Broward College May 2010 Acceptance

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Hello all so I am very excited and happy because I was accepted to the RN program for May. I wanted to start a new thread for those who got accpeted to communicate with each other....feel free to leave any comments,advice, or questions.

Specializes in Peds, Geriatrics.

Thank you soooooo very much for taking the time and posting your advice.. I planning my homework and reading time. Your response helped me to calm down and take a deep breathe.. Again thank you :) I just finished day 3 (2nd clinical lab) and I have to say it was a better day.. Hope to keep in touch

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HI,

i am in the RN program, it started last week so i am now doing process one. My biggest fear is how to interpret the questions, understanding, reading, and well trying to remember is one thing but i heard the questions are tricky and i have no idea what to expect, can anyone give me an idea of the questions or atleast tell me a book that have questions very similar to the ones my lecturer will set, this is Broward College btw. any suggestions would be appreciated

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Specializes in ED.

There's no real book that is exactly like the questions she asks, but I used Test Success and Fundamentals Success books and they helped a lot. I eventually got the Saunder's NCLEX book, but that wasn't until process 2, but it helped as well. I believe they sell all 3 in the book store, so you can take a look.

What I can suggest is:

-make sure you read EVERY word in the question and answers. One word can throw the whole question/answer off

-if you are unsure of an answer, eliminate the answers you know won't fit and then go back to the question later. Sometimes I find I am spending too much time on the questions so if I go back to it, I might find a fresh perspective on it after going through the rest of the test. But be careful not to run out of time. Make sure you check the clock to see how much time you have left. You don't want to turn in your test with 10 questions blank.

-When you are done, make sure you have no accidental blanks on your scantron, and also make sure that each answer on the exam paper corresponds with your response on the scantron. You don't want to accidentally mark the wrong answer on the scantron when you knew the correct answer.

-Watch out for the words EXCEPT, NOT, LEAST, MOST, FIRST, etc. I've been tricked by them a time or two ;)

-Get a good night's rest the night before, and eat a good breakfast the morning of.

-The test success book gives some helpful hints as to test taking, so you might want to take a glance, even if you don't buy the book. The first exam is this Friday, right? So you won't have a whole lot of time to spend reading everything it says.

-Don't read too much into the questions. Just answer what the question is asking. Don't try to figure out information that isn't provided in the question, and be careful of extra information that is added to the question that you don't need.

-Don't change answers unless you have an absolute epiphany. Seriously. I don't know how many times I changed my mind and got the question wrong and would have had it correct the first time. Don't get nervous and second guess yourself. Go with your first instinct.

I hope this helps. The first test is always the worst because you are trying to figure out the teacher and their test style, and its even worse when its the very first one in nursing school. Just relax, remain calm, stay positive and stay focused. I know its hard with all the talk about people failing. Yes, there are people that fail....it happens every class. But there are plenty of people that pass, too. I was completely overwhelmed the first week of school and thought there was NO way I was going to be able to do this and now I am in my second specialty course and haven't failed a course yet. Stay positive :)

Also, the module is a good guide as to what you need to know for the exam (this is only true for north, which I assume is where you are at since I believe it was the only campus with a summer program this year). However, there is still a lot of information to know in the module.

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Great advice, Sunray! And I definitely agree with the part about not changing your first answer. I knew quite a few people who ended up failing an exam by one or two points. And had they not changed their original answer, they would have passed.

Psychology2nursing, are you at north? I'm only asking, because I know south had a transition class that started this May too. I also wanted to add, that for the specials (Peds, Psych, OB, etc), many of my classmates found the Straight A's series useful, as well. If you do the questions on the CDs, the rationales and topics were helpful to study from.

I just wanted to comment on how different the campuses are. At south, we take most of our exams on the computer. And we can't go back to a question. If you pass over it, intentionally or by accident (like I did once), you can't revisit it.

Sunray, do you graduate in December too? I started the transition program last May. I can't believe it's been a year already! I'm on break right now until the end of June. Then we start Ortho/Neuro. After that it's Cardio/Trends and then graduation. I'm kind of nervous though, because I heard these are the hardest classes. But I will just continue to think positive, study hard, and pray. LOL

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Central & North do not do their exams on a computer??? LOL that is soo scary to me , i answer questions i know 100% 1st :eek:

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Specializes in ED.

