Ginja85

Chamberlin will not be your issue; they want your $. The Board of nursing in your state will have questions for you. Start gathering all your legal documentation about your arrest, why you were arrested, how you have changed your life. I would honestly research if charges for fraud and drugs, regardless of conviction, will make you ineligible to sit for the NCLEX in your state. Be prepared to explain your arrest to every single employer and board of nursing if you move. If I were in your situation, I would contact an attorney who has experience with the BON to see what they believe your chances of gaining your license are. I don't want you to wind up $75k in debt and be unable to obtain a nursing license.

That is unfortunate; I would present alternative options to your school. If the facility is concerned about students bringing in COVID-19, have your class donate blood for the free antibody test. Peds; PPEC (Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care), Peds LTAC OB; Shadow a Midwife (not always a nurse), Rotation in a free-standing birthing center Mental Health; county clinics, county jails

Yes, during Med-Surge, every other exam was SATA. Real nightmare in my LPN program and we had many students fail out, but I appreciated it because it thoroughly prepared me for the NCLEX. When I took the NCLEX-PN, 41 out of my 85 questions were SATA, and I breezed through. I could confidently select my answers because I had no fear of SATA, and the questions in school were much more complicated than the NCLEX.

Avoid anything unisex, even if you order tall they will be too short. My friend swears by dickies for men but he's only 6'2.

We can do blood draws, and you don't need a license to do phlebotomy. Think about it PCAs in the hospital do phlebotomy, and some just received on the job training or took a short course for a few hours of practice. While there is a national certification, it is not required for phlebotomy. If you have IV cert, then just review tube draw order and specimen handling. However, we can not pull a blood specimen from an IV port without a physician order and even then it skirts the line of scope and I would decline the procedure or swap with an RN for another procedure.

Check with the program you are interested in, most LPN/LVN programs qualify for Pell Grant.

Brown sharpies.... sounds odd but, they never go missing lol Your program should have a list of required supplies available. I also suggest a higher quality stethoscope such as littmann, it makes a big difference during assessment.

I average 1200 on all 3 HESI tests taken so far in my program. I truly believe it's due to the HESI study guide I use. The book itself is short simple and to the point but, the true value is the evolve code for the online practice questions. I loaned my book and use of evolve account to a classmate prior to our Med-Surg HESI and she was able to move her score up to 940 vs her prior 530 in fundamentals. Hope this helps. HESI Book Link Amazon

Thank you everyone for your responses. I guess as someone who didn't even complete 9th grade and got a GED many many years ago, I was expecting my classmates to be at a higher level academically and this is not the case, while its a relief its is also sad because many of my classmates are recent high school graduates. I will continue to complete the group projects on my own and swap my information for the information of contributors. It is also nice to know I am not the only person who is not a fan of group projects. Tank you again for your responses.

I am in an LPN program and I have done extremely well thus far. I am running into 2 issues with group projects and I'm looking for any assistance. Issue 1) Members of the group not completing their work or even making an attempt at the work. I found out after reporting this to my instructor to never mention it again, as she took 20% off of our grade because a member did not contribute. We are not allowed to choose the members of our groups. Do I just continue doing their work for them? Issue 2) I am being told by bare minimum contributors and those who simply put their name on a presentation, that my writing/formatting is too technical it has been compared to a textbook and an encyclopedia. I've received high marks from my instructor but, my concern is other students not understanding or retaining information in my presentations (both individual and group). As I have had to explain what I believe to be basic common knowledge at this point in our program. Below is one of my slides from a power point presentation; ´Section 3 of the National Patient Safety Goals is the safe use of medicines. ´According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Medication errors cause one death every day and injure approximately 1.3 million people annually in the United States. [₂] ´For 2016 there are 3 goals set forth by TJC. We will discuss all three and provide a scenario you are likely to encounter in regard to one of the goals. On this slide alone I was asked/told; What is the little 2 for? You spelled fourth wrong. What is TJC? (Addressed in a prior slide and part of the previous weeks lesson as well) Do I need to somehow make this more reader friendly or should I maintain my current standards and await the heard thinning at the end of the semester? Honest advice is sincerely appreciated.

Are you expected to forcibly wash your patient? Last I checked that would be battery and false imprisonment if you had to hold the patient down to wash them, would not advise doing that EVER. I think your instructor may have taken what you said as; pt. didn't ask for help so I didn't offer and just left the room. Fill you evening report/roundabout with more detail, outline goes like this; basic pt data (share per guidelines given), objective, subjective, I&O, pt. concerns, and the biggie if you didn't ask your instructor a single question during your shift you must share 1 new thing you learned or 1 new skill preformed that day.

Might seem a bit out of left field; reach out to CNA training programs as a potential clinical site. Myself and 2 other students were offered jobs at our clinical site, conditional on passing the CNA test with reimbursement for the test after 90 days and $1000 bonus after a year. I stayed with that facility 5yrs. Our DON said she love having students because it helped her current CNAs but, also gave her the ability to view a potential candidate's; skills, time management, professional and personal interactions.

If you're confident in your self-learning ability and your school will accept CLEP they have one for Chemistry. The last time I took a CLEP test it was only $160 vs $532 for the class, this was 7 years ago so I'm sure prices have gone up but, it might be an easy way to save some money. Good luck.

Not sure what county you're in but, I'd check here first; https://appsmqa.doh.state.fl.us/MQASearchServices/NursingPrograms so many schools down here arent accredited. This also shows you pass rates for every quarter as well as pass rates compared to national average.

I passed the test in MA many years ago and it was a breeze but, 17 out of the 20 people I took it with failed....... for NOT washing their hands. Don't forget to wash your hands! You will not perform; vitals, full bed bath, bed making and feeding is very rare. I was given; oral care, nail care and moving from high fowlers to supported semi-fowlers.