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
A lot of LPN programs don't have OB or OR rotations.
According to the teachers I had in my program, many hospitals are phasing out LPN's and pushing the LPN's who DO work there to get their RN's.
As for the rest of your dilemma- the LPN program I graduated from wasn't the greatest either. Many of the teachers were noticeably burned out on teaching. We also had a huge population of students who literally spoke not one word of english, so the lectures were tailored to accommodate them (nothing wrong with that, but it did make things a little more oddly paced).
I guess you're lucky in that these tests are a snap. Good! Then don't stress about them and go ahead and study your textbooks, and pick up an NCLEX book or two. I had the "made incredibly easy" book. Had good success with it, computer shut off at question 82 and I passed the first time. You just have to take the initiative yourself if you don't like your program- you know? Find some friends in the class and study together and work on your skills, if you feel you're not learning them properly.
And don't worry about not getting into an RN program. Like I said, the program I was in wasn't swell but I'll be starting an LPN to RN program this May, upcoming.
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A lot of LPN programs don't have OB or OR rotations.
According to the teachers I had in my program, many hospitals are phasing out LPN's and pushing the LPN's who DO work there to get their RN's.
As for the rest of your dilemma- the LPN program I graduated from wasn't the greatest either. Many of the teachers were noticeably burned out on teaching. We also had a huge population of students who literally spoke not one word of english, so the lectures were tailored to accommodate them (nothing wrong with that, but it did make things a little more oddly paced).
I guess you're lucky in that these tests are a snap. Good! Then don't stress about them and go ahead and study your textbooks, and pick up an NCLEX book or two. I had the "made incredibly easy" book. Had good success with it, computer shut off at question 82 and I passed the first time. You just have to take the initiative yourself if you don't like your program- you know? Find some friends in the class and study together and work on your skills, if you feel you're not learning them properly.
And don't worry about not getting into an RN program. Like I said, the program I was in wasn't swell but I'll be starting an LPN to RN program this May, upcoming.