Tidewater Community College 2012 Hopefuls?

virgolove34 · Nov 30, 2012

So nur 108 is almost over and I am glad because I need a break. It wasn't as hard as I thought it was gonna be...its just so time consuming. I am going to miss my instructors. How was pharmacology? Was it harder than fundamentals?

Yeah 108 was definitely time consuming and you'll def love 130's schedule, out on Mondays and Fridays :). I'm glad you're doing well. Ms. K definitely will always be one of my most favorite teachers. She's truly amazing and i had her for clinicals. Pharm is going well. I aced my first two tests but haven't had time to read for the next one and the final and 3rd test are a week apart. Fun stuff. But I will say, don't be intimidated by the pharm instructor if you have her in clinical. It may seem like she's tryin to break you but she just knows what it takes to be a competent nurse and so at times it will seem like she's being really hard but she's actually very nice.

tcchopeful · Nov 30, 2012

That's funny because I was intimidated by ms g and now she's my fav. Clinicals intimidate me but I'm getting better with the flow of things. So far we've only lost one person and I hope it stays that way. I got lucky with my class. No drama! Do clinicals start the first week in pharm?

virgolove34 · Dec 1, 2012

Definitely not the first week. Our class had a Tuesday clinical group and Thursday clinical group. Our clinical started the 29th and the Tuesday group started the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. 3 twelve hour clinicals for this class.

tcchopeful · Dec 1, 2012

12 hr clinicals stink. but at least there's no class on mon and fri.

chmicha88, RN · Dec 10, 2012

Ladies I need some of your help I'm looking at the required books for 108 and its so expensive that is it matter if we buy them used and without the DVD and things from the internet what is the best options. I need help,

tcchopeful · Dec 12, 2012

I would say buy it new. Because then you won't have to buy mynursinglab separately

chmicha88, RN · Dec 12, 2012

you mean buy the nursing fundamentals new or all the other books as well

tcchopeful · Dec 13, 2012

Definitely the fundamentals. I would buy the newer tabers dictionary. But the others were hardly used so I would buy them used if u can

chmicha88, RN · Dec 17, 2012

so i have a question for you ladies , what is the best advice would you give me for nur 108 , what was difficult , some success tips if you found any helpful resources . thank you

tcchopeful · Dec 17, 2012

Just don't fall behind on the reading! Almost every test I would wait until the day before to start studying. if you can, try to read the first I think 5 chapters for the first test. Don't try to memorize the terms. Just read for basic understanding. the tests aren't that hard..its just a time-consuming class.

infant17 · Dec 19, 2012

Is there any recommendation for study guides for the Hesi A2 exam at Tidewater Community College in virginia?

tcchopeful · Jan 11, 2013

First week of pharm seemed overwhelming. The head to toe assessment seems hard and everything is so unorganized. I guess the first week is always chaotic though..but I'm not too impressed with the way things have gone so far. We've only been given 2 hours of lab time and our practicum is in 2 weeks. Well there's my rant for now. I def gotta catch up on the reading. How is med surg virgo?