Clayton State Acceptance Fall 2009

I'm finishing up my 1st semester at CSU. Here is a little tid bit for you to know. Get the Dosage Calculation book "Clinical Calculations Made Easy" 4th Edition. ISBN 13: 978-0-7817-6385-1. Study all of it before the semester starts. Two weeks into classes you'll be tested--a 90 or above is passing. If you don't pass the first time they give you another chance. If you can't pass it then, you will not continue with the nursing program. Welcome to nursing, see you there!

Interactive Comm. is one of those classes that does take time away from the harder nursing courses. I'm finishing IC tomorrow thank God. It's not a hard class, but time consuming. I'm taking 2 electives this summer so that I don't have to take them during the fall or spring--I would recommend the same for anyone. You will find out that the nursing classes give you so much reading, you will not have a life outside of school. Also, most of the teachers will help you anytime you ask--just ask, if you're struggling go to them for help. Don't wait until you've failed to get help. Nursing school will be like nothing you've ever experienced as far as work load--it's grueling--but rewarding at the same time. You will learn so much in a short period of time.. As far as Patho goes, it is one of the most important classes you'll ever take, learn it! You'll see it again and again. Lastly, find a study group to get in. I haven't done that yet, but next semester I am definetely getting in a group. Most of us were to naive to think that we needed one, boy were we wrong!

Congratulations to all of our new nursing students. I am a senior nursing student, finishing my 3rd semester. One more to go.....As the previous poster mentioned, the program is very challenging, but doable. If there are any questions please feel free to ask.

You may also want to brush up on you A&P, if you are taking Patho in the summer.

It all depends on the semester. The first semester you will be taking Hlth Promotions (which is a mini-mester class(6 wks)), Hlth Assessment, and HIT 1 (which is also a mini-mester class). Clinicals are usually scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so you will be in class M,W, and F, and in clinicals the other two days. (I think it is still done that way, It's been almost 2 years since I have taken those classes). So to answer your question, anything is possible. I also had a two year old during my first semester and had to find ways to study while caring for my son. Sometimes you will feel overwhelmed, but remember it's only two years.

I just finished up my first semester at Clayton. I had to study in the evenings or early in the morning to stay on top of things as well as reading most of the day on Saturday or Sunday. There is not that much time between your classes because they last so long. You have class or clinical 5 days a week even though on your schedule it only says you have class on Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are lab/clinical days. The good thing is that you will be finished with your day by about 2 or 3 so that does give you some time to study in the afternoon. Hope this helps!

i'm going into my 3rd semester of nursing school at CSU. We will all be just FINE. As stated before it is challenging but it can be done. One helpful thing to do when studying is understand the difference between things that are good to know and things that you need to know for the test. This will save you tremendous amounts of time. In all honesty i studied less 2nd semester and received higher grades solely because i could guess what things we might get tested over. invest in Review & rationale and Saunder's comprehensive review. For HIT II we had about 5-7questions out of 50 to come from these books. Goodluck guys see you in the field. O and as a side note CSU accepts students both semester and i heard through the great vine it's easier to get accepted into Spring semester, but you didn't hear that from me.

Interactive communications is an easy A. Patho on the other hand will require much more studying. I took it in the summer as well and it was alot of stuff covered in a short period of time. Throughout the program they expect us to know the patho behind certain disorders and don't always cover them again(But sometimes it will be on the test). I personally would leave it at those two. For your other electives i might do AIDS epidemic (fun and easy A) and maybe online alt therapy. Online courses will probably take less time then seated classes and you're in the comfort of your home.
P.s. you probably have class mon, thurs, fri but clinicals will be tuesday/wednesday for your first semester
you can do it. my friend is in her last semester has 4 or 5 kids and is Student nurse association board member.