I have applied to the NHWSoN begining Fall 2010. I submited my application packet the first week of September. I am already CrAzY with anxiety. When did you folks here that you were accepted. How soon after you applied?
I met with an advisor last month and she said I should have no problem getting in. I am an Emory employee. I have been a Nurse Tech for ten years (not all at Emory). The 3 letters of recommendation were from: my A&P teacher, another teacher of health sciences, and my boss who is MSN, RN, FNP-C.
I have always wanted to be an Emory Nurse!!!!! Hopefully my dream will come true soon!!!!
Please let me know when you applied to the program and when you got your accpt. letter........jasonwalkeratl
If you check on page one of the thread I put the name of the med-math book they made us get. They may not require you all to use/purchase the same one. If you really want to save money you should go online and look up drug dosage calculations for nurses. Alot of universities and other websites have posted information on how to do different drug dose calculations. Check out things like "input and output", "nasogastric tube feeding problems", "reading medication labels", "reconstitution", "syringes", "infusion completion time", "IV labeling", "how to read an rx(rx terms ex. bid, tid, qid), "dosages based on body weight", "flow rates", and "drip rates". This is just to name a few things. If you Google that information you will find these items and much more. It helps alot to become familiar with the calculations because you will use them in school and through your career.
Hey, Has anyone on here been to the one of the information sessions. I am wondering if I will get my questions answered there. I was already accepted for Fall 2010 but is the info session for students just starting out? Thanks! Also, what are the info sessions like?
If you are speaking about the "Experience Emory" Information Sessions, I think that they are more so for students interested in the program. I attended one before I applied and found it to be very impressive and informative. They discussed the application process and financial aid. There was also a student panel and a tour of the simulation lab. If this isn't what you are looking for, you can always email Andrea and/or Katie to get answers to your questions. Hope this helps!
Question for you: Is all of the clinical practice done on the mannequins in the simulation lab or do students have to practice on each other for some things (i.e. blood draws, etc.)?
Lynei: Also, you mentioned, regarding clinicals, that some days after classes you may go to one of the hospitals and go in to get patient information and then have the clinical the next day. Is this always how it is done and how often does this happen? That kind of scared me because it sounds like an Atlanta traffic nightmare. Can you explain more about this? Thank you so much!
This is a great question. Yes, you will have to navigate the traffic but don't worry we have all done this and you will be fine (smile). If you are from somewhere else it does take a bit of getting use to but soon you will be a Nascar driver in no time!!! If you have your first clinical at EUH (Emory University Hospital) then you will just walk across the campus so you will have to get your race flag the next time around. Some of us went to Wesley Woods (down the street from the school) and others went to Emory Midtown (downtown). We have more clinical sites but this is just to give you an idea. As far as skills practice some things will be completed on training aids and some will not. Make sure you pay attention and take good notes because this is where you will learn your basic hospital fundamentals. You will carry these forever so knowing these will help alot. The clinical instructors are very good and have alot of experience. You will learn the standards for EUH but you will also learn things that your instructors have learned through years of practice. If you make note cards on index cards when you have clinical lab you will be ahead of the game not to mention finals (hint..hint)!! I hope this helps!!
Just to add to what Lynei said, you don't necessarily have to go right after school. During our first rotation, I was at Midtown and a few people in my group would go at like 7pm. The assignment is generally posted, so you can find your patient and do everything you need to do then. At that time, it should be easier to find a free computer and there's hardly any traffic problems.
And in Health Assessment, you get very familiar with your classmates... lol. I would just suggest that you actually take it seriously and not play around in lab, because it could really come back to bite you! There are some things you learn on the mannequins, but mostly, it's you and a partner.
Is there an option to do the clinicals on the weekends? Also how many hours are required for clinicals during the first semester? From your personal experiences is it at all possible to work part time during the weekends like 20hrs and attend classes and clinicals during the week?
Congratulations to everyone who's been accepted. I wanted to know how long was it before the actual packet came in the mail? I can see my status has been updated in OPUS since last week but still haven't received the official letter?
I'm not sure what you mean by packet? They send an accpetance letter. After that most of the information is sent by email through either your OPUS account or your Black Board account. The later you will get in a while if you have not gotten it yet.
lyneiwoodard
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Hi,
If you check on page one of the thread I put the name of the med-math book they made us get. They may not require you all to use/purchase the same one. If you really want to save money you should go online and look up drug dosage calculations for nurses. Alot of universities and other websites have posted information on how to do different drug dose calculations. Check out things like "input and output", "nasogastric tube feeding problems", "reading medication labels", "reconstitution", "syringes", "infusion completion time", "IV labeling", "how to read an rx(rx terms ex. bid, tid, qid), "dosages based on body weight", "flow rates", and "drip rates". This is just to name a few things. If you Google that information you will find these items and much more. It helps alot to become familiar with the calculations because you will use them in school and through your career.