i want to thank God for i would not be this far without Him. i would also like to thank all the people that posted on this site and either encouraged me or discouraged me enough to work harder.
background: i worked as a paramedic for less than a year in a basic unit so i have no good experience since school. i also have no clinical experience. i enrolled in excelsior and finished the classes in 6-7 weeks it would have been less had there not been a slight delay with transcripts. i read daily 18-20hrs
i used SG101(best product), Atinursing.com (highly recommend this it has all the recommended books summarized onling except 1) saunders(yellow book) practice exams on all(a must) i sometimes used NCLEX Q&A incredibly easy it has questions and explanations.
LS 1 5.5 days (A) study more psych therapeutic communication was the majority of the questions. use the recomended book as well for more terms.,
LS 2 7 days (A) must use med surge book for pre and post op care
LS3 7 days (B) tough exam, know all the drugs in SG101 even the antifungal. i got a B because of antiviral drugs, post op care was a big part in the tissue trauma. READ PEDS neurological and muscular conditions especially JRA and lupus
Reproduction 6 days (A) easy just use SG101 and saunders
Health differences 4 days (B) i failed in the sleep part prolly got a 50%
Health safety 5 days (A) therapeutic communication!!! i don't know how excelsior wants me to answer the questions!!!!! cant get it
Chronicity 7 days (A) was discouraged from posts which motivated me to sturdy harder. easy test. used all the above books plus googled chronic illness book and read there.
.....i took transition just before i enrolled and studied 4 days (B) super boring
what i would have done differently: started with the Essential classes or last 3 1st a lot of material was repeated in LS classes from here. spent less time writing notes and more time reading and understanding. less anxiety from other peoples failure.
FCCA monday yei!! but i wish i knew what i was getting into
good-luck to all of you and may the Lord have even better plans for you....
