN programs. I was accepted and am halfway through the first semester of my LPN program, which is one of four ACEN accredited LPN programs in Michigan. I plan on working while completing a...

Think pro vs cons while researching. Put yourself in a few different situations as to why you would require the procedure.

I can only speak for my situation: I was sick of waiting on an RN program, so I applied to an LPN program and was accepted. I plan on bridging LPN-RN after I graduate next year. I am a mommy to a 2 year old, getting married to her dad in May, work...

I have an Omron, and I like it. My clinical instructors have models that are inexpensive and we can hear well on their's as well. One of my instructor's loves her littman, but it was taken on the floor that she works at. So she buys inexpensive on...

I'm a CPhT (pharm tech) and everyone in my nursing program thinks I know all the drugs. LOL! I do know them, but I don't know the mechanism of action and such. 1-I would suggest studying you top 200 brand/generic. 2-I would suggest knowing what...

I am still on a wait list for a local community college's RN program, but have applied, been accepted to, and started an LPN program. So I am hoping to apply for LPN-RN in the winter of 2016 (I need a certain amount of hours as an LPN before startin...

Post this in the Michigan forum. I am from Detroit, MI and am at Davenport for the LPN program. It is 3 semesters. You can check the nursing accrediting body websites (NLNAC,CCNE) and michigan.gov Board of Nursing. I know people that drive to Oh...

Are you asking for advice? I do not understand. Priorities and time management are up to you as an individual. Life happens. Pregnancies, deaths, car accidents, health problems are all apart of life. You have to do what you have to do to keep it...

Awesome, best wishes!