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  1. 2011 OCC ADN Students

    whosurdaddy posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    i am in my first year as an Oakland County Community College ADN student. when i was waiting to get into school there was nobody who was in their first year to answer questions about what to expect....

  2. Student Loans

    whosurdaddy replied to Anne36's topic in Michigan Nursing

    hey anne, summer semester is really hard to get fin aid. i got next to nothing also for the summer. you should be able to apply for pell grants, if its not to late. i also agree that fin aid at HL is...

  3. OCC - 2010 applicants / 2011 ADN prospective students

    whosurdaddy replied to MsStephh_RN's topic in Michigan Nursing

    ifyouseekamy: pharm is by and away the easiest class in the program. that being said, the best way to find out what your prof is going to test on is to ask them, how the best way to study for the exam...

  4. 2011 OCC ADN Students

    whosurdaddy replied to whosurdaddy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I promised those interested i would keep them up to date on our class statistics so here we are at the end of another semester. lost some more friends along the way....class size is now at 176 from...

  5. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    whosurdaddy replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    i dont know about the LPN program but yeah writing is huge in the RN program. doesnt seem to matter if your an expert writer or not. (conspiracy theory moment) I sometimes think that they use these...

  6. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    whosurdaddy replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    there are the nursing care plans of course, but there is also at least one major project due each semester, (qw page avg) there are journals that have to be written every week in med surg and psych,...

  7. OCC - for Fall 2012 or Jan 2012 prospective students!

    whosurdaddy replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Michigan Nursing

    brodygirl lol............i hate writing also, once your in the nursing program you will long for the days of comp 1510. i have never written so much in all my life, and the worse part is, the...

  8. OCC program

    whosurdaddy replied to occ2012's topic in Michigan Nursing

    rmt rotations start in the 5th or 6th week. i have never heard of anyone getting a job anywhere they are doing rotations. most people who have jobs in the program were already working somewhere, they...

  9. OCC - 2010 applicants / 2011 ADN prospective students

    whosurdaddy replied to MsStephh_RN's topic in Michigan Nursing

    shoes must be mostly white. they just dont want you to show up with shoes that have no white in them at all..........they can be tennis shoes also. expenses do add up. cant believe all the nickel and...

  10. OCC - 2010 applicants / 2011 ADN prospective students

    whosurdaddy replied to MsStephh_RN's topic in Michigan Nursing

    the saunders is ok, but i didnt like it for the psych content. seemed to vague to me. i also had heard from someone (rumor rumor rumor) that the psych prof used the incredibly easy nclex review...

  11. OCC - 2010 applicants / 2011 ADN prospective students

    whosurdaddy replied to MsStephh_RN's topic in Michigan Nursing

    about renting books, I know everyone wants to save as much money as you possibly can (god knows i cant barely rub two nickels together) but, you will need ALL of the books in this course for multiple...

  12. 2011 OCC ADN Students

    whosurdaddy replied to whosurdaddy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    it's always a challange to get through to some people how hard it is to actually be in nursing school. most people who have gone to college remember it as not being so hard, so when you say its hard...

  13. 2011 OCC ADN Students

    whosurdaddy replied to whosurdaddy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    a small bit of advice to those of you getting ready to enter the program and those of you who are waiting till 2013. IF you are going to be working during your time in the nursing program may i...

  14. OCC program

    whosurdaddy replied to occ2012's topic in Michigan Nursing

    the breaks are pretty much the same if you have clinical on the week of thanksgiving and you have the tues/wed rotation you get to go to clinical while the thur/fri people have it off. dont have...

  15. 2011 OCC ADN Students

    whosurdaddy replied to whosurdaddy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    yes you will go several weeks without doing checkoffs, they dont check you off on everything you practice (thank god) i do believe that sterile technique is your next checkoff, i can look at my...

  16. Getting All A's In Pre-Req's

    whosurdaddy replied to Kimberly6891's topic in Michigan Nursing

    no your not automatically in you still have to apply, you just dont have to go through their RN admittance steps you dont have to be put on the however long waiting list they have for the BSN program...

  17. Getting All A's In Pre-Req's

    whosurdaddy replied to Kimberly6891's topic in Michigan Nursing

    i think all of the non-science classes are easier. i would take comp 1 & 2 over the summer along with psych and soc and a ap1 class as long as its not an 8 week class, thats too much work in too...

  18. OCC program

    whosurdaddy replied to occ2012's topic in Michigan Nursing

    the list i saw was from an administrator at the DMC, she was telling my clinical group that when they look at hiring they look at Detroit Mercy grads first and then look at OCC grads second. St Joes...

  19. Getting All A's In Pre-Req's

    whosurdaddy replied to Kimberly6891's topic in Michigan Nursing

    anne36 as you and i both know if your crying in a prereq class you will be in the mental ward within a month at nursing school. Gpa admission is still the best way to go. a lot of schools have lower...

  20. OCC program

    whosurdaddy replied to occ2012's topic in Michigan Nursing

    occ is suppose to be rated #2 in the metro area second only to detroit mercy BSN program, when it comes to being desired by potential employers. the reason i was told is that its because we have the...

  21. Getting All A's In Pre-Req's

    whosurdaddy replied to Kimberly6891's topic in Michigan Nursing

    i totally agree with want2B, teachers are the most important thing. if you get easy (not always good) profs you can make it through your prereqs and still get A's. i would have to say that it would be...

  22. OCC program

    whosurdaddy replied to occ2012's topic in Michigan Nursing

    i def will stick around and help anyone who wants

  23. OCC program

    whosurdaddy replied to occ2012's topic in Michigan Nursing

    there are practice problem on the blackboard site, i do believe that there are some on the nursing site of occ

  24. OCC program

    whosurdaddy replied to occ2012's topic in Michigan Nursing

    there is only one formula you need to know and that i can remember. maybe two or three but it cant be more than that. im not telling you by any means to not worry about the math part, but id really...

  25. OCC - 2010 applicants / 2011 ADN prospective students

    whosurdaddy replied to MsStephh_RN's topic in Michigan Nursing

    first of all I apologize for any negativity i may have spread. the program is great but i wanted to share with you the truth about what your going to experience. i do this because i went into the...