starting school

Penguin67 · Jun 23, 2009

It certainly would help you to have a head start on the medical terms, as the medical professions seem to have their own language. Also, you may want to study dosage equivalents (how many mls in a tsp, etc...) as that will ahelp you with dosage calculations later.

Good luck with your studies!

RNmydreams · Jun 23, 2009

mary2010,

CONGRATS :yeah:on starting your nursing journey!!! What are your plans? Have you always wanted to become a nurse? Do you plan on becoming an RN? I know I am asking five million questions! LOL...Excuse my eagerness! I am currently Acitve Duty Air Force and will be separating at the end of the year and plan to start a LPN Program in GA in Fall 2010. What made you choose LPN over RN? I have decided on the LPN route for now because I have a young son (10 month old.) I have been working on my prereqs since before I was pregnant, but with the baby and being geographically separated from my other half it is hard as a single parent with no support system in place. But I am excited because when I get out of the AF we will be one happy family all in the same house with grandparents, aunt, uncles, and everyone close by!!! But I figure because it will be a lot of transitioning going on and I still need prereqs to get into the RN program I am going to go the LPN route and pursue me dreams from there. Please share your thoughts...

Much success!!!

RNmydreams

:nurse:

want2beanurse2 · Jun 23, 2009

I would encourage you to do some reading up on Anatomy and medical terms. Some of the year long LPN programs do not require you to have completed pre reqs, I think they expect you to know a little something because theres not alot of time to teach fundamentals of LPN and Anatomy in a year. How long will your program be? I am too leaning towards the LPN route because in Michigan the Nursing schools are so competitive and not enough teachers that even with a really high GPA students are getting turned away or put on a waitlist that could be years long. I am not happy with my current job of 5 years so I see the LPN as a Short term goal that will allow me to change careers in a shorter time frame and make decent money. A new LPN in MI on average makes about $23.00 and I have even heard of some making up to $26.00. I do plan on continuing towards RN in the future but now I have to take it slow. I wish you all the best in your Nursing Careers

angel_mishi · Jun 23, 2009

i'm pretty sure tht this material will help u, so keep it up!!!!!!!!!!!

mary2010 · Jun 24, 2009

thanks,I have really started reading and memorizing some of the material.I believe me I will keep it up so I will be a heads up on some of the teaching I will be getting