What Is It Like Being A LPN Student?

[LPNTOBE2017]

Hello, Everyone

I am located in CT and I am hoping to get accepted into a LPN program after having to put becoming an RN on hold. I would like to know What is a day in live as an LPN student like? what can I expect being an LPN student ?

[WCSU1987]

Not to be a downer, but the only LPN schools left in CT are the $30K for profit tech schools :-( Not sure if the State programs are suspended or gone for good. Time will tell.

[Irish76]

Being an LPN student is very busy but if you get organized and manage your time it's doable. I started my program in January and my pinning is in 2 weeks. Something that really helped me is after class, instead of going home I would go to the library and study for 3-4 hours. We had lecture 2-3 days a week, depending on the term and that study time really added up for me. It was easier for me to focus that way and kept me from bringing tons of school work home with me. Our clinical hours have always been day shift, starting at 6am so I've never had to worry about super late days. But, 6am clinical has always meant getting up at 3:30am for me and that was challenging.

[NurseKash]

How did you manage your bills due to not working? I'm a mother of 4 and I work full time. I'm starting nursing school in February 2017

[cmurr1004]

I wondered how people who don't have another source of income (a spouse, living at home with family,etc) paid for school/bills and answers to my prayers came about this year. We have a program here in Virginia that has classes Monday - Friday from 8:00a-9:30a daily and I just head to work after class, arrive by 10a and work 8 hours. I go home and study/eat/sleep and do it all over again the next day. I don't know what I would do if this program didn't exist!