Broward college Nursing Jan 2015

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Hello, this is a thread for any current nursing students at Broward college or those who have recently been accepted. I'm a bit confused on Broward's admission criteria. What classes exactly do they use to calculate the gpa?

I tried searching the BC website about workforce one and couldn't find anything on it either

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Specializes in Telemetry, IMCU.
I tried searching the BC website about workforce one and couldn't find anything on it either

It's not going to be in the BC website. You have to google CareerSource Broward.

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Ok thanks I'll check it out

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Is it really necessary to buy the latest version of the texts, or can we use an older edition? I intend to buy the latest edition of the STAT book, but I was wondering about the other books.

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I know there are procedural changes in the fundies book but the Davis drug guide and the medical dictionary I bought used. One edition less. I don't think it's do or die.

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Did anyone receive the email yet? It calls for the 7th edition of Jarvis which isn't released until May 2015!

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You get the one that's available. 6th is fine

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Does it matter if I purchase my books at Central if I'm going to North??

I'm asking because I work by Central campus and wanted to go over there on Monday to purchase my books.

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Specializes in Telemetry, IMCU.
Does it matter if I purchase my books at Central if I'm going to North??

I'm asking because I work by Central campus and wanted to go over there on Monday to purchase my books.

As long as you get the books needed for your particular instructor then it doesn't matter.

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Hi Nursing Students of Broward College,

I just want to say congrats the road was not easy but, you made it. I just want to inform the south campus students of what your in for. I don't want to discourage you but give you all the heads up. Let's start with the Dean. Please don't let her attitude get to you. Please!!! On the first day while waiting to get into your class please don't be so noisy. If it is noisy I will encourage you stay outside until 5 minutes of class. She will tell you if class starts at 9am you should be there at 8:45. I would agree however to avoid being yelled at stay away until 8:55am. Other classes have already started and maybe taking the Dosage and Calculations test and you don't want to disturb them. She will scream your freaking head off:mask:. She yells all the time. The Dean will come into your Processing 1 class and walk around stare at you and it comes of as she intimidating you as well. Just look at her like your looking through a glass window better yet look the other way. Now she has her days were she will walk up to you and just start talking. Never says Good morning or Hi so don't waste your breath saying hi. You would think it's common courtesy and your mom may have taught you better, but this is that one time you should just keep walking. :yes:

Please don't be late to class! At Central via my friends at Central they are a less stricter you may get an essay or lab hours to do. At south if your late for lecture just come in after the first break. However for lab you will be withdrawn! I had a couple of classmates that had to withdraw and start over because they were late. Only one time a few days after the term had started. There was an accident on the turnpike, and maybe 10 people were late. Professor LH gave them pink slips but the Dean was furious that he did that. She wanted him to send them to her office so she can withdraw them but since he wrote them all pink slips they were safe. :notworthy: Don't park in faculty parking with a blue uniform on. You will get in trouble for that as well so be on time!!! When your in the lab the Dean will come in and intimidate whoever whenever. (by the way she does read allnurses how do I know is because she told me herself) when she wanted me to know that she knows what other people say about her. This was during my interview. Anywho... She just walks in and scream to the top of her lungs. You will see people trying to suck up to her but trust me, she is night and day. She will flip on you in a minute. My advice to you is to stay away from her unless you have something you really need talk to her about. When it comes to the tests you only have 3 test. If you score really low on the first one you need to withdraw. You can try and do better on the second but the second test is hard. The reason why I said withdraw is because if you decide to go ahead and take the second test and let's say you no that you did a lousy job the withdraw date will have already have passed. So now you stuck trying to get a 50 which means getting all the test questions right on the third test. Is it doable? I'm optimistic so I would say yes has it been done nope! Therefore try your hardest to get a high score on the first test. :bookworm:

Processing students get blamed for everything. So don't take it to heart when you come back from your first day at the hospital and your being screamed at because another professor said you were loud on the Memorial bus or in the patient hallway. My group was not loud and we were lied on many of times. Just keep moving don't listen to that load of crap.

Oh... for your hospital experience your going to be told to get there early in the am. (Memorial Regional students) Clinicals start at 7 be at the employee off sight lot at 5:45am no later 6:15am because employees have first priority on the bus. So trust me you don't want to be late to clinical. Those who go to the Memorial South on Washington St. not Johnson and Central students you will be fine because Memorial South and Broward Health Andrews their parking lot is in walking distance. Don't forget your penlight, stethoscope or badge. The clinical professor will send you on your way.

