Petitioning for DCCC 2014 Nursing Program

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Peace Everyone! I am currently a Pre-Nursing student at Delaware County Community College. I take my TEAS test July 30. I've been studying on and off since last month. I am trying not to be nervous about it. I'm beyond determined to get in! Is there anyone else who has taken the TEAS yet? what scores are considered good enough to get in?? My GPA is fine, and I will be complete all my pre reqs by next Spring. What scores would be considered TEAS test "Waiting List" scores?

I think I'm going to take math for nurses in summer. I heard you can also test out of it to- if you get a 100% on first test you are done. It's only 1 credit so short class anyhow..

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Math for Nurses has to be done prior to NUS111. Other than that it is just recommended that you try to get all other coursework done, just so you can focus on clinical coursework :) Good luck to everyone :)

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neenabird2016... I got into the Evening program too! I'll see you in 2014!

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I took it, it was very very easy. You were allowed to get 2 questions wrong but I got a 99.5. It's the only math I found fun. Lmao

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Anytime, were all here to support and aid each other!! I'm currently in Paoli for a surgery and am picking every nurses brain. makes me want this more!!!!!

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Anyone still waiting for an acceptance letter?! I petitioned for Marple day program. Talk about anxiety :(

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congrats everyone!! We just finished up our final for 210 this week, and it's nice to see all of you enthusiasm and excitement while my class is all just feeling like zombies, lol!

I would (strongly) suggest getting the Math for Nurses done prior to 110- every test has nursing math questions on it! You can test out of the class at orientation if you get 100% on the challenge test (you'll take it after the orientation talk, at the end of the day) ANY mistakes (rounding, decimal, not putting units, etc) will be a fail (ask me how I know that one - I rounded to 2 decimals places where it should have been rounded to a whole #, and had to take the class because that was a "fail" ugh!!)

If you haven't done A+P yet, I'd find a way to get it done over the summer. The people in our cohort who had to do it with 110 really struggled. Most, if not all, of the A+P exams are on the same schedule as 110 - so they wound up with 2 exams on the same day for pretty much every test the entire semester.

other helpful tips: you can order uniforms at orientation; they're from a scrub shop in Malvern. They're... eh. they don't wash great, they fade terribly, and this year a lot of us bought new scrubs (in the same blue) and just got the DCCC patch from the place in malvern (you have to have the patch on your sleeve so that the hospital staff can easily recognize that you are a student) The patches are $5 each. Defintiely get two sets of scrubs; even though you only have 1 day of clinical a week in the beginning; you don't want to be rushing home after clinical to wash scrubs for the next morning in 210! Don't bother getting a white scrub jacket - it's always hot as heck on the floors, and you can wear long sleeved white tees under your scrubs if you get cold occasionally. If you have any visible tattoos (neck, arm, etc) you'll be mandated to wear long sleeves and/or turtleneck to cover them.

the 110 textbook is Fundamentals of Nursing (TLL) - if you want to save $$, buy the previous edition on amazon, it's WAY cheaper and I couldn't find anything that was different. Same thing for the 111/210/211 text: Medical-Surgical Nursing (Lewis).

They tell you at orientation to get the Test for Success book - do it!! It's really helpful in learning how to answer nursing school questions. they are unlike anything else you've ever seen. Every answer is (usually) correct, and you have to pick out the MOST correct. Seriously - buythe book, and read it ALL before your first exam. There's questions that correlate to the first several topics for your 110 exams, do those practice questions and they'll really help you be successful on those first few tests.

Be prepared to spend a LOT of money on books and other ancillary stuff. Each semester you'll have to pay $100 towards the Kaplan prep course at the end of the program. You'll get access to practice tests on Kaplan during the whole course, which is really helpful in studying for exams. Once you hit 111, you should definitely invest in a few NCLEX books (Saunders, Lippincott, and the Medical_surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy are favorites in my class) When you're studying for an exam, do the practice questions from these books that correlate to your topic.

Hope that's all helpful - it's stuff I wish someone had told me at the beginning! There's not a lot of interaction between the first year and second year nursing students, and sometimes it's nice to hear how it is from someone who has just been there. I'm happy to answer any other questions if you've got any (only like, 300 or so, right? ;) )

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4boysmama.. Thank you so much for the helpful insight!! I have all but my Sociology and 1 Psych class done, I'm gonna finish them over summer so I am done all my gen-eds before the Fall start! I can't wait to start :) Best of luck to you with all your future endeavors!

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I got in for the day program at marple campus for 2014! I'm super excited! It's been a long time coming. Who else got in for the day program?

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congrats everyone!! We just finished up our final for 210 this week, and it's nice to see all of you enthusiasm and excitement while my class is all just feeling like zombies, lol!

I would (strongly) suggest getting the Math for Nurses done prior to 110- every test has nursing math questions on it! You can test out of the class at orientation if you get 100% on the challenge test (you'll take it after the orientation talk, at the end of the day) ANY mistakes (rounding, decimal, not putting units, etc) will be a fail (ask me how I know that one - I rounded to 2 decimals places where it should have been rounded to a whole #, and had to take the class because that was a "fail" ugh!!)

