broward college-- notes & advice

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it's been 2 years and a few months since i graduated from bc and i can tell you that it was not an easy road. i definitely do not recommend having a baby in the middle of the program!

i wish calculators were allowed in the math exams-- even though it has been quite sometime since i graduated from school-- i still to this day cannot do a ratio proportion math problem in a calculator when i am at work!! i don't know why, i don't get it--- cuz i never did it that way in school........i see my other co-workers using the calculator so fast with ease just like how i type --- they went to schools where calculators were allowed............ the explanation that we always got was "what if there is no calculators around"......... but in the nclex-rn exam they are allowed.

a good advice i would give to all the people starting the program is to practice practice practice that math every day before the exam, and at least 2 weeks before the math exams. at the nursing lab, they usually have tons of practice sheets that you can do-- even if you already did those set of questions, do it again and again.

be on time to class---- it could mean a whole lot if you are there on time all the time, and if something happens in the road one day that its out of your control, the teacher will usually be understanding to you..... i used to leave my house at 7am and got there at 8am every day, i used to sit infront.

practice question taking with nclex-rn exam books! that is so helpful because usually the questions are so detailed, so when you get to the test you feel (kinda) that the test is easier.

don't get into any drama or get too personal with the other students. you never know if you have a backstabber in the room, or a person who will cheat with your paper and said that you were the one who's cheating.... didn't happen to me, but i saw that happening to my classmates.

study your hardest, and make your own notes-- and even type them if you have to. i used to type my notes and call them "highlights"... i would read and read and read, and write on my slides, then i would go back and type whatever point i thought was important for the topics, and i would read that over and over again.

best of luck and study your harderst..:angel:

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Thank you for posting that......you posted a thread about a book that helps you prepare for nursing school.....what is name of it ?

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Thank you for posting that......you posted a thread about a book that helps you prepare for nursing school.....what is name of it ?

no prob!

student nursing success by nuget

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test success: test-taking techniques for beginning nursing students

patricia m. nugent

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that's the book I had, and let me tell you that it helped me get through the first semester of the program because it taught me how to break down the question, and really think about what the question was asking me. the version above is the latest. I let someone borrow my old one and the person never gave it back!!

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57707033_c.jpg fundamentals success: a course review applying critical thin...

patricia m. nugent

i did not own this book, but i did use it from time to time borrowed from the nursing lab-- until someone stole it!--

but this book is good, because it has many practice questions on topics related to the first semester nursing course.

i would of bought this book-- but i had already bought the other book from the previous post... so i was already comming out of my ears with books!

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another nursing book to have-- it's actually a total convenience-- when doing your care plans, is a care plan book.

most books are good-- i don't remember which one I had, because I sold it online-- but it was great!! it had every time of care plan that I needed to do my homework.

you can go to the library and borrow one each term-- but honest with my growing family- I loooooved having my books right next to me!

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Thank you....I cant wait to get it.

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Thanks for the advice...and the tidbit about other classmates. Karma always comes back :)

How was finding a job after you graduated? I know it's been a while, but I hear so many horror stories of new grads waiting years to find a job. =/

Did you use the day care available at Broward? I read that they pay for 75% of the cost in certain situations so it sounded like a good idea to me..

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Thanks for the advice...and the tidbit about other classmates. Karma always comes back :)

How was finding a job after you graduated? I know it's been a while, but I hear so many horror stories of new grads waiting years to find a job. =/

Did you use the day care available at Broward? I read that they pay for 75% of the cost in certain situations so it sounded like a good idea to me..

hospitals-- well at least mine-- loves nursing students, so they get hired easily as nursing assistants. before i knew anything about nursing, i became a medical assistant, and started working at the hospital where I am now.

the new nurses that worked as nursing assistants found positions at the hospital right away-- as well as some classmates that worked as nursing assistants at other hospitals.

so when i passed boards, i found a job available right away-- it was a night shift position, but it's ok because i make more $$

I did not use day care in broward because, I had my mom-- and who else will give take care of my child with more love, care and tenderness than my own mother?? so she's 3 now, and my mom still takes care of her.

nurses are needed everywhere== and if you have good interviewing skills and seem eager to get a job, you will find it!

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How long were you an NA before you became a RN? It sounds almost impossible to get a job right out of school nursing because of the lack of experience. Is the pay comparable?

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How long were you an NA before you became a RN? It sounds almost impossible to get a job right out of school nursing because of the lack of experience. Is the pay comparable?

I started working as a NA before nursing school-- 3 years-- after that, I went to nursing school, worked per-diem for a while (at the same place)- then had a baby quit-- while in school-- finished school-- and after graduation, I started working as an NA before passing boards-- passed boards and got a job!

It was an easy transition because I knew the basics-- like the charting, ordering labs, where everything was-- how the patient's were in each unit... I was a float NA so I worked all over the hospital.

BC has a good reputation in the broward health care system, so you should be able to find a job anywhere.

but like I mentioned before, it's a good idea to get a job as an assistant before you graduate from nursing school.

the pay as an NA-- well it's not that great, I was paid $10/hr....... but I dit it for the experience, and the job as an RN guaranteed.

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