BMCC Spring 2023

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Hi there! I just completed AP I and plan to submit my checklist soon in the hopes of taking HESI 2 this December. I currently have a 3.83 GPA for my PCI’s (I have A’s in everything but AP I for which I received a B+). I hope to do well on the HESI and be accepted to the Nursing program for the Spring of 2023 day program. I wanted to touch base with other people here who plan on doing the same so we can exchange tips and even work together if some of us get accepted to the same program. I look forward to speaking with everyone!

27 minutes ago, tiramisu said:

I looked on my blackboard and there is a refresher for it on the third week of January. It’s over zoom for two days. 8 hours each day to learn all of it. I did it over the Summer and let’s just say I regret going. Sure it helped, but I realized dimensional analysis is much easier. I can find YouTube links that have exactly the same info instead of going for 16 hours over the weekend. Just look up medication math comprehensive on registered nurse RN. Don’t worry about it because everyone passes it. The professors are so caring and will make sure you do even if you don’t the first time.

The lottery works like this. Last time around 50-60 of us showed up and each got a ticket with a number. The ticket comes in two pieces. They keep one half and throw it in a bag while you have the other with the same number. They shake it and call it out. So you get to pick if you want morning or afternoon. Usually everyone goes for morning for the professor so by the 30-35th ticket, almost all the morning sections are filled and everyone else gets put in afternoons. Night program just has one professor so no lottery. 
 

You don’t have to be in scrubs the first two weeks or so in the lab because everyone is getting the uniforms but they make you bring your stethoscope. Don’t worry because they have extras there to practice if you forget. Most of us wore our uniforms when doing the skills. You always have it on clinical days but never on lectures. Most lectures were on zoom. The professor is going to tell you it’s not but we went to campus maybe 3 times for inperson lectures. Exams are always in person though. You get to leave right after and don’t get lectured.

If you guys want a head start the chapters usually go like this 15-20(nursing process), 28(infection control). This is on the first exam for any professor. Look up nursing process on YouTube. It’s 5 steps and you have to know it backwards and forwards. The chapters are from the 10th/11th edition of potter. You can find it online.

 

You’re the best, Tiramisu! One more question. It’s about the footwear, I saw on the guidebook that they want us to get white shoes, but they can’t be sneakers. Which would you recommend?

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44 minutes ago, tiramisu said:

I looked on my blackboard and there is a refresher for it on the third week of January. It’s over zoom for two days. 8 hours each day to learn all of it. I did it over the Summer and let’s just say I regret going. Sure it helped, but I realized dimensional analysis is much easier. I can find YouTube links that have exactly the same info instead of going for 16 hours over the weekend. Just look up medication math comprehensive on registered nurse RN. Don’t worry about it because everyone passes it. The professors are so caring and will make sure you do even if you don’t the first time.

The lottery works like this. Last time around 50-60 of us showed up and each got a ticket with a number. The ticket comes in two pieces. They keep one half and throw it in a bag while you have the other with the same number. They shake it and call it out. So you get to pick if you want morning or afternoon. Usually everyone goes for morning for the professor so by the 30-35th ticket, almost all the morning sections are filled and everyone else gets put in afternoons. Night program just has one professor so no lottery. 
 

You don’t have to be in scrubs the first two weeks or so in the lab because everyone is getting the uniforms but they make you bring your stethoscope. Don’t worry because they have extras there to practice if you forget. Most of us wore our uniforms when doing the skills. You always have it on clinical days but never on lectures. Most lectures were on zoom. The professor is going to tell you it’s not but we went to campus maybe 3 times for inperson lectures. Exams are always in person though. You get to leave right after and don’t get lectured.

If you guys want a head start the chapters usually go like this 15-20(nursing process), 28(infection control). This is on the first exam for any professor. Look up nursing process on YouTube. It’s 5 steps and you have to know it backwards and forwards. The chapters are from the 10th/11th edition of potter. You can find it online.

 

Thank you for all the info! So do you know if they're continuing the Zoom lectures indefinitely? I have two young kids and it would be so much easier if I only had to commute once a week! 

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52 minutes ago, Nursinghopeful3 said:

Thank you for all the info! So do you know if they're continuing the Zoom lectures indefinitely? I have two young kids and it would be so much easier if I only had to commute once a week! 

It seeming like the lectures in all three cohorts will be online-synchronous. The labs and clinicals will both be in person. You can check out this info by browsing the class in the course catalog. 

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44 minutes ago, bRNe said:

It seeming like the lectures in all three cohorts will be online-synchronous. The labs and clinicals will both be in person. You can check out this info by browsing the class in the course catalog. 

Thank you, I had just assumed all classes were back in person again so this is fantastic news to me!

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4 hours ago, FutureRN_Nat said:

You’re the best, Tiramisu! One more question. It’s about the footwear, I saw on the guidebook that they want us to get white shoes, but they can’t be sneakers. Which would you recommend?

