FSCJ Fall 2010 ACCEPTED

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Okay here we are!!!!!!

I PASSED MICROBIOLOGY!

and yes, unfortunately i was worried about not passing.

but i passed! and now i am 10 times more excited to start nursing school :yeah: i can't believe it's really happening!

i also got CPR certified today, woo woo, and getting finger printed tomorrow!

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Try fccj student, I think that was how I did mine!

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Okay, do your titers results say "mumps" in them? I'm freaking out because mine doesn't say mumps! Argh!!!

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Gradin2, I live in Arlington East of Dames Point bridge, and would be interested in a study group! Carpooling would be great, too! Maybe we can meet up at orientation...

I live near JU. I would love to do a study group too.

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for everyone looking for a place to study: UNF has a 4 story library. it's really nice, i pretty much lived there the past 2 years. they stop ticketing (you need a parking permit to park during the day) at 9 p.m. and are open until 2:30 a.m.

all of the night owls are welcome to join me! i know i will probably be spending a lot of time there, i find it kind of hard to study at home.

other good places: barnes & noble, starbucks, panera.

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awww.. hang in there! Looks like you're on the right track to cutting everything down to the minimum necessities. I'm trying to do that myself. It takes a lot of self-discipline. Kudos to you!!

Oh! I'm not done yet! I have beautiful gowns and dresses and outfits I have never worn. Gadgets and nick nacks that would sell or pawn for a pretty penny! Just a little at a time, as needed. I have a feeling by the time school is over, I'll be sleeping on the floor in a studio apartment! Providing I haven't asked a friend if I can move in until I graduate. (BTW I need to give her a heads up now! :idea:...........:Dlol)

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Is it verified that we DON'T have to have a flu shot by the cut off date? I checked at CVS and they don't have them until 8-22.

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hf2010: from post 78

:dhey guys, yes the physical is only 40 dollars. i opted out of the hep b titer, because the price for the shots will be 50 dollars per series so i figure i will just go to the health dept. to get the shots cheaper. another thing is you do not need the flu shot, people were in the waiting room that heard that straight from cheryl porter's mouth. there was definitely a long wait, but well worth it. i got everything i needed done for under 200 bucks. now the wait for results and to get all the other stuff done.....

plus, on a huge positive note. my cousin who is an er nurse at shands jax is giving me her littman card. iii stethoscope! so stoked :jester:

is it verified that we don't have to have a flu shot by the cut off date? i checked at cvs and they don't have them until 8-22.

hope this helps! these also another confirming post (#79) stating we do not need to get the flu shot per someone on the nursing staff.

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does anyone know what hospitals we have to pick from for our first semester? i wanted to do a little research before orientation.

You will not know until orientation.

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Is it verified that we DON'T have to have a flu shot by the cut off date? I checked at CVS and they don't have them until 8-22.

I spoke with Crystal Porter, they are aware that flu shots aren't available yet, and we will have to get them when they become available. Last year the students needed to be vaccinated for H1N1 as well, we might have to get that one too. Hope that helps!

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Im so excited for you guys getting ready to start RN Fall 2010! Ive applied for LPN Fall 2010 and we havent heard a YAY or NAY yet!!!!! UGHHHHHHH!!! Oh well I wish you ALL SUCCESS!!!!

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Sorry it took me so long to be posting about our Sunday meeting at Panera. The last 3 days have been a nightmare. I can't wait to start school so I'll have no choice but to quit at least one (preferably 2) of my 3 jobs.

Anyway, I should have recorded our Q&A with Butterflymom because she was sooooo prolific with good information. Um, there are lots of random tidbits, several of which have already been mentioned by others. Early in the meeting, she did recommend a PDA (she uses an iTouch) because teachers do not want you to have your phones out during class, but later in the meeting she said that, as long as you're clearly not using your phone for communicating and make it clear to them that you are only using it to view supplemental course material during class, she has not seen anyone have any trouble in this regard. She has only brought her laptop twice. I think I would prefer to use my laptop, but she said we have to sit in those little, old-school, elementary-style desks and have all our materials out. We'll see : /

She also said that every teacher she has come across does not allow you to record their lectures and that doing so is grounds for expulsion.

