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i graduated Sept. 27.....took NCLEX Dec. 19.....Started my first day as an LPN Jan.9

I start on May 27th.....3 semesters....summer, fall and spring...RN here I come Good Luck 2 u!!!!!!!!!

oh i understand exactly what u mean, our situations are identical and its very frustrating to me....so im not gonna sit here and encourage LTC because I feel the same way u do. I took a job at this terrible nursing home and as soon as I put that on my resume I started getting call backs....I stayed at the nursing home 4 weeks. Yes those were longest 4 weeks of my life but now I'm at an assisted living facility. Yes its less money but I don't dred going to work and I come home with my sanity everyday. Had I known that LPN's are forced to work in LTC in my area I may not be one, so I will be going back for my RN just to gain more options because the ones I have right now really SUCK!

I have applied to all the LPN openings I see in newspapers, gazettes, magazines, online and any hospital I can find in Maryland and Virginia. I have even registered with agencies and nothing has come through. Do you have any suggestions about where I should apply? Do u know a facility that hires new grads?

After the stresses of LPN school and taking and passing the NCLEX on the first try I see no employers willing to hire new grad LPNs. Someone please tell me I didn't waste the last year of my life in LPN school to be denied the chance to gain the 1,2 0r 3 years experience that all the jobs I see are asking for. I have a MD compact state license and it seems as if I will not be able to practice nursing with it. Please anyone tell me....where are the job opps for new LPNs.....am I the only one with this problem?

Micro starts on the 22nd for me and I must say I'm a bit nervous. I am taking it along with Sociology and an LPN program where we will be on MED/SURG and Pharmacology

Thanks a lot guys you have helpes me a lot!!!!!! I have decided to drop Statistics. I'm gonna keep Micro and Sociology. Thanks alot for all the support and advice.

:pumpiron: I have decided to take Micro, Statistics and Sociology at my University along with the Pharmacology, Med/Surg and Geriatric nursing at my Private LPN school this spring. As of right now (Fall 06) at the university i'm taking A&P2 along with A&P, Nutrition and Fundamentals at the Lpn schol. I'm doing very well in all of my classes but I don't have a clue about Statistics and Micro is a science which is always a bit more difficult. What do you guys think?????:chair:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!! And keep up the good work!

OMG!!!LOL finally someone feels mt pain!

I have 2 people in my class who think they know everything. I think if you know everything already why not just test out of the class. Why are you here trying to be the teachers pet? Let someone else answer a question. Stop trying to know what the teacher is going to say before he says it, and stop letting the teacher know he was right by saying mmm huh shaking your head yes. Stop answering questions when the teacher called on someone else. I hope they are going the education route, because they sure love to teach the class and as always teachers are needed as well as nurses.

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I'm 25 just starting LPN school and have a few more prereqs for the RN program. 26 is not too late many people are doing it much older then that. Just do it! You'll be pleased that you did.

Well where I took my entrance exam to LPN school it was basic Math, English and Science. If you have completed high school and/or have taken gen. ed. college courses you should be fine. Does the book you have for Nursing School Entrance Exams have an LPN entrance exam section? The LPN entance exams are different, I took 2 different tests 1 was a little more difficult then the other but both schools said if you wanted to prepare for the exam get a GED test prep book. Well anyway GOOD LUCK I'm sure you'll do just fine.

I will officially be an LPN student at 8:30 tomorrow morning. I'm excited and looking forward to Med/Surg clinicals. I know I have a ways to go before Med/Surg but I heard time flies in LPN school. 12 months to go!!!!!

Good Luck!!!

teeman2, i am not in UDC,s LPN program yet, but I will be tomorrow. Monday Sept.25,2006 is the first day of classes. Sorry it took so long for me to reply, I was having problems with my computer. As soon as I get a feel for the program I will let you know all about it. I asked a similar question and no one answered me so I'd be glad to help. I think the next group starts in March but I'm sure testing is underway. So why not take the test and get prepared because I have a feeling this is the best school in the area.

Well I took the entrance exam in July 2006. To me the math was very basic as was the reading. The biology section had what I would consider some chemistry questions as well as things that I had just learned in a college course I had just passed. I felt that if I had taken it straight out of high school I might not have passed, but as they say nothing beats a failure but a try. The school suggests that if you want to prepare for the exam you should try a GED prep book. When you do take the test let me know how it went and GOOD LUCK!!!!!

my fingers are crossed for you!!!!!!!!!!!!good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Washington DC University of the District of Columbia 18 month evening program Monday - Friday 5-9pm About $7000 not including books

entrance exam for the university or the LPN school?

CONGRATULATIONS sorry i dont have any advice about the job but I just had to say CONGRATULATIONS

may i ask what school piercednurse and greysonret went to? I had to withdraw from my program because of the lack of rules. Teachers were no less than 30 min. late everyday if they showed up at all. Clinicals were non existent supposedly 3 days a week. No lab time either. I was learning from the book only, no pt. contact. I would feel a whole lot more confident in my learning experience if it was more like yours. Please read my thread in LPN / LVN corner

Yeah it will make you sick to know how close I was to the finish line. That school lets students know straight forward that what was gained at their school cannot be transferred to any other LPN school. The only way you can benifit is by passing your boards and taking a transition course in an RN program that will exempt you from a nursing course or 2 which you can get credit for. In order to do that you have to be licensed.

I dont mind at all VMT Education Center is the name of the school I went to. If I can prevent someone from making the same mistake I did I'd tell the world. Did you look into Howard Community College I hear they have an LPN program also.