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1. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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   MIABeck, Have you talked with financial aid about the GI Bill? I believe that even though the time spent is full time, we still only get part time status because the actual number of credits taken. I have been getting financial aid (although not the...

2. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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   Bumble B, I know several students in my cohort who are doing the concurrent enrollment and doing well. You just need to be a motivated person to stay on task and get assignments/ reading done ahead of time. This first year of the program is extremel...

3. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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   Bumble B, I am starting NUR201 next Monday, so I've been in since August 2013. The courses are fast paced (8 weeks each), the instructors expect you to come prepared for each class and there are group projects. I work full time and have a family and ...

4. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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   CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! Enjoy this time before classes start because it will be a whirlwind once you begin!

5. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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   Yes, It is quite busy! The first class (NUR108) meets 4 days a week and when you aren't in class you are studying. The second class is a little less busy - but by no means easy. It meets 3 days a week for the first 4 weeks and then only 1 time per we...

6. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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   Best of luck to you all! I pray that you all get accepted and start this crazy journey soon.

7. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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   SipesMD, When I received my acceptance letter it did come with information on things that needed to be completed before the start of the semester. It will have all the physical requirements as well as the background check. Make sure you get everythi...

8. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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   Spicersweeney, There really isn't any advice I can give you other than that. The tests are different from any tests we took up to this point. It is all about applying your knowledge. The questions are critical thinking questions. You need to take yo...

9. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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   Well, the end of nur108 is near. We have our comprehensive final on Tuesday and then a one day break before the next class starts. This class was very fast paced and if I can offer any advice it would be to keep up on the reading, and form study grou...

10. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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    Spicersweeney, yesterday was packed full of information. We covered 4 chapters in our fundamentals book. We get 30 minutes for lunch and its not enough time to leave campus. They gave us extra time yesterday and I had to rush in order to eat my food....

11. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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    I am also attending Camp Nightingale. I look forward to seeing everyone there. Hey, does anyone in cohort 1 want to switch to cohort 2? A friend of mine is in cohort 2 and would like to switch to cohort 1 if possible. Let me know and I can get you in...

12. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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    Krystal, I am planning on working full time during the program but I am getting pretty apprehensive about doing so. I will try it out; hopefully I will be able to do both.

13. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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    bananaphone, I applied while I was in the Spring'13 microbiology class. They do not make decisions as to who will get into the program until after the grades are posted for the Spring semester. So, if you are taking those classes when you apply, jus...

14. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

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    Krystal, I think that is a great idea. Let me know when you sent up the facebook page and I will definitely be joining. I am feeling a little stressed just thinking about the grading policy and how anything under an 80 is considered failing. Congratu...

15. Tidewater Community College 2013-2014 Nursing

    regina9979 replied to regina9979's topic in School Programs

    That's great! Are you planning on taking A&P2 and Micro together? That's going to be a heavy load. A&P goes into a lot of depth in the physiology aspect of the course and micro is a quiz every time you go to lab. (once a week) Not sure which ...