MDC Spring 2012 :)

ZeppHead8 · Nov 8, 2011

Welcome to the thread and congrats, Love Supreme! Any fan of Coltrane is a friend of mine! I got into Homestead too, are you fulltime?

LoveSupreme · Nov 8, 2011

Yes I will be full time. Now I just have to get all of those things done before the orientation day, seems like a lot to do.

Coren · Nov 9, 2011

To everyone new who's gotten in and gotten their acceptance letters: CONGRATS! I'm so happy for you guys especially Faith! You deserve it and I'm so excited for you ! I'm super anxious to meet everyone going to Medical Campus :)

Has anyone heard from Baptist by the way? Hope we hear something soon!

mishell · Nov 9, 2011

:nurse:Does anyone think there are anymore letters still going out? I was really hoping for Homestead full time

LoveSupreme · Nov 9, 2011

Honestly don't loose hope just yet because i know of someone who got their acceptance letter about 2 weeks ago to Homestead and I hadn't got a response. What I believe is happening is that since the person I knows last name starts with an A she got her response before I did since my name starts with an R. Best of luck!!! I'm sure we are all pulling for you.

mishell · Nov 9, 2011

Lovesupreme: Did you get yours today or yesterday? What where your Teas and GPA scores if you dont mind me asking

LoveSupreme · Nov 9, 2011

I got my letter yesterday but read it today. I honestly do not remember my TEAS score off the top of my head, but I know it was nothing out of this world, but my gpa was pretty high. Out of the classes they looked at, I got all A's and one B in the chemistry lecture.

Faith1218 · Nov 9, 2011

To everyone new who's gotten in and gotten their acceptance letters: CONGRATS! I'm so happy for you guys especially Faith! You deserve it and I'm so excited for you ! I'm super anxious to meet everyone going to Medical Campus :)
Has anyone heard from Baptist by the way? Hope we hear something soon!

Thank you so much!! It means a lot to me. After the mess I went through in fall with Mdc it's so nice to finally be on my way! I can't wait to meet you all!! :)

on eagles wings, ASN, RN · Nov 9, 2011

Hey on eagles wings,
Are you using 7th ed of the Fundies book? I see there is an 8th ed coming, but there is no release date yet, so I'm not sure if the school would be using this new 8th ed. whenever it's actually available?
I'm assuming that you're already in the program @ MDC. Can you give some organization tips? i.e. favorite gadgets/apps to use, etc. Do the profs allow you to record lectures?

we are using 7th edition. i would wait if you can and see what is on your official booklist. i forgot but yea they mentioned the upcoming students would be using a new edition.

i loooove the medscape app. helps me a lot with careplans while i am at work because it gets right to the point and tells me what i need to know about my pt's disease. now that i say that i do want to add that you will be using your medsurg books this semester. yep, we use 'em for clinical.

um.. as for organization... i use dropbox to have all my notes in one place. i also share them with my friends. it is an online media storage thing. you'll never use a USB again, lol. i cannot tell you how many people lose their USB's at the library. oh and in case you didn't read my old thread, i work at the medical campus library. if you ever see me working, say hello and i may be able to help you out with something :)

professors do allow you to record and i suggest. there is a nice app i use called DropVox. it records and uploads it automatically to my dropbox account. :) awesomeness.

if your skills or health assessment prof lets you, video record during the lab section. it will help you a lot :)

btw guys its not about studying 5 hours a day. honestly there are days i don't study... and i am getting good grades... its about HOW YOU STUDY. don't just read the book and highlight and do little practice questions... write good notes AS YOU READ and study those notes. i'll post an example here...

your fundamentals book separated chapter in mainly 1-3 parts.

1. scientific knowledge base

2. nursing knowledge base

3. nursing process

People that struggle in my class will sometimes only study 2 out of the 3 parts. you need to know all three to really be able to apply the info. so here is how i separate my notes: 1. scientific & nursing knowledge and 2. nursing process

hope it helps =)

CH 40 Oxygenation.pdf

Nursing Process in Oxygenation.pdf

Jael11 · Nov 9, 2011

On Eagles Wings,

Thank you for the inside info on study habits. I have heard so many different ways to study especially for the first semester with Nursing Fundamentals. It's always good to hear from a fellow student.

I already downloaded the attachments and will start reading them tomorrow.

Btw, do you know of any study aids books that will help for the NCLEX and the entire four semesters for Generic Full-time?

on eagles wings, ASN, RN · Nov 9, 2011

no problem! that chapter should be on your second test so don't worry much on it now for the first few weeks you want to focus on the nursing process(A.D.P.I.E!!!), mobility/immobility, skin integrity, client safety, and infection control. this will be the basis of your first test and the rest of our careers, lol. :)

the ATI books you will be getting will help with your classes. They are in bullet points and kinda review your chapters.

But I used Reviews & Rationales and I think it will be more useful for Med Surg. Personally, I like Saunder's NCLEX books a lot. I think they have enough fundamdentals stuff in it that you could use it for first semester. The latest one is the yellow one. Get it on amazon.

Fundamentals Success is pretty good; it will help for your ATI Fundamentals Exam...

Get a good Nursing Careplan book... I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/Nursing-Care-Plans-Diagnoses-Interventions/dp/0323065376/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320810606&sr=8-1

You want to get familiar with it... you'll use it a lot come clinicals :)

RyzenRN, ASN, BSN, MSN · Nov 9, 2011

try that link. Btw, I misspelled her name. It's nurse nacole. Her website also is nursenacole.com. I just think she has great advice. I even thought about doing something similar.