KSusan1010

Hello Nurs 1, No offense taking to you "screaming" at me! lol My point was simply to say, do you really want a nurse taking care of you or your loved one that only get's her drug calculations correct 92% of the time? I don't. I agree with you that having a "bad" instructor can affect your ability to learn the material, but from what I understand the percentages of students that complete the first year are pretty comparable throughout CCAC and since they are all not taught by the same instructor.....leads me to believe that this is just not for everyone (for one reason or another) and that it is the instructors job to weed these people out quickly. Anyway, don't be mad at my "take personal responsibility" outlook. I'd simply believe more of what I read by students that have made it to the second year or better yet....GRADUATED! Whoo Hoooo!

Okay, I feel better. My Child Abuse Clearance came on Friday. I got my drug test today! One more MMR shot and Whoo HOO! I really don't know if the abbreviations test will be first everywhere, but you can bet you'll have it sometime. I simply have a little spare time this summer and would like to get a jump start on anything that I can. It's funny I keep meeting fellow students at places like the Health Dept and CPR class....they'll get on board soon and we'll have more people to get info from. Hey Andrea....are you the Andrea that spoke with three others the day we resgistered? If so, you did a great job. If not, thanks for the info. I am soooooo excited and can't wait to begin. I really need to relax and enjoy the summer, but I'm about to jump out of my pantyhose with excitement!

Mochabean - how long did it take you to receive Child Abuse Clearences? I mailed mine in on 5/12. I know it's only two weeks, but I'm not sure as to when I should start making calls. I got some insider information, if your interested. One of our first tests will be on medical abbreviations. I found a really cool website studystack.com/Nursing. There are over 200 abbreviations to learn so I thought I'd get a jump start on that this summer. I was told that the test is only a five or ten point test, but you will still have to know them all. Please let me know if you find out any tid bits that might help.

My finger prints came back in 5 days. Yours shouldn't take that long, they simply tell you that "just in case". The only thing that I'm waiting for is Child Abuse Clearance and the drug test in June. My registration was today! Whoo HOO! Everything is falling in place nicely! I was very surprised how many students had not started on their check off list. Bad idea. You never know what could get held up. One girl even had her drug test only to find out she did it too soon and it won't count. My clinical will be on Friday's. I don't know which hospital yet. I think it's great to have someone at another campus to compare notes if we need to! Best of luck to you and let me know if I can be of any help to you!

Hello, I will be attending South Campus in the fall. I'm sure there is a lot of us, they simply have not found this web site yet. Personally, I've been so busy trying to accomplish everything that we have to get done this summer, from the check off list. Hint to all.....get your vacinations and titers @ the Dept of Health in Oakland and not your Doctor's office...Cheap, Cheap, Cheap! (Well, not cheap, but much better than your Doc can do!) LMax.....Question....Are the people that told you "bad" things about CCAC, people that didn't make it through the first year? Keep that in mind because less than half of your class will be there next May. CCAC is hard, but honestly do you really want to be in the hospital with a nurse that barely knows what their doing. I don't. Okay, enough of my soap box! Congrats to us all!