Jeff State Summer 2011

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Hey! I thought I would start a thread for all the people that are applying for summer admittance into jeff state so we could get to know our possible future classmates. They're accepting 50 on each campus and with the compass completely gone,and the teas v being solely relied on plus course points of course, I think this will make for a INTERESTING admission process to say the least! Any input and comments are welcomed;-)

And where did you do first semester clinicals @?

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Summer term is not hard guys don't worry about it if you can read you will be okay pharm she let us have an open book on 2 out of 4 test and all the classes are done on power point 2nd semester is what you need to worry about if you can get past that you can get past anything and 1 uniform is good you go twice 2nd term but they may not be back to back it might be tues and fri

We appreciate your help and encouragement! I know that I need it! LOL

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oh and on that note I am going to order just one uniform!

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Hey guys, so what were we told to start reading or learning? Any suggestions you have heard from friends already in the program??

Thanks

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I talked to the fundamentals instructor and she said just to start reading on vital signs, and doing drug calculations practices

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I talked to the fundamentals instructor and she said just to start reading on vital signs, and doing drug calculations practices

Sweet you rock!

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Nursing school at Jeff State is a beast!!! Before you start 1st semester you NEED to start practicing dosage calculations, you will have a dosage calculations test very soon after classes start & you have to make 90%. You will have 3 chances to pass, but until you pass the test you can't give meds @ clinicals & that is a fail for clinicals!! You do need to learn vital signs, how to do BP, but the most important thing you can study before you start class is NCLEX style questions!! The test in nursing school are not like any test you have taken before. You can't just memorize some info from the book & think you will pass the test. A test in biology for example will ask: What is a cell? A) DNA B) Basic unit of life C) A college student D) Jail. Where as a test in Nursing will ask: A nurse employed in an emergency department is assigned to triage clients arriving to the emergency room for treatment on the evening shift. The nurse should assign highest priority to which of the following clients? A) A client complaining of muscle aches, a headache, and malaise B) A client who twisted her ankle when she fell while rollerblading C) A client with a minor laceration on the index finger sustained while cutting an eggplant D) A client with chest pain who states that he just ate pizza that was made with a very spicy sauce. The Answer is D

I would recommend you get your hands on as many NCLEX study guides as you can and PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE as many questions as you can!! There are several teachers that like to put select all that apply questions on the test, they are harder than you think!!

You will have 3 classes 1st semester, Fundamentals of Nursing (Potter & Perry book, worst book ever), Health Assessment & Pharmacology. You will NEED to know your drugs for pharm class; know the class, action, uses, side effects, nursing assessment/interventions, patient teaching about the drugs for each test (Also the same things you will need to know for clinicals).

They will tell you that you are not allowed to record any of the lectures, and you can't! The reason for this is because a student, who has already graduated and is working as an RN, took all of his lecture information (notes, power point slides, etc.) and created a website to help other students. And it is helpful, just google JSSN 2010.

Taking nursing classes in the summer is always hard, STARTING nursing in summer is especially hard because you are having to basically re-learn how to learn. I know this sounds crazy but you really have to learn how to use critical thinking to make it through nursing school. You are learning to apply the knowledge they teach you in class!

Remember your ABC's (Airway, Breathing, Circulation)!!

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@battymom- thanks so much for te advice. I would like to correct one thing though.. They said at orentation we could record lectures. I think someone asked about it! And thanks especially for that website! I'm going to start listening to those TODAY! hopefully I can listen to a lecture a day! And I'm kinda scared about that math test- that's all everyone seems to say is horrible. And I hear that that's how most students flunk out... Flunking that math test! Is it hard? Easy? Like whTs a example question?

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Battymom - so learn all the meds from beginning to end???

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The JSSN 2010 site is just typed notes, no audio! I am at the shelby campus & we are told every semester that we can not record lectures. Did they give you a practice math quiz @ orientation? Know how to convert temp from C-F, know how to convert oz-mL, grams-mg (and vice-versa on all these). Some ex math problems: An order is written for 0.05g of an oral medication daily. The medication is available in 20mg tablets. How many tablets should the client receive daily?

