pasadena spring 2014 nursing applicant

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I have applied already...anyone else?

Does anyone know when the alternates should find out if they get in?

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Does anyone know when the alternates should find out if they get in?

Usually right up until the semester starts

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Usually right up until the semester starts

ShyeoftheTiger, any advice before starting nursing school? :)

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ShyeoftheTiger, any advice before starting nursing school? :)

Yes! We need an advise!

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ShyeoftheTiger any advice before starting nursing school? :)[/quote']

Hmmm... Be prepared for a different kind of learning... If you're used to getting straight A's, the rumors are true: it's really hard! Only one person in our class of 55 has an A in theory (we just took our last test before the final yesterday, so there could be more).

Get used to nursing prioritization: be familiar with Maslow's Heirarchy and the ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation). Also, what you do first in a given situation may not be what your priority is.

Study guides are helpful; which ever company makes your text book should have a corresponding study book... Lippincott makes a good one; PCC uses ATI as a resource as well which comes with a set of books that have been pretty helpful.

PM me if you have questions! I am still in first semester, so all the beginner stuff is fresh :)

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ShyeoftheTiger, any advice before starting nursing school? :)
Do you know how many in your class are alternates?
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Do you know how many in your class are alternates?

I don't know for sure! But I know we started with 57 not 60... My hopeful thinking is that they made it through the alternate list :)

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Hmmm... Be prepared for a different kind of learning... If you're used to getting straight A's, the rumors are true: it's really hard! Only one person in our class of 55 has an A in theory (we just took our last test before the final yesterday, so there could be more).

Get used to nursing prioritization: be familiar with Maslow's Heirarchy and the ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation). Also, what you do first in a given situation may not be what your priority is.

Study guides are helpful; which ever company makes your text book should have a corresponding study book... Lippincott makes a good one; PCC uses ATI as a resource as well which comes with a set of books that have been pretty helpful.

PM me if you have questions! I am still in first semester, so all the beginner stuff is fresh :)

Thanks!!! That was very helpful! Sorry for all the questions, but where are your clinicals? Sorry if you mentioned this already!

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Thanks!!! That was very helpful! Sorry for all the questions but where are your clinicals? Sorry if you mentioned this already![/quote']

We started at Santa Anita Convalescent Hospital for 4 weeks and we are at Huntington until the end of the semester... Other groups are at Good Samaritan, and Methodist something or other?

Next semester I picked kaiser sunset! Looking forward to it!

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Im an alternate too

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Im an alternate too

Hang in there! Dont lose hope!

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Im an alternate too
Did you just get the alternate status?
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