Paris2B

Hey Chloe Well that's great:balloons:!!!! Hope all goes well for you.

Hey Chloe, So you landed a job...that's great. Is it at AMC or did you get it at some other facility?

Hey Azor So have you started working at AMC yet. I have an interview there next week for a medsurg position. Any tips...you can PM me. Thanks

Don't you have to have about 1-2 yrs experience to get with a travel agency?

Ga Perimeter is a really good school the best in the state of Ga as far as the passing rate on the NCLEX (100% for the last 4 years). I just graduated this may took my NCLEX in June & now I'm a RN. I started in June of 2006 & finished May of 2007. I have no student loans which is great coming out of nursing school!

Ga Perimeter was a great choice for me...nice & cheap & really quick to finish. And not to mention, I passed the NCLEX-RN right out of school w/75 quest on the first time with very little prep, but lots of knowledge from school (the ultimate goal).

Hey Azor, When did you apply to Atl Med Ctr & how long did it take for them to actually give you an interview & hire you? I'm really interested in working for that hospital, but feel like I'm getting the run around from the recruiter there.

Hey mrod, You're right about getting what works for you...I didnt buy the book, I just looked over the first two parts. I took the nclex on June 21, had 75 questions & finished in make a difference to me (glad I saved my $$). My nsg school really prepared me for the nclex:monkeydance::monkeydance:.

1. How many questions did you take on NCLEX? 75 2. What study materials did you use? Did you take a test review course? Just any study questions I could get my hand on. Yes, PreRN Review by ERI-compliments of my nsg program. 3. Did your SON offer any testing (ERI, ATI, HESI)? ERI at the end of each course/semester. 4. How long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting? 48hrs. 5. What were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)?Couldn't believe my license depended on 75 question that took all of 45minutes & that the test really was easier than any nsg school exam I ever have taken & similar to the ERI. 6. Was this your first attempt at NCLEX? Yes ! Good luck to those who are waiting and ++++ thoughts for those who are waiting on results!!

I took the NCLEX-RN today & used the Prioritization, Delegation & Assignment by Mosby's (this same book) & though it gave useful info about Delegation & Assignments I did not get any questions like these. Just a few prioritization quest. So anyone interested in buying the book, do like I did...go to Barnes & Nobles read it there or buy it & return it w/in 14days, thus saving some money! Especially if your a financially struggling graduate nurse . Yeah mrod, it really didn't matter that I completed the questions in the book...well the case studies (part 3) seemed more beneficial than part 1&2 for the exam...at least in my opinion. Let me know what you think of this book in relation to the nclex. Good luck tomorrow!!! You'll do fine!

You can find these books online at any bookstore, ebay, etc. & type in the name mentioned above & the whole series of those books will come up. I borrowed several of them from GPC's library (the cheap route if there are any left). Sorry don't have ISBN but you can find it once you go online to look for these books. Hope this helps you.

LOL!!! Believe me I'm not an instructor, far from it. I just thoroughly read any contract I get myself into, you never know what your agreeing to & in this case I think that's what happens to a lot of students they don't read the important "stuff". It's in the course syllabus & I think some where in the Student Handbook. This caught my eye when I was over zealous reading all the hand-outs when I first started & had to say huummm, what is this all about.

There's no way one can even read that amount of info in such a short period of time & really get a good understand of the content. One of the instructors even mentioned in lect that there is no way they are expecting us to read all those chpts in the required reading books. Another thing that lots of students are doing is reading NCLEX quest books, bad idea for first year students. You have to get the just before you go off answering quest. that require some degree of knowledge, not just common since that people claims that all you need to have to pass. I will do the Incredibly Easy questions that they have in the nsg computer lab, but that just reinforces the reading I do.

I, myself, had no experience in the patient care/med field prior to the program. I didn't even know how to use a bP cuff/steth (my scariest ck-off), but now...bring it! lol! Yeah & in GPC no one is going to be there to hold your hand, in fact it's in the policy that if you need more than, I think, 75% of one on one time with an instructor that is a problem. The key to studying at GPC & probably any other program is reading to get the concept, not reading word for word or even hundreds of pgs. If your reading the whole chpt your reading to much. I have never read word for word chpt to chpt. In fact, in Med-Surg I didn't even read cardio in the required book & got every quest correct on the test because I read Reviews & Rationales & Straight A's in Med-Surg, a book that teaches you the concept. I also had a great A&P instructor that taught the class like everyone was going into nsg. But still in all, no one breezes thru that program with no problem, a lie if they say that. They had to neglect some aspect of their Holistic Being...lol!

