Ivy Tech Spring '10 Applicants

Carlos, your post was hilarious--that guy totally did almost bite it! They didn't even have a "Warning" sign on it or anything! At least now I know that was you and I can say hello the next time we meet!

Csab, if the first week of December works for you, let me know which day and time and I'll set it up with Chad (my neighbor) to do it at the firestation. If anyone else is interested in setting something up with Chad on your own, send me a pm. As I mentioned, he is trained with AHA and offers AED with the CPR, so it will be acceptable for school.

Can you link what your uniforms look like? I wonder if it's the same ones that we wear. I'm really not very fond of them, but it's only 2 years

Comfy stethoscopes are a plus! I love mine and I can hear really well with it. It's a Littman Classic II S.E. I picked that one since all of the nurses at work said it was a really good one to have. There's been a few girls in my clinical group that hate the cheap ones that they bought and are thinking about buying the same one as me.

Redding Medical seems to have pretty good prices - http://www.reddingmedical.com/stethoscopes.cfm

I know I've said this a bunch of times already, but I'm so excited for you guys!! Use any and all time you have between now and the first day to SLEEP and ENJOY LIFE because you will be very busy!!

AnneMarie, I just PM'd you.

Speaking of which, Carlos, I just saw that you had PM'd me a few weeks ago. .. sorry but I never got a notification of it so I never knew it was there till just now!

Lennon, let me find a link for the smock. Just a minute.

The Indy smocks look similar to this, but with a dark green grosgrain ribbon sewn on as trim around the edge of the sleeves.

http://www.scrubsandbeyond.com/produ...crub+tunic..do

So Lennon, do you still have any time for life outside of school? You said during the first 5 wks you had some, but how about now? Are you loving it? How do you like your clinicals?

That's pretty similar to our shirts, though we have green stripes sewn in vertically. We kind of look like waitresses from the 50s!

There's definitely less free time now, but still free time. In Med Surg we have class one day a week, and there's a test every day in there. That's what takes up most of the time. But after a few tests you learn about how in depth you need to know stuff and then you start to relax a little bit more. I've really liked learning about the different disease processes so far, that's been really interesting.

Clinicals are going well. We gave flu shots 2 weeks ago (which was totally awesome!), and we started passing meds today! A lot of what you do in clinicals depends on who your teacher is because every teacher likes to do things a little bit differently. I've never felt nervous or scared about going to clinicals, so that's reassuring!

We are all getting worn out from studying so hard every week, but I'm really glad that I'm here and I'm doing this finally! And seriously, paying attention in the pre-reqs and co-reqs has come in handy SO MUCH! Looking forward to Thanksgiving break and getting some extra sleep!

Does anyone know when the alternates find out if we got bumped up? I was under the impression that it was supposed to be today, and I was really disappointed when they didn't even mention it...

Lennon, thanks for posting that info about your life as a 1st semester student--It's so great to get a glimpse of what life will be like in a couple of months! I can't believe you got to give flu shots---what an awesome thing!!!

Sunny, since 3 people didn't show up to orientation, they might be moving 3 LPN students up to the ASN spots--They probably just had to wait to see who would actually show-up. Hopefully they'll contact you soon if you're able to move up!

Man, those smock tops are ugly....Wish they were just regular-style scrub tops with huge embroidered STUDENT on the back or something---I think that would still be better than those smock tops! Oh well----It's definitely not a fashion show, so I don't mind! I like the idea of knowing what I'm going to wear on those days versus spending time every morning trying to figure out what in the world I'm going to wear! Plus, no more high heels! Woohoo! If anyone finds great places to get appropriate shoes for lab/clinical, please post. I really want to be able to try things on, which is why I'd rather not order online.

BTW, I PM'd you back, Chris. Just wanted to give you a heads-up since you said you don't check it frequently!

Chris thanks for the heads up on the CPR class. My Y location shows something similar and has AED as a different class. Might have to attend one of the classes they suggested.

Here is what I could come up with for the books on the Indy book list. I am not sure it is all correct as far as what they said about the discs and stuff, but somewhat of a reference to let us know what they are charging as compared to the open market. Total for all books before shipping was $510.01. So if what they said was correct and we can get them through the bookstore for between $500 and $600, then they are not gouging us to terribly.


978-1-60547-353-6 Nursing2010 Drug Handbook with Web Toolkit Flexible Binding $24.74 New Amazon


978-0-7817-7178-8 Sparks and Taylor's Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual Softbound $28.50 New Amazon


978-0-7817-7618-9 Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing, Illustrated (Standard Edition) $18.89 New Amazon


978-1-60831-840-7 Taylor, Text, Video Guide, Study Guide,and Skills Checklist Package Print (3 Taylor Books on list) $192.95 New Amazon


978-0-7817-9047-5 Focus on Nursing Pharmacology Softbound $28.95 New Amazon

978-1-60547-152-5 ACC Atlas of Pathophysiology Hardbound $42.84 New Amazon


978-0-7817-5978-6 Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing Hardbound $54.99 New Amazon


978-0-7817-7064-4 Nursing Care Plans and Documentation Nursing Diagnosis and Collaborative Problems Softbound $32.00 Amazon New


978-0323046343 Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference (Paperback) $24.95 Amazon New



978-0-323-02635-2 Drug Calculations Online for Ogden Calculation of Drug Dosages (User Guide, Access Code and Textbook Package) $85.94 Amazon New