Hello all! Just thought I'd start a thread for all of those folks that have submitted, or are getting ready to submit, their applications for FCCJ's Fall '08 term.
I will be submitting my application in a few weeks, when this Spring term ends. I have taken my NAT (twice), so I'm good to go there, but still need to get my CPR class done. I called several places & I'm waiting to hear back from them.
I look forward to chatting with & getting to know all of you, who will be doing the count-down with me... on getting our acceptance letters!!!
I know it helps to sound-board off each other & to lean on each other for support... especially with getting all the things done that we have to do!
You need your uniform in the 6th or 7th week of classes. You will wear it the first time to clinical simulations and then you will wear it to clinicals. And the student nurse association holds a used uniform sale every semester.
:1luvu:Thank you! Thank you! That is good to know. That gave my purse a slight relief.
I didn't know you had to come out of pocket so much for this program. I feel that is something they should tell you way before you even apply so you can begin saving. I think financial aid should cover more than just books and tuition. If you have to have the other items as part of the course...then they should also be included. But, that's just me venting :)
Ok, I know everyone is waiting for news on their letter but I wanted to ask if anyone had experience with the childcare center at North Campus. Thanks and we'll be talking about our letters soon.
My friend who works for North (she works in financial aid) sees the complaints for the daycare and said she wouldn't put her dog in there. I do know that it is hard to get a spot up at north and they run at capacity. I have heard all the other campuses are better since they do not have as many kids. This is hearsay and I would just go tour the center. I toured Kent a few years ago, I loved the director and the teachers. I did not end up using the center but I would've felt comfortable with it.
I live on the Westside and am going to use a daycare near my house, but I love this center am friends with the director and my now almost 7 year old went here for VPK. I know the teachers and I love the environment. I am most looking forward to having one day off. My hubby is deployed so I need to have a place to put them so I can have a homework studying day, since there is only so much you can do after you put them to bed. I probably won't take them to the center until lunchtime on Mondays so that they are not there all day, but I am sure we will all be having our cram sessions before the test so I will be dropping them off and heading up north. If you use a campus center the kids can only be there while you are in class. They don't allow study time, which is what I am most concerned about. I do have 3 stay-at-home moms who are also willing to keep them if I absolutely need them, if they cannot go to school due to being ill. Everyone just said no puking! lol They just live Oakleaf, mandarin, and northside. So no one on the way or close to me or I would've definetly asked one of them to take them.
Okay I am rambling and this is JMO, I am not trying to offend. I have 4 kids and the youngest are 3.5 and almost 2 (another July b-day, lol). They are more than ready and we have been going to the center just to play about once a month since the beginning of the year so they know everyone who works there. I know they will be okay, but I am still feeling guilty about it.
My husband's co-worker did use the childcare while his wife was in the nursing program. They used it because she got the chilcare grant and paid less then $50 a week for both kids to be in there. She said she never had a problem. I don't know I would have to tour it and get a feel for it before having an honest opinion.
Okay, I broke down and called North campus nursing department... I couldn't take it! I knew they would probably not give me any info, but one girl did say that they would be mailing the letters the last week of June. Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is the last week of June!!! I also asked if she had any idea of when the orientation would be and she transferred me to the director... stop signs were immediately thrown up!!! She gave me the same answer that she gave me 4 weeks ago... as if she had memorized it... and I am certain she has! I know I am not the only one who has called them to ask such questions; and I got that vibe when I spoke to her.
So, that is today's latest and greatest news for all of us desperate future nurses. I'll be back at six o'clock with the weather report...
Don't feel like you are the only ones getting generic answers...this program is really disoragnized...and they told us that our (people going into second term) schedule does not even have a projected date to be finished...sooo that sucks because a lot of us have kids and depend on sitters a lot...but anyways...
