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    Are you okay with bartering?

    whalestales replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    We have a patient we bribe with ginger ale to shower and take their
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    Which part? the link for first day
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    You should! Hopefully sooner than later Same! Thank goodness my boss lets me be a little flexible with
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    I don't know about 1st year clinical, but they told 2nd year that clinical would be put up mid-late August. So soon hopefully! Yes, I do remember first semester orientation being multiple
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    Hi! Don't stress! Yes you use all the books (and you will be tested from most and use the rest for clinical work) but the book for 100 I suggest renting or getting used because you never need it...
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    How are we
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    Study resources for nursing school

    whalestales replied to Kell-Bell's topic in General Students

    I also found quizlets created from the same chapters are good for studying. You can easily search a chapter and the publisher and get great example exam
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    They took forever last year! I'm still waiting for the bookstore to put the 2nd year books out so I can use my book
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    That's totally normal! Have you gone to get fitted for
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    Hello All! Here for my semi-monthly check-in. How is everyone doing? Does it feel real
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    We Must Demolish Traditional Universities

    whalestales replied to Guest1168644's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Junk was an overstep, my apologies. But AP isn't accepted at a lot of schools anymore unless you get a 5 (the top grade) and you cant use those credits further than a bachelors degree. So if you...
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    We Must Demolish Traditional Universities

    whalestales replied to Guest1168644's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oh yeah we are talking about different things. AP classes are junk My school didn't offer AP because we were to small. I got the better
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    We Must Demolish Traditional Universities

    whalestales replied to Guest1168644's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes with college students at the college. I only had another high school student in one of my classes
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    We Must Demolish Traditional Universities

    whalestales replied to Guest1168644's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Right so you take a regular community college class. For example lets say you take English 101, it counts as english 101 for the community college and also 11th grade english. I had to do...
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    We Must Demolish Traditional Universities

    whalestales replied to Guest1168644's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do you mean dual enrollment? Usually that is taking college classes to complete high school requirements not the other way around. I did this and it was a beneficial experience. The professors...
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    What games DO you play? (On your break, of course)

    whalestales replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I also love a good game of Who quit?
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    Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    whalestales replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    This ^^^ And a lot of my classmates haven't had any in-person clinicals yet (RE: COVID) and we are halfway through our program. So some of them have never interacted with patients/families...
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    From my actual bill from Fall last year $1710 College Fee - Day $400 Instructional support fee $37 Student support fee $216 Tuition Day Total $2363 before scholarships,...
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    The financial aid office will also let you reduce your loans up until mid october if you feel like you might need more @Victoria P Thats what I
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    I think my books were about $950 first year with some creative buying on amazon and from former students. But ultimately it saved me maybe $50 for the
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    Congrats
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    If you are talking about community foundation scholarships last year we heard in August
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    Unfortunately you do need all the books. Uniforms got back-ordered last year so I highly suggest going soon to try them on and get sizes. Also make sure you get white socks and white all leather...
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    I'm great! Feeling kind of lost without school taking over my whole life! haha Only halfway through, just finished my 1st year!
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    Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

    whalestales replied to Kali013's topic in School, College Programs

    Does anybody else have questions? Please reach out anytime. If you don't want to share here you can also click on my profile image to "write on my wall" for a more private message, or there is a...