Bo Shoi Ming

Heard a sobering statistic this afternoon from a unnamed "high level source" that there is a 40% drop out rate for ACC nursing students after the first semester of nursing classes. Note that these are not the pre-requisite classes but actual nursi...

Have you used any that you would recommend? Bo:coollook:

I'm looking for a medical spell checker software that would integrate with Microsoft Word. Anyone have any success? Even better would be software that not only spell checks medical words but would offer option that would let you have it also define ...

I took a CE class this summer in Aseptic Techniques. 7 women and me,the token male. In the lab we all had to demonstrate proper sterile technique to insert a foley in male and female rubber dummies. I must admit embarassement with both procedures e...

Thanks--Just started Anatomy Wed. Out of a class of 24 I'd say there are perhaps 5 or 6 30 or older. Glad to hear Level II isn't that hard. Bo, stubborn, determined, and committed (hopefully not to the Psyc Ward )

I'm aware that ACC nursing students rotate at Dell's Children Hospital and at St David's Regional Medical Center in Round Rock. Where else might be be assigned? Thanks and Happy New Year, Bo Shoi Ming

Thanks--looks like I'll be driving all around the Metro area with 8 campuses and all these hospitals as a possibility. Time to get a car that gets good mileage. Happy New Year

I'll know what they want me to do on Monday afternoon. Training in the morning. One of the women from the volunteers took me through. She said things like sanitizing a bed and room after a patient leaves, changing sheets and blankets, making ho...

The anatomy class I wanted at ACC was full so to keep me in "medicine" I volunteered at a local hospital. I had the "choices" of driving the hospital van around to pick up handicapped folks, the front desk, the candy shop, the ICU or ER (Inside or ...

Schedule got changed so I'll work inside the ER Monday and Wed afternoons. 4 hrs training Monday morning and then 4 hrs in the ER in the afternoon. I'll take my anatomy book along in case things get slow. Met a woman today who is in level I at ACC ...

Right Round Rock Medical Center. Thanks for the encouraging words. I have orientation Tue and then start ASAP working mornings inside the ER. Not sure what that entails but it sounded a lot better than the gift shop. My family physician said RRMC ...

Go to any ACC campus & start with an advisor. The wait to see an advisor is not too bad right now. Bo

Don't even consider taking any classes under ****** ***** in the math department. She seems unable to comprehend students questions. Spoken English is fine but she reads word for word out of the textbook. For example from one of her tests "how ...

Are you sure you absolutely have to take history as a BSN requirement? Maybe something along the lines of art history or music history would be more appealing. How about a trip to Europe via the ACC history department tours and the prof guiding? ...

All my summer plans went up in smoke: I ended up with Dr ****** for the 6 week anatomy class this summer--she's a great teacher but SAC is a long way from home. First six weeks I have Statistics by ***** @ Cyprus. Fall schedule is better but *****...

Usually I find math and science classes exciting. There are exceptions however. Take Math 1342 statistics taught by **** ***** and you might need first aid when your head hits the table due to boredom. When she asks a question and no one responds s...

I get to register next Wed Jun 3 for the fall semester at Austin Community College. I'm seriously considering taking Microbiology, Pharmacology, and Physiology during that 16 week semester. Is that too much? I realize I wouldn't have a life for 16...

I've got a 4.o in "Basket Weaving type Classes". Should do ok in statistics but anatomy is my first class remotely related to nursing. Should know in 12 weeks. Bo

Thanks for the splash of reality. Gives me something to chew on. I had a five week class in Human Development and simultaneously an 8 week class in Human Communication this spring. I'll never do that again--Human Development book is 700+ pages or 1...

Micro--Mathis first choice, Mohanty second choice Pharmacology--Santana Physiology--first choice Samuel (don't know a thing about him) second choice Greene--bad reviews on rate a prof. but my experiences with him in the lab this spring were excellen...

That little bug on your screen is driving my Siamese cat Leilani crazy. She hates bugs. Bo

Dr Laura Juarez is tops in anatomy and teaches at SAC. :redbeathe If you plan on taking her for the six week summer class you might consider farming out the kids for those 6 weeks to relatives. You won't have time for anything but breathing. Looks l...

Did you know there is a law against patients or family or friends assaulting Physicians and Paramedics in the ER? Did you know there is NO LAW AGAINST PATIENTS ASSAULTING NURSES IN THE ER? A friend going for her PhD in nursing is trying to get a law...

Now that the semester is over I've had time to hopefully clarify the situation.:argue: Summer semester starts in two weeks. Then I don't have time or inclination to pursue this topic until I get two A's. Bo Shoi Ming, nursing student According to ...

Be sure and look at the number of students who dropped anatomy last semester. Don't give up hope yet. If you have 1-9 semester hrs you can register Sunday May 10--one day before the peons. Bo Shoi Ming