FSCJ Nursing - Spring 2016

storr · Jul 28, 2015

For those that took classes over the Summer, how long did it take for your transcript to update on Connections? I want to submit my application but my summer classes are not showing.

andielbc · Jul 28, 2015

For those that took classes over the Summer, how long did it take for your transcript to update on Connections? I want to submit my application but my summer classes are not showing.

When did your classes end? Mine are both in there and the last official day of class was the 26th. My A&P2 grade took an extra day, but I e-mailed the professor and it's been fixed. (Apparently there was a technical difficulty of some sort.)

Jess_youmans · Jul 28, 2015

Thanks Jess, I won't let it discourage me from applying to get in. I know I have the points to have a really good chance. Now I have to find something to occupy my time until the summer because all of my pre-reqs are completed. I don't want to take a CNA course because I've heard being a CNA will burn you out before school.

Yeah I am the same way, I have my AA so I don't really have anything to do nursing related while waiting but I'm also enrolled at JU so I'm working on a Psy degree from there. If you plan on going further and getting a BSN you can always start the prereq's for that too if you haven't already. I had to have them for my bachelors at JU so I have all of that. That's why I started a second degree.

ShirleyG80 · Jul 28, 2015

Thanks Jess, I won't let it discourage me from applying to get in. I know I have the points to have a really good chance. Now I have to find something to occupy my time until the summer because all of my pre-reqs are completed. I don't want to take a CNA course because I've heard being a CNA will burn you out before school.

I have heard that it would be good to study up on dosage calculations. Maybe you can be ahead of the game if you already familiarize yourself with things like that. I am unfortunately still doing my prereqs for my AA so that fills up all of my time. I wish I could take a semester and not have anything to do. Got to keep pushing through though.

storr · Jul 28, 2015

My classes (Micro, A&P2) both ended July 26th. My grades are available on Connections but the classes are not showing on my transcript yet.

POWife07 · Jul 28, 2015

I just called the nursing dept bc I had a question on the application and she said I only need to fill out page 18. Is that correct? Thanks!

andielbc · Jul 28, 2015

In my AP2 class we had a current nursing student come in to talk about the program and what advice she had for us future students. She really emphasized reviewing all your anatomy and physiology stuff. Her best tip on that was to just read through the AP book and make sure you're comfortable with all the material. Another bit of advice she gave was to start brushing up on pharmacology and the terms. She said the best way to know what to study was to go to quizlet.com and look up "FSCJ Pharm". Oh, and she said that they do a quiz on the very first day of the term, so be prepared. If I'm not mistaken, it covers conversions and dosages. I'll have to check my notes when I'm back home.

Quoting myself from a couple pages back in case anyone didn't see. I plan on studying to prepare for the first semester, as this is all new to me. I also checked my notes from when the nursing student was there and wanted to add this:

* A&P is very important for nursing, should know technique/fundamentals for health assessments (head to toe)

* pharmacology is the most difficult, on quizlet.com search "FSCJ Pharm" - there should be 6 units

* for the drugs you need to know: why? how much? who not to give to? duration? peak? foods affected?

* there are 4 classes in the semester, every Monday there are 1-2 tests

* quiz on the very first day!!

She told us to be prepared to hit the ground running. That once the semester starts, it's basically non-stop. If I'm not mistaken she was either on her last or second-to-last semester.

Jess_youmans · Jul 28, 2015

I just called the nursing dept bc I had a question on the application and she said I only need to fill out page 18. Is that correct? Thanks!

Its 17/18, on some of the packets it is front & back and others it is two separate pages. When I turned in my application I had a couple of the other pages filled out and she handed them back to me and only kept those two.

andielbc · Jul 28, 2015

My classes (Micro, A&P2) both ended July 26th. My grades are available on Connections but the classes are not showing on my transcript yet.

Have you tried calling to see what's going on?

ShirleyG80 · Jul 28, 2015

I believe it was 17&18.

caseynsours · Jul 28, 2015

How do I find my overall cumulative GPA? I know it's on my transcript but which GPA score do I take from that?

Casey

caseynsours · Jul 28, 2015

So we don't have to fill out pages 19 and 20? Where it has the gen Ed requirements and our grade? Obviously that's on the transcript so it's understandable if we don't have to fill it out.

Casey