GPC Nursing Spring 07

U.S.A. Georgia

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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone who is currently attending GPC nursing could enlighten me how the 1st & 2nd semester classes/clinicals are scheduled. I know you attend every day for the first 5 weeks. How about the rest of the semester? Are you required to attend everyday or just the 2 days listed on the class schedule. How about clinicals. How many hours are required? Any help or advice is appreciated.

From a personal perspective, I didn't find Fundamentals at GPC to be a huge challenge. It tooks some juggling at first to get organized, but it was manageable.

Med./Surg. was more interesting, and a little harder than Fundamentals obviously, but my issue was compounded with some extremely stressful personal matters that made it almost impossible to give it 100%. I found that folks who were already PCT's or involved in the healthcare field in some way, (relatives who are RN's, close friends who can give them a head's up about what to focus on with studies, LPN's) seemed to do better for obvious reasons.

I, on the other hand, have absolutely no experience in the healthcare field.

I've always been an independent learner, so I don't, nor did I ever expect, faculty to hold my hand through the process, but when you have a couple hundred pages to read for an exam, on top of everything else going on, it helps to have someone give you a 'head's up' as to what to focus on. In my mind, that is what lectures are for. But I didn't find this to be the case while I was there.

I am still welcome back at GPC, but my personal experience was so negative, I doubt that I will.

But to all the students who manage to breeze through the program with no problem, I'm in total awe and amazement of you! :monkeydance:

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I, myself, had no experience in the patient care/med field prior to the program. I didn't even know how to use a bP cuff/steth (my scariest ck-off), but now...bring it! lol!

Yeah & in GPC no one is going to be there to hold your hand, in fact it's in the policy that if you need more than, I think, 75% of one on one time with an instructor that is a problem.

The key to studying at GPC & probably any other program is reading to get the concept, not reading word for word or even hundreds of pgs. If your reading the whole chpt your reading to much. I have never read word for word chpt to chpt. In fact, in Med-Surg I didn't even read cardio in the required book & got every quest correct on the test because I read Reviews & Rationales & Straight A's in Med-Surg, a book that teaches you the concept. I also had a great A&P instructor that taught the class like everyone was going into nsg.

But still in all, no one breezes thru that program with no problem, a lie if they say that. They had to neglect some aspect of their Holistic Being...lol!

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Good tips on the supplemental books Paris. Wish I had this information beforehand! :) I mistakenly thought if I read the chapters completely, sometimes twice, there would be no way they could trip me up on the exams. I was wrong.

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There's no way one can even read that amount of info in such a short period of time & really get a good understand of the content. One of the instructors even mentioned in lect that there is no way they are expecting us to read all those chpts in the required reading books. Another thing that lots of students are doing is reading NCLEX quest books, bad idea for first year students. You have to get the just before you go off answering quest. that require some degree of knowledge, not just common since that people claims that all you need to have to pass. I will do the Incredibly Easy questions that they have in the nsg computer lab, but that just reinforces the reading I do.

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Yeah & in GPC no one is going to be there to hold your hand, in fact it's in the policy that if you need more than, I think, 75% of one on one time with an instructor that is a problem.

You seem to know the policy pretty well! If I didn't know any better, I would think you were an instructor! ;)

Seriously, though, I guess I missed that part of the student handbook. In fact, I just looked through it again, and couldn't find that.....

But it's good information!

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LOL!!! Believe me I'm not an instructor, far from it.

I just thoroughly read any contract I get myself into,

you never know what your agreeing to & in this case

I think that's what happens to a lot of students they

don't read the important "stuff". It's in the course syllabus &

I think some where in the Student Handbook. This caught

my eye when I was over zealous reading all the hand-outs

when I first started & had to say :rolleyes: huummm, what is this all about.

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Paris2B, Will you pass along more info on this book please?(Reviews & Rationales & Straight A's in Med-Surg)Author/publisher or the isbn. I'm starting Med Surg in a couple of weeks and this sounds like it might help. Thanks.

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Paris2B, Will you pass along more info on this book please?(Reviews & Rationales & Straight A's in Med-Surg)Author/publisher or the isbn. I'm starting Med Surg in a couple of weeks and this sounds like it might help. Thanks.

You can find these books online at any bookstore, ebay, etc. & type in the name mentioned above & the whole series of those books will come up. I borrowed several of them from GPC's library (the cheap route if there are any left). Sorry don't have ISBN but you can find it once you go online to look for these books.

Hope this helps you.;)

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required book & got every quest correct on the test because I read Reviews & Rationales & Straight A's in Med-Surg, a book that teaches you the concept. I also had a great A&P instructor that taught the class like everyone was going into nsg.

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I tried looking for these books through Amazon and B & N. Can't find them. Are these the correct titles? Can you give me the ISBN #'s or authors?

Thanks so much

Carostar

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Medical-Surgical Nursing: Reviews and Rationales by Mary Ann Hogan and Tomas Madayag

Straight A's in Medical-Surgical Nursing (Straight A's) by Springhouse

Both of these series are great.

Good luck with the rest of the program. I am a 4th semester student and am counting the days until all of this is FINALLY OVER :)

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Specializes in Hospice/palliative care.

Hi there,

Just found out about this website...better late than never! I'm moving toward the light at the end of the last semester tunnel! Thank God!

In addition to the Reviews and Rationals for Med Surg, I found the Med Surg Incredibly Easy book to be the most helpful. It really breaks things down as simply as possible. Make sure to understand the most common lab tests. This will bite you in the butt if you don't!

Good luck with Med Surg. Just be thankful you aren't taking it in the Summer!

:nurse:

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