Ok Class of 2017, Where are you??

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Hello my fellow nursing students. I will be starting my nursing classes on July 6. That's only 12 days from now! :nailbiting: I'm both excited and nervous. We had our first orientation yesterday, well it was more like a meet and greet. I have been on YouTube all day looking at videos on nursing school supplies. So I will be starting my school shopping this week. When did you get your school supply list? I was hoping to get mine at orientation, but nope no list! I hope that we can keep each other encouraged through the process. Congratulations to everyone who got accepted into the program.

That's what I'm doing for shoes, too. White Skechers Synergy Elite Status with memory foam insoles. They also are available in black.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Skechers+Synergy+Elite+Status&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Those are the exact ones that I bought! They're so comfy!

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30 minutes into the start of the semester, and I'm officially overwhelmed.

We had another orientation Friday which was for the nursing course only. We received our syllabus and went over expectations, dress code, safety, policies, etc. I do have to say that from what I've seen of the instructors, I think I'm going to like them a lot. So far everyone that was introduced to us, whether we have them now or down the road, seems very approachable, which I consider a big deal in an instructor.

I was definitely overwhelmed afterwards, but I've taken the weekend to get myself organized which really helped. Though I still haven't been able to get all dates and info I want off the syllabus into my Google calendar because there is just so much. I haven't been able to touch the reading yet. Though I did get all 3 ATI assignments for the week done today. It's all I've done all day.

I was just starting to get over being overwhelmed and feeling more productive and okay with the work load.

A&P is a hybrid course, so lectures are online and lab is once a week in the evening. We've had no access to any information regarding the course until midnight when I showed up on the distance learning website. So as soon as it was midnight, I jumped on there to see what needs done.

And I'm back to feeling more overwhelmed than I was on Friday. It's not so much the reading, the assignments, the research paper, projects, etc, but when I read that if 2 labs are missed, your grade drops 50% (which basically means you fail). Normally that wouldn't be a big deal as attendance is a non-issue for me in general, but with baby coming up soon, I may be missing 1-2 labs. It all depends on what happens and when. If I'm in the hospital, there's absolutely nothing I can do. I didn't read anything about missing 1 class. Depending on what happens, I can either miss none (which I think is unlikely, but it's all going to be the timing) or one. Worst case scenario I suck it up and have my husband drive me and deal with it for one night and just do it because it needs done.

I'm trying not to panic until I at least talk to the instructor, but if it still applies to me regardless, then I guess we just plan so that I'm there. I don't expect to be given special treatment or anything, but sometimes they make exceptions in my situation, sometimes not. If not, then it is what it is and we have time to plan for it.

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augurey that is lot to worry about! I would feel overwhelmed too. I do have a feeling that your teacher will make an exception for you; you have a valid excuse for missing, if you have to. Talk to the instructor as soon as you can so that you can start feeling better soon! One less thing to worry about. And after you get everything in your planner, you'll feel a little better. If you're anything like me, being able to visualize the game plan helps a lot. You can do this!
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Those are the exact ones that I bought! They're so comfy!

Aren't they??? I was super excited to find them because I have such a tough time finding shoes that fit my flat feet. Let me know how they work for you in clinical. :)

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Good luck, all of you. I'm going to offer you some advice I learned for saving money. First, for books check bigwords.com. It's a metasearch, like how kayak.com searches Priceline and Expedia for cheap flights. Except it searches a bunch of websites (including Amazon, B&N, half.com, etc) for cheap books, including rentals. Which is a thing you should do. Rent your books. Just don't forget to send them back.

Shoutout to you, Dogen! I believe you just saved me A LOT of money. Thank you! :up:

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Purple_roses: I think I'm just going to have to deal until class Wednesday night. Though I realized this morning I misread it. 2 missed labs is a 50% reduction in the lab grade only, but still, that can make quite an impact on a grade. I do feel like I'll feel better once I get everything put in. I might not be able to until the end of the week.

The thing that's making the overwhelming feeling worse is that, besides adjusting to the distance learning website, is that, having gone through the syllabus and other information on there, I have no idea what's expected of me this week. There's an assignment due Sunday evening, but it also says to bring a copy to lab (it'll be uploaded as well), so I don't know if she's wanting the assignment to be brought in this Wednesday or if it's always the following Wednesday after it's due and uploaded. I'm going to get the assignments done now to be safe. If we didn't need to take them in this Wednesday, then, well, I'm ahead which is where I need to be anyway.

So it's just really confusing right now. I'm sure it'll feel a little better after Wednesday when she goes over everything and what to expect. I'm trying keep as calm as I can and try to keep my head on straight and just try to get through this week. I know I'm not the only one feeling the way that I do. I had questions that I called the school about last week that other students were asking on Friday. So if we had the same questions then, I'm sure they are feeling every bit as confused as I am right now. I take comfort in that.

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My shoes have to be white too. Ugh. Ill probably hold off buying them for another 2 weeks since we dont have clinicals that require uniform until 2nd week of class.

I just got my books today. Im so broke and my husband is having surgery next month so i had to buy books using my excess financial aid through the bookstore. OUCH. I spend about $1300 just in nursing stuff. So pissed. But i do have all except one book for the entire program.