You will need a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff by the third week...and as far as the iclicker...we have not used ours at all...mine is still in its box....look through all your books, even if they don't tell you to use them...they all have important info...especially the RN notes (we used it for techniques)...they don't really tell you any of this...you just kinda figure it out on your own...oh and get a student ID...you need it for clinicals... =)
Thanks navywifeim. That's the first negative I've heard about it. I used to be a preschool teacher and it had a daycare. I know it's not the best situation but it's only for a season. My plan is to put them in on test days (maybe Mom 3-5:30?) and then try to get a schedule where I have two classes on one day instead of two days and maybe take pharm online if I can. I saw a schedule where test was Mon and classes were Wed 9-12 and 1-3. The other class was Fri 7-2:30. I think that'd be ideal for me to minimize childcare. You're lucky to have childcare close that you trust. I have some friends I can rotate and my husband can take off Fri. Hopefully I'll get a good number for the lottery. Kids make it complicated!
Factor in a hubby on deployment and living 1200 miles away from family! We will survive and it will work out in the end, it always seems to. I have been in school my 12 year old's whole life and every semester it is the same oh crap senioro and somehow I always make it till the end. I am just looking forward to knowing something anything so that I can finialize arrangements.
Don't feel like you are the only ones getting generic answers...this program is really disoragnized...and they told us that our (people going into second term) schedule does not even have a projected date to be finished...sooo that sucks because a lot of us have kids and depend on sitters a lot...but anyways...
You will need a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff by the third week...and as far as the iclicker...we have not used ours at all...mine is still in its box....look through all your books, even if they don't tell you to use them...they all have important info...especially the RN notes (we used it for techniques)...they don't really tell you any of this...you just kinda figure it out on your own...oh and get a student ID...you need it for clinicals... =)
Hey MissWhitney, you have alot of useful information. We get our stethescopes and blood pressure cuffs during orientation right?? I'm guessing they provide us with all of our lab supplies and books we will need. I'm really excited and can't wait to get started. I actually already have alot of useful books for nursing, like RNnotes, a Taber's Encyclopedia, a Medical Dictionary, Gray's Anatomy, Nutrition for nursing, and a Med. Calculations and doses book. Have you used any of these??
I got curious and looked at some of those books, but then I realized I need to enjoy the free time I have. I'm reading some novels instead and it's been quite nice. I'm def trying to enjoy what time I have left before nursing school. Thanks for all of your advice and information.
:1luvu:Thank you! Thank you! That is good to know. That gave my purse a slight relief.
I didn't know you had to come out of pocket so much for this program. I feel that is something they should tell you way before you even apply so you can begin saving. I think financial aid should cover more than just books and tuition. If you have to have the other items as part of the course...then they should also be included. But, that's just me venting :)
Your very lucky!!! I only have my tuition covered by a bright future scholarship. I have to pay for my books and everything else out of pocket. It really stinks because we don't have that much money, yet I'm not qulaified for financial aid. I really am trying to hold off on getting loans. So, we'll see how things play out. It would be nice if they included everything else as well. But I have to admit a little bit of help, is better than no help at all.
We get our stethescopes and blood pressure cuffs during orientation right?? I'm guessing they provide us with all of our lab supplies and books we will need. I'm really excited and can't wait to get started. I actually already have alot of useful books for nursing, like RNnotes, a Taber's Encyclopedia, a Medical Dictionary, Gray's Anatomy, Nutrition for nursing, and a Med. Calculations and doses book. Have you used any of these??
No you do not gat a stethoscope or BP cuff during orientation you have to buy your own. You are also going to need bandage scissors. And as far as books go you will find that due to the lag time in creating a textbook not all the information is the same from book to book. The prof's will tell you that they test on the values in the book even if the value has changed. We are frequently told "Go by what the book says for the test" So if you are using a book that is not the textbook the school is using you have to make sure the values and info is the same. Misswhitney is right you are going to need a school picture ID and you should get a plastic holder for it so you can tuck your CPR card behind it because you have to carry it with you for clinicals.
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:1luvu:Thank you! Thank you! That is good to know. That gave my purse a slight relief.
I didn't know you had to come out of pocket so much for this program. I feel that is something they should tell you way before you even apply so you can begin saving. I think financial aid should cover more than just books and tuition. If you have to have the other items as part of the course...then they should also be included. But, that's just me venting
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