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Lilykiss6, I got your message but the site won't let me respond so I'll just respond on here. Well I thought 2nd semester was way more demanding than 1st semester. It also isn't as organized as well. Liana, Nancy and Julie will be your main instructors. Liana will do the GI and GU lectures, her tests are way more difficult than Julie and Nancy's exams. They are multiple choice but there will be a 15 point short answer portion. Some of my classmates didn't do to well on the first two exams because of this. I did fine, my trick was to listen to her lectures while looking at the slides over and over again before the tests. Make sure you complete your reading before the lectures. There is a TON of reading to do and recommendations of doing the study guide chapters too. If you keep up with it you should be fine. You should also attend Nancy's tutoring sessions, she so helpful! If it wasn't for her support we all wouldn't have made it, she so great to talk to for advice on anything. For clinicals, I loved the VA! Everything is on the computer, and the medications are scanned, it's amazing. The nurses are friendly and nice as long as you know your stuff and you're willing to learn. There are a couple of nurses who will quiz you. LoL Clinicals is a little different than first semester, you don't get your patient until the morning of clinicals so it gives you about 20-30 minutes to look up your patient before you listen to report. Otherwise it's pretty much the same, there is a lot more medication administration and you get to spike, prime and set IV pumps. Hope this helps you. Good luck and have fun!

Hi, I started the CCSF program in Spring 2010. I'm just ending my second semester. There really isn't much of a difference to Fall semester. Don't worry about forgetting certain things during the long breaks because they will review and refresh everything in the first week of the semester. They will assign readings during the break so just make sure you're on top of your reading because it really helps. You should go over the math ( I literally read and did all the practice questions in the book) and make sure you learn your medical abbreviations list that they give you because it will give you a lot of extra points that you will need on the first exam. I'm also selling a few of my books if you are interested or know anyone who is interested let me know. I'm trying to get rid of my Med Deck, Calculate with Confidence Book and my Pharmacology Book. If you follow everything I tell you, you should be fine. First semester is the easiest semester so enjoy it.