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Tomorrow is the official start of the semester and the beginning of my journey in Nursing School. At this point I believe I have everything I need, from uniform to books to binders and notebooks pens highlighters and other various supplies.

We take our medication math exam first thing in the morning. If they follow the same format as they did for pharmacology should know my score as soon as I hit the submit button. Then they are serving us a pizza lunch followed by a 3 hour orientation.

Definitely excited and naturally a bit nervous to get everything started. The past month has been busy with me in the middle of a move that won't be completed until next week, although unpacking is going to take longer than that.

For those starting next week best of luck and enjoy your last few days of freedom :)

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Tomorrow is the official start of the semester and the beginning of my journey in Nursing School. At this point I believe I have everything I need, from uniform to books to binders and notebooks pens highlighters and other various supplies.

We take our medication math exam first thing in the morning. If they follow the same format as they did for pharmacology should know my score as soon as I hit the submit button. Then they are serving us a pizza lunch followed by a 3 hour orientation.

Definitely excited and naturally a bit nervous to get everything started. The past month has been busy with me in the middle of a move that won't be completed until next week, although unpacking is going to take longer than that.

For those starting next week best of luck and enjoy your last few days of freedom :)

Have fun tomorrow!

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AspiringNurseMW: That's a lot of books! It can definitely be hard when you have to put all of that money up front. Are they going to have you use them all this early? I hope that your husband's surgery goes well next month!

Leonardsmom: Good luck tomorrow! That sounds pretty overwhelming with the moving. Hopefully the rest of the move will go smoothly and that it's not too stressful doing both at the same time.

I had my first A&P class this evening. Normally quizzes and exams absolutely cannot be made up. The only way an exam can be made up is with permission from the dean of the school, and they have very strict criteria in which it will be approved. Lab is about 25% of the course grade. If you miss 2 days you lose 50% of your lab grade; 3 days 100% of your lab grade; 4 days you fail the course.

They do have a policy that protects those that are pregnant, so the above won't really apply to me. There still has to be a lot of paper work and the dean still has to approve the time I miss from A&P lab (without consequences), but being pregnant, it will be approved (obviously within reason).

My instructor told me not to worry about anything, that we'll get it figured out and she'll work with me. I won't be able to make up a lot of the actual labs or the assignments, but for the ones that I do miss, she'll give me an alternate assignment. I should be okay with the exams as I likely won't have him until after the first exam and before the second exam, but in the event I do have to miss one, I can still take it (she'll even allow me to take the second one early if it looks like I'll be out for it - and she'll give me access to the class materials a little earlier than the rest so I can get a head if I need to do that).

I told her that I intend on making every effort to miss as little as possible. I asked about having a c section. There really isn't anything in the upcoming weeks that will require me to stand. If so, she said it's not a problem if I sit. If I need to have my husband drive me for a week or two, she said he can stay in another area until we're done (if that would make it easier).

So I feel much better about everything. I'm hoping to take some time Friday to get the rest of my stuff organized now that I have a better picture of what to expect and can actually plan out a time management schedule.

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I start nursing classes on Wednesday, the 26th, and feel somewhere between crazy nervous and crazy excited! Also, when it comes to my books, I'm not sure how I feel... you guys let me know what you think... I bought my nursing "books" yesterday. It is a special package they said that you HAVE to buy through the bookstore... I'm using financial aid money, so that didn't bother me. I went yesterday to pick up what I needed and the bookstore clerk hands me what looks like a DVD box and says, ok, thats $900. ??? I called the nursing department, and they confirmed this is all I was looking for/ needed... Apparently, my school uses online database, and this tiny box I just bought is the access codes for this data base. Literally not one physical book!?!?! $900 is less than some other people have posted on here, and I'm glad that I'll only have to lug my laptop around, and not a million 1,000 pound books, but DANG! $900 for a code! And I had planned on keeping my books, due to me being a highlighting queen! I guess I could print out everything I want and do it that way, but.... What are all of your thoughts?? I'm I over-reacting???

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I start nursing classes on Wednesday, the 26th, and feel somewhere between crazy nervous and crazy excited! Also, when it comes to my books, I'm not sure how I feel... you guys let me know what you think... I bought my nursing "books" yesterday. It is a special package they said that you HAVE to buy through the bookstore... I'm using financial aid money, so that didn't bother me. I went yesterday to pick up what I needed and the bookstore clerk hands me what looks like a DVD box and says, ok, thats $900. ??? I called the nursing department, and they confirmed this is all I was looking for/ needed... Apparently, my school uses online database, and this tiny box I just bought is the access codes for this data base. Literally not one physical book!?!?! $900 is less than some other people have posted on here, and I'm glad that I'll only have to lug my laptop around, and not a million 1,000 pound books, but DANG! $900 for a code! And I had planned on keeping my books, due to me being a highlighting queen! I guess I could print out everything I want and do it that way, but.... What are all of your thoughts?? I'm I over-reacting???

Our school has a similar system. Apparently over the last few years there has only been an option to buy the ebook package. This year, they allowed us to either buy just the ebooks or the ebooks/physical books combo package. I went for the combo of both, because I am the same way when it comes to reading, highlighting, etc. Maybe you can look up the ISBNs for the books and buy them on Amazon or rent them?

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