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My new DON thinks that current programs don't offer enough clinical experience. Here in NY as a recent LPN grad I have to agree. And my friends who went on to the RN program are less than thrilled with what clinicals are teaching them. Lots of hours, lots of sitting around waiting for an instructor, not a lot of hands-on.
My new DON thinks that current programs don't offer enough clinical experience. Here in NY as a recent LPN grad I have to agree. And my friends who went on to the RN program are less than thrilled with what clinicals are teaching them. Lots of hours, lots of sitting around waiting for an instructor, not a lot of hands-on.
That is one program, not all prorams are like that.
My new DON thinks that current programs don't offer enough clinical experience. Here in NY as a recent LPN grad I have to agree. And my friends who went on to the RN program are less than thrilled with what clinicals are teaching them. Lots of hours, lots of sitting around waiting for an instructor, not a lot of hands-on.
Boy, that's the truth. Lots of wasted time in nursing school. The most skilled procedure I did in LPN school was give an insulin shot.
I was talking to a nurse who got her PN diploma in the 70's and she said they did just about everything in their program and when they got out, there wasn't a lot they hadn't done and gotten proficient at.
Some people argue that school is harder now than it used to be, but I don't see how this can be true, myself.
lauralassie
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I've seen this is 2 adds in the newspaper, looking for nurses in management positions. "Diploma nurse preferabel". Any one else seen this?