CSU East Bay Fall 2011 Applicants

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Hi, I am hoping to hear from fellow pre-nursing students who have applied to CSU East Bay's nursing program. Do you feel confident you will earn a seat in the nursing program? A reply would be greatly appreciated.

where can i get the book "pathophysiology made incredibly easy"?

You can pretty much find anything on amazon or half.com

http://www.amazon.com/Pathophysiology-Made-Incredibly-Easy/dp/078177912X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1305696506&sr=1-3

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lol...u guys don't need the book yet so i wouldn't worry about it. enjoy the summer. first quarter is pretty easy so...stop worrying unless you don't remember your a&p brush up on that.

:D this is exactly what I'm doing

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Does the program give the students a syllabus? Students from last year, can someone let me borrow your syllabus from last year?? Pretty please??? Tnx...

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Does the program give the students a syllabus? Students from last year, can someone let me borrow your syllabus from last year?? Pretty please??? Tnx...

We get syllabi for each class, not the program in general. They change year-to-year probably. You should be able to see yours very soon after orientation.

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I did not get the book bundle. A friend who dropped out of the program donated all his books to me and I barely even opened any of them. Most of all your study material is in the PowerPoints your instructors give you. Your Patho and Pharm books you will definitely read through. Most of your instructors will tell you that if you have an edition that is one edition older than what is currently being used you will be fine. Usually in lecture a teacher will tell you to know a certain chart on pg ... for a test and if you have an older edition it's usually just one or two pages different than what they tell you and you can easily figure out what they are referring to.

Regarding the booklist - last year I think they revised it about six times after they gave it to us at orientation before they had it correct so even if we gave you ours there's no guarantee it will be the same for you by the time they finalize your class's.

Another hint. At orientation you will probably have a lot of questions about books for the current students. Your instinct will be to ask "What books do I need?". A better question to ask is, "What books do I need vs what books do I want?". Practically speaking you need every book on the book list that is listed as "required" but they will also give you a "recommended" list. There will also be a lot of books mentioned such as care plan books, reference books, etc, etc. They can run up your book costs conciderablely. Ask students what they found to be helpful besides the required books. This will help you get an idea of what else you will have to buy later in the quarter. Don't go crazy buying a ton of extra books right away. Wait for the quarter to start to begin buying all the extra careplan books, reference books, etc, etc... There is no need to buy them at orientation or before school starts. Really get an understanding about what each one is about and why you need them first.

Really, don't go crazy trying to buy your text books right now. You will have plenty of time after orientation. As recommended above, if you want to study something, brush up on your A&P and enjoy your summer for now.

If you really want to be productive. See if you can take one of the 3 General Ed classes over the summer or take a transferrable Patho or Pharm class. Getting any one of those out of the way will make your life soooooo much easier your first year, you won't believe it!!!!

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Are we registering for nursing courses during our scheduled enrollment period or is this going to be addressed at the orientation?

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Are we registering for nursing courses during our scheduled enrollment period or is this going to be addressed at the orientation?

Orientation. I don't even think you can register yet? They opened the classes up for registration access on the day of orientation, last year.

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You should probably still register for the GE courses that you want to take. Usually people took those in the evenings or after theory ended at 4pm T/Th (although I think there were some seminar sections you could sign up for on 4pm on Tues if you want that option).

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That's true.. Fall quarter is actually a really good time to get GE B6 out of the way (upper division science, if you need to take it).

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Will they go over with us what additional requirements we need to complete (extra GE classes)? Also, can we assume that the schedule that is posted is what our fall schedule will be or is it subject to change?

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Will they go over with us what additional requirements we need to complete (extra GE classes)? Also, can we assume that the schedule that is posted is what our fall schedule will be or is it subject to change?

What is posted is most likely your schedule, if you can interpret it from mycsueb.

They will explain GE to you but it's probably better for you if you get the information ASAP. For example, if you can't get into a B6 class, it would be good for you to take HDEV 3800 in Fall. Really, it's just best to get as much GE out of the way before the nursing program gets difficult. This quarter, lots of people are taking HDEV 3800 and nursing history, and it is hard for them. I took both of those before I started the program and I am really happy I did.

If you are already enrolled at CSUEB, I really really really recommend taking nursing history (HIST 4710) online this summer!!

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Ok. Thank you.

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