Calhoun Comm College Fall 2015

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We've got several months until application time opens for Fall 2015. I assume it'll open sometime in May, maybe April if we're lucky! Does anyone already have it on their brain like I do :up: Hoping to make it in the program for Fall 2015 & would love to chat with some other folks that have ants in their pants too!

OK. I'm in Huntsville. I got my letter today and was accepted with 224.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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AceOne CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! now I'm super nervous.I live in Birmingham so may get it tomorrow. Did you apply to night or day program?

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I'm in HSV too but no letter today. Maybe tomorrow. Congratulations.

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I applied to ADN

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Congratulations !!!!

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I'm in Athens and I got my letter today. Accepted with 225 for ADN!

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I'll see you in class Ace! Congrats!

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Yayyyy jahosafat!!!!!!!!!! Congrats! See you there!

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Congratulations y'all! That is wonderful news! I'm out of state so nothing here yet. I bet y'all feel relieved. So happy for y'all!

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Specializes in Med/surg.

Hello there!

I'm finishing my first semester at Calhoun in the fulltime ADN program, and I just wanted to give advice to those of you who will enter this fall.

Before school starts:

-Join the Calhoun Nursing Mentors group on Facebook, if you have one. You can find right now several outgoing students selling their books for CHEAP.

-It is also beneficial to create or join an existing private Facebook group for your cohort. We've all helped each other remember to bring things, answered questions, and generally given support to each other. It's nice.

-The patch for the uniform is cheaper in all other locations besides the bookstore ($3-5 vs. $8).

-DO NOT buy the penlight the bookstore offers. It's crap and 30-40% of the people who bought that pen (myself included) have already had it go out and eat through batteries like crazy.

-You will recommended to buy the study guide” books for Fundamentals and Med-surg. Med-surg study guide won't be used until 2nd semester, and I didn't know anyone who used the fundamentals study guide book. Take that money and buy a Saunder's NCLEX book instead.

-The same goes for the Davis Lab and Diagnostic tests book. I haven't used it this semester, and I likely didn't need it until 2nd semester.

-Take that huge 3” student handbook binder you'll be required to buy and transfer it to a smaller 1 ½”. It's much easier to take to class when you need to. As soon as they tell you, make a copy (or two) of the Nursing Skills Checklist”. You MUST have that or you will not be allowed to validate any skills you learn. (15 of us learned that the hard way.)

-If you want to get ahead” I recommend going through your fundamentals and pharm books. Don't worry about health assessment so much, it's the most simple and it's better to wait until the instructor demos things anyway. In pharm I would only worry about conversions of the metric, apothecary, and household systems. For fundamentals, infection control, mobility, skin integrity/wound care.

-GET. YOUR. PERSONAL. THINGS. IN. ORDER.

During school:

-There are case studies” you have to do, and they have different requirements for different classes. Once the instructors register you (a week or two into the semester), I would take a day a do ALL of them. Saves you a headache later.

-Attending class is the most important. I know this may seem like a duh” thing, but you'd be surprised when people don't come in and the instructor emphasizes an otherwise unimportant-looking point on their powerpoint that is then a test question or two. It has also happened that an instructor decides to take out a slide or two of info, saving you from a bit of studying.

-When a test comes, DON'T BRING THAT CELLPHONE IN. I've seen people get walked straight out for the sound of a vibrating cell. One person was during test one and now has to make up a harder version of that test on makeup day, which also happens to be a day we have our last pharm test, which is also two days before the pharm final. I kid you not.

-Check Blackboard every single day, even the morning of class.

-Always have your badge. If you're someone who loses their stuff on occasion, pay the $5 at student services and get a second one. You CANNOT test or validate without it.

… I don't remember anything else right now, but I hope this helps and things won't change too much from my semester to yours. These are things I'd wish someone would've told me, and if anyone has any questions, you can ask and I'll try to pop on and help. The next two weeks are going to be very busy though (finals), so sorry if I take a while.

Good luck everyone!

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I know ADN. Part time or evening? Different scores are used for each program.:up:

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Congratulations to those accepted !!!

I have not received a letter yet, However I applied to another school in South Carolina ( Orangeburg Calhoun : How random is that?) & I received a phone call yesterday saying that I was accepted to the ADN Program!!!! Will receive letters next week !!! - I applied to the PN Program here at this Calhoun. However I think it would be kinda dumb of me to pass up the ADN program to stay here & do the PN program. But I still love Calhoun ( Decatur ) though!!!!!

Congrats again !!! The wait has been Long !!!!!

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