Well most of the students are not repeats. They are from the fall 05 & Sp 06 semesters. Some tried to take the accelerated sum Mat/Nborn & Psych at the same time & dropped Mat/NB, but passed psych. That's why they don't just let anyone take those 2 classes in such a short semester. They are hard enough in Fall (longer sem) so I could only imagine in the spring. & from what I've gathered, & was told by an instructor, the few that did do it most of them were not successful this fall in advanced & either failed or dropped b4 mid-point. They will still graduate when they were expected to so I don't consider them to be repeats. I have talked to several friends/old classmates that are in other Nsg prorams & they say that it's really hard & stressfull also, but that the instructors are supportive, encouraging, & helpful is what makes their experience happy ones, they are given hope even when passing looks grim.

I was one of the 8-10 students present sitting in the front roll in the GSAMs lect. room. Maybe your friend had some misunderstanding who those men were. And I don't remember anyone crying to the point of notice nor anyone fainting...unheard of. I know for a fact that those guys are from Dunwoody campus because the speaker handle a transcript matter for me in Summer '05 at that campus. The other guy was just taking notes. The speaker also spoke w/us during our 1st semester (Spring Jan. 2006) about this same matter. Thanx, but as you know it's a struggle to get through this program. I just buckled down & took their word when they said "make this your new fulltime job for the next 4 semesters". And like they say, you can only judge by your own experience & you have to assess that judgement carefully! I hope my clinical instructor thinks the same thing, though you know one that really is a doozy, can't mention no names!!

Hey westheat, Congrats:balloons: !! See it is doable...

Hey dmarie, Well I'm not a L'ville student, but a Clarkston student. I was going to transf to another campus last semester, but was told not to by 3 very supportive instructors. Oh & for the L'ville students, they have a very tuff time on the ERI, because of the study guide studying they do, so it ultimately hurts them in the end. And the 2nd year they seem to do about the same if not worst than the Clarkston students because we're all on GSAMs. This last semester in M/B & psych, quite a few failed either 1-2 ERIs (we had 3 ERIs all 2gether this sem.) & some even failed out the program. The Clarkston students also c/o the "after class instruction" that L'ville students stated to have gotten from an instructor so things are changing. So, all this to say you still have to put in your part of studying most content, not just the study guides (supplemental tool), to be successful in GPC's program. Yes, at GPC period & managed to get all B's & almost an A in psych (missed it by 2pts ), baffles me at times also due to how hard I was told the program was & how hardly no one makes a B or graduates w/o failing out one time in the first year. We are even about to have one of the biggest (about 65 stud.) 4th sem. classes in years, though it consist of several repeats & LPN bridge students (though majority are from the fall '05/Sp '06 class). Oh & someone said the BON came to visit with us...that is so not true. The men that came are the same ones that came in Jan. in my Fundamentals semester. They are from the administration dept in Dunwoody. They were asked to be a neutral party between the students & instructors due to some students being afraid to share their true feelings while instrutors are present. And GPC is not on probation for anything according to the Georgia board (cked myself to see if this was yet another rumor...& it was). According to them they are in good standing.

Hey strenuouslife, In order to be successful in GPC's Nsg program, be prepared to dedicate at least 40 hrs a week to lect/ck-offs/clinicals/studying. It is a very difficult program if you don't stay on top of it. If you do this you should be successful. I started in Jan. of this year (2006) & will be going into my last (4th) semester in the spring (Jan 2007). I have put in the amount of time, & more, that I mentioned above, & it's been trying at times but I managed to get B's in all 4 of my classes (took Mental Hlth & Mother/Baby-Peds 2gether this fall) in addition to a med-math course given on-line by one of the best instructors @ GPC (author of the med-math book you will need). And if this is any consolation to you, yes-I had a couple of near misses if you know what I mean). All this to say, don't plan to have a day off during the week even if you are off from lect/ck-offs/clinicals, you still need to be somewhere comfortable studying. Hope this can help you & Good luck!! "When life give you lemons, make lemonade...it taste better"

Hey westheat, How did it turn out for you this semester? Hopefully you derived at an effective resolution with the instructors/Nsg program. "When life give you lemons, make lemonade...it taste better"

How has the first two weeks been for you...do you feel less worried than 1st sem? Oh & how do you think the 1st exam was? It is so much work in such a short time! Have you applied to NGCSU yet? & if you had, are they making you take the TEAS since you will be a transf student from a NSG program?

Hey Rollie, I'm going into my 2nd sem. & wanted to know if the med-surg reviews & rationales really helpful for lect exams? The semester is so short c so much to do & I can't seem to read all the supplements out there in addition to the req. texts. So, just wanted to find out which would be the best supp. for this short difficult semester. Thanks Paris2B Oh, & Congrats on your success:balloons: !!! When are you taking the NCLEX?

Hey Dmarie, I'm new to this site, but not new to the anguish of GPC's program. Some people have to learn on their own, like myself. I kick myself everyday for just being smart & not wise!! I should've really done some "therapeutic" listening to others telling me about how disarrayed the program is & I would not be in GPC's mess!!! Are you still in the program? Please PM me if you get a chance.