Any Summer Term First Semester Nursing Students?

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Hi guys. I got my letter and I start May 09 which is Summer Semester at Valencia Community College in Orlando. I am STOKED! I am wondering if there are any other people out there starting in the summer. I have seen threads for Fall and Spring but no Summer :(

I know you guys are out there..........let's talk about the pros of starting in Summer!

I have two pro's

#1 My kids will be heading to there Dad's for the summer a month after I start. So no daycare and early mornings for them!

#2 They only take 70 people at that campus for the summer I believe. They take the rest at another Campus. Then in the fall the ones in Osceola head over to the main campus, where I am. I think having the smaller class size may help me get more individualized attention for that crazy first semester.

I am taking 4 classes this fall. Spanish, Algebra, Intro to Humanities and American Government. I already have an NCLEX Review book, How to Survive and Maybe Even Love ursing School and Test Success- Test Taking Strategies for Beginning Nursing Students. The latter looks like it is going to be an awesome tool. The beginning talks about a positive internal Locus of Control, among other things to keep a positive mentality. I am so excited to read it.

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I am not an official nursing student yet... I am taking my pre-reqs at FCCJ. I have ENC1101 and BSC2086C left before applying -> that and the CPR class and the NAT test. My plan is to apply for Summer 09 Nursing School (night/weekends).

I am 46 yrs old. I have a Engineering degree (BE - EE). I have to take ENC1101 because I CLEP'd out of 6 cr of English in 1979....and FCCJ would give me only a "C" towards my nursing pre-req points. That's crap, but the ENC1101 should be an easy "A" for me.

What sux for me is that I hated EE when I got that degree. I spent 8 years as a 'rocket scientist' for the USAF and NASA. I quit that and have been a mainframe programmer for the past 17 yrs. My GPA by the time I graduated with my EE degree was pretty low :(. My GPA for my prereqs is 3.75 but the overall is now 2.6. Glad that FCCJ only counts my prereqs for acceptance! My math grade they will use is a "B" but that was Calculus. I had 5 math courses in my first degree and they started at Calculus and went UP from there. :eek:

I am so looking forward to becoming a nurse!

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Bump.........where are you guys? I tell everybody at school about allnurses....Im so lonely! LOL :chuckle

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Still here. Two days left in this term and I will be submitting my application.

I was just notified that I am to be laid off at EOM Jan.:bluecry1: I was going to take a break and take the spring semester off. Now it looks like I am going to need the student loans just to survive! The market is bad out there.

Stress level is pretty high right now. :banghead: Lord! I cannot wait until this is all over!:D

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Hi I Also start the nursing program at vcc during the summer. I am so excited and also scared about starting. Have you received any correspondence regarding due dates for shots, cpr, etc.?

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No, I haven't received anything as of yet. I think they wait until a month or so before you start to tell you anything.

I am pretty stressed too at this point. My bf was just laid off and getting another job is really tough right now. I beleive I will be looking for a job to do during Spring Semester.

It is almost here though, so the wait is almost over!

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I know i cant wait. I am sorry about your bf losing his job though. I am stressed about the upcoing nursing classes, being a mother of four with a husband. It gets really crazy around here sometimes. Have you gotten your immunizations orbcpr cert yet?

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I have two kids of my own so I (kinda) know what you mean! Mine are 11.5 and 8. How about yours?

I have not done my imm. yet because when I went to that first info session Molly said something to the affect that we could get them at school. I really am not sure on that though. My friend is doing the Respiratory program and she went to the doc to get hers. Honestly I will probably go to the health department or something, or maybe just the Solantic on Kirkman across from the school.

As for the cpr cert, I need to do tat too. My friend from above did hers and it was 45 bucks I beleive. I will be taking care of that once I get my financial aid this semester.

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My kids are 12,10,7, and 5. I wont start anything until my finaid comes. I will prob go to the dr office or the health dept. To get my imm. I a looking for somewhere to get the cpr cert done. Thanks for the info

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My program, at MGHIHP in Boston, starts in the summer. This has me so confused about financial aid, but otherwise I'm happy because I'm not ready for a spring start and fall seems too far away! :)

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My program, at MGHIHP in Boston, starts in the summer. This has me so confused about financial aid, but otherwise I'm happy because I'm not ready for a spring start and fall seems too far away! :)

At my school we only get two semesters of financial aid. I learned the hard way last summer! So what that meas for me is that I really conserve money where I can. I will also go ahead and pay for Summer as soon as I get my financial aid from Spring.

Good Luck!

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The only thing I have left to accomplish is the CPR course....called all the numbers that the school supplied and all I got were answering machines or auto info with dates for courses that had already passed! Hopefully someone has a course in Jan. We have to submit the applications by Feb for summer admit.

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