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  1. Miami Dade College

    akspudus replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yes Professor Hammack is great. I had her for Community Health Nursing this last summer. I wish I could take more classes from her. Rumor has it that she is going to teach the BSN Assessment classes....

  2. Miami Dade College

    akspudus replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    The MDC nursing programs are all completed in consecutive semesters. You will have classes during summer semester. In fact, this last summer was the busiest semester I have had since starting nursing...

  3. Miami Dade College

    akspudus replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    For lab, you need a lab coat. You can use a plain white one if you want. You will also need your lab coat when you go in for pre-assignment. As you can imagine, you really won't make much of an...

  4. Miami Dade College

    akspudus replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    You get three chances to get to the 90th percentile. If you don't pass the exam on the first attempt, you will retake it again in one week. If you still don't pass you have to take a focused remedial...

  5. Miami Dade College

    akspudus replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    90th percentile on the ATI exit exam equates to approximately 72% correct. It isn't nearly impossible. Just think, you will be studying for nearly a year and a half before you take the exam. You can...

  6. Miami Dade College

    akspudus replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    When you get into school You will be given a box of ATI books. These books are pretty good review books. You will be taking ATI exams at the end of each semester..and to graduate you will need to...

  7. Miami Dade College

    akspudus replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    Well, I won't speak bad of any MDC professors. There are some that are better than others. They all work hard to teach their students. What they don't have time for is students that don't take care...

  8. Miami Dade College

    akspudus replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yes, for the most part each group of students (i.e. Generic, Bridge, Accelerated, Part-time, Homestead, Jackson and Baptist Scholars) are in separate classes. If your specialty classes fall in the...

  9. Miami Dade College

    akspudus replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    Funny you should mention your first amendment rights. Nursing is going to be my second career. My first career of nearly 20 years has been protecting your beloved 1st amendment rights..as well as any...

  10. Miami Dade College

    akspudus replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hmmm. Not sure where Runman1914 works...But, I do know MDC clinical policy. Students are not to be on the floor unless their instructor is also on the floor. Clinical hours are to be strictly adhered...

  11. MDC: Bought school supplies yet?

    akspudus replied to Lo850's topic in Florida Nursing

    For Fundamentals you should be all right. It might be tough to cross reference your reading assignments. If you have an iPod, you can download chapter summaries for that textbook through iTunes. Very...

  12. MDC: Bought school supplies yet?

    akspudus replied to Lo850's topic in Florida Nursing

    WEll....let me tell you. If you wear bright pink underwear under those pants....everybody is gonna know. Polka-dots can be kinda fun. Your basically going to be stuck wearing white underwear. As a...

  13. anyone starting RN at MDC this august?

    akspudus replied to MagnesiuM's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hey, Just a heads up. Professor Ponce sells used uniforms. All of her proceeds go to the Florida Student Nurse Association. You are stuck buying the nursing school's uniform top...but you do not...

  14. anyone starting RN at MDC this august?

    akspudus replied to MagnesiuM's topic in Florida Nursing

    Keeping track of sequence numbers is not as important for Semester one as it is for Semester two and three. Be careful though, you might find that there are not any "schedule conflicts" on your...

  15. anyone starting RN at MDC this august?

    akspudus replied to MagnesiuM's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hmmm, well the one thing that I am glad I spent good money on was my stethoscope. I realize it isn't really a "supply", but for the most part nursing school doesn't demand much more "supplies" than...

  16. anyone starting RN at MDC this august?

    akspudus replied to MagnesiuM's topic in Florida Nursing

    ymarti, I typed this up as a reply to your private message..then I thought maybe some others might benefit from it. I hope you don't mind that I posted it out here as well as sending you a private...

  17. Applying to MDC RN Generic Prgm for Fall 08

    akspudus replied to RNintheMakin's topic in Florida Nursing

    Tiff2003, I think I might have answered some of your questions in a different thread. Check out the "anyone starting RN and MDC this fall" thread.

  18. anyone starting RN at MDC this august?

    akspudus replied to MagnesiuM's topic in Florida Nursing

    In Semester 2 pharmacology you will be learning the various medication as they are grouped into pharmacologic classes. For each class you will learn drug name...

  19. anyone starting RN at MDC this august?

    akspudus replied to MagnesiuM's topic in Florida Nursing

    Tiff I replied to you in a private message with the following information. After realizing more people might benefit I cut and pasted it out here for all. The long and the short of "sequences" is that...

  20. anyone starting RN at MDC this august?

    akspudus replied to MagnesiuM's topic in Florida Nursing

    You guys have me thinking. I can remember a year ago when I was a few weeks away from starting nursing school at MDC. I had a million questions that are quite similar to what you folks may have. What...

  21. anyone starting RN at MDC this august?

    akspudus replied to MagnesiuM's topic in Florida Nursing

    For "hand-me-down" uniforms. Check with Professor Neomi Ponce. I think she sells some very cheap. All proceeds go towards the Nursing Student Association. Speaking of which, it isn't mandatory, but...

  22. anyone starting RN at MDC this august?

    akspudus replied to MagnesiuM's topic in Florida Nursing

    Congrats to all of you for getting into MDC's nursing program. I am currently in semester 3 of the generic nursing program. I graduate in December..I can almost taste it. I see there are quite a few...

  23. Moving to Juneau - info?

    akspudus replied to akvarmit's topic in General Nursing

    I grew up in Juneau. My mother worked (retired) at Bartlett. There is so much to tell. The first thing I would do would be to start reading the Juneau paper. Juneauempire.com Juneau is going through...

  24. I finally applied to MDC ADN prgm!

    akspudus replied to RNintheMakin's topic in Florida Nursing

    Not sure what it takes to get in either. All I know is I got accepted the first time I applied. I also know most of my class mates got in the first time they applied. For my class, the lowest GPA...

  25. Applying to MDC RN Generic Prgm for Fall 08

    akspudus replied to RNintheMakin's topic in Florida Nursing

    They aren't out to prove anything. They are trying to get their NCLEX pass rate up. Historically they had one of the highest pass rates. In the past two years their rates have crashed. We were told...