El Centro/ Northlake-----Spring 07

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congratulations! to everyone that is starting in january!

i'm so excited to meet everyone-please introduce yourself!

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Congrats Yang! I feel like I know you because I've been lurking on this board for a while.

This question is for anyone/everyone. Do any of ya'll have any study tips to offer for a 1st semester student? They keep telling us it's a self learning program but I have no clue what all to focus on, mainly in lecture. I went through and outlined the chapter per the outline they have with the three columns (if ya'll know what I'm talking about). They said this will give you a guide on what and how important topics are. So far, it seems very vague and very repetitive. Then I went through the lecture powerpoint. It does not follow the outline at all, sort of does, but has a lot of extra info that seems to go on and on. So am I on the right track with my studying? I'm just worried I'm missing something.

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Specializes in Operating Room.

For 1st semester, I read the chapters, did the study guides, and answered tons of NCLEX practice questions. (Which get easier to answer by 4th semester, btw...lol)

I never went by the syllabus only.

The more you read the material, the more it starts to sink in. Try to read, read, and read it again, while making notes on the pages you have printed out from the powerpoint notes. Then you can study those as well, and have the book's extra stuff to study as well...the stuff that is not mentioned on the powerpoints.

Hope this makes since! So, is it all online now? My class was a guinea pig semester! I had 3rd and 4th online.

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Specializes in Med/Surg/Tele.

I highly recommend for first semester. Fundamentals Success, it has NCLEX style questions that are all first semester material.

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Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

I took the NCLEX today and I am stre-essed! The next 48 hours cannot pass quickly enough!

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Specializes in Operating Room.
I took the NCLEX today and I am stre-essed! The next 48 hours cannot pass quickly enough!

Tomorrow's the big day!!! I know you definitely have the ability!

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Jaxia, just remember you passed through El Centro so the NCLEX is just the icing on the cake. Try to relax and I'm sure this is easy said then done but try too anyway. :tbsk:

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Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

I'm waiting for Pearson Vue to call me and tell me to stop logging into their site because I'm killing the server! Ha!

Thanks for the positive thoughts :)

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Specializes in ER.

I found Jaxia on the BON!!! She passed. Congratulations!!!! Jaxia, RN!!!

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Specializes in Operating Room.

Congrats! :yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah:

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Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

Woo! I made it, I made it! I passed!

It's been over 12 hours since I found out, and I'm STILL happy dancing :D

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Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

Oh, and I got all giggly the first time I signed, "Jaxia, RN" today, too ;)

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Specializes in Operating Room.

lol Jaxia! You deserve to be 'giggly' with joy! haha

IT'S ALL OVER NOW!

YOU DID IT, YOU DID IT, YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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