NWFSC RN Fall 2016 Admission

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Hi there! Anyone else applying for the Fall semester at NWFSC? I am about to take the first attempt for the hesi and I am little nervous! How are your scores looking so far?

Yes I got the call this morning and I was was so excited I started crying. I went and met ms McNair today and she is really nice and even gave me a hug. She told me she wasn't gonna overwhelm me with stuff to do right now and just gave me my schedule and told me I'd do more Monday. I have Wednesday Thursday clinical how about you guys? She also mentioned some type of brown bag thing that we put stuff about ourselves in but never gave me one. What did I miss today? She said everyone basically went over paperwork and the syllabus.

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I am so proud for you, girl. Really, congratulations. I'm literally trying to wade my way through all the stuff that we have to get done right now. I'm taking a minute away from that to post this, and then it's right back into the muck. My desk looks like a tornado hit it. I can certainly guarantee that getting organized straight out of the gate is a must. Take the extra time to organize the crap out of everything!! That's what I'm trying to do, because it seems like it will be so easy to miss something important otherwise.

Most of what happened Friday is the same as what happened in orientation, except this time we wore our clinical uniform. Unfortunately, you didn't get to go to orientation either, and that sucks. Can you get on D2L and see your classes yet? If so, start there and look over your syllabi for the two main classes, at least. There is a sheet in the content section of the nursing process (theory) course, under the "orientation" subsection, called "orientation handout fall 2016 theory" --- when you open that tab the sheet starts out "NUR 1021C: Nursing Process One, Fall 2016" as the header and it has a small stethoscope graphic about midway down on the left ... that's a good sheet to get you started to be prepared for Monday's theory class. It has the information you need to register for your resources on Evolve, to register for your ANA account, and the things you need to read and look at in preparation for the theory class that afternoon.

When you go to the school on Monday, you should go early and go to the IT Dept. They recommended Friday that you take your primary device that you will be using, whether it is your cell phone, a tablet, or a laptop or whatever ... take it to the IT Help Desk, which is located in Bldg. 430, and tell them you are a nursing student and that you want to add your device to the network, and they will do that for you. They highly recommended that, and said that it would help a lot, because otherwise, depending on the wifi tends to be much slower and bogged down.

One of the instructors asked that we bring thermometers to class on Monday so that we could practice taking temperatures.

She also said that you need to specifically print pages 10 through 13 of your theory syllabus and bring with you, in addition you need to read over that syllabus before Monday's class. You need to read over the "Theory Planning Guide (TPG) for that class, and I think she said to print that one, but I can't remember for sure about that part. I think my notes say to "skim" the TPG, but I scribbled that part, so I can't say with 100 percent certainty.

Your Brown Bag Assignment involves an actual brown paper bag. Since they didn't give you one, you can try to get one from a store like Publix or something. Basically, it's an introduction, "getting to know you" kind of assignment. You're suppose to cut out magazine pictures, print pictures, use actual photographs and cover the front and back of the paper bag with things about yourself. Then you can put a picture or pictures inside your paper bag of something people don't know about you that you'd like to share. Completing that assignment is our "ticket to class", as they put it. But there is still plenty else to do to be prepared for class on Monday. They also said to bring the bag with you to both your clinical class and the theory class.

Let's see ... they went over some general stuff about grading and skills and assessments, etc., but most all of it is in the plethora of documents they have posted in D2L. I think you should just start reading and write down any questions you may come across.

ASK US ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO. And if any of you guys see something I missed or got wrong on here, correct me please!!

Take care and good luck, all of you!!

Soph

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Oh my you went over a lot! I'm actually not even registered for the classes yet she didn't tell me anything about it so I emailed her because I didn't know if I was supposed to do that or her. Im really confused and it sounds like a lot of stuff :/

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Hey, you said you lived in crestview right? If you want I can meet with you and get you caught up. I will also be in the Wednesday and Thursday clinical group. Ms. McNair is the one who is going to have to register you for classes but if you are coming to class on Monday you have a lot to do and I don't want you to fall to far behind just because you missed Friday, so I can do my best to show you everything I can with the information I have.

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It's going to be ok. They can't fault you for what you don't know yet. Just come Monday prepared to absorb all you can. Which city do you live in? Some of our classmates made lists by city so we could form study groups. We'll get you in a group and you'll get caught up. What did she tell you to work on? Castle branch? Do you have your books yet? You can email me on our school account at arangoa, and if you have your books I'll send you the info on the stuff you need to read up on before class on Monday.

In the meantime, you just breathe and be happy you made it. I'm working on that myself. Lol.

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This is a lot to absorb, but I live in DeFuniak, unfortunately.

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