Lonestar Fall 2013 hopefuls

dorelaure · Jul 29, 2013

North Harris students, check your schedules. We've been registered. Well, I have been. I am glad that I got my first choice for clinicals. I will be going to Houston North West Medical Center.

nurses101 · Jul 29, 2013

I have been registered also but unfortunately did not get my first choice clinical site I wanted to go to St. Lukes but will be going to Kindred on hollow tree/park manor thursdays...this is fine too, I guess.. :/

nataliea15 · Jul 29, 2013

I got my second choice for clinical, I got the rehab hospital in Humble. Super exited to begin and nervous too. :) :nailbiting: I start 1105 next week.

nataliea15 · Jul 29, 2013

I just found this thread. Congratulations to all of you who will be embarking on your first year of nursing school. I am getting ready to enter my second year, along with Stephalump. I think she will agree with me when I say that you are going to find it to be a wild ride, so hang on for dear life!

Your comment made me happy an nervous at the same time. lol. Elaborate please? :nailbiting: Actually I was wondering, they say to expect to study for 2 hours every night. Is that accurate? It would seem like you would need to dedicate more time than that. Also, they said that we have testing every other Friday. What is that like? At s specific time, how many test, can you go to any campus (testing center) etc?

kevann00 · Jul 30, 2013

Just checked my schedule..i didnt get my first, second, or third choice..she stuck me at health south in humble?!?!?!!?!? Nowhere close to where i live...i am baffled honestly. Praying this is some sort of mistake..im in tears and confused.....................

kevann00 · Jul 30, 2013

I have been registered also but unfortunately did not get my first choice clinical site I wanted to go to St. Lukes but will be going to Kindred on hollow tree/park manor thursdays...this is fine too, I guess.. :/

Was this one of your choices or a totally random choice made by the advisor?!

lth1123 · Jul 30, 2013

I got my 2nd choice also. I will be at St. Luke's on Thursday. I really wanted the one on Saturday though.

nataliea15 · Jul 30, 2013

Just checked my schedule..i didnt get my first, second, or third choice..she stuck me at health south in humble?!?!?!!?!? Nowhere close to i live...i am baffled honestly. Praying this is some sort of mistake..im in tears and confused.....................

Sorry you didn't get your any of your choices. Perhaps it is a mistake or it could be that some of the clinical sites have been changed as they are all subject to change. From what I understand, clinical sites can be a hard commodity to come by for the colleges. One of the faculty members at the kingwood orientation said that she would beg, plead, or offer her first born child to secure a clinical site. :)

Healthsouth is only about 10 minutes away from Kingwood Hospital off of 59.

kevann00 · Jul 30, 2013

I got my 2nd choice also. I will be at St. Luke's on Thursday. I really wanted the one on Saturday though.

Well St. Lukes was my first choice sooooo not sure how you got it as your 2nd choice and i got a totally random placement

KnightGal · Jul 30, 2013

If you are a genius, then two hours should do it, but I am no genius. LOL. No, I normally come home from classes and study the rest of the day, with the exception of when I have to get up to make dinner, wash clothes, do dishes, and help my Mom (she is 85). I pretty much spend every free moment of every day studying or preparing clinical logs, and for exams, labs, etc. (you will be doing a lot of lab prep, patient reviews, and case studies on evolve.elsevier.com, but you have to wait until you get into class and your instructor can get you signed up for that).

At Montgomery, I think we had our first exam our third week, and then every two weeks after that. We did not take our exams in the testing center, but in another building on campus, and would startit at 10 a.m.. On looking over our paperwork, I see that, this year, our exams will be starting at 8:30 a.m., and we will have until 9:50 to complete them.

Also, you will have a math test every semester. You get three chances to pass. You must achieve a 90 to pass. Even second year students have a math test each semester, and if we don't pass, WE will have to drop out, too.

One thing that will really help you is to be very, very organized. Everyone has a different way of doing that, whether it is keeping everything in one notebook or a separate folder for each week's PP's, notes, etc. Make sure you keep a calendar of some sort with all your deadlines, because there will be a lot of them.

I hope this helps you, but let me know if there's anything else you can think of. :)

KnightGal · Jul 30, 2013

Sorry. I thought there'd be a quote in there from Nataliea, in case y'all were wondering who I was replying to.

nataliea15 · Jul 31, 2013

If you are a genius, then two hours should do it, but I am no genius. LOL. No, I normally come home from classes and study the rest of the day, with the exception of when I have to get up to make dinner, wash clothes, do dishes, and help my Mom (she is 85). I pretty much spend every free moment of every day studying or preparing clinical logs, and for exams, labs, etc. (you will be doing a lot of lab prep, patient reviews, and case studies on evolve.elsevier.com, but you have to wait until you get into class and your instructor can get you signed up for that).
At Montgomery, I think we had our first exam our third week, and then every two weeks after that. We did not take our exams in the testing center, but in another building on campus, and would startit at 10 a.m.. On looking over our paperwork, I see that, this year, our exams will be starting at 8:30 a.m., and we will have until 9:50 to complete them.
Also, you will have a math test every semester. You get three chances to pass. You must achieve a 90 to pass. Even second year students have a math test each semester, and if we don't pass, WE will have to drop out, too.
One thing that will really help you is to be very, very organized. Everyone has a different way of doing that, whether it is keeping everything in one notebook or a separate folder for each week's PP's, notes, etc. Make sure you keep a calendar of some sort with all your deadlines, because there will be a lot of them.
I hope this helps you, but let me know if there's anything else you can think of. :)

Awesome! Thanks for the reply. I thought 2 hrs a night seemed on the low side, but then I looked at my schedule and it seems very reasonable. I guess I was under the impression that nursing school would involve hours and hours of lecture most days of the week. Thanks for all the tips because I am just trying to get all my ducks in a row and come up with a good survival plan to get me through. I will get a big calendar I have read some of the recommended book (test taking success for nursing students- I think it's called) and it suggest to keep a calendar and check it so that you aren't wasting time worrying about what you have to do and if you have forgotten a deadline. Thanks for the info about the math, I did not know about that, though it makes sense. :)