Convert 0.05mg to grams by moving the decimal point 3 places to the right making it 50mg;

Formula ---->ordered/available * 1 tablet b/c it says 20mg tablets

(50mg/20mg) * 1 tablet= 2.5 tablets

The physician orders Mefoxin 1g IVPB q6h in 50mL D5W over 30 minutes. What rate would you set the infusion pump at?

*Infusion pumps can only be set at mL/hr*You would hang a new bag q6h*

Formula---> mL to be infused/time to be infused in hours

So 50mL/0.5 hr = 100 mL/hr

The physician orders D5W 1250mL IV q12h. The tubing is calibrated at 10 gtts/mL Calculate the number of drops per minute. gtt stands for drops, drops can not be partial only whole (can't be 12.4 gtts/min, only 12gtts/min).

Since you are looking for drops/minute you will want to convert hours to minutes: 12hrs * 60 minutes= 720 minutes

Formula----> (volume in mL * gtt/mL)/ time in minutes= gtt/min

(1250 mL * 10 gtt/mL)/720 minutes= 17 gtt/min

Calculate the infusion time for an IV of 1000 mL D5W infusing at 80mL/hr. When would the IV be completed if it was started at 8am, in military time & traditional time?

Formula----> mL to be infused/ infusion rate(mL/hr)= total hrs

1000mL/80mL/hr= 12.5 hrs (12 hrs 30 minutes)

Now that you know how long it will take to infuse the 1000 mL @ 80mL/hr you now have to find out what time it will be finished if it was started @ 0800 (8am). So the way I do that is by adding: 0800+1230 (12hrs30min)=2030hrs (that's military time) that 8:30 pm! Or the the dummy way is knowing that 12 hrs after 8 am is 8 pm and then adding 30 minutes!

Hope this helps!

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The JSSN 2010 site is just typed notes, no audio! I am at the shelby campus & we are told every semester that we can not record lectures. Did they give you a practice math quiz @ orientation? Know how to convert temp from C-F, know how to convert oz-mL, grams-mg (and vice-versa on all these). Some ex math problems: An order is written for 0.05g of an oral medication daily. The medication is available in 20mg tablets. How many tablets should the client receive daily?

Convert 0.05mg to grams by moving the decimal point 3 places to the right making it 50mg;

Formula ---->ordered/available * 1 tablet b/c it says 20mg tablets

(50mg/20mg) * 1 tablet= 2.5 tablets

The physician orders Mefoxin 1g IVPB q6h in 50mL D5W over 30 minutes. What rate would you set the infusion pump at?

*Infusion pumps can only be set at mL/hr*You would hang a new bag q6h*

Formula---> mL to be infused/time to be infused in hours

So 50mL/0.5 hr = 100 mL/hr

The physician orders D5W 1250mL IV q12h. The tubing is calibrated at 10 gtts/mL Calculate the number of drops per minute. gtt stands for drops, drops can not be partial only whole (can't be 12.4 gtts/min, only 12gtts/min).

Since you are looking for drops/minute you will want to convert hours to minutes: 12hrs * 60 minutes= 720 minutes

Formula----> (volume in mL * gtt/mL)/ time in minutes= gtt/min

(1250 mL * 10 gtt/mL)/720 minutes= 17 gtt/min

Calculate the infusion time for an IV of 1000 mL D5W infusing at 80mL/hr. When would the IV be completed if it was started at 8am, in military time & traditional time?

Formula----> mL to be infused/ infusion rate(mL/hr)= total hrs

1000mL/80mL/hr= 12.5 hrs (12 hrs 30 minutes)

Now that you know how long it will take to infuse the 1000 mL @ 80mL/hr you now have to find out what time it will be finished if it was started @ 0800 (8am). So the way I do that is by adding: 0800+1230 (12hrs30min)=2030hrs (that's military time) that 8:30 pm! Or the the dummy way is knowing that 12 hrs after 8 am is 8 pm and then adding 30 minutes!

Hope this helps!

You are great! thanks a bunch! please tell me this was foreign to you at one point????

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Oh and we did not have any quiz at orientation! I am going to the Jefferson campus

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