She recommended a rolling, luggage-type bookbag because a lot of the people who carry regular backpacks complain about back pain, especially day people since North campus involves so much walking. She uses expandable binders. She said that 4-inch binders are fine, but you already have to carry so much stuff. If you just switch out your current chapters and keep the rest at home, then you carry a lot less. And the expandable binders will accommodate whatever amount of material we are currently working on.

Regarding the box of books that is available at orientation, we can save a little money buying them elsewhere, but then we are not eligible to buy the e-box, which she feels is very much worth the extra money, as it saves A LOT of time. It gives us access to our books online. So when we are doing our study guides, care plans, etc., we can just cut and paste. And apparently, care plans are VERY, VERY time-consuming. The e-box makes the difference between a copy-and-past and having to write/type out hundreds of words. I'm going to get the e-box because I think time will be our biggest commodity.

We draw our lottery numbers after lunch at orientation, but we don't get to see the section details (schedules, teachers, clinical locations) until about 15 minutes before we bid on them at the end of the day. And some sections have hospital overlap, meaning, if you want a specific hospital for clinicals, there might be 2 or 3 sections with various teachers or schedules available for that particular hospital. Each section has 12 students, and there 144 students days and 24 n/w, so 12 day sections and 2 n/w sections.

She also said we will need a clipboard with a storage box for when we start clinicals. She said to make sure the compartment is big enough to hold your stethoscope. When we show up for clinicals, they will do an equipment check to make sure we have everything we need, and if we don't, they will send us home. If they send us home, we have to make up that clinical the week of finals, which is obviously not a good idea because that week will be busy enough. She said they check to make sure you have your stethoscope, watch, etc., so we should pay attention to everything we are instructed to have with us during clinicals.

We are supposed to have a nondigital watch, but she has seen people with digital watches. She said what's important is that we can count seconds and that it lights in the dark because we want to be able to take vitals without turning on the light and waking the patient up. I don't remember if she said this, but I know it's obviously a good idea for it to be waterproof.

She said clinicals are very interesting. She was in a patient's room when they complained of chest pains. She had to get the nurse, they called a code and got the crash cart, and the nurse told her to stand in the corner and watch. Mostly, she said it is answering call lights, changing bedding, helping them to the bathroom, giving sponge baths, taking vitals, etc. She said there are people who have cried, vomited, and realized they did not want to be nurses. When asked if the nursing staff are receptive to students, she said that it's about 50/50. Usually the newer nurses are more helpful, but some don't want to let you do much.

There are also quite a few people failing. She said if you fail a test, you have to retake it and pass, but the first grade you get is your grade for the records. If you fail a course, you have to hope there is a seat open in it next term. If not, you're basically in limbo waiting for a seat to be open in that class. And grading scale is different. An A is 93/94 to 100 (don't remember exactly, but something like that), 86? to 92 is a B, 79? to 85 is C, and anything else is just FAILING.

Study groups are recommended, but keep them small. Too many people, you get too many different conversations going on, and it's counterproductive. She said that a lot of people get to campus early on Mondays to study for the test, but that many people agree you have to stop studying an hour or two before the test to allow your brain to reset or you will just be fried. The massage therapy and dental hygienist students are at North campus, so if we day students need to kill time, we can get a massage for $5 or get our teeth cleaned (I don't know how much they charge for that).

Sunday was the first time Butterflymom has gone out to do anything since she started the program, so enjoy your time now while you can. She said if you're already an A student and want to remain an A student, you will have to study about 2-4 or 3-4 hours every day (can't remember). She is an A student, but she said that there's a saying, "C=RN," as in C student equals Registered Nurse. In other words, you just have to pass. I don't know about everybody else, but I don't want a C student taking care of me or my loved ones. Therefore I don't want to be a C student. So be prepared to kiss sleep and social life goodbye for the next 4 terms.

Attached are the documents that Marina uploaded when we first started receiving acceptance packages, which will help us prepare for the test that we will have the first day of school, and the document I found from a previous term that has all of the nursing professors names and ratings from ratemyprofessor.com (it will be slightly outdated).

I'm sure there's more I'm not remembering right this minute, and I'd like for this post to fit on one page, lol. I'll post more later if I think of anything else. See everybody on the 16th!!! :nurse: :redbeathe

Dosage Calc 1.zip

Dosage Calc 2.zip

IV Calculations.zip

testing skills for nursing.zip

nursing professors.doc

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