Hillsborough Community College-Fall 2014

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Hello everyone,

So my dream since I can remember has been to become a nurse; however, it seems as if it will never happen. I recently finished my pre-requisite courses to apply to the fall semester of the HCC nursing program. While I did not get any C's I made mostly B's :blink:earning A's in two classes and one lab. I realize this is not good enough since it puts my GPA at around a 3.38. Since I did not fail any of my classes, I don't believe I will be able to retake them. Is there any possible way to retake them? Or any way to increase my GPA since they mainly look at the pre-requisite courses? If not, what other options do I have for becoming a nurse? If anyone is out there who could offer any help it would be greatly appreciated. I will submit my application regardless but I don't have any high hopes of getting accepted, if there is anyway to increase my chances I would be so grateful to find out!

Hello All,

Just wanted to stop bye and say Hi ! I know you guy's must be very excited to start your nursing class's in August. My class just finished NP1 and we're all EXAUSTED and ready for a much needed summer break. I will post some med calculation practice info for you guys later today or tomorrow to help get you ready for your first test. Welcome to the HCC Nursing program.

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Thank you so much you and Juleby are so nice to help us newbies:angrybird5:

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Hey Juleby,

Can you message me with info too [email protected]. Anything is helpful. I'd greatly appreciate it!

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That would be wonderful! Every little bit helps!

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I have a question about our clinical. I saw that the clinical is one day a week from 6:30am for morning students. Do we have to be at the clinic around 6am or 6:30am to start? I have to look for a daycare or babysitter for my kids. I would be by myself with 2 kids and I want to make sure that my kids are taking care of. Some of the daycare opens at 6am but if we have to be there by 6am, I have to look for a sitter. Thank you in advance.

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Hi I am also a mom of 2, I hope to get the South Shore Campus. SS starts at 6:30 for clinical, so I would say you need to be at the hospital at 6:30, you would probably want to make it there a little earlier so you are not running in like a crazy lady - which is my normal rate of speed. LOL

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Thanks, Ann2Michelle. Sounds good. Yes, I will have to be there little early :)

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Hi karikari1213, It all depends on your clinical instructor as to what time they want you onsite for clinical assignments. I was at TGH this semester and we all met in the cafeteria at or before 06:30 so we could be on the floor for shift change reporting before 07:00. I hope that helps.

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Oh, I see. Thanks P90X3_Pro. It all depends...I have to have some back up plan for that. Thank you for your advise. That helps.

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P90X3_Pro I posted about Nursing supplies but maybe I didn't do it correctly. Is there anything we can purchase ahead of time? There are many sales going on this week because of Nurse Appreciation week.

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Hi lovelylioness23, Other then your uniforms the only thing you will need is a basic Stethoscope & pen light. Don't go crazy purchasing the real fancy/expensive stethoscope. I like the Littmann Classic II ($75.00) anything more expensive then that is over-kill for a student nurse. Check out the allheart.com website, they have a good selection and the prices are pretty good.

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Perfect I already have a few stethoscopes. Yes! I love allheart.com....that is where I use to get all my uniforms from! One of my Stethoscopes is a Littmann Lightweight so I'm sure that will be fine. I was just reading in the Spring 2014 forum. How are you doing in NP1?

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