El Centro students Spring '06

[AllyRN82]

i know some of us have received our letters so i was wondering who else i will be making this journey with for the next 2 years.

my name is allison shaffer and it's nice to meet you. i know we will all be close because it's a small group. it would be nice to get to know some of you before november 17. :)

[LKG6]

Ok, i need to ask you guys, did any of you purchased the evolve book box for sec. semester and was it helpful. What was included, besides the two required books with study guides and the " Nursing Care of Children" Virt. Clinical Exc. Cd's.?

I thought and did the same as Allison. I bought 1st semester pack and didn't use much. I bought all 2nd semester books used for about half price and it was perfect for me.

Katie

[AllyRN82, MSN, APRN]

Have you picked a patient today?

Have fun tomorrow, I know how much you like pedi. :balloons:

Katie

aww thank you Katie :) No, we were told to try to come early tomorrow and pick a pt and do the paperwork on the floor during the day...I am very excited about going back to the PICU and for the first time don't want it to ice over!

[mysterious_one, ASN, RN]

I purchased all of the books I needed for this semester off of half.com and didn't even think about buying that book pac and have been making the same grades as the people who bought that dumb thing. I, personally, thought it was a complete ripoff in first semester. I have been doing just fine without a slow program bogging down my computer just so I can read it on the screen! I spent over less than half buying my books used. Granted their not all new and shiny and pretty but they have the same info! You can do what works best for you but you sound like I did at the end of first semester- a little annoyed at wasting that much money....

Yea, just way to much money, did you buy and use the study guides? And how about those Virtual Cllinical Exc. Cd's "Nursing Care of Children" ? Do we need that one too?

Petra

[LKG6]

And how about those Virtual Cllinical Exc. Cd's "Nursing Care of Children" ? Do we need that one too?

Petra

Yes, it's going to teach you about carpal tunnel syndrome. :rotfl:

Katie

[mysterious_one, ASN, RN]

Yes, it's going to teach you about carpal tunnel syndrome. :rotfl:

Katie

lol, just asking, tired of waisting money, that jarvis assessment Cd stuff i believe I could have done without , too.

[AllyRN82, MSN, APRN]

Yes, it's going to teach you about carpal tunnel syndrome. :rotfl:

Katie

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: that is sooo true! We are trying to get that out for next semester. I thought the study guides were a little helpful but if you aren't finding them helpful this semester then you probably won't find them helpful next semester, in my opinion. I didn't use them very much either semester. I bought that one used off of half.com also...

[Fun2, BSN, RN]

Yes, it's going to teach you about carpal tunnel syndrome. :rotfl:

Katie

lol...if it's anything like the others, it'll teach you carpal tunnel syndrome 20 times, and each time will say something different & contradicting!

[AllyRN82, MSN, APRN]

lol, just asking, tired of waisting money, that jarvis assessment Cd stuff i believe I could have done without , too.

I don't think there too many totally unecessary books as there were 1st semester. I have used a lot more of the Mosby's dictionary and the Medsurg book than I did 1st semester but the others are just collecting dust...

[mysterious_one, ASN, RN]

this is too funny, I wondered about that Key's book too, maybe they get some pocket change from evolve, lol , or a christmas bonus

[Fun2, BSN, RN]

There was a Jarvis assessment CD?

[gauge14iv, MSN, APRN, NP]

Yes and it stunk back when *I* used it - I have heard it hasn't improved!

[Fun2, BSN, RN]

Yes and it stunk back when *I* used it - I have heard it hasn't improved!

LOL!

Yeah....The lecture instructor kept telling us, "This first few weeks is why you bought that.....problem is, most of us couldn't get the videos to work."