ICHS 2022

RNLife2025, ASN, RN · Sep 19, 2022

5 minutes ago, LVNnurse77 said:

Only the final was proctored from what we were told. All the other tests were not. Now ALL tests are proctored. Clinical work must be completed or you will fail clinical. For the theory its such a small portion of your grade that many did not care and did not do assignments. I would not gamble that. I did every assignment for everything and I studied, did practice questions.

Yeah I plan to do the same. I am using my VA GI Bill so hopefully being a full time student I get full housing allowance then I can drop my hours drastically. I only work per diem but still. The amount I get for housing is equal to what I get from work.

I can study, study and study.

I did find out that the test bank I saw is actually the one in the textbook. I am ordering a hardcopy of the textbook and it comes with the 1000 question testbank inside. So I am waiting for the textbook.

The textbook comes with alot of different features to study and learn. Hopefully not too overwhelming. Pharmacology will be the hardest for me. So many meds to learn. I have medication cards my sister bought during her pharm class and gave me.

Thank God.

Kou Maneh · Sep 19, 2022

12 minutes ago, MrsDean2022 said:

Yeah I plan to do the same. I am using my VA GI Bill so hopefully being a full time student I get full housing allowance then I can drop my hours drastically. I only work per diem but still. The amount I get for housing is equal to what I get from work.

I can study, study and study.

I did find out that the test bank I saw is actually the one in the textbook. I am ordering a hardcopy of the textbook and it comes with the 1000 question testbank inside. So I am waiting for the textbook.

The textbook comes with alot of different features to study and learn. Hopefully not too overwhelming. Pharmacology will be the hardest for me. So many meds to learn. I have medication cards my sister bought during her pharm class and gave me.

Thank God

Can you please give me the name of the Funds book?

Kou Maneh · Sep 19, 2022

I will be starting in oct as well, I have been monitoring this page. My name is Patience, I am from Atlanta.

RNLife2025, ASN, RN · Sep 19, 2022

10 minutes ago, Kou Maneh said:

Can you please give me the name of the Funds book?

Kou Maneh · Sep 19, 2022

Thank you so much.

londonflo · Sep 19, 2022

1 hour ago, LVNnurse77 said:

I have a coworker who went through one of these classes and she said over half her class failed the exit exam. The school knew then that many cheated.

I guess they need to up their game......cheating and still failed. My druthers would be there is a hell ..of . cr***py of POOR TEACHING! But the school needs to figure out how to how improve from a dismal education medical to dismal may be a dismal education....and they really need to CLOSE but they have chose this way/.... doing, bad teaching (and this easiest way is to blame the students!! bad Question on test etcetera. 'Cheating is not the answer). The faculty question books have ben available for at least 30 years. THIS is nothing new in those for educators. But some crappy schools will try anything to keep enrollment up. How can out your blame cheating with educated professors who KNOW how to construct TEST QUESTION? It sounds like a program that wants to attract easy prey Do Not get sucked into this crap of a program.

londonflo · Sep 19, 2022

2 hours ago, LVNnurse77 said:

Clinical work must be completed or you will fail clinical. For the theory its such a small portion of your grade that many did not care and did not do assignments.

Frankly applying the course work is so very important, Do you want to say to a patient, I got great grades on my theory tests but can't meet the clinical components? I have taught for 40 years. We NEVER gave grades on clinical assignments but did dismiss for poor clinical performance. What would you think is next....Giving an "A" for a great accucheck stick.? Maybe every one needs a a participation ribbon with "added points" to pass the theory part of the course/.

LVNnurse77 · Sep 19, 2022

1 hour ago, londonflo said:

Frankly applying the course work is so very important, Do you want to say to a patient, I got great grades on my theory tests but can't meet the clinical components? I have taught for 40 years. We NEVER gave grades on clinical assignments but did dismiss for poor clinical performance. What would you think is next....Giving an "A" for a great accucheck stick.? Maybe every one needs a a participation ribbon with "added points" to pass the theory part of the course/.

I didn't say I agreed with the students who decided to not do all the work. I made sure for myself I did exactly what was asked and did my additional study questions. I purchased extra books to learn labs, ekgs, med surg books, peds, OB. I will be interested to see if many of the students passed this first part and moving to the next. I honestly do not have any complaints about the school so far. Like I said, I do what is asked, keep up on my reading, study like crazy and stay out of the politics. Im not sure why some have such extreme negative reviews. Everyone is different and has a different experience. I totally understand why changes must be made. I don't believe there is any school that is perfect and has no problems.

RNLife2025, ASN, RN · Sep 19, 2022

1 hour ago, londonflo said:

Frankly applying the course work is so very important, Do you want to say to a patient, I got great grades on my theory tests but can't meet the clinical components? I have taught for 40 years. We NEVER gave grades on clinical assignments but did dismiss for poor clinical performance. What would you think is next....Giving an "A" for a great accucheck stick.? Maybe every one needs a a participation ribbon with "added points" to pass the theory part of the course/.

I agree. I think it is all important. I work in a hospital and see new grads and some not so new nurses who were book smart but skills were horrible or they did not know how to do skills taught in nursing school. Being book smart need to couple with compentently performing the skills taught in clinicals. You will never succeed just with one or the other. I had a coworker who graduated from RN and said she felt like she knew nothing. Didn't pass NCLEX.

Students think they can get by in nursing school with bare minimum and it will show in the workplace when they are not competent enough to care for a patient.

It takes lots of learning, studying, making sure you can confidently care for someone and not risk harm to them due to lack of skills and knowledge.

londonflo · Sep 20, 2022

3 hours ago, LVNnurse77 said:

I purchased extra books to learn labs, ekgs, med surg books, peds, OB.

YES! That is expected in a profession. Also a good drug handbook. And only the most current (Yes I mean published within the last two years. No THRIFT BOOKS which are old editions.) (Why do you think they are so cheap???) Nursing books get published on a cycle of every 3 years. Plan on that!!

Why aren't these (labs, ekgs, med surg books, peds, OB.) books added to your course list? Kinda like turkey roll for Thanksgiving,..white and dark meat added together,

By the Way when my son was a medical student, he did not have book lists. Instead the students were told to seek out references that were needed to learn. He was extremely self directed -- now is a Chief of Surgery.

londonflo · Sep 20, 2022

7 hours ago, MrsDean2022 said:

Pharmacology will be the hardest for me. So many meds to learn. I have medication cards my sister bought during her pharm class and gave me.

Thank God.

The latest Potter and Perry is the 11th edition. The Lillie book is also in a new edition. Both of these books are used throughout a nursing school curriculum (but not sure how ICHS uses them.) and with studying for NCLEX, Using older editions is kind of driving a car with bad brakes......maybe I can just steer around the car accident in front of me. Nursing texts are the TOOLS of your trade. Buy good and new ones. Do you want someone to come to your house to take a tree down with a hatchet. Stop nickeling and diming it!

RNLife2025, ASN, RN · Sep 20, 2022

18 minutes ago, londonflo said:

The latest Potter and Perry is the 11th edition. The Lillie book is also in a new edition. Both of these books are used throughout a nursing school curriculum (but not sure how ICHS uses them.) and with studying for NCLEX, Using older editions is kind of driving a car with bad brakes......maybe I can just steer around the car accident in front of me. Nursing texts are the TOOLS of your trade. Buy good and new ones. Do you want someone to come to your house to take a tree down with a hatchet. Stop nickeling and diming it!

Thats my plan. Thank you for telling about the new version. I did not see that one. I found it and will get that one instead as well as the Pharm one and a couple of other books and studies to help.

These are the new ones in case someone ia trying to get them.