Seminole Community College

My advice is to relax over the summer and not worry about it! In the fall, you'll feel like you've forgotten everything and won't remember how to do an assessment on your first clinical day. It'll be ok though, everything comes back quickly. So, don't worry so much and enjoy having the tiime off! You're not going to have time off again like this for a LONG time. After graduation you have to study for NCLEX, then you'll be working.

The hardest thing about Peds is that ******** notes suck pretty badly (as do *****88 notes in OB during 4th semester). First part of peds is a lot of review from developmental psych... Erikson. There'll be some rote memorization of developmental milestones, but don't even try till they tell you which ones to memorize. I didn't find peds hard, but then I'm a mom.

Adv Med/Surg is a tough class, we lost quite a few students that semester actually. I would say the best way to prepare is to do the written assignments over the summer... that way you can focus on studying content during the semester. Do you have the syllabus yet and instructions on the written assignments? If not, I can tell you what we had to do last year. Part of what makes the semester tough is that Peds clinical is done all in one month (still doing M/S clinical at the same time). So during that month, you have a SERIOUSLY tough load. Gettiing the written assingments out of the way will help you to get through that bit.

Also review diabetes from Basic M/S... you WILL see that again on tests: normals, insulins, etc.

Oh and for M/S, you should have ******* again. You know how she makes a complex topic so very easily understandable... another reason not to worry so much about it!

As far as the topic that is probably the most difficult for people, I would say endocrine: specifically Addisons and Cushings diseases. It seemed like when we had to pass the final ATI predictor, nobody had any clue about those two topics.

Practicum: Practicum is fun. You get to basically actually be a nurse (instead of a tech) for the first time. You get to do almost everything (still cannot push meds) with a preceptor at your side 100% of the time. You are 1-on-1 with an RN. Basically the idea is that on first day, you shadow your nurse. Then as days progress you take over more and more... and by the last day, the RN shadows you. You work what the shift is that your preceptor has (usually three 12 hour shifts per week) until you get in 108 hours. It will really help build confidence that you can handle a normal patient load, rather than the 2 or so patients you'll have in clinical

Practicum is the last class you take. It's during Summer A term (day track), and it's all you do as far as school during that time. As soon as it's done, you get pinned!

Wow, a lot of people in our class have heard that ***** notes for OB are terrible, but I didn’t know ******* were too. Thanks for the warning. What is the best way to study for these two classes? Book or ATI?

I’m a mom too, so hopefully Peds will be easy for me.

No, they haven’t given us the syllabus for next semester. We are supposed to be receiving them in the mail. Could you possibly email me the instructions for the written assignments, so I can get started now? It would be greatly appreciated. I’m a mom and I also work while attending the day program so any info that I can use to start the writing assignment this summer would be so very much appreciated.

Do I need to memorize the medications for diabetes and the different types of insulin, or is it just things like draw up N before Regular? What are normals? ******** is the best. I think they are giving us two teachers to choose from for Advance med surg this semester.

Thanks again !!!!

Honestly, the best way to study is from the notes.... not from ATI or the book. Then go to the textbook or ATI book for something that you don't understand strictly from the notes. If the notes are enough to understand the content, don't even open the book.

When you get to COMPLEX M/S, each test will have 1 or 2 questions that are not answered in the notes. Prof. Wells (my favorite professor in the whole program, btw) does it on purpose because she likes you to at least skim the textbook chapters.

****** notes are not as bad as ************. And at least I enjoy ****** lectures. *********, sweet as she is, says "OK" an average of 85 times in 10 minutes (we've counted); and it's very distracting. But you won't have to deal with that again till Januray.

Chances are the **** and **** team-teach Adv M/S. I like ****** too, but she can come off as a little rough to some people.

You don't need to memorize all the diabetes meds. But you do need to know onset and peak for the different insulins as well as how to draw them up. It's also important to know symptoms of hypo and hyperglycemia, and what to do about it.

I'll email you about the written assignments.

You can't register yet. Check you SCC acct. to see when you enrollment date is. Also, they said that you have to go the school to register for the first sememster but after that you can register online for the following semesters.

Is everyone getting excited??? It's starting so soon! I'm trying to enjoy the last little bit of the calm before the storm. I know it's going to be hard doing the concurrent program with 2 little kiddos, but I like a good challenge. :)

Class starts on the 27th. The Fundamentals schedule is lecture on Mon. and lab is Thurs. and Fri., Pharmacology is on Tues., so Wed. is our only weekday that we have off.

What time does the class starts? I'm not in the nursing program yet, but I want to know the schedule ahead of time so I can prepare my kids' babysitter in the future. Also, does the schedule they have when you registered for class is what they follow or do they always change it. Just wondering... Thanks!

Fundamentals-----lecture-9-12 M

lab 9-3 Thurs. and Fri\

Pharmacology----lecture/lab 9-12 or 1-4 T.

There will be times when we will have something scheduled on Wed.

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