El Centro students Spring '06

BrieRN07 · Feb 10, 2006

Good luck to you Brianna!!!! You must be very smart to be able to go through all that THR students go through. I think EC/NL have it alot easier.

Thanks, but I don't think that I'm any smarter than any of you all. Both programs are very demanding, just in different ways!! THR's program uses the same accreditation as EC, therefore, the programs should be no different. Do you really think that EC/NL students have it easier? I've actually heard the opposite!!!

Brianna

sunnyjohn · Feb 10, 2006

Hi guys,

I've been reading the thread. You guys seem to be doing great this semester!

Every time I post here, I get sick again! lol

BrieRN07 · Feb 10, 2006

Well.... I took my first lecture exam today and I got an 88!!! I guess that's pretty good. Of course I would have liked an A... but I'm just glad that I passed. WAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Brianna

Fun2, BSN, RN · Feb 10, 2006

Hi guys,
I've been reading the thread. You guys seem to be doing great this semester!
Every time I post here, I get sick again! lol

Sunny, I hope it's nothing serious.

DreamBelieveSucceed · Feb 10, 2006

Hey DCCCD group!

I love to read your "stories" about school! I get excited thinking that within a year that will be me ! I'm also impressed by all your hard work and GREAT grades!!! I've heard in the Nursing Program you have to forget about "A"s and "B"s and to just concentrate on passing - which is NOT my mindset at all!!!

I have a few questions, especially for the El Centro students. Even though it is early in the semester, do you all have any regrets about being at El Centro? Does the program seem to be well organized, and do the instructors seem to be "for you" and want you to succeed? I am only asking because I have a neighbor friend who is a student at El Centro who has recommended that I NOT apply there!

Thanks for the input and for your willingness to share your experiences!

AllyRN82, MSN, APRN · Feb 11, 2006

Hi guys,
I've been reading the thread. You guys seem to be doing great this semester!
Every time I post here, I get sick again! lol

Hey Sunny- I'm sorry you're not feeling well

I do hope it's not anything serious

lalajenn · Feb 11, 2006

I don't regret applying at El Centro at all. The teacher say they are there to help us which they. When I have ask questions they don't hesitate to answer me at all. Everyone made some of the teachers worse then they are but I find them very helpful. Each one of them is pretty different which makes it interesting. If I had to do it all over again, I would still pick El Centro. Sometimes they are not that organize but they do have a lot of stuff to do and a lot of programs they have to keep up with but for the most part they are good. Nursing school is stressful no matter where you are at.

Hey DCCCD group!
I love to read your "stories" about school! I get excited thinking that within a year that will be me ! I'm also impressed by all your hard work and GREAT grades!!! I've heard in the Nursing Program you have to forget about "A"s and "B"s and to just concentrate on passing - which is NOT my mindset at all!!!
I have a few questions, especially for the El Centro students. Even though it is early in the semester, do you all have any regrets about being at El Centro? Does the program seem to be well organized, and do the instructors seem to be "for you" and want you to succeed? I am only asking because I have a neighbor friend who is a student at El Centro who has recommended that I NOT apply there!
Thanks for the input and for your willingness to share your experiences!

LKG6 · Feb 13, 2006

I have a few questions, especially for the El Centro students. Even though it is early in the semester, do you all have any regrets about being at El Centro? Does the program seem to be well organized, and do the instructors seem to be "for you" and want you to succeed? I am only asking because I have a neighbor friend who is a student at El Centro who has recommended that I NOT apply there!

I attend North Lake and I love it, so far. I was lucky to have a great clinical group. We have a tradition now, every lab day somebody brings breakfast for the group. It's usually muffins or cookies or apples or bananas, something that we can eat during breaks. :)

Faceinbooks was right, you have to do a lot of work on your own. You have to attend classes and... you have to copy and read the articles, you have to watch the videos, you have to sign up for open lab, you have to read the textbook and you should start practicing NCLEX questions, too. It's a lot of work, but probably other nursing schools' students do the same.

Katie

LKG6 · Feb 13, 2006

Here are my results:

VS Check off: 100

Lecture: 88

I am not happy with the lecture grade. I think I have to record the lectures and listen to it several times, like Allison does, to get a better grade.

Overall, it looks like that it was a good month to all of us.

Katie

AllyRN82, MSN, APRN · Feb 13, 2006

Katie,

Those results are awesome!!!!! Why aren't you happy with that, silly? :clown: I only got 4 points higher listening to the lecture over and over again. I think you did great!

Good luck on P/A...my check off is Wednesday! :uhoh3:

AllyRN82, MSN, APRN · Feb 13, 2006

Well.... I took my first lecture exam today and I got an 88!!! Brianna

That's great Brianna!!

It sounds like we have a little easier with actual in-class instruction and about a week between each check off. That's crazy that you did it all at once!!! :eek:

BrieRN07 · Feb 13, 2006

Do we get curves in Nursing school? After I took my exam it said my grade was an 88. I then checked my grade on e-campus and it said it was an 88 as well. But today I checked my grades on e-campus and it said 92!!! I can't believe it.... WAHOO!!!!