No I am a semester behind you. I started last August and I graduate next May. Right now I am in psych until the end of June and then I have the rest of the summer off. Then it's OB and then Ortho/Neuro in the fall.

Wow I didn't realize you take your exams online. We have never taken any exam that way. My friend who is doing the online program at Central does hers that way, but that was all I had heard of. That would really stink to not be able to go back to a question. On the other hand, maybe it would force me to make up my mind on a question and force me to not go back and change my answers, lol.

Good luck. I'm sure you're already doing this, but start reading/studying for ortho/neuro while you're on break. I plan on doing all my reading for OB during the summer. If I am feeling ambitious enough, I may just start reading for ortho/neuro, too since I will have only a few days in between the two classes and I won't have much time to prepare for it otherwise.

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Glamorous-

I'm not sure what central does, but North does NOT take exams on the computer. At least not now we don't. Haven't heard of anything in the works, but I guess you never know.

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No I am a semester behind you. I started last August and I graduate next May. Right now I am in psych until the end of June and then I have the rest of the summer off. Then it's OB and then Ortho/Neuro in the fall.

Wow I didn't realize you take your exams online. We have never taken any exam that way. My friend who is doing the online program at Central does hers that way, but that was all I had heard of. That would really stink to not be able to go back to a question. On the other hand, maybe it would force me to make up my mind on a question and force me to not go back and change my answers, lol.

Good luck. I'm sure you're already doing this, but start reading/studying for ortho/neuro while you're on break. I plan on doing all my reading for OB during the summer. If I am feeling ambitious enough, I may just start reading for ortho/neuro, too since I will have only a few days in between the two classes and I won't have much time to prepare for it otherwise.

Yeah, with the exams we always took them online (except in GIGU). And initially we WERE allowed to go back to questions. But then they stopped that when we got to Peds. They said that for the NCLEX you can't go back to questions, so they feel they are helping us.

It kind of sucks though, because a lot of times another question might jog your memory, then you could go back and answer correctly. But we can't do it anymore. And once I actually read a question, got to the last answer (which was the right choice). I said to myself, "that's it". And I went ahead and clicked "saved" without answering the question. I guess it was like since I did it mentally, I felt I already answered. I almost started crying! :o

I have started reviewing for Ortho/Neuro, but also for the HESI. They said we are taking it sometime when we get to Ortho/Neuro. So we'll see how that goes.

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Specializes in ED.

They haven't told us anything about the HESI yet. I guess its still too early for us, though. I do have friends starting Ortho/neuro when you do, so maybe I'll ask them what they know.

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sunraygurlrn2b

you always give great advice. thank you :up:

you've said these books helped you a lot: "test success and fundamentals success books"

can you please tell me the author's name - i would like to get them from amazon.

thank you

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Specializes in ED.

Thanks. Glad I could help.

Patricia Nugent and Barbara Vitale

Here is a link to Fundamentals success:

Amazon.com: Fundamentals Success: A Course Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking, Second edition (Daviss Success) (9780803619210): Patricia M. Nugent, Barbara A. Vitale: Books

Here is the link to test success:

Amazon.com: Test Success: Test-Taking Techniques for Beginning Nursing Students (9780803618947): Patricia M. Nugent, Barbara A. Vitale: Books

This is what the Test Success book looks like. I don't know why Amazon doesn't have a picture on their site.

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yeah...thats great....I am working right now full time but I plan to not work at all once I start the program...my husband took a second job so that I dont have to worry (love him). I am very excited to start yet nervous out of my mind. Did you already take microbiology yet ?

Have you all taken Microbiology?? 'cause I went to the BCC web page and the pre-requisits are:

* ENC1101 (English Composition I) (3 credit hours)

* CHM 1032 (Chemistry for Health Science) (3 credit hours)

* BSC1085 (Human Anatomy & Physiology I) (3 credit hours)

* BSC 1085L (Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab) (1 credit hour)

* BSC 1086 (Human Anatomy & Physiology II)(3 credit hours)

* BSC 1086L (Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab) (1 credit hour)

*HCP0130 (Health Career Core) (75.0 Contact Hours

I see no Micro :uhoh3::uhoh3:.....Am I wrong???:confused::confused:

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