They are pretty strict with the foot wear. Most people get work clogs that they can wipe down. Just accept that the shoes are going to be fugly looking. I'd recommend getting a pair of Gales. They look good and feel great. You can't wear open crocs. No all white sneakers (no airforces/adidas/asics, etc). Hope this helps! Clinicals are super tiring on your feet. You will be begging for a break after being on your feet for 4+ hours so investing in a better pair of shoes won't hurt. 

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3 hours ago, bRNe said:

It seeming like the lectures in all three cohorts will be online-synchronous. The labs and clinicals will both be in person. You can check out this info by browsing the class in the course catalog. 

I have a silly question about how the online synchronous lectures/in person labs work. For example, for the afternoon section the lecture is from 1 to 2:40, but the lab starts at 3 PM. Does that mean we have to be on the school grounds for the synchronous lecture class to make it on time for the lab? I was hoping to stay home. LOL.

34 minutes ago, tiramisu said:

They are pretty strict with the foot wear. Most people get work clogs that they can wipe down. Just accept that the shoes are going to be fugly looking. I'd recommend getting a pair of Gales. They look good and feel great. You can't wear open crocs. No all white sneakers (no airforces/adidas/asics, etc). Hope this helps! Clinicals are super tiring on your feet. You will be begging for a break after being on your feet for 4+ hours so investing in a better pair of shoes won't hurt. 

Thanks for the recommendation! The Gales don’t look bad at all. 

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5 hours ago, FutureRN_Nat said:

I have a silly question about how the online synchronous lectures/in person labs work. For example, for the afternoon section the lecture is from 1 to 2:40, but the lab starts at 3 PM. Does that mean we have to be on the school grounds for the synchronous lecture class to make it on time for the lab? I was hoping to stay home. LOL.

Thanks for the recommendation! The Gales don’t look bad at all. 

Ignore that! Basically two days a week are 4 hours of lecture each day. There is no such thing as a "lab portion". No professor lectures more than 2-3 hours. Most days its two hours plus some group work and you are gone. So if the professor says its on zoom, you stay home with your cameras on. Most of them want to make sure you are there.

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23 hours ago, tiramisu said:

Ignore that! Basically two days a week are 4 hours of lecture each day. There is no such thing as a "lab portion". No professor lectures more than 2-3 hours. Most days its two hours plus some group work and you are gone. So if the professor says its on zoom, you stay home with your cameras on. Most of them want to make sure you are there.

Awesome! That’s amazing to hear. I did my physical today for everything the guidebook was requesting to be ahead of the curve. One thing I was wondering about was the proof of HIPAA compliance. How do we prove that? I went on the HIPAA site and there isn’t a certification or course they offer for that. 

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2 hours ago, FutureRN_Nat said:

Awesome! That’s amazing to hear. I did my physical today for everything the guidebook was requesting to be ahead of the curve. One thing I was wondering about was the proof of HIPAA compliance. How do we prove that? I went on the HIPAA site and there isn’t a certification or course they offer for that. 

What is required for the physical if I may ask?

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5 minutes ago, undisclosedandsecured said:

What is required for the physical if I may ask?

Flu shot, tdap shot if you hadn’t had it in the last 10 years, TB screening; for this they did the quantiferon for me, and titters for MMR and Hep B. Plus, there’s some review of system questions and what meds you’re currently on. 

There is a form in the guidebook that I printed out and brought with me. Once I get the results, my PCP will complete it, sign and stamp it then email it to me. 

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12 hours ago, FutureRN_Nat said:

Flu shot, tdap shot if you hadn’t had it in the last 10 years, TB screening; for this they did the quantiferon for me, and titters for MMR and Hep B. Plus, there’s some review of system questions and what meds you’re currently on. 

There is a form in the guidebook that I printed out and brought with me. Once I get the results, my PCP will complete it, sign and stamp it then email it to me. 

oh OK so if I got all those done the year prior for another cause then all I need to do is redo the TB test and flu shot and have the doctor sign right?

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On 12/16/2022 at 11:28 PM, fgh78s said:

I just finished taking my final a couple of days ago. 

My advice future nurses,

make friends in the program and study really hard some of the people in the program study from 9 AM to 10 PM. Once you are inside the competition gets thrown out of the window. Get to know your colleagues and connect, spend time with them, and do group study. The more you progress through the program, those who did not have support from their peers failed and repeated the course.  Utilize the EAQ which you will learn about when you get inside the program. The program is now changing to reflect the New NCLEX. 

 

The program is really hard, I have seen classmates cry in the middle of the test, tears shed and you really need support. 

 

Goodluck! You will find out your inside the program once you get a zoom link that is making you not share it. I found out I was inside the program towards the end of the december. Heads up, there is a drug test. So get your affairs in order ?

 

Hey!

Question regarding the drug testing and all of the physical/background checking: Do you recall the timeline of when you had to submit all of that info via castlebranch? In the student handbook it says that students have to submit all of that info 30 days before they start clinicals. I'll be out of the country mid-Jan so my availability to realistically prepare and submit all of those documents/tests is frightening me. 

Or did bmcc just required submitting it anytime before the start of classes? 

Thanks!!

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