Starting Lorain County Community College RN - Fall 2012

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ladylysis

26 Posts

Book lists are up. Has anyone priced things out? For 114 (my only class) it looks like about $200.

Kbrowning3

7 Posts

Yeah for 114 and 115 it was about $500 and that was for used so hopefully I can get all used! Boy these books add up. Plus the kit, scrubs, and such.

Specializes in Cardiology and ER Nursing.

If LCCC's program is anything like Tri-C's program you'll use most of the books you buy first semester throughout the program. Save for whenever you have OB, Psych, Peds, and Community Health.

L.Smith107

11 Posts

Oh I am so excited to see a board for Fall 2012 ADN students! Although it seems I have missed the buzz :( Clearly I need to log on here more often. I'm super excited to finally start this fall! Well, excited and ridiculously nervous at the same time.

Congrats to everyone who finally made it in! :yeah:

L.Smith107

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Also, if you're on facebook, check out the Lorain County Community College Student Nurses page! A lot of students share questions and information on there, so it's definitely a good place to look for help! :)

Kbrowning3

7 Posts

I just found the Facebook page the other day. Great page!

jennylouwho

297 Posts

So, not to scare you but everyone I know spent more than $1k in the bookstore first semester. Add more if you're buying an iTouch (I didn't need one but still spent over $1k!).

Don't be surprised if your schedule still changes to something you didn't choose. It happens all the time. Which is ridiculous, but yeah, it does.

Also, as a suggestion, go pull down the lists for 128 Fall, so you'll have an idea closer to the end of the semester before they post what kind of bundle options will be available since they're pretty much the same from semester to semester.

The bookstore will encourage you to get two uniforms, you really only need one until second semester (if you're at a CCF for Psych) or for 210 when you have two clinical days per week. I would suggest two lab coats since you wear it for two labs a week, plus sometimes in class when it's cold AND sometimes at clinical too.

I'm going into 210 in the fall.

Be scared enough to know not to blow things off, but don't be so scared that you don't think you can do it. 114 is relatively easy. 115 is definitely the harder of the two classes. Study and you'll do fine. If you aren't doing fine, seek help right away.

L.Smith107

11 Posts

So, not to scare you but everyone I know spent more than $1k in the bookstore first semester. Add more if you're buying an iTouch (I didn't need one but still spent over $1k!)

Is it necessary to have an iPod Touch? Like would you recommend it? I have an iPad but it is obviously much larger to be carrying around lol but I just wondered what your opinion was on getting an iPod.

Thanks for all of the tips though :)

jennylouwho

297 Posts

One of my classmates takes her ipad to clinical, and I have no idea how it works out for her. For me, I can toss my itouch into my pocket and look things up as I go. It also works on your smart phone, but some hospitals and/or clinical instructors will not allow you to use anything but an itouch, because they're afraid you'll be texting or something. I use it all the time at clinical, and even when I'm studying at school and don't have my laptop. If I had an iphone or another fancy phone, it probably wouldn't be as necessary. :)

jennylouwho

297 Posts

Oh, and if you don't get the software, you have to buy the books.

Specializes in Cardiology and ER Nursing.

Chances are you won't have much time to use either. And when you do wind up needing some sort of reference most of the hospitals now a days have some sort of drug/reference application on their computers. The Cleveland Clinic facilities actually have two. The Lexi-Comp suite and the Micromedex suite.

jennylouwho

297 Posts

Not all of the hospitals are on computerized charting though. Mercy Allen and Mercy Regional are two hospitals that spring to mind. Also, it's sometimes hard to find a computer available even if the hospital does have computerized charting because everyone else needs to use them as well. I've only been on one unit with computerized charting and the computers that were available that were just there were never really available. You won't have time to spend a lot of time with it, plus, you have to prepare your clinical tool and do your drug cards (or sheets, depends upon clinical instructor), I've had up to 40 drugs to do in one day, and in 115 you don't go the night before, so if you have someone with that many meds, you'll spend a lot of time with a drug manual or the software. And, the drug reference books on the floor have been horribly out of date.

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