Clayton State Nursing Program Spring 2012

U.S.A. Georgia

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Hey! I am just starting this forum to see who else is applying for Clayon State's Spring 2012 BSN Program. I just applied and now the waiting begins..

Does anyone know what the best shoes to get would be? K-Swiss vs NurseMate? (Price + Comfort),,,,And, are the to be only white, or can they have any coloring on them?

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Jase I went to the bookstore the other day to see how much the bundle was with the dosage workbook in it and it is 340$!! I was going to buy it but they said it is the one for the fall 2011 semester and they werent sure if it would be the same bundle for spring because the nursing department didnt turn in the books for spring 2012 and they are past due of the deadline. so she told me to email the nursing dept n ask them. So i emailed the receptionist of the nursing dept and she said to wait until they update the books for spring because some editions have changed. so I might just do what you did and buy a cheap one and then just get the packet when they update the book list. so have you gotten a chance to look @ the workbook yet? Is it just like math problems for us to practice? ohh and I am probably going to get k-swiss shoes from somewhere besides that uniform website because those are pricy, but i do believe they have to be all white. An2on what would you suggest about the shoes?

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Thanx Steph for that info. Yes, the book has a bunch of info on setting up unit conversions, with a ton of examples and practice problems. It is the third edition by Gloria Craig (Clinical Calculations Made Easy). It is an edition or two old, but mine was brand new in the wrapping..........Same info to learn regardless.

I do not look forward to wearing ALL white everyday, they could have at least mixed in some blue or something----LOL!

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Specializes in ICU Surgical Trauma.

Hey guys!

The old edition for the dosage book will suffice. I didn't know there would be a new edition until I got the bundle and I had already studied from the old edition. It is the same exact way of solving the problem with dimensional analysis. The only thing different is the actually math problems. However, when you start your instructor will check the entire new edition for completeness. But I was glad I had studied with the old edition regardless of what edition was in the packet. Now about the shoes, you can get any shoes you want. Just make sure they are all white with maybe very little color around the trim of the show. I got mine from the Nike outlet for $45 and they are comfortable. I would not go that cheap on the shoes because you will be standing and walking for most of the day at clinical. Here's the link of a shoe similar to mine, I'm a guy so it's a men's shoe :). http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/?l=shop,pdp,ctr-inline/cid-1/pid-418069/pgid-438939

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An2on thank you again you've been soo helpful! I went ahead and ordered the forth edition because it was only 6$ on amazon with shipping and all! But ill buy the packet when they actually have the spring books posted. When does the nursing program actually tell us about all of this stuff that's going to happen at the beginning of the semester? At orinetation? Because I feel like they haven't given us much info about the program at all! And I'm glad to hear we can get any shoe because I love nikes too! So ill prolly get some of those..and 45 isn't bad ill check out the nike outlet!

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an2on,,thank you for taking the time again and again to respond to our questions----Huge help :bowingpur

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An2on, or anyone else, which units should we specifically learn for our dosage calculations testing,,,,,meaning do we really need to know how many drams, minims, grains, or should we mainly know the normal conversions like mL, mg, etc. ?

Thanx

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Also, how many pairs of uniforms do ya'll reccommend that we purchase? Should we order all the uniforms we need buy the due date, or can we order more uniforms later on as needed?

Thanx

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Specializes in ICU Surgical Trauma.

You need to know specifically grains, drams, teaspoons, quarts, pints. The book come with a chart with the conversion. but you don't really need to know all of them for the dosage test because in your first week they will give you a sheet with the conversions that you need to know for the dosage test. I would recommend two uniforms but you can purchase additional pair later on if you think you need them. I didn't even buy my shoes until 2 weeks after classes started because we didn't need to be in full uniform until the first medication check off which was 2 or 3 weeks after classes had started.

Hope this helps,

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Thanx so much an2on! So are you to wear uniforms every day, or only on clinical days?

Also, you have probably answered this before, but from your personal experience so far, just how many hours a day have you had to apply to reading and studying, and are these hours true on your weekends as well, or is it even more?

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Specializes in ICU Surgical Trauma.

We only wear uniforms on clinical days Tuesday and Wednesday. However, there are about 2-3 days throughout the entire semester where you would have to wear uniforms to lab. As far as studying, it really depends on what you have going on in a given week. But on average about 4-5 hours of studying a day and that includes other assignments such as studying for check offs, care plans etc. Keep in mind that this is just for one of the two classes I have. For example, I get home from class everyday by 1 or 2. I eat, study from 3-7 or 3-10pm. After that, I prepare myself for bed and get ready for the next day. My schedule is pretty easy to maintain because I don't work and I don't have a spouse or children. There will be some days you have other issues going on and nursing might not fit in your schedule and you would have to study for 2 hours that day and just catch up later. Some days you might not study at all and that is totally fine as long as you don't get behind that much. Your first 2 weeks will be crazy but you will get the hang of it later and say to yourself "I got this!". LoL Sorry if im talking too much but you will have fun in the middle of all the stress because nursing material is very interesting. But anyway, I don't wanna write a book. so if you have anymore questions let me know.

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Thanx for all that insight an2on! Really helps me get a clearer perspective on what to look forward to.

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