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You are scared that is okay I think we all were scared the first day. AD 125 and AD 130 I think they have new names like NUR 102 and 103 nit sure but they are the first two classes. Medsurg 1 and Communication. Classes as you know are every seven weeks with the first seven being the...ummm trying to think of a word...not hard well maybe but not impossible...really trying to help...okay Mon/Wedn you will have one class and Tues/Thurs another Mon/Wedn 7:45-10 Tues/Thurs 7:45-10 with clinical same days until 12 I think that is the same?! Thats it time consuming tat is the word once you get pass that you will adjust to the every seven weeks change...Are all your pre nursing classes done? That helps alot to only be in nursing classes! You want to only be in nursing classes!!! A&P is a very important class where you learn the normals which will make learning the abnormals so much easier! Clinicals when I first started were at the college in one of the health lab rooms, and then at a nursing home not giving care just doing an interview. The first set of clinicals not to difficult. Care plans and nursing assessment was pretty much the just of it. The professors at GRCC have so much clinical experience, you will love it! I was always so nervous at clinicals, but at the beginning level you should be fine! Keep you clinical manual with you at all times, of course prepare the night before but between your prep and the next day things can change. You are expected to know what you need to do but if changes occur being able to say let me check my manual is better than I dont know! I got the lecture instructor as my clinical instructor a few times and I loