UM.. i think i may be in reali reali reali reali big crap

caliotter3 · Dec 4, 2008

Getting a Saunders and making it your Bible is not a bad start. That is the info you will be required to deal with to pass the NCLEX. Get serious about your studies now. Go back and review any material that you see again, so that you get caught up with what you are doing now. But don't spend an inordinate amount of time on the past material. Concentrate on what your classes cover now and make sure you learn something. Good luck.

KIMYNURSE2B · Dec 5, 2008

Read your books, Get the NCLEX reviews and do the questions.

We have had to do a lot of self teaching also.

Do you get objectives? Or a cource outline?

Follow those, If they are not teaching you teach your self during the class time.

good luck

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Dec 5, 2008

the primary purpose of most schools is to prepare you to pass the licensing exam and so you can get out into the work force as licensed nurses. and, you are probably not going to like hearing this, but licensure is only the minimal standard to practice nursing. if you want to be better than minimal, that is strictly up to you.

our tests are retarded, too easy, they give us the answers, so everyone does well but doesnt learn. if they dont give us the answers, we all fail

tests do not teach.

you have the choice to study or not. did you stop studying just because you were given the answers to the test? how does that help you become a competent nurse (your words)? so, basically, you have given up learning more because your instructors have demanded less of you, right? isn't there a description for that? no motivation. if you want to know more about a subject and don't know where to start, ask on these forums. students do that all the time on the student forums and get guidance and answers.

and i havnt learned anything!! im so overwhelmed at how behind i am its not about getting a's i want to be a competant nurse who eventuallly becomes a np or crna i want to teach eventually as well... but now *** do i do?

you open up books and research subjects on your own. the internet has all kinds of information you can look up along with what your textbooks have. you will be expected to know where to go in libraries to find information on your own. instructors are merely facilitators to help direct your studies not give you all the information. i had a used copy of older nursing textbook that i used in addition to our required textbook. i found things in there that our textbook stated a different way. different authors state things other ways that sometimes clarify subjects. it is dangerous to read only one point of view. see all the different weblinks on this sticky thread:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/any-good-iv-therapy-nursing-procedure-web-sites-127657.html

-

any good iv therapy or nursing procedure web sites

especially this post

https://allnurses.com/forums/3079458-post38.html

which includes weblinks to online nursing courses lecture information and links to pearson/prentice hall fundamentals of nursing texts for lpn/lvn online student companion portals. there is gobs of information and weblinks in the sticky threads on the nursing student assistance forum. you might want to explore what is there during the holiday break.

sunray12 · Dec 6, 2008

ill keep it short n sweet since no one responds when you write a paragraph
(in chronological order of course)
1. new lvn school opened in my town. they hav other campuses but this is their first year here
the whole student body is so frustrated! they schools treats us like a business investment they are only concerned with establishing the school and next years students and the money they'll bring
2. new instructors who are experienced and honestly very very good rns, but have no teaching experience
3. we had a 2 month prereq course, it was so easy, that i thought the actual core program was gonna be a load of crap too
4. our tests are retarded, too easy, they give us the answers, so everyone does well but doesnt learn. if they dont give us the answers, we all fail, because they dont teach they just read the powerpoints to us. i now realize theyre not supposed to teach, this is all independant!!! im so screwed. anatomy and phys? didnt study squat. fundamentals? didnt even touch the book? skills lab? forget it. and now weve gone through almost the whole medsurg and pharmacology books... and i havnt learned anything!! im so overwhelmed at how behind i am its not about getting a's i want to be a competant nurse who eventuallly becomes a np or crna i want to teach eventually as well... but now *** do i do? do i just start being a nerd now and study the material that comes, is there a way to catch up fast on soooo much material.
should i just get a saunders n make it my bible? any suggestions please

yes - to the part in red. are the tests easy for you or is everyone in the class getting free a's? teachers and even course curriculae will vary in quality no matter where you go to school, but bottom line it's up to you to stay on top of the knowledge that you'll need to pass the nclex and then beyond when you're working as a nurse.

Jules A, MSN · Dec 7, 2008

My two cents are that if things are going as you indicate and they are interested in the money and their name I'd be on the look out for a big weed out in your last semester. NCLEX passing rates are huge for most schools and I bet they won't be graduating a bunch of people that can't pass so I wouldn't advise being lax about your studies for that reason also.

Ashalee705 · Dec 9, 2008

um, are you in MY class? I'm going through pretty much the same over here.... I'm doing well but I feel like they are making it to easy so they can have more programs next year. I don't want to graduate and have the school get a bad rep. you know what I mean?

TeleNurse2010 · Dec 9, 2008

Wow, I guess I should count my blessings that my school actually makes us learn! So many of my class mates would like to be in your shoes, as many did not pass this semester due to the difficulty of the program. But, my school also has a 95% pass rate for the NCLEX, so I guess they're hard on us for a reason.

I hope you take the other posters advice and begin to study and learn on your own. Even if your instructors give you the answers, you still will not be able to pass the boards if you are not learning anything.

ecko3003 · Dec 12, 2008

so im gonna just do what i gota do to pass the classes, and at the same time just start studying for boards. honestly all i gotta do it just go to barnes and noble and just sit there and study. they have SOOOOOOOOOOO many books in the nursing section!! im gonna start with saunders hopefully that willput a lot of the missing info into my head, and just keep moving from nclex-pn review book to review book.

on a more serious note, the schools administration is silly. we've gone through 2 different receptionist, and this is our 3rd head administrator. their all stuck up. and now, just now, halfway through our program, they gave us log sheets and we're supposed to write down how many hours of instruction we hav each day and turn it in at the end of the week..... most of the students have decided that we're just not gonna do it, because it seems like retarded it is not our responsibility to do that. on top of that, all of our clinical rotations will be done at LTC's... no hospitals no ob no o.r. no nada. they say their working on it. oh and theyve already raised the tuition to about 30 or 35 for the next batch. problem is the economy is so bad that no one is getting approved for loans!!! im so stressed about next year, i do not plan on being a lvn for very long np or crna or something eventually but im so scared after im done that i wont get into any schools to do my rn. EVERYWHERE u go thers waiting lists because everyones jumping on the nursing bandwagon. its really frustrating this country is supposed to the best blablabla but honestly the rest of the world is laughing at us; our politics our economy our education systems but whatevers thats a completely different story im just stressing. the school supposedly is working on starting a rn bridge program too. im sure they'll charge 50 million dollars and make us do our clinical rotations at mcdonalds. and the world keeps turning.

ecko3003 · Dec 12, 2008

oh i forgot one thing. ive been reading on this forum about the lvn to bsn through isu, but i cant reali get any strait answers. it seems like no noe has graduated from it yet? any new info on their program?

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Dec 13, 2008

so im gonna just do what i gota do to pass the classes, and at the same time just start studying for boards. honestly all i gotta do it just go to barnes and noble and just sit there and study. they have sooooooooooo many books in the nursing section!! im gonna start with saunders hopefully that willput a lot of the missing info into my head, and just keep moving from nclex-pn review book to review book.

you consider the above silly?

on a more serious note, the schools administration is silly. we've gone through 2 different receptionist, and this is our 3rd head administrator. their all stuck up. and now, just now, halfway through our program, they gave us log sheets and we're supposed to write down how many hours of instruction we hav each day and turn it in at the end of the week..... most of the students have decided that we're just not gonna do it, because it seems like retarded it is not our responsibility to do that. on top of that, all of our clinical rotations will be done at ltc's... no hospitals no ob no o.r. no nada. they say their working on it. oh and theyve already raised the tuition to about 30 or 35 for the next batch. problem is the economy is so bad that no one is getting approved for loans!!! im so stressed about next year, i do not plan on being a lvn for very long np or crna or something eventually but im so scared after im done that i wont get into any schools to do my rn. everywhere u go thers waiting lists because everyones jumping on the nursing bandwagon. its really frustrating this country is supposed to the best blablabla but honestly the rest of the world is laughing at us; our politics our economy our education systems but whatevers thats a completely different story im just stressing. the school supposedly is working on starting a rn bridge program too. im sure they'll charge 50 million dollars and make us do our clinical rotations at mcdonalds. and the world keeps turning.

then, you must think what you just wrote is serious?

if this is the way you are thinking, i can see why you feel you are in big crap (your words, not mine). people who are successful in life think more positive thoughts than negative ones. unless you start doing that i fear that your idea that "

i wont get into any schools to do my

rn

" may well come true.

toadfrog · Dec 20, 2008

I am kinda in the same boat. In LPN school and we have two instructors that combined only have 11 years experience. Neither have any experience in LTC, and one only in one area of specialty.

I think that in the end we will just help our with each other, and study like there is no tomorrow and be fine.

I know it is frustrating and scary thinking "how will I ever pass the nclex" but study and I bet we will.