MUSC Spring 2020 ABSN

bitter_betsy, BSN · Dec 5, 2019

We werent required. We could purchase from anywhere. I wont be on campus again until Monday to confirm for you.

bitter_betsy, BSN · Dec 6, 2019

I'm so sorry - I thought I replied to this earlier. I did not order from Meridys - they weren't a suggestion during my first semester. When my scrubs arrived, I took them to the school to embroider. I won't be back on campus until Monday to make sure that the school does indeed embroider - or if you have time - call and ask tomorrow. Most likely it is a suggestion with high priority in order to make it easier on you for one stop shopping.

They do make changes to the program, but our cohort wears just about every brand of scrub.

Drakesghostwriter · Dec 7, 2019

@bitter_betsy gotcha! If you could confirm on Monday I would be so grateful! I didn’t see your reply until today ?‍♀️

yenool, BSN · Dec 7, 2019

At the orientation, I thought they told us to not order any other scrubs. But that’s just what I remember...

yenool, BSN · Dec 7, 2019

10 minutes ago, Drakesghostwriter said:
@bitter_betsy gotcha! If you could confirm on Monday I would be so grateful! I didn’t see your reply until today ?‍♀️

I remember from the orientation in November that they told us we shouldn’t order any other brands. But idk...

bitter_betsy, BSN · Dec 7, 2019

It is actually on the website - this is new. It isn't in the student handbook though (student handbook still says white - but was last updated 9/24/19). I will still ask on Monday . The scrubs on the site have a "modesty" liner for women - so my best guess is someone wore thongs again and ruined the fun for ya'll.

FYI - both the book list and the schedules are up.

yenool, BSN · Dec 8, 2019

Where's the schedule?

bitter_betsy, BSN · Dec 8, 2019

https://nursing.musc.edu/academics/student-services/schedules-and-calendars

https://nursing.musc.edu/academics/student-services/college-of-nursing-booklists

Drakesghostwriter · Dec 8, 2019

9 minutes ago, bitter_betsy said:
https://nursing.musc.edu/academics/student-services/schedules-and-calendars
https://nursing.musc.edu/academics/student-services/college-of-nursing-booklists

@bitter_betsyWhat happens in semester 3? Why don’t those students have a schedule?

also when do we find out our financial aid packages?

bitter_betsy, BSN · Dec 8, 2019

So no one starts in the summer semester - that leaves a gap. Fourth semester students started in January 2019 and 2nd semester students started in August 2019.

Financial aid - no clue. I feel like I'm always wondering also.

Once ya'll have IDs you should be able to get to lifeprod.musc.edu and then go to financial aid and see what you have. They are good about email going out, so if you can't get in there don't worry - you will get an email. Most everyone relies on either their undergrad amount of $57,500 or private loans. Scholarships are few and far between for most.

Lauren · Dec 8, 2019

What did you feel like was the hardest part of first semester?

2 hours ago, bitter_betsy said:
So no one starts in the summer semester - that leaves a gap. Fourth semester students started in January 2019 and 2nd semester students started in August 2019.
Financial aid - no clue. I feel like I'm always wondering also.
Once ya'll have IDs you should be able to get to lifeprod.musc.edu and then go to financial aid and see what you have. They are good about email going out, so if you can't get in there don't worry - you will get an email. Most everyone relies on either their undergrad amount of $57,500 or private loans. Scholarships are few and far between for most.

What did you feel like was the hardest part of first semester?

bitter_betsy, BSN · Dec 8, 2019

18 minutes ago, Lauren said:
What did you feel like was the hardest part of first semester?

Scheduling: figuring out what was going on, where I needed to be and what needed to be done by when. It can be a little overwhelming. While it looks like you have 4 classes - you really have more.

Your courses on Monday are Foundations and Health Assessment. Those both have clinical portions. So when you get your syllabus you will be assigned to a clinical group or groups. You have to figure out what day those groups go where and get all that into your planner. Health Assessment will have sim days and lab days - you just need to make sure you figure out what time and where each is (and put that in your planner also). If you miss a Sim Lab day its like a $250 make up fee and it has to be approved. You could potentially fail for missing a day without a valid excuse - not remembering or "not knowing" isn't valid.

Foundations gets a little more tricky. You have the classroom portion, you have lab days, sim days and you have clinical days. I did not have a single day off during First semester. So I had classes on Mon / Tue, Foundations clinical on Wednesday, Health Assessment sim or lab on Thursday and then foundations sim or lab on Friday. Sim lab takes places on the 1st floor of CON (until they move it to the library) while normal lab takes place on the 3rd floor of CON or in rare cases the normal classrooms. Be sure to mark the time AND location.

Your courses on Tuesday only have classroom lecture portions so that is a lot easier to keep track of.

What they don't tell you about is IP classes. First semester is hard because you are trying to figure out what is going on, and either on Monday or Tuesday during what should be your lunch period, you have to go to an IP course and you have homework. It lasts approximately 6 weeks and then you switch and get to pick a second IP course for the next 6 weeks. You have to add those classes and homework into your planner also. Don't get this confused with IP day. IP day we (the whole university student body) will do something together for IP day. Make sure you mark down the location and time for this as well because no one seems to be able to tell you where you are going. Your location will either come in an email or you have to look it up - but directions are provided.

Some people I know only did a week at a time of their schedule because the whole schedule overwhelmed them. I did my entire planner in the beginning so that I would know what I had to study for and if there were smaller assignments that I could get out of the way - then I did. Also it was easier for me to plan out when to study for what.

Syllabi are not released until Moodle (or Harbor) opens up which is usually 72 hours before the course starts. I would take 1 syllabus at a time and get all the assignments and what nots entered into my planner (keep reading assignments on a separate sheet of paper). Do foundations last - it can get confusing. Once you know where you have to be and when, then you have to figure out what time you need to leave in order to get there on time. Traffic sucks. Unless you can walk to campus, it will take you at least twice as long as you think it should and if you are in a hurry it will take 3x as long. Add in additional extra time for school buses and rain.

They don't remind you that something is due - thats your job. Sometimes you have pre-work in order to enter into Sim Lab or be permitted to take a test. Its your job to make sure that its done on time. Most instructors don't answer questions on the weekends when we do most of our catch up work - so make sure you get your questions out of the way early.

Long winded answer... sorry. I'm trying to be helpful but if its too much let me know and I'll be brief instead.