El Centro/ Northlake-----Spring 07

Published

congratulations! to everyone that is starting in january!

i'm so excited to meet everyone-please introduce yourself!

:groupwelcome:

Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

I run very late to lecture ... as in, I don't ever make it there! :p

Sorry I missed you.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Med/Surg/Tele.

LOL- Jaxia----it doesn't look like many make it there.

How are clinicals going Yang & Jaxia?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ER.

We had orientation Monday, and shadowed a nurse Tuesday. Our first day with patients will be Monday. The hospital is very different from where we've been before though. The nurses are patient and kind and truly seem to care about the patients. The facility is pretty nice too (St. Paul)... I'm impressed so far - we'll see how it holds up :)

How about you?

Yang

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Emergency Department.
The hospital is very different from where we've been before though. The nurses are patient and kind and truly seem to care about the patients. The facility is pretty nice too (St. Paul)... I'm impressed so far - we'll see how it holds up :)

If you are on 3-South...then you will work with some great PCTs and there are a few of us ECC 2nd semester students working that floor too. I am on 5-West/5-North. And yes, the RNs are very friendly in comparison to other places (ie., Presby Dallas - blah!!!!)

Be nice to PCTs - it is really hard work! Well, for me at least. I find that having 22 patients to keep track of is a bit extreme - call me crazy...but, um yea! I am getting over my hospital/patient inhibitions fast though, and learning too - so I think it's worth it for the moment.

~Pecked

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ER.

Hey there - I'm actually on 3N. I love it over there though. I rotate to 3S, 7N, and the ER later in the semester. The late nights are just weird though - I'm having a hard time adapting to that...

Yang

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Operating Room.

I liked 7N and 3N. I started out at 7N, and ended with 3N...went to the ER in the middle of my 3S rotation, so it really never got a chance. lol

We'll rotate over to the St. Paul ER this semester too, but we are at Zale for clinical.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ante/postpartum, baby RN.
We'll rotate over to the St. Paul ER this semester too, but we are at Zale for clinical.

Have you changed your clinical site?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Operating Room.

Yes, we are not at Doctor's Hospital, were' at Zale.. We just shadowed a nurse today...So we're getting a late start r/t psych rotation, and other stuff...

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ER.

I like 3N - we are doing basically the same rotation. I'm just worn out with the care plans. At some point they have to stop! How do you have 4 patients and do careplans on them all?????

Yang

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Hello Everyone,

I have a general question. I have applied for El Centro Nursing for this coming Fall. We normally take a family vacation the first week in Sept. (Labor Day Week). This would be the 2nd week of school. Would it be horrible if I was out of town the 2nd week of nursing school. Would this fail me?

Thanks,

Billie

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ER.

You have LOTS of skills lab the first part of the semester. Missing one of these counts as clincal time of which you can only miss 12 hours in an entire semester and still pass. I would not do it. First semester is hard enough without starting out that way. Take your family vacation early. Don't put yourself in that position right out of the gate. Also, your schedule will flip flop and change the first several weeks. When they say they own you for 4 semesters, they pretty well mean it. Especially 1st semseter.

Yang

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Operating Room.

I agree with Yang...

You most likely would have to either make it a short, weekend trip, or reschedule all together.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion