El Centro/Northlake • Fall 07

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C'mon peeps, where are you all? There are posts for every other ECC/NL class. We need our own too.

Anyone else starting in the Fall '07?

~ Bridget

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El Centro - Fall '07

Ooh, I know - the uniforms & orientation did make it start to feel "real"! Speaking of uniforms, I guess they are shipping them to our individual homes? Sorry, I guess I was too excited & nervous about clinical selections to pay attention...Be sure to let everyone know when you receive yours so we can be watching for them!

I'm not sure who all this applies to since the bookstore manager said there would be 2 shipments of books, but I bought my box of books the day of orientation. In it was a voucher for one of the books that was not available when they were packing the boxes. I went up there yesterday & the bookstore manager said she was unaware of this & copied my voucher so she can ask the supplier about it. The other books that she told us were not in the box but were required are also not in yet.

And finally, there is nothing of value on the bulletin board except ads for used books, etc. I will be going up there probably every Monday or Tuesday just to check. I will do my best to let you all know of any important findings.

Anybody signing up for the Keys to Success class?

See y'all soon!

Rachael

Hey Spoiled, I looked for you at orientation but you were not easily discernible among 49 other people.

Where are you going for clinicals?

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Specializes in Telemetry.

Hey Old Guy -

What can I say? I like to fly under the radar...My clinicals are at the VA. Yours?

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They threw so many dates at us during orientation, I am trying to sort them all out. Is this what everyone else got? Let me know if I missed any.

July 11th, after 3pm - access E-connect, print registration summary

July 11th-July 25th - pay tuition

July 30th - Check Bulletin Board (Room 821) for dates/times/supplies for Skills Lab

August 1st - Meds Publishing Testing Fee ($70), Liability Insurance ($18.13)

August 1st - purchase book box ($534.28), syllabus, Potter Nursing Skills ($25)

August 22nd - Re-check Bulletin Board (821) for dates/times/supplies for Skills Lab

August 3/7, 8/15, 9/16, 11/18 - Keys to Success course(s)

August 31st - 1st day of Lecture

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Im confused now! I just got my acceptance letter today (July 10) and the registration/orientation for Fall 2007 LVN students is on the 30 and 31st! what is all this about friday? Also, i am going to have to miss the registration/orientation meeting due to previously arranged plans, and am writing them to let them know. they wont refuse admission, will they?? 2 weeks notice is hardly sufficient.

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ops, too many times

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Hey Old Guy -

Yeah, I remember Kanora bragging on ya. What can I say? I like to fly under the radar...My clinicals are at the VA. Yours?

You're my study buddy! VA for me as well!

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Specializes in ante/postpartum, baby RN.

Im confused now! I just got my acceptance letter today (July 10) and the registration/orientation for Fall 2007 LVN students is on the 30 and 31st! what is all this about friday? Also, i am going to have to miss the registration/orientation meeting due to previously arranged plans, and am writing them to let them know. they wont refuse admission, will they?? 2 weeks notice is hardly sufficient.

I guess there are different dates for LVN and RN students. Can you ask somebody to attend orientation and take notes for you? Just an idea. ;)

Katie

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Specializes in Operating Room.
Im confused now! I just got my acceptance letter today (July 10) and the registration/orientation for Fall 2007 LVN students is on the 30 and 31st! what is all this about friday? Also, i am going to have to miss the registration/orientation meeting due to previously arranged plans, and am writing them to let them know. they wont refuse admission, will they?? 2 weeks notice is hardly sufficient.

2 weeks is hardly sufficient, but get used to it. You will be expected to handle last minute schedule changes.

During my first semester, we got called about 9AM that we had to go to do background check stuff at the VA that day and be there by 1 PM, or NO CLINICALS! (No clinicals = YOU FAIL!)

I'm sure they will make an exception as far as orientation goes, though. Are you sending that letter with any type of receipt?

By the way...good luck and congrats for getting accepted into the LVN program. Please keep us informed how the program is. I don't know much about ECC's LVN program.

(Sorry....this is not meant to sound as rude as I'm reading it after the fact.) :D

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Tele.

HI Orange mel,

congrats to your acceptance,

we are all RN students and don't know much about the LVN program, but one thing we do know is, like Michelle said , they love to throw last minute stuff at you. I remember them telling us in the first few days, that they own us the next two years. I don't think they were joking:lol2:. If you get to chose your clinicals at your orientation, you might want to be there. Anyways , I wish you the best of luck, and keep us posted.

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Haven't even applied for nursing school yet. But I'm attending El Centro for the first time this Fall. All my classes at Brookhaven closed on me. :angryfire

So anyone taking A+P II, pharm., or micro. this fall?

And how hard is it to get to the school? I live in Addison. :o

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Specializes in PACU.

Fall 07 EC,

Are any of ya'lls schedules up? The paper says after 3:00pm, but it's now 4:30pm and I'm showing 0 hours! Let me know please if yours are up!

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Specializes in PACU.

Orzonus,

El Cetro doesn't require pharm. Brookhaven and El Cetro are very different in about every aspect. I cannot say which one is easier or harder to get into. It's all by grade point average. One thing I can say about Brookhaven is that they do interviews, that is what I hear. My friend got called back for an interview and did not get in.

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Specializes in NICU.

Haven't even applied for nursing school yet. But I'm attending El Centro for the first time this Fall. All my classes at Brookhaven closed on me. angryfire.gif

So anyone taking A+P II, pharm., or micro. this fall?

And how hard is it to get to the school? I live in Addison. frown.gif

I would take the train down to school that way you do not have to worry about accidents or parking.

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