Ivy Tech Spring '10 Applicants

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This is the "Not In" thread, or for anyone that's planning on applying for Spring Semester by the Sept 1st deadline.

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A's in prereq's except ANP 2...taking that class now.

Horribly embarrassing TEAS at 76, still have two more tries. (Which is why I'm taking math and phys sci this summer. lol)

Hope to get into the Bloomington or Terre Haute programs. (Yay! Greene county gets region pts at both. lol)

Currently frazzling myself out with 5 online classes :bugeyes:

It's nice to meet you....whoever you are....

Specializes in MICU - CCRN, IR, Vascular Surgery.
Just a heads up for anyone getting shots/TB test at the Marion County Health Department. There is a question on the TB form that asks if you have had any immunizations within the last 5 weeks. When I asked the nurse about it, she said I should get my 2 TB's done first, then come back for the immunizations. Not sure if I would have been denied if I had, but it may be worth a phone call if you need both.

If you have a vaccine like an MMR, you have to wait a month to have a TB test or else it will be inaccurate. I ran into this problem when I had to get an MMR in July since I couldn't find all of my records and then I tried to get a chickenpox vaccine 3 weeks later. I needed to wait a month for that too, but I didn't have the month to wait so I had to sign a form saying I was declining the chickenpox vaccine. That's what the nurse at the Monroe County health dept. told me this summer.

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Wow---sounds like the scrubs are even less flattering than I originally imagined! haha! Why are they having a guy wear women's scrubs? If they know men are in the program, they need to find an appropriate uniform that will fit--it's only fair.

I'm glad you guys mentioned the info about the TB test and the other vaccines. I had no idea. I will definitely get my TB first!

Carlos, I'm not sure where you could do a varicella titer--Can you just get on google and find physicians in your area and start calling? It's annoying to do it that way, but I'm not sure how else to find one. It would surprise me if anyone would not offer, or at least give you a written order to get one done at Mid America Clinical Labs or something (if they even do those).

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Hey,

I'll be going to IUSON and not Ivy Tech, but we have obviously have to have our immunizations up to date as well. I have my medical records and immunization records, but when I had chicken pox when I was little my parents didn't take me to the hospital so I have to get a titer as well.

I was reading somewhere else that LabCorp may do those. You can Google Labcorp. It looks like they're closed on the weekends, but I plan on calling Monday to see if they do titers for chicken pox, and if so, how much they cost.

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I haven't seen any shoe talk lately so.... A friend of mine ordered these shoes and said they were just awesome. The price is excellent for the brand name too. Has anyone purchased anything yet?

http://www.6pm.com/dansko-caitlin-white-smooth

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I tried on some other (expensive!) model of Dansko at the Scrubs & Beyond. Those ones had a very thick sole (like 2" at least) that was a "rocker" style sole and those shoes felt weird to me. If I saw those ones that you linked to, I would love to try them on because they look more normal in the sole.

Hmmm I had no idea about the TB test needing to be done before any vaccs. I assume that is because the vaccine for MMR is live attenuated (same for varicella).

Anomaly, congrats on your acceptance to IUSON! We had to go to LabCorp for the drug screen.

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I kind of feel like I'm hijacking this thread, so I'm sorry if anyone else feels that way :(.

csab--I was looking at the Hamilton County Health Department's website, too, but I didn't see anything about up to the age of 18. Where did you see that? I had to finagle my way around that website. According to my vaccination records, it looks like I already have the first shot in the Hepatitis B series??? I'm not really sure. I'm going to call them on Monday along with LabCorp and see what they say. I'm going to ask them about the Indiana program Carlos mentioned, too, even though their website says that immunizations are only $5-10, so that's not too bad (for some reason I thought I read somewhere that the Hep B vaccine would cost me $67 per shot). Also, did you notice that their website says they are no longer offering TB tests after Nov. 2nd?

Carlos--I don't know what kind of shoes you all have to have, but Merrell makes white, "professional looking" shoes for men. I know one version is called the Merrell Encore Moc Pro. The only downside is they're about $95. I've looked at them for women. Keen also makes a pair for both men and women called PTC slip-on, but they're $100.

MistyMiss--That's an awesome price for Dansko's. I've read a lot of threads on this site that say with Dansko's you either love them or hate them. My main hesitancy with reference to them was that most of their shoes look like they have a pretty good heel on them and I've read where people have said that they're not exactly easy to move around in. However, the pair you posted look much different (much more comfortable).

Also, just in case anyone was wondering like I was, I did a BBB (better business bureau) check on http://www.6pm.com and they are a BBB accredited business since Feb 2008 and received an A+ rating. :)

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No worries about hijacking--I'm sure everyone would agree that anyone who has helpful info to pass on is welcome on this thread!

I will have to go look at Hamilton county website again. I don't know where I saw about age up to 18. Maybe I was totally sleep-deprived at the time or something LOL. Bummer that they don't do TB testing anymore because I was thinking I'd go there to do it next week to get it done before my dr. appt in early December.

Are people only allowed to go to the health dept in their county of residence? Just wondering.

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Okay here it is:

http://www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/services.asp?id=7411

where it says immunizations are for from birth to age 18.

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I was wondering the same thing. I'm guessing so. I've been rejected (haha) from/by the Carmel public library, the Carmel post office, and the Carmel recycling center because I live north of 146th street, so I figured I'd just go to the Hamilton County Health Department instead of facing possible rejection from the Marion County one.

I may ask them that when I call on Monday though. I don't need a TB test right now, but I will in the future and it would be nice to know where I should go.

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I just looked and Minute Clinics inside CVS offer TB testing for $20. Haven't looked up the Walgreens version yet.

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That's unfortunate. Maybe they make an exception for the financially challenged and aspiring health care workers.

Do you all have to get the Hep B series?

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Specializes in ICU.

Btw csab, thank you for the congrats :). I completely missed that.

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