Gloucester County College Nursing Fall 2011 Hopefuls?

dannipoint · May 13, 2011

Okay cool, yea I'm buying all the books they recommended because I want to have as much information as possible lol.The books that they require do they all need to be brand new?
I have a pair of black reeboks that I was just going to use, their pretty new.
Thanks, my CPR class is on tuesday night though lol.

Oh wow....... sorry I meant Tuesday..... lol. Forgive me, I'm a little stressed out.

I'm not sure..... i think the paper said that the books shouldn't be used because we need the accompanying cds along with the books.

dannipoint · May 13, 2011

Hm.... well June 2nd works good for me but it would have to be after 3:30pm since i have summer class and it doesn't end until june 9th. I have no school on Fridays though, but that doesn't seem to work for ctine05. But anytime after 3:30 i'm available.

dannipoint · May 13, 2011

Oh and momtofore, I will email bodman about the scrub pocket question you had, sorry I totally forgot. Silly me! lol

dannipoint · May 14, 2011

I emailed bodman. I'll let you know when she gets back to me.

dannipoint · May 14, 2011

ah..... i keep saying the professors name....... sorry! i need to learn not to do that...

dannipoint · May 14, 2011

Ok guys, i heard back from the professor she said she doesn't recommend more than one top left pocket on the scrub tops..... however she said you can have as many pockets as you want with the cargo pants if you'd like. She says the reason she only recommends one pocket on the scrub top is because when students have more than one pocket things tend to fall out. I also emailed her about the lab coat. I wanted to know if it could be 3/4 sleeve. I'm waiting for her response.

momtofore · May 14, 2011

Thanks, dannipoint! One pocket it is then! I wonder how long the coat can be, too. I think Skeletor said to get long!

dannipoint · May 14, 2011

Well, i went to best today. I bought my scrub top and pants and ordered the labcoat. The employees that work there were very helpful and they said the length should be at least mid thigh.

dannipoint · May 14, 2011

oh and btw the scrub tops are unisex..... which sucks.... but what are you going to do? lol.

Skeletor · May 14, 2011

Thanks, dannipoint! One pocket it is then! I wonder how long the coat can be, too. I think Skeletor said to get long!

Don't go nuts w/the lab coat, it wasn't mandatory; it's more or less for your clothings' protection against lab equipment.

:twocents:

You only need it for the "Pinning Ceremony" May 2013 . . .

SJerseygrle · May 14, 2011

I took CPR at Cooper.

There were quite a few GCC students who wore their lab coats while they were here training, fyi. They had long and shorter coats.

I began reading an NCLEX prep book yesterday - a friend of mine said you should start studying for it from the beginning - and it's really interesting to see the analysis of the questions and what you need to learn. A little bit intimidating because it highlights the stuff I don't know (medications, etc.) but helpful nontheless.

I am making a plan to study the fundementals book - i was thinking maybe if I use it to do biceps curls I could learn and get in shape at the same time LOL.

Today I shadowed one of the good nurses on the med-surg floor where I work. It was interesting. She let me figure out a new dosage amount of argatroban for a patient whose PTT was below the theraputic amount by following the protocall (of course both she and pharmacy also did the calcs:D). I watched her drain some Jackson-Pratts and document that and I/Os for patients, change an ace bandage/dressing for someone, mix contrast, change IVs, give meds. Along the way she told me how she keeps track of her med needs for her patients, her system of doing things, how to document in EPIC, and she was really nice about answering all my questions about why we were doing everything and all the what ifs I could think of. She also showed me her trick for making a hot compress for a patient whose IV had infiltrated.

It was only for a few hours but it really made me feel more confident. I'm hoping I can do it a few more times before school starts so I don't make a complete idiot of myself in clincials.

I am also going to ask one of the techs to let me shadow him because I think our first clinicals are going to be more in that vein.

I can't wait to meet you guys!

Momtofore: BTW, I can meet up day or night on the nights I sent and I could do a lot more days than the list I sent but before 6P I would have to bring my daughter with me.

momtofore · May 17, 2011

Does anyone want to go to a nursing information session at Rowan this Saturday?