Survivng Drexel ACE - advice pls!

haha neither, but i do think we studied together at lunch today. eddie?

Ha. lol. who r you u over achiever!!!! Kate? i bombed the pharm final but i passed the class. wheeew.

Yup, it's me. lol. I got an A on the pharm final but missed an A in the class by a tenth of a point. I would say that I'm not an over achiever, but the temper tantrum I threw over the tenth of a point says otherwise haha. I probably could have put some of those nice psych drugs to good use.

Only 2 days left!

Hi august,

lol. u funny. u seem to be rockin for an english major. lol. anyway, wish me luck. I have to ask u about strategy for next quarter assuming i make it through this last test. I seem to always get behind and then never get to catch up.

well, gotta pull my all nighter for tomorrow.

-new1nursebabyea!

I'm trying really hard to avoid an all nighter tonight...we were so exhausted after the final this morning that we drove back to nj to take a nap before the hesi (hesi grades are up, btw). Thought I failed but I got an A, so that was a nice surprise.

Good luck studying, you'll be fine tomorrow! Let me know if you need anything, I'll be doing Adult for the next few hours.

Hi August!

I done got me an A too, whooooopeeeee!!!! ha. I luv me some corporate education HESI tests!

Now if I can just pass. I think I'll do as many HESI q's between finals tomorrow as I've been up since 5 and didn't get a nap.

lol.

Yay!! Congrats! Would you get some sleep already...you can't get an A if you're unconscious tomorrow haha.

Look at your normal values, s/s of the hypers & hypos (thyroid, glycemia), K+ & Na+, diet, neutropenia/thrombocytopeina, and remember to assess, assess, assess. And technically, we only have to do well once tomorrow (I know, not very therapeutic lol).

August and new1nurse,

A few questions for the two of you. . .I just got emailed the clinical schedule. (mine is on Wednesdays)

-For 1st quarter, if we have clinical Wednesdays, does that mean our fridays are "free" then?

-One wednesday is lab then the next wednesday is clinical, etc etc. correct?

-We were our uniforms to clinicals but do we wear them to lab too?

Thanks!
I didn't really understand this when they briefly discussed it yesterday at orientation.

1. Unless they've changed the schedule since my 1st quarter, there are no free days. There was one day a week where I only had Informatics lab, but I still had to show up on campus. Do you have an Informatics lab scheduled yet?

2. Generally, yes. The first week, both A & B groups are together in the lab and the following week you're together at the clinical site for orientation. After that, you do alternate.

3. Yes. Lab time is considered clinical time, so you wear your uniforms two days a week, once for Priniciples (lab or clinical) and once for Assessment.

Hope that helps!