hillsborough community college SPRING 2015

SILVACH24 said:

Lmao... guesses.. lets here those guesses... this should be interesting ahah

Hi there, I saw your question on our old thread but I figured id write you here if anyone else had questions. So tomorrow I am officially done with NP1. Every NP1 class is different due to professors however for the most part, a lot is the same. You have 5 hours of community service per semester,two 3 hour classes per week Monday and Wednesdays, 2 weekly skills lab hours,plus you have 10 hours of clinical weekly. In addition, there are weekly assignments. Finally and most importantly, to pass this class a minimum of 3-4 hours per day is needed for studying. It is not an easy class, it is absolutely nothing like your prereqs. There is no memorization, you must apply your knowledge to the test and answer critical thinking questions of which all the answers are correct, but only one is the MOST correct. This is easier said than done. 90% of my class failed the second exam, only me and two other classmates passed it,and a lot of those were 4.0 students. Thankfully most were able to bring up their grades. However, I reiterate practice critical thinking NOW while your waiting. I suggest Kaplans NCLEX review book, it is very helpful to practice with. I wish you all the best and if you have any questions feel free to ask.

SILVACH24 said:

O wow 90% failed... eeekkkk super scarey! How many hours/days a week is the lab skills? Is it done on the same day as your lecture? Thank you for commenting on this page to share! 3 to 4 hrs of studying a day.. wow... that sound exhausting. .. does anyone in your class take any classes outside of nursing?

You can choose when to go to skills lab,its 2 hours per week. Most hours are during the day though so you have to make time in your schedule to go,if you work this can be a problem as they choose when the lab is open. None of my friends are taking other classes. Frankly, it would be VERY hard,especially if you work. There is way too much involved in nursing school to add on another workload. Assignments and care plans easily take 8-10 hours each,I am not exaggeratting. Care plans are 15 pages long as were some of our assignments,and my clinical instructor had us do weekly care plans:-(

SILVACH24 said:

I know u said Kaplan review books... But do u know of anything else, that is like an app on my phone

I don't know of any apps, I only know of critical thinking books. There's a lot, I bought most of Mine on amazon. But they are not cheap, some classmates and I spend about $300 each on top of the $600 package we need for class. Not to mention clinical supplies which were another $300.

Gradius said:

Assuming that holds, 3.86. Well done! Look for your Acceptance Letter in September.

cool. Thanks

Juleby said:

Hi there, I saw your question on our old thread but I figured id write you here if anyone else had questions. So tomorrow I am officially done with NP1. Every NP1 class is different due to professors however for the most part, a lot is the same. You have 5 hours of community service per semester,two 3 hour classes per week Monday and Wednesdays, 2 weekly skills lab hours,plus you have 10 hours of clinical weekly. In addition, there are weekly assignments. Finally and most importantly, to pass this class a minimum of 3-4 hours per day is needed for studying. It is not an easy class, it is absolutely nothing like your prereqs. There is no memorization, you must apply your knowledge to the test and answer critical thinking questions of which all the answers are correct, but only one is the MOST correct. This is easier said than done. 90% of my class failed the second exam, only me and two other classmates passed it,and a lot of those were 4.0 students. Thankfully most were able to bring up their grades. However, I reiterate practice critical thinking NOW while your waiting. I suggest Kaplans NCLEX review book, it is very helpful to practice with. I wish you all the best and if you have any questions feel free to ask.

Thank you for this post; it was extremely helpful for someone like me who needs to work and go to school. Now I know I may need to start looking for another job that would allow me to complete those lab hours and devote enough time to things like the care plans. My current day job probably won't work with that school schedule.

Can you tell me if you are in the day or evening program and if there are different lab hours for the evening class? Thank you in advance for your response.

IHopeIGetIt said:

Thank you for this post; it was extremely helpful for someone like me who needs to work and go to school. Now I know I may need to start looking for another job that would allow me to complete those lab hours and devote enough time to things like the care plans. My current day job probably won't work with that school schedule.

Can you tell me if you are in the day or evening program and if there are different lab hours for the evening class? Thank you in advance for your response.

Hi there:-) there are occassional night lab hours, usually they fall on Tuesday or Thursday. I am in the night/weekend program. I work and have two kids under the age of four, so this was my only choice. There are some who worked full time but they would have to ask off quite often for various reasons, including studying for tests and doing the community service and lab hours. It is possible though, its just depends on how hard your willing to work. Anyway my final is today so I should probably be studying LOL Good luck everyone!

good luck on your final

Hey Juleby,Thank you for sharing the info. If you don't mind me asking how much was your GPA when you got in..also is the care plan like you using a nursing dx and then based on that you are planning out goal and r these care plans have more grade towards the class I mean does it count as a test grade or something? how does the grading system work..Please give us an idea of that....also do u like night classes ..or if u heard other class r better...which one is??? Thanks

Leroy