Well.......................................?

It is okay. I was attending a rn school, but I didn't pass so now I am at lpn school. The school is closer to my home and the instructors are alot better. I am currently taking: geriactric, practical nurse concepts, nursing fundamentals I, pharm I, and nutrition. I didn't have to take anatomy because I took it somewhere else, which is good because that class you really have to study for. I am doing well I guess because I have heard about the info before. All that I would suggest is to stay up on your reading. I go to school Mon-Fri from 8a-3p, it is hard to go home to read. But I at least look at it for an hour or two. Good luck and tell me about your experience.

how long is your program?

i am in a 13 month full time day program.

8:30-3:00 is the hours monday-friday

we get out as early as 2:00

we were told over & over how hard it was going to be and it is tough.

i only work on sat. 9-3

i study at 2-6 hours every day.

i do go to bed early & get up early- i am getting like 7 hours in.

we have had 3 finals since march 10th- so far i am an a student

we have had people move to the part time program so they can succeed better.

so back to the question

is it as hard as i thought -yes

do i love it heck yes!!!!!!!!

i would start getting familar with your books and never get behind in reading never

good luck

I'm only a few days into a 12 month program so I don't really know yet what to think. We haven't had a test yet so I'll be able to say more about that next week.

For the first quarter, we only take Nursing Fundamentals and Drug Calc. We have lab for Nursing Fundamentals on M-W-F and we're split into two groups for lab since our class is large. There's an 8-11 group and an 11-2 group. I'm happy that I'm in the 11-2 lab because it gives me more time in the morning to get household stuff done. In lab we will have independent study days, days working with the instructor on skills, and then skills tests.

The class instruction for NF is on Tu-Th from 8-11:30, followed by Drug Calc from 12:30-3:00. Today was the first day of those classes. In NF we discussed the history of nursing. In Drug Calc we did a pre-test (not graded) to see how we are with basic math. I admit I got a few wrong because of being rusty. The instructor is really nice though (so far :)) and wanted a baseline to see how we progress.

We have 8 weeks of class time and two weeks of clinicals at the end of the quarter. We have to pass an ATI exam before starting clinicals. If we fail it after two attempts we are out of the program and can reapply for the fall but on a space available basis. There are about 4 people in my class that are on their second attempt for the program because they failed the ATI. Basically you can be passing both the classes but if you fail that ATI, it doesn't matter - you're out. So I'm a bit nervous but hopeful that I'll pass. I'll keep you posted.