OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

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Hi everyone! Okay so I decided to make a seperate thread for those of us seeing what our options are because we got the dreaded letter from OCC. It was getting hard to filter out the information pertinent to us in the general OCC thread.

I just want to tell everyone not to give up.

I had a meeting with a counselor yesterday, who basically assured me that any drastic changes made to OCC nursing admission policy could NOT be implemented in the very next admission cycle. He said that he had been a counselor for over 16 years, and the last time they made a drastic change (like from waitlist to gpa based) they grandfathered in everybody who would have been 'caught up' in the transition.

I had a 3.824 gpa. I had three classes that were not straight A's (An A- in both american government and english composition two, as well as the dreaded B in A&P 1). I am retaking all three and am going to seriousely aim for all A's. The gpa cutoff is gonna be a 3.9 something and I don't want to have to worry about not getting in again. I am going to do my best to get all A's.

I met with the counselor to discuss my options and see what to do at this point. I was considering going LPN but I don't think i'm going to do that anymore because my biggest aim is to get my RN as soon as possible. The LPN to RN transition program is only offerred every even year. What this means for us? If I were, for example to start the LPN program in January of 2012, it would be over in like March of 2013. Then I couldn't start the transition program until like July of 2014. Then I wouldn't be done with the transition program and have my RN until December of 2015! This versus the ADN RN program, which would start in the Fall of 2012 and finish in like early May of 2014.

Good luck to all of those still trying! We can't give up!!!!!

Hi

Can anyone share inofromation on Fundamental text used at OCC.Thanks.

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Specializes in Neuroscience.

For Foundations you use several books. You buy the majority of the books you will use throughout the program that first semester.

We used the big med-surg book, the psych book, and the Michigan Nurses Assoc. book for theory. There's also another book the name of which is slipping my mind right now, but it was really boring to read and I haven't read it since Nov...contemporary something, lol. There's also Nanda, NIC, and NOC, for careplans. Don't worry if those names don't make sense right now...you will learn them well soon enough ;)

For lab we had a set of DVDs to watch before classes and a skills book to read.

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Thanks a lot.

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Specializes in Neuroscience.

Do you guys know when your orientation is yet?

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It's August 1 at the RO campus

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Hi everyone,

Just checked online Raiders Book store, fall 1410 bool list is out.... lot of books.... I was wondering if we need to buy medical terminology... or can use online information and get by.

Suggestions most welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Specializes in Neuroscience.

We never had a med terminology book (you don't need one, the lingo isn't rocket science), but I looked at the list and it looks like it's required. I would hold off though. The Pharm books is also required and I never used it, not even in Pharm! If it's optional, don't bother. You do need a good lab & diagnostic book, and I just went with theirs but there are many resources out there just as good, like medscape.

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Hi Quarterlife88,

Thanks alot.... I am surprised that there is no Fundamental book...... like fundamental of nursing kind.

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use to be a huge book called foundations in nursing by taylor, damn thing weighed 25lbs, i swear 25lbs. you should be glad you dont have that anymore. my back still isnt the same

sorry havent checked in, in a long time, what with my final class and studying for the nclex i just havent had time. looks like you guys have some really great help form quarterlife anyway. hope everyone passed pharm, but heard of a couple who didnt through friends i still talk to in the program. its always hard to see people fail. the one thing about nursing school is gossip sure does spread fast.

some final stats for those who are interested: we finished with around 139 students out of 216 that started. some of those were LPN's doing transitions so the number of us that graduated on time was around 110 to 115. so just a little over 50%. scary isnt it.

well i hope you all have a great summer. i will post how long it takes me to find a job and what type of facility its in. hopefully by the time you guys graduate the nursing shortage will actually be a shortage, sure isnt right now. plenty of jobs for those with exp, none if you dont.

i would do the cna program this summer and get a job at a hosp over the fall if you can its the easiest way to get into a hosp after graduation

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If anyone is on here that DIDN'T take Pharm yet and is taking it in the fall I am looking to sell my books that I have for it :)

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Hi whosurdaddy,

Thanks for the inputs. About CNA, to keep the certificate valid , you must work... or you lose the certificate. Secondly would it be easy doing to nursing school as well?

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def want to use it. i think its valid for 2 years whether its used or not

it wouldnt be easy, but you can do it now or you can wait till after foundations. once you pass foundations you dont have to take the course, you can pay for the exam and just take the exam. pretty easy.

as of right now there are no hospitals that i have found that are hiring grad students. hopefully that will change in the near future, but not now. everyone wants 1 year exp. the hospitals hire there own so when you have a job at the hospital and you grad its a whole lot easier

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