Motlow 2019 applicants

marktav · Apr 30, 2020

3 hours ago, Anna26 said:
Yes, I got my acceptance letter! ?

hello Anna, are you applying for 2 years or LPN?

Anna26, ADN · May 1, 2020

2 year

sarah781 · May 5, 2020

Can any of you who are wrapping up your first year give me an idea of what the schedule was like in the fall semester?

hs1107 · May 5, 2020

The first semester is very time consuming. For the first couple of months you are on your home campus for class and on Tuesday Thursday you will be in tullahoma from 9-4. once clinicals start, they will either be on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday and it might be close or you might drive over an hour to your clinical site. First semester you only have 5 clinical days.

Anna26, ADN · Jan 21, 2021

On 5/3/2019 at 12:58 AM, wkrbee said:

I survived my exams this week and the semester. ? Here is a bit more info I thought I would share. Good luck you guys.

-Required Uniform items-

Stethoscope

Goggles

Bandage scissors

Pen light (with pupil gauge)

Watch with second hand

-Studying-

If you get this down before fall, you will be ahead of the game. Learn to love "most correct", SATA'S (select all that apply) questions and how to answer them. Learn the ABC's, Maslows, ADPIE, SBAR, concept mapping and the difference between Subjective/Objective information.

Skim chapters prior to attending class. Focus on headers, paragraph topics, diagrams, boxes and side bars.

Power Point's.. don't squander your time trying to print every power point as soon as it gets posted. I have lost HOURS and taken out a small forest reprinting because slides were changed sometimes right before class. *see page 3 and remember the word 'flexibility' again.

-Clinical nights-

During clinical you will have to "pick up" your pt the night before. This is prep work for a care plan/enag, medication awareness for the following day, and to meet your patient. Show up again the next morning around 6:30 ready to go.

-Suggestions-

I'd recommend cleaning your house/room/car thoroughly before school starts. Food prep the best you can. Make ahead crock pot/frozen things and easy snacks to grab, such as, apples/peanut butter, veggies, grapes, hard boiled eggs, nuts.

I find Trello.com helpful in organizing a schedule for the content that needs to be studied.

For lecture/power points, I used a 1.5 in folder and dividers.

1.5 in folder for clinical

1.5 in folder for skills lab

After each exam, I move the ppt's to a 2 in binder and leave at home.

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This is handy at clinical.

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Check out free NRSNG pod casts and you can sign up for freebie Friday's.

Hey, I wanted to see if you could recommend anything that helped you study for Boyers content and the mental health HESI? Thanks in advance!

wkrbee, ADN · Jan 22, 2021

Hello Anna26, For the MH HESI I used quizlet. I survived Boyer's exams by making sure I was there for lecture and studied the power points. She still managed to pull a random fact or question on the exam that was from an obscure part of the chapter! Good luck!

Anna26, ADN · Jan 23, 2021

7 hours ago, wkrbee said:

Hello Anna26, For the MH HESI I used quizlet. I survived Boyer's exams by making sure I was there for lecture and studied the power points. She still managed to pull a random fact or question on the exam that was from an obscure part of the chapter! Good luck!

Thanks for the info!! I know it's been a while but by any chance do you remember which quizlet you used to help you? LOL I'm desperate! haha