RebeccaMichelle

Hello and congratulations! I wish you all the best! I also want to recommend BayCare to you as your clinical choice - it is a great hospital. I am finishing up level 4 at SPC - if you have any questions, let me know and I can do my best to answer any questions you may have. Congrats again!

Hello ? I am just finishing up level III for this summer. I will honestly say that level I was the most difficult level for me. Everything was completely new to me. I didn’t know what ambulate meant or what hypokalemia was and I didn’t know a single lab value. I didn’t understand why they made us take ATI practice exams on material we had never covered and the concept of care plans eluded me. You also have the most check offs in level I. The thing that got me through was my clinical group. We laughed and cried together and helped each other. They are my closest friends and I couldn’t imagine going through this without them. There is really nothing you can do to prepare. Just enjoy your time now and get ready to study like you’ve never studied before! It took me a while to find a way to study that worked for me but it also depends on how the instructors teach. Just breathe! You will be fine! There is always someone there to help.

That's what I did with my summer disbursement. I put it aside for school. If you need to get any titers or vaccinations, I would definitely go through the health department. They are the cheapest. I was dumb and ended up spending like $150 to get all the titers done when it's $5 for each titer at the health department.

I spent $1428 on all my books but that includes the skills kit and 2 recommended books and a BP cuff and pen light. Then I bought two uniforms, shoes, and school supplies. I'm not entirely sure how much it all was, but at least $1000. I would save as much as you can!

I know, I can't believe it's already here! Three of my things are still pending as well. My friend was told that as long as it was submitted by the due date, it should be fine.

I never got an email like that either so I wouldn't worry about it.

I called the bookstore and they said the access card we received will have all three access codes included in the one code? Something like that.

So, on our book list there is an access card for adaptive quizzing for pharmacology and the nursing process and an access card for SimChart, but I never received those in the book package.

I only got the Elsevier Access Card also, so I am not entirely sure either.

The book store is going to have the fundamentals books? They said they weren't going to have it.

They are called DermAssist Synthetic - Powder Free Vinyl Gloves

I had to order the Davis bundle online through the bookstore because they were also out of that one. I saw the fundamentals through the online book store but she said they had no idea when they would be getting it in and something about the publisher. So, yeah, I'm just gonna get it on Amazon.

Oh yeah, 7am was for clinical days not the first day. Sorry about that!

I'm doing evenings but I believe for days you have to be there at 7am. But I would always go at least an hour to a half hour early on the first day.

I missed it! What did you discuss?

Also, I was thinking about taking Spanish classes throughout nursing school. Do you think that would be a bad idea? I think I would just do it online, but I am not sure.

I finally sorted out my bookline of credit and went in to get my books. Unfortunately, they do not have the fundamentals textbook anymore?? They said the publisher did not give them a date of when they would have them. They told me that I had to go on amazon and buy it. I have to wait until we get our refunds from financial aid to purchase that one. I was hoping that one lady who spoke at orientation who said that she may have books or laptops to use if needed will have a spare fundamentals book I can use until I buy my own. I just forgot who she was.

Oh, they have the flu shot for the new season already?

I went to TJ Max and I found Reebok memory tech shoes that are all white and not cloth. They were only $30.

No credit card. Hoping this week it will finally get done.

I also haven't received any emails from any teachers either. I was hoping they would let us know what to bring the first day of school.

I went to financial aid on July 19th to ask them to extend my book line of credit so I could purchase the books. She said it would take 1-2 days but a week later it still hadn't been extended. I then went to see another financial aid person at the health campus to ask again and he also said it would take 1-2 days. I had to go a third time and got the email of the person who actually does it and spoke with her and it still hasn't been done. They know I'm going into the nursing program and school is starting soon. I'm really hoping it will have been extended by next week or I won't have any books when school starts.

I'm not immune to mumps either but they didn't say I needed a second vaccination for this.

Do we need to bring every single book to school for our first day?

Do we need to get a watch?