FCCJ Spring 2009

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Hey all!

I was just trying to get in touch with anyone hoping to start the RN program at FCCJ in the Spring 2009 semester. Hopefully we can see what the points seem to be at or where they were for the Fall 2008 semester.

Look forward to talking!:nuke:

Hello once again, everyone! I have yet to do my drug screening. I'm waiting to turn in all of my information before I do that since I live in Arlington.

I got my uniforms yesterday.... Does everyones name tag read their full first name and Last initial?? My friend that is in the LPN prog at FCCJ said theirs is reverse of that. I'm just curious.

Yes. My name tags are first name & last initial. I'm glad you mentioned it because I was a little worried too. :)

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Whoo hoo! I just found out that I am in at FCCJ for spring 2009:nuke: I had a total of 227 points. Hope that helps! Good luck!

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Hi everyone! I will be joining you this Spring. I am excited to get to know you! I have completed all on that comprehensive list, minus the physical. I had a close friend that just graduated nursing school, and she handed down everything to me, including uniforms, so I am ever-grateful....

Congrats to us! I'm ready to get started! :yeah::yeah:

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Okay, this is probably a question I should have asked before I applied :smackingf, but do any of you know if our classes go through the summer term as well? I thought they did, but someone told me the other day that the nursing classes follow the standard semester schedule, but I assumed that meant that they follow the spring break, christmas break, etc. I have no idea how this works, if anyone could clue me in, I'd appreciate it.

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The program is a total of 4 semesters Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring. We have all the normal breaks (i.e. spring break and winter break)

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That's what I thought, but I had never seen anything saying that. Thank you! :0)

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Okay, this is probably a question I should have asked before I applied :smackingf, but do any of you know if our classes go through the summer term as well? I thought they did, but someone told me the other day that the nursing classes follow the standard semester schedule, but I assumed that meant that they follow the spring break, christmas break, etc. I have no idea how this works, if anyone could clue me in, I'd appreciate it.

That's what I thought, but I had never seen anything saying that. Thank you! :0)

I can double check with my friend that will be entering her 3rd semester this spring... Just so there isn't any confusion :wink2:

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yes that is how it goes...you go 16 months straight through...summer included. you do get the normal breaks as everyone else (christmas break, spring break, holidays) but at the end of my first term, we ended on wednesday and came back on monday for the next semester.

mestiza81 who is your friend?

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Jessica D... Do you know her?

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Misswhitney: I have no clue how to use the PMs... I don't have the PM option in anyones posts for some reason. But yes, that is her last name...

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Ahh yeah I know her...she was with me in my first term...

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Specializes in cardiac.
Wolfson/Baptist are conjoined but they are technically two separate hospitals. You get to pick the hospitals based on the schedules presented. Like for my first term I went to Baptist on Thursdays for the last eight weeks of the semester. And 2nd term I went to Orange park every Tuesday and Wednesday for eight weeks (and you have to go the day before to pick up information about your patient). I am at Baptist again for psych but you only go three times for that. There are no hospitals that we go to in GA, simply because it is a Jacksonville based program, they try to stick it close to home. anyways...lol anymore questions?

They *try* and not have Shands for term one (I guess it scares people, lol) For our term one options it was Baptist DT or Nassau, Memorial, or Orange Park. For term two we have Baptist Beaches and Shands added to that for options. If you get Friday clinicals then you will have one less clinical day then everyone since you will get Good Friday off and you do not have to make that up! Hopefully they do away with this hybrid crap, since Concepts and Pharm are both hybrid and a lot of my classmates are suffering with the lack of class time. It is a lot of information that you need to know and teaching it to yourself makes it harder.

Pretty much the run down for days will be testing on Mondays3-515 (when you have 2 tests which only happens a few times so for the most part 3-4). Then Concepts, Health Assessment, and Pharm are broken down into 2 days, so one day with 2 of the classes and the other a 'half-day'. Then Techniques is from 7-3pm and for the first 7 weeks you go to class and learn how to do patient care and have simulation tests. Then you will go to the hospital for your clinicals, trust me you are so sick of being on campus it is a fun transition.

Nights and weekends have a different schedule testing later and do their clinicals on Sat/Sun

I am enjoying it, just remember to laugh and try to not stress about it. If I can get through this with 4 kids and my hubby deployed anyone can do this!

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