[MikeInCO]

Bekindtokittens you stated:

"The program has a good reputation overall and has a higher NCLEX pass rate than UCCS."


While this may be true you have to look at the composite of the last several years and also what the stats on the BON site don't tell you is how many people actually sat for the boards. A school can have a higher pass rate then another school but yet have less people actually testing for their RN. That is a huge factor when comparing NCLEX pass rates. I am a PPCC student so I'm not putting them, you, or the nursing program there down by any means I just wanted to bring that point up because a lot of people say well this school or that school has a higher pass rate. But what they don't know is that the class started w/ say 60 people and then in the end only 20 finished and sat for the test

[eve5483]

Hi
ME! I just finished my A&P2 !! (Larry's class)
Now I have Microbiology and Psy235 left...
I cannot wait to get into REAL nursing program
Good luck !!

[robynv]

Im taking A and P 1 and psych 235 this summer. i'm a bit worried, any advice for that class/ teacher (threllfall? not sure how to spell it) would be great....really tips on how to surivive that class!

[eve5483]

yeah I forgot how to spell his name too, but we call him Larry (which is his middle name, duh lol) I strongly recommand you to take the tutor class if u can. It was extremely helpful for me, seriously I would fail without it! I ended up getting B.Howevery I am satisfied with it. Muscle part was tough for me...I know it's scary but just memorize EVERYTHING what HE TELLS YOU TO. everything is on his notes and his DVD, u will be fine good luck!!!!

[bekindtokittens]

Hello thread!

Mike, you're right about the NCLEX, but it is nice to see PPCC with a decent pass rate, isn't it?

Robyn, you'll be glad to have Larry as your teacher. What I liked most about his class was that he did not test on anything that he did not lecture about. So if you attend class and take good notes, you're doing good. In fact, I have a ton of notecards I made for his classes, both A&P I and II, just laying around taking up space. PM me if you'd like to have them, maybe we could meet somewhere!

I finished up second semester this week, thank goodness. I enjoyed my time in Med/Surg, but ehh, not so much in OB/Peds. Working with pregnant women was okay, but I was very uncomfortable with the Peds part. I had never even changed a diaper before that clinical! I'm just glad it's over. Now I can look forward to Psych and more Med/Surg in the fall, woohoo!

[robynv]

well sure i'd like your notecards! I'll pm you about that. I'm headed up to school today to buy my books for the class and for growth and devopment which i'm taking online.

Any details on your experience this semester you'd like to share? If not thats ok, but I do like hearing from someone "in the moment". In particular what did you get to do in OB? Do you learn cervix checks? I don't blame you about peds, seeing sick kids would get me down.

Nice to hear from you!

[bekindtokittens]

We practiced cervix checks in these weird little boxes in lab, but we weren't allowed to do them in clinicals unless the membranes were intact and the nurse and clinical instructor were okay with it. It was really stressed that cervix checks weren't done as often as before so as to prevent infection. Made sense, I didn't want to cause an infection. So only one student got to do a check, and it wasn't me. I saw three vaginal births and put in four Foleys in my OB rotation. Putting in a Foley after an epidural is much easier because they can't kick! There was lots of observing fetal heart rate strips and running for ice water and warm blankets and assessments of mothers and babies.

I still have my A&P and Psych 235 books, so keep your receipt. If they're the same edition, you can borrow them if you'd like!