CCAC Allegheny Evening Fall 2014 Nursing Students

Kat Iudina · May 7, 2014

I'm excited to start the program too! Wonder when our packets come. Before or after orientation

wmr5 · May 7, 2014

Wondering the same thing Kat. Nice to hear from you. I am guessing our June 10th meeting will tell us everything we need to know. I am currently looking for an affordable, durable, waterproof watch with a second hand and bandage scissors. I am waiting for the specifics for everything else.

Kat Iudina · May 7, 2014

Oh. I forgot about this stuff. So many things to buy!

Zam88 · May 8, 2014

Hey guys...wmr5 it was great idea to open a new thread for us ... i am so worried and nervous that i will miss something ....

wmr5 · May 8, 2014

I don't think we will have any "semester altering" issues, just get prepared for thinking clinically; understanding the concepts and applying them to patients at a first glance. Did both of your letters come with a pink letter stating that the evening Allegheny fall students need to meet on June 10th, correct?

wmr5 · May 8, 2014

Good luck everybody and remember to learn the material, understand the concepts and apply them to patients in real life scenarios. :bookworm: :yes:

Kat Iudina · May 8, 2014

Yes. It was pink-colored

Zam88 · May 8, 2014

it is pink ... And orrientation is on June 10 at 4-6pm milton hall

wmr5 · May 9, 2014

Just to give everybody a heads-up. There are very informative youtube videos about the NCLEX-RN exam. One from KAPLAN elucidates: how the exam works, what they are testing you on, what a passing score is and how it is determined by KAPLAN. I found it helpful in regards to how I categorize information when, for example, reading concepts from an old Pharmacology in Nursing book lying around from a previous Pharmacology class in an effort to begin preparing these skills needed moving forward. The instructor in the approx. 1hr and 16 minute video states that remembering material is the "lowest level" of learning; yup, this is the difference in training to be a clinician and/or researcher. Critical thinking and formulating a care/treatment plan is the expected result, not just identification of a symptom during an assessment. Again, I am stating the obvious outloud to remind myself of how to relate symptoms and treatments in my brain, as we study, moving forward.

In order to pass, you must consistently score correct answers that are "more difficult", requiring you to apply the "complete understanding" of the memorized concepts and mechanisms. It helps me to grasp this realization while learning the concepts, instead of applying them afterwards in the clinic. This is going to be both interesting and challenging! I can't wait!

wmr5 · May 9, 2014

Ok, I feel compelled to post these 2 new comments on this thread as the first thread we ALL began this journey on, we are all in this together :

And yes, in case you were wondering from my previous statement regarding my personality...I do have both Star Wars and Star Trek collectibles from my childhood tucked away to proudly share with my own children one day, love science and science fiction, am excited about every new Marvel movie and being nerdy is apparently in my DNA. I will certainly "geek out" and have fun accomplishing this new goal moving forward so take my future posts with a great degree of "don't take life too serious" flavor, please. However, I also enjoy helping others, anyway possible. So feel free to post any science and/or nursing questions or concerns and we can solve them together!

Kat Iudina · May 13, 2014

I just looked online at psychology and math classes that I need to take along with nursing classes this fall. They are almost filled out! Is there gonna be a place on a day of our registration I wonder? Are we gonna register for everything on June 10th or just nursing?