Homework for everyone North, South and Central. Do it :yes:even if you don't know what to do it!!! . Especially the first day. I can only speak for South and if you are a south campus student and you don't do your lab work, care plan etc. you are going to visit the Dean:mask: trust me you don't want to see her for that. She will withdraw you for anything. At central my friend and another classmate forgot there care plan and my friend was withdrawn by AS but AS didn't withdraw the other student both were in good standing but favoritism was given to one. So be careful.:up: Pack your bag the night before and triple check it.

Lastly don't be that student! If you think your going to come in and disrespect or over talk your nursing professor. You are sadly mistaken. If you think you are going to come into class because you have been in healthcare for X amount of years and you just know it all. You are mistaken. JCS and LH lecture will eat you up and spit you out. :borg::spit: Don't even try it. It's always this one person that does and it takes the right professor to get them together. :wideyed: You better believe the will. I will say this JCS and LH were good Professors. I had LH.

Learn from my mistakes. Unfortunately, my medical background really hurt me during my test. I would always over think the question that was being asked. Only answer what they ask. No more no less. I read every chapter that was assigned but I did more reading and I didn't study enough. Mistake 2. Mistake 3 I would second guess myself.

LH gives a test review after this test is given and no you can't see the test after it's graded so you don't know which ones were right or wrong. You have to think of the question you may have gotten yes I said gotten wrong, but you don't know because you can't see your test. Now what I was told you can talk with nursing professors at Central about your test but not at South. :no: Don't even try it. I don't care how demanding you can be, who your not afraid of you will be shut down. Pharmacology if you want a study key he gives you one but if you go on Quizlet.com and type in Lav3nder her icon is a butterfly she has awesome Pharm notes. Trust me for WJ.

As for my future I tried to retrack, but I just could not deal with BC anymore. I am enrolled in a new program and I happy about that. Total opposite of BC and I have ran into some former BC students their so I'm not alone. No matter what if nursing is for you. Fight hard for it. Don't let anyone discourage you. Yes it hard and you have to give up a lot but it is all worth it. I am proud of my January 2014 cohort that have gone on to continue this path, and for those who have to restart I'm happy for you too. Broward College and Keiser are the only 2 colleges that are ADN accredited in Broward County via Florida Board of Nursing. The program I am in is approved and I will be able to sit for my NCLEX and I have already chosen my school for my BSN that will accept my transfer credits. If you are looking to get into a new program always, always, always check with Florida Board of Nursing. :yes::yes:

Good Luck, God Bless, and Pray cause your going to need it.

Educationally Yours Fearless_Leader.

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Specializes in Telemetry, IMCU.
Hi Nursing Students of Broward College,

I just want to say congrats the road was not easy but, you made it. I just want to inform the south campus students of what your in for. I don't want to discourage you but give you all the heads up. Let's start with the Dean. Please don't let her attitude get to you. Please!!! On the first day while waiting to get into your class please don't be so noisy. If it is noisy I will encourage you stay outside until 5 minutes of class. She will tell you if class starts at 9am you should be there at 8:45. I would agree however to avoid being yelled at stay away until 8:55am. Other classes have already started and maybe taking the Dosage and Calculations test and you don't want to disturb them. She will scream your freaking head off:mask:. She yells all the time. The Dean will come into your Processing 1 class and walk around stare at you and it comes of as she intimidating you as well. Just look at her like your looking through a glass window better yet look the other way. Now she has her days were she will walk up to you and just start talking. Never says Good morning or Hi so don't waste your breath saying hi. You would think it's common courtesy and your mom may have taught you better, but this is that one time you should just keep walking. :yes:

Please don't be late to class! At Central via my friends at Central they are a less stricter you may get an essay or lab hours to do. At south if your late for lecture just come in after the first break. However for lab you will be withdrawn! I had a couple of classmates that had to withdraw and start over because they were late. Only one time a few days after the term had started. There was an accident on the turnpike, and maybe 10 people were late. Professor LH gave them pink slips but the Dean was furious that he did that. She wanted him to send them to her office so she can withdraw them but since he wrote them all pink slips they were safe. :notworthy: Don't park in faculty parking with a blue uniform on. You will get in trouble for that as well so be on time!!! When your in the lab the Dean will come in and intimidate whoever whenever. (by the way she does read allnurses how do I know is because she told me herself) when she wanted me to know that she knows what other people say about her. This was during my interview. Anywho... She just walks in and scream to the top of her lungs. You will see people trying to suck up to her but trust me, she is night and day. She will flip on you in a minute. My advice to you is to stay away from her unless you have something you really need talk to her about. When it comes to the tests you only have 3 test. If you score really low on the first one you need to withdraw. You can try and do better on the second but the second test is hard. The reason why I said withdraw is because if you decide to go ahead and take the second test and let's say you no that you did a lousy job the withdraw date will have already have passed. So now you stuck trying to get a 50 which means getting all the test questions right on the third test. Is it doable? I'm optimistic so I would say yes has it been done nope! Therefore try your hardest to get a high score on the first test. :bookworm:

Processing students get blamed for everything. So don't take it to heart when you come back from your first day at the hospital and your being screamed at because another professor said you were loud on the Memorial bus or in the patient hallway. My group was not loud and we were lied on many of times. Just keep moving don't listen to that load of crap.

