Refresher Course enough?

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I've been out of school for seven years now(Have never actually worked). In the middle of school I got pregnant and then I got very sick with bipolar disorder after the birth of my two children. I'm starting a refresher course in January for my LPN and I'm wondering is it going to be enough? Am I going to start remembering things that I think I have forgotten once I see them again? Are things going to come back to me I mean? Do the courses really prepare you to go to work when you've been out for so long?

Any advice is appreciated. I'm pretty sure I'm going to do long term care if I can't find a job in the behavioral health field.

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
I've been out of school for seven years now(Have never actually worked). In the middle of school I got pregnant and then I got very sick with bipolar disorder after the birth of my two children. I'm starting a refresher course in January for my LPN and I'm wondering is it going to be enough? Am I going to start remembering things that I think I have forgotten once I see them again? Are things going to come back to me I mean? Do the courses really prepare you to go to work when you've been out for so long?

Any advice is appreciated. I'm pretty sure I'm going to do long term care if I can't find a job in the behavioral health field.

Did you take NCLEX? Hopefully some things will come back to you, but I would assume that it takes studying it faithfully. Good luck.

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Yes, I took the N-CLEX but it was a long time ago. Do you have to sit for it gain after your refresher course? I thought I would but I wasn't positive on that.

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
Yes, I took the N-CLEX but it was a long time ago. Do you have to sit for it gain after your refresher course?

No, you don't have to sit again; I asked because it was not clear to me if you sat for the exam or not. I would assume that it will come back to you while sitting there, and you do have to study. I wouldn't mind taking a refresher course myself, even though I am still working as a nurse. We tend to know our own areas rather than remembering all that we learned while in school.

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Oh, good! That was nerve racking.

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