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I couldn't believe it when I made it through my first wound care experience. This was an 1.5 inch diameter wound with 9 cm of tunneling and the wound care nurse directing was just digging around in there with a swab. But I made it. A lot of the squeemishness I've learned in exacerbated by the fact that hospital rooms tend to be warm. With that in mind, it's easier to remember WHY I'm physically uncomfortable. You'll be fine. :)

I also have a Littman with a self-tuning bell (does not flip from bell to diaphragm). It works wonderfully for nursing school, and it is in fact the same model that one of the professors uses.

Well if you can't afford it, you can't afford it, just make sure you are using your med math software that is on your required books list. The medication calculation exam is the one exam in the semester that can fail you from the program. You must get a 90% or higher to pass the course. You get one retake, but they expect you to know those calculations before you can safely pass meds in clinical and they don't lecture on them.

Take the 1.5 credit prep class! Of all the people I know who failed the meds calculation exam, none of them had taken that class. Plus it's always helpful to have a leg up on care plans for clinical. Those can seem confusing at first.

YES!!!!!! :)

Tip for orientation: Pay close attention to every instruction you are given. Some get a little scary when they get irritated, and it's very irritating to them to have to repeat instructions. If they say to line up, don't chit chat and meander over, GET IN LINE. Just a piece of advice. :) And yes, several people, because of getting freaked out at orientation, decide not to proceed with the program. Many see the cost of books and testing, immunizations, uniforms, shoes, etc. and back out. I would assume all the alternates would be called. :)

I take pharm online and lecture on Thursday. :)

Wait a tic, I thought you got in for spring 2010, Vegas 2009? I'm confused, trying to place who's actually in my class, lol.

You need to go to the health sciences advisor. I would not call the admissions office, they are fielding a million calls all asking this question. The health sciences advisor requires an appointment and has a hard copy of statistical information regarding admission info for the past 7 or 8 years. Are you saying that with 27 points you were selected as an alternate but never got called to be a selectee? I have to say, I had heard that part-time has people with 24 points as a rumor. Not a good or bad rumor, just talk. That info is not concrete. Check with the advisor! :)

You'll get in with a 29. You just missed the cutoff last semester. :) And as far as orientations and stuff, when you get accepted, you are pretty much at their whim. They give you 3 dates that are mandatory for advisement and orientation and if you can't make one of them, you may kindly reapply for the following semester, as they told my group.

I honestly have not heard anything about fall. All I know is they take the best 120 (124?) applicants, 24/32 or so for part-time. I don't know when phone calls are going out or anything. :/

Thank you, Dianah! :)

I tried- we'll see if you get it.

Under my name there are little buttons, one says "profile". Click on that and you should find a way to send me a message. :) Or, just check your messages, I sent one to you.

You haven't taken any a/p at csn?

Take the teas as soon as you can. If you don't pass, then it's not a huge deal and you know what to expect next time. And as soon as you have the required courses done, start applying, don't wait until you think you have enough points to be considered competitive. There have been fluke semesters in the past where not very many people applied and people with VERY low points got into the program. Doesn't happen often, but it happened in the class before mine and I was one of the ones who did not apply because I didn't think there was any way I'd be accepted without having finished 224. My 224 study partner got in.

To get a good idea of the courses required, timelines and when to apply, check out http://sites.csn.edu/health/nursing/adncurricspringfulltime.pdf For more info about CSN's nursing program itself, check out http://sites.csn.edu/health/overview-nursing.html Other important details? Try to get into Biol 189 ASAP. It fills up quickly and the prereq for your prereqs. There are some very helpful people on this site, so if you hear a rumor about getting into the program in Biol 189 (which you will) ask someone here about it and there will be someone who can set you straight!

No problem, Rod! It would have been fun to do that at the beginning of my journey!

I'm not sure why you would want to sell a lot of the books back, such as your dictionaries, study guides, even a few of the texts. Plus the books are chosen by Elsevier, not CSN, so nothing is customized for CSN.

There is a book bundle you have to buy that is $743, and then for the 4 additional books it was around $125. Not sure if you caught this at orientation yesterday though, but in the tidbit of the syllabus they showed it looks like there are a couple chapters out of several books due for each week, so I would recommend buying the books all at once anyways because they are all different and required. Once you see the books you can see how they are all necessary.

i know that i'm a little insane given the intensity of any rn program, but i just bought my books yesterday, and for the first time ever i am actually interested in the readings! i just hope i can keep up this momentum and enthusiasm for 2 years! how do my classmates feel going in to this?

Seems like the equivalent of driving without a seatbelt to me. Certainly easier but oh, so stupid!

I took all of my A/P courses at CSN and had a good enough experience, but honestly I thought that it was harder to learn on the cadavers than on the models. Unless you are working solo and get a fresh specimin (no one has overhandled it) that is in perfect anatomical condition, of course. A lot of people had problems where even the prof couldn't find something in the cadavers. Or you'd get a dull scalpel. Or a layer of adipose that is difficult to navigate through, etc. On the models there is never any confusion as to what is what, only which model it would be located on. I'm not trying to promote any school, just saying that the models are VERY useful! :)

Sorry to say I've heard the same thing. At a recent ER visit I was told that my ADN would be useless, that if one of them DOES get hired, the drs will ask for their patients to not be placed with them. My opinion? That's SOOO offensive. That being said, CSN is supposed to be a GREAT program. And if you work and can't handle the courseload of a BSN combined with a job, then why question it? Apply to CSN, and if you get done and find that you don't have enough education, do a RN-BSN bridge program.