Tri-C Nursing Starting Spring 2011

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This will be the official thread for discussions relating to Tri-C Nursing Starting Spring 2010.

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Specializes in Cardiology and ER Nursing.

The deal with the sharps coupon is that when we start doing SubQ and IM injections they'll ask for it in lab so you can use the "sharps." It's basically a piece of paper I'd imagine something like the thing we had to buy.

I bought actual reference books. Mosby's Drug Guide, Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions, and I also have a Nursing Diagnosis Handbook that will probably come in handy when we start writing out care plans. I looked at something for my smart phone however, I got the 3 reference books for only a couple dollars more than what it would cost for one of the three smart phone apps I would need.

Yes, I do have the same schedule as you. The only difference is that we have different clinical sites. As far as the commute I'm coming up I-71 to the Inner Belt. It's pretty much a crap shoot. Some days you can drive right through other days it's backed up like an old person. I'll be up around 6:00 and I'll check the weather. Right now I'm planning on leaving from Strongsville here around 6:45 or so. It's better to be 15 to 30 minutes early than 15 to 30 minutes late.;)

Specializes in Cardiology and ER Nursing.

These are the books I have.

http://www.amazon.com/Mosbys-Guide-Nurses-Linda-Skidmore-Roth/dp/0323067034/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1295545501&sr=8-4

http://www.amazon.com/Mosbys-Dictionary-Medicine-Nursing-Professions/dp/0323049370/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295545577&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Nursing-Diagnosis-Handbook-Evidence-Based-Planning/dp/0323071503/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295545605&sr=1-1

I went over to the bookstore and purchased the "Sharps kit" basically like I said before it's a 3"x4" piece of paper with a UPC sticker on it. The actual sharps kit is in the lab.

Specializes in Cardiology and ER Nursing.

Only 1450 final to go! Hooray! Unfortunately, only about half the people we started with will be moving on to 1600/1701 in the Fall.:crying2:

Only 1450 final to go! Hooray! Unfortunately, only about half the people we started with will be moving on to 1600/1701 in the Fall.:crying2:

Thats unfortunate :crying2:. Did they bow out or fail out? Well, congrats to you and everyone else who is moving on! :yeah:

Specializes in Cardiology and ER Nursing.
Thats unfortunate :crying2:. Did they bow out or fail out? Well, congrats to you and everyone else who is moving on! :yeah:

Some dropped early on in the semester when they found out that nursing wasn't for them, others dropped because they had no chance of passing lecture, others were tossed out of clinical because they were either unsafe or just not getting things done, still others ended up finishing the entire semester passed clinical and lab but failed lecture.

Boy was I ever wrong when I said that only about 10% wouldn't move on.

Anyway I'm glad to be moving on and I'm sure that my fellow classmates who are moving on are quite happy too.

It's great your moving on to your next classes. I'll be starting in The fall semester. Any good advise on the class?

Specializes in Cardiology and ER Nursing.
It's great your moving on to your next classes. I'll be starting in The fall semester. Any good advise on the class?

What campus will you be at?

For 1300 it's very important to have a good grasp of anatomy and physiology. 1300 is all assessment of the older adult. Health History, interviewing, skin hair nails, cardiac, peripheral vascular and lymph, lungs, abdomen, neuro, musculoskeletal, genitourinary. Know what assessment findings are normal, abnormal, and what diseases the abnormal findings correlate too. It really sounds worse than it actually is. If you do the questions from the online site for the Jarvis book it'll give you a good idea of the types of questions asked on the test. The lab test outs are really easy. Even the head to toe assessment at the end is easy. You should have been doing complete head to toes on your patients in clinical for weeks by the time that test out comes around so it's no big deal at all.

1450 is really a hodgepodge of different stuff. It's hard to give good advice about this course, but basically if you show up do the readings and pay attention in class it's not that bad. Really when reading the material it's important not just to read it, but also to then thing about the types of questions that will be asked about on the test. Many of the questions will have more than one correct answer. However, you are to pick the best answer.

the key to success is nclex questions and knowing how to rationalize the proper answer. there are very few points in the classes (which i believe they are going to adjust that in the fall) so it is very easy to fail the course (less than 75 percent is a fail remember) if you aren't successful with these types of questions. Since none of the other things you do in the course count toward your final grade (I am talking about lab clinical care plans etc) your grades on the multiple choice tests must be passing in order to move on. I do hope in the future a grading system will be applied to the other work done for the courses. We lost many fine future nurses because they couldn't catch on to NCLEX style questions.

For 1300, I highly recommend the Mosby videos. To study for the final, all I did was watch the videos and answer the nclex style review questions at the end of each vignette. I missed only a single point on the final. I learn visually so they really helped me. They help throughout the semester as well since often you take your lecture test before you learn the associated skills in lab....backwards yes, but that is how it is -- another thing I hope they change in the future.

For me 1450 was the easier class, but not so for others. I highly recommend the potter and perry study guide. I completed the study guide religiously for all chapters and never had a problem in the class.

The key is to study and a lot. Since the classes are out of so few points, only the multiple choice tests count toward the grade, and the grading scale is pushed up 5% (the min C is 75% and you must pass with a C) statistically the odds are against you if you are not successful with the nclex style questions. Not to scare you, but we lost many bright people who were very successful in other academic areas.

If you are already in healthcare and have some knowledge, you could begin with the videos this summer and answer the associated nclex questions. It will give you a taste of what you are in for when you begin in the Fall.

above all -- GOOD LUCK!

Specializes in Cardiology and ER Nursing.

Yeah that did stink 200 points for 1300. One 40 point exam three 35 point exams two 3 point quizzes and a 49 point final. 1450 was 300 points. Five 45 point exams three 3 point quizzes and a 66 point final, although ours ended up being 69 points because they dropped 3 questions from previous exams and added 3 more to the final. The potter and perry study guide was one I did not purchase. I have the Jarvis study guide and the Iggy study guide. The Iggy study guide will come in handy next semester and for 2500. The Jarvis guide was helpful for 1300. Many of the questions on the test were either word for word from the guide or from the online questions. At the very least they were quite similar to questions on the test.

Hopefully the grids will be posted soon so we can register. Although I pretty much know what I'm going for.

1600 lecture we only have one choice here so that is set

1600 lab I'm going for the earlier lab 12 or 12:30 to 2:15 or whenever

1600 Clinical I'm going for Marymount Hospital. (Our Choices are Marymount, Hillcrest, Bedford, UH Lerner, another UH, and I want to say either St Vincent's or Southepoint but I could be wrong here)

1701 First 8 weeks.

Edit: Hahahaha on the "Good Luck" Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.

Scott, are those clinical sites listed available for everyone at all 3 campuses to choose from? Can everyone choose whatever clinical site they want no matter the campus your based on?

Specializes in Cardiology and ER Nursing.
Scott, are those clinical sites listed available for everyone at all 3 campuses to choose from? Can everyone choose whatever clinical site they want no matter the campus your based on?

Nope, clinical sites are based on what campus you are at and what course you are in. It's too bad too. 1450 students at Metro campus won't be able to choose Southwest General as one of their clinical sites in the fall as SWG is a Westshore campus clinical site. SWG is a freakin' awesome clinical site for 1450 btw. So if you are at Westshore for 1450 choose SWG.

The sites I listed are for Metro campus fall 1600 students.

Hey Scott, I'll be at Tri-c Metro campus starting August, the evening weekend courses. Scared but exited! Is it really as intense as some say? Do you really have 3 chances to pass the math part of the nursing course or you'll get kicked out? GOOD LUCK

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