Oh... for your hospital experience your going to be told to get there early in the am. (Memorial Regional students) Clinicals start at 7 be at the employee off sight lot at 5:45am no later 6:15am because employees have first priority on the bus. So trust me you don't want to be late to clinical. Those who go to the Memorial South on Washington St. not Johnson and Central students you will be fine because Memorial South and Broward Health Andrews their parking lot is in walking distance. Don't forget your penlight, stethoscope or badge. The clinical professor will send you on your way.

Homework for everyone North, South and Central. Do it :yes:even if you don't know what to do it!!! . Especially the first day. I can only speak for South and if you are a south campus student and you don't do your lab work, care plan etc. you are going to visit the Dean:mask: trust me you don't want to see her for that. She will withdraw you for anything. At central my friend and another classmate forgot there care plan and my friend was withdrawn by AS but AS didn't withdraw the other student both were in good standing but favoritism was given to one. So be careful.:up: Pack your bag the night before and triple check it.

Lastly don't be that student! If you think your going to come in and disrespect or over talk your nursing professor. You are sadly mistaken. If you think you are going to come into class because you have been in healthcare for X amount of years and you just know it all. You are mistaken. JCS and LH lecture will eat you up and spit you out. :borg::spit: Don't even try it. It's always this one person that does and it takes the right professor to get them together. :wideyed: You better believe the will. I will say this JCS and LH were good Professors. I had LH.

Learn from my mistakes. Unfortunately, my medical background really hurt me during my test. I would always over think the question that was being asked. Only answer what they ask. No more no less. I read every chapter that was assigned but I did more reading and I didn't study enough. Mistake 2. Mistake 3 I would second guess myself.

LH gives a test review after this test is given and no you can't see the test after it's graded so you don't know which ones were right or wrong. You have to think of the question you may have gotten yes I said gotten wrong, but you don't know because you can't see your test. Now what I was told you can talk with nursing professors at Central about your test but not at South. :no: Don't even try it. I don't care how demanding you can be, who your not afraid of you will be shut down. Pharmacology if you want a study key he gives you one but if you go on Quizlet.com and type in Lav3nder her icon is a butterfly she has awesome Pharm notes. Trust me for WJ.

As for my future I tried to retrack, but I just could not deal with BC anymore. I am enrolled in a new program and I happy about that. Total opposite of BC and I have ran into some former BC students their so I'm not alone. No matter what if nursing is for you. Fight hard for it. Don't let anyone discourage you. Yes it hard and you have to give up a lot but it is all worth it. I am proud of my January 2014 cohort that have gone on to continue this path, and for those who have to restart I'm happy for you too. Broward College and Keiser are the only 2 colleges that are ADN accredited in Broward County via Florida Board of Nursing. The program I am in is approved and I will be able to sit for my NCLEX and I have already chosen my school for my BSN that will accept my transfer credits. If you are looking to get into a new program always, always, always check with Florida Board of Nursing. :yes::yes:

Good Luck, God Bless, and Pray cause your going to need it.

Educationally Yours Fearless_Leader.

If you weren't trying to scare future students then you failed miserably. We already have a low application number because of these stories.

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@[COLOR=#003366]MariposaLPN, LPN

You just made me feel like your the Lioness of this board and I just tormented your cubs.

Here we go. Ugh...

Fear is just fear itself number one.

Number 2 when I finished this thread I meant to give you a shout out because I noticed you frequent the board giving your advice and I thought that it was cool. I guess there was a reason why I forgot. I know your a North student and maybe you might not have had difficulties I don't know.

What I do know is Allnurses is a site where we can voice are opinions rather you like it or not. Yes I'm sure that the members have all heard the horror stories that goes with the territory. So just because you maybe frequent flyer on this board is it possible you have an issue with me giving my opinion. :yes: I know this because I lurk and I don't comment because you always jump right in. I'm just saying you have the answer for everything.:bookworm: did you catch that!

Ladies and gents I'm not going to apologize about what I just posted. I felt it would be informational to some and to others you may careless. Like I said Good luck, God bless and Pray.

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