Starting LPN program on Aug 29, 2011

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Hi Everyone,

I am sort of new to allnurses. com. I have been a member for awhile, but this is my first post. I start a lpn program on Aug 29, 2011 and I am a little nervous. I am not really nervous about clinicals or most of my classes. The class I am most concerned about is Drug Cal because math is not my strong subject. Does anyone have any advice to give me? I would really appreciate it.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Congrats on getting into the program! It will fly by! I also remember the being scared of the math but honestly it was a breeze! My instructors broke it down very simply and were extremely patient. Be confident. You can do this!

Juju

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Specializes in LTC.

Congrats for starting LPN school. Yes time will fly by and you will learn so much !!!

As for drug calc... Do as many practice problems as you can. Meet with a tutor or your instructor for extra assistance. I can't stress that enough. Use your resources that are made available to you. Come to AN, I've come to love drug calculations so I can always help with that. Good luck on your journey. :)

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I am just finishing up LPN school. It was pretty fun nothing to hard, all round good learning experience.

My advice:

You will get use to feces vomit and mucus, don't run from them.

You get out what you put in, study study and study. If in clinical a nurse says she has something she needs done, jump on it. You will be near the top of her list when "interesting" things come up.

Never say "that's aid work" its like the kiss of death as far as instructors and nurses caring about you or aids helping you.

People WILL remember you, think of every day at clinicals like a dress rehearsal for working at that facility. I had a Dr shadow me without realizing it, he later offered me a job after graduation. You never know if you might be applying for a job at that location down the road.

Learn to ID and minimize your weak points. If you suck at A and P start putting up posters of body systems up around your house. My sticking point was memorizing all the REEDAS, BUBBLE HEs, and and lab values. I made a back ground for my PC and Ipod with info I need to get down and I read it every day.

If math might be your hard subject go buy a pharm tech med calc. Buy It now and try to finish it ASAP. Don't wait till you start pharm or medical math. I can not stress enough START NOW.

Oh, and remember the Walls have ears. We lost a girl because she decided to talk smack about a nurse on the elevator. Some one over heard it and reported her. When I was a pharm tech I was eating lunch with my co workers and some students were over heard making a HIPPA violation. Well one of the ladies I worked with got a righteous bug up her orifice and reported them all and several of them lost the right to stay at our hospital.

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