[kalmeira]

That stinks that class was canceled today. I'm sure they'll figure out some way to make it up.
Skills lab was good. We were able to cover everything. We talked about proper body mechanics to avoid back injury, transferring patients to the chair and stretcher. Also positioning patients with pillows and moving them up in bed. We practiced moving each other. Just remember to lock the wheels of the stretcher. We were moving one guy onto the stetcher and it almost rolled out from under him!

[sitesonRN]

My skills lab is going to be on Mondays at 12:00, but due to MLK we were supposed to go this am...which was cancelled. ARGH!! I just want to get on with this, BTW don't remind me later on that I wanted to go to school and was upset by a cancellation. Ha Ha.

Anyway, I guess I will be having two classes next week; Monday will be first class and then Thursday will be make-up for second class.

I am so looking forward to meeting everyone. ECC/NL had a little get together, I wish we would have had one so we could meet everyone. Try to tell the other students about Allnurses.com so we can build a great support system.

Have a happy day...I'm going to go read now.

[kalmeira]

I think we are actually going to be in lab together. I went on Tuesday morning and they told me to stay because there was an opening there, but I hadn't registered yet. For a few days there were no opening on E-connect. Then yesterday one opened, but it was for the monday afternoon class. Mrs. Adair said I should go to that one, but she will let me know if next week I should come Tues or what since the schedule is so messed up.

[NewCareer78]

Hello everyone. I am taking some preq classes at Northlake. I am working towards Brookhaven's nursing program. I have taken 5 preq courses and made A's and B's...one C. I am a little nervous on the acceptance process. I read over the requirements online. For those who got acceptated....How hard was the test? What was the most challenging? I wanted a little feedback. I am also looking into a couple other 2 year nursing programs. Thanks and Congrats to everyone who got in the program... GOOD LUCK!!

[BabyRN2B_09]

Hi guys, sorry I haven't replied in a while. It's been a busy week, getting adjusted to my new schedule and taking care of my daughter. She got sick her first week of daycare with RSV. It turns out there was another baby there with RSV and she got it from her.

Anyway, I had my first skills lab today, and it went well. It was nice to get to meet some of our new classmates. I forgot to tell others about allnurses.com, though. I will tell others about it later. It would be nice to spread the word and start hearing more from other Brookhaven students and students in the new satellite Mountainview program. I am excited about getting started, but I have to admit that I am nervous about clinicals. Well, I am off to go study.
--BabyRN2B_09

[BabyRN2B_09]

Originally Posted by NewCareer78

Hello everyone. I am taking some preq classes at Northlake. I am working towards Brookhaven's nursing program. I have taken 5 preq courses and made A's and B's...one C. I am a little nervous on the acceptance process. I read over the requirements online. For those who got acceptated....How hard was the test? What was the most challenging? I wanted a little feedback. I am also looking into a couple other 2 year nursing programs. Thanks and Congrats to everyone who got in the program... GOOD LUCK!!

Hi NewCareer78! The HESI test was not that bad. I did pretty well on it and didn't get a chance to study the study guide. But I would suggest that if you can, try to study the Hesi A2 study guide. Anything to help you get a higher score on it.
I think that what will be most challenging depends on you. I know that I am better at Reading Comprehension, Vocab and grammar and not quite as strong in the math and science areas. So my scores are higher in the Vocab, Reading Comp areas than A&P and Math. It may help you more if you review A&P a bit before you take the exam.
The test actually wasn't that difficult. The exam is computerized, and I felt that I had plenty of time to take the test. If you prepare for it and look over the study guide you should be okay.

---BabyRN2B_09

[sitesonRN]

Hello friends,

I just sent out an email to our class inviting them to the site. There were a few addresses that I didn't have so we may need to let others know in class. Anyway, I look forward to chatting/studying with everyone.



For those of you just comming on...tell us which skills lab you have and your first name (if your comfortable with that) so we will know who we are talking with; at least at first. If your not comfortable with disclosing, we can also disclose that info in private messages.

How about those Body Mechanics!!!

Toni - 1105-2203

[sitesonRN]

Now that we've all had a lab or two...

How do you feel? Still excited? Overwhelmed?

I am still trying to fight for the CD-Rom sets on ebay, so I had to go to the campus today and watch those. FYI, if you have headphones take them with you to use on the computers up in the lab.

Wish me luck on ebay!!

Toni

[lexcourben]

Have fun with the bed baths.

[kalmeira]

I'm still excited. I'm looking forward to doing some of the more complicated skills though. There is alot to do though with all the videos and cd's to watch. I hope you get the cd's on ebay. I'm just going to save the $70 and watch them in the lab. It would be convinient to watch them at home though without having to worry about open lab times.