If you haven't done A+P yet, I'd find a way to get it done over the summer. The people in our cohort who had to do it with 110 really struggled. Most, if not all, of the A+P exams are on the same schedule as 110 - so they wound up with 2 exams on the same day for pretty much every test the entire semester.

other helpful tips: you can order uniforms at orientation; they're from a scrub shop in Malvern. They're... eh. they don't wash great, they fade terribly, and this year a lot of us bought new scrubs (in the same blue) and just got the DCCC patch from the place in malvern (you have to have the patch on your sleeve so that the hospital staff can easily recognize that you are a student) The patches are $5 each. Defintiely get two sets of scrubs; even though you only have 1 day of clinical a week in the beginning; you don't want to be rushing home after clinical to wash scrubs for the next morning in 210! Don't bother getting a white scrub jacket - it's always hot as heck on the floors, and you can wear long sleeved white tees under your scrubs if you get cold occasionally. If you have any visible tattoos (neck, arm, etc) you'll be mandated to wear long sleeves and/or turtleneck to cover them.

the 110 textbook is Fundamentals of Nursing (TLL) - if you want to save $$, buy the previous edition on amazon, it's WAY cheaper and I couldn't find anything that was different. Same thing for the 111/210/211 text: Medical-Surgical Nursing (Lewis).

They tell you at orientation to get the Test for Success book - do it!! It's really helpful in learning how to answer nursing school questions. they are unlike anything else you've ever seen. Every answer is (usually) correct, and you have to pick out the MOST correct. Seriously - buythe book, and read it ALL before your first exam. There's questions that correlate to the first several topics for your 110 exams, do those practice questions and they'll really help you be successful on those first few tests.

Be prepared to spend a LOT of money on books and other ancillary stuff. Each semester you'll have to pay $100 towards the Kaplan prep course at the end of the program. You'll get access to practice tests on Kaplan during the whole course, which is really helpful in studying for exams. Once you hit 111, you should definitely invest in a few NCLEX books (Saunders, Lippincott, and the Medical_surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy are favorites in my class) When you're studying for an exam, do the practice questions from these books that correlate to your topic.

Hope that's all helpful - it's stuff I wish someone had told me at the beginning! There's not a lot of interaction between the first year and second year nursing students, and sometimes it's nice to hear how it is from someone who has just been there. I'm happy to answer any other questions if you've got any (only like, 300 or so, right? ;) )

Do you still have to take the math challenge test at orientation if you took math for nurses? I just took it and got a perfect score, so it seems a bit redundant to be tested again at orientation.

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Do you still have to take the math challenge test at orientation if you took math for nurses? I just took it and got a perfect score, so it seems a bit redundant to be tested again at orientation.

no, if you already took the math for nurses and passed, then you don't take the challenge test because you've already fulfilled that requirement :)

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congrats everyone!! We just finished up our final for 210 this week, and it's nice to see all of you enthusiasm and excitement while my class is all just feeling like zombies, lol!

I would (strongly) suggest getting the Math for Nurses done prior to 110- every test has nursing math questions on it! You can test out of the class at orientation if you get 100% on the challenge test (you'll take it after the orientation talk, at the end of the day) ANY mistakes (rounding, decimal, not putting units, etc) will be a fail (ask me how I know that one - I rounded to 2 decimals places where it should have been rounded to a whole #, and had to take the class because that was a "fail" ugh!!)

If you haven't done A+P yet, I'd find a way to get it done over the summer. The people in our cohort who had to do it with 110 really struggled. Most, if not all, of the A+P exams are on the same schedule as 110 - so they wound up with 2 exams on the same day for pretty much every test the entire semester.

other helpful tips: you can order uniforms at orientation; they're from a scrub shop in Malvern. They're... eh. they don't wash great, they fade terribly, and this year a lot of us bought new scrubs (in the same blue) and just got the DCCC patch from the place in malvern (you have to have the patch on your sleeve so that the hospital staff can easily recognize that you are a student) The patches are $5 each. Defintiely get two sets of scrubs; even though you only have 1 day of clinical a week in the beginning; you don't want to be rushing home after clinical to wash scrubs for the next morning in 210! Don't bother getting a white scrub jacket - it's always hot as heck on the floors, and you can wear long sleeved white tees under your scrubs if you get cold occasionally. If you have any visible tattoos (neck, arm, etc) you'll be mandated to wear long sleeves and/or turtleneck to cover them.

the 110 textbook is Fundamentals of Nursing (TLL) - if you want to save $$, buy the previous edition on amazon, it's WAY cheaper and I couldn't find anything that was different. Same thing for the 111/210/211 text: Medical-Surgical Nursing (Lewis).

They tell you at orientation to get the Test for Success book - do it!! It's really helpful in learning how to answer nursing school questions. they are unlike anything else you've ever seen. Every answer is (usually) correct, and you have to pick out the MOST correct. Seriously - buythe book, and read it ALL before your first exam. There's questions that correlate to the first several topics for your 110 exams, do those practice questions and they'll really help you be successful on those first few tests.

Be prepared to spend a LOT of money on books and other ancillary stuff. Each semester you'll have to pay $100 towards the Kaplan prep course at the end of the program. You'll get access to practice tests on Kaplan during the whole course, which is really helpful in studying for exams. Once you hit 111, you should definitely invest in a few NCLEX books (Saunders, Lippincott, and the Medical_surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy are favorites in my class) When you're studying for an exam, do the practice questions from these books that correlate to your topic.

Hope that's all helpful - it's stuff I wish someone had told me at the beginning! There's not a lot of interaction between the first year and second year nursing students, and sometimes it's nice to hear how it is from someone who has just been there. I'm happy to answer any other questions if you've got any (only like, 300 or so, right? ;) )

one more question. what books are required for fundamentals of nursing? I wanted to know in advance so I have somewhat of an idea on how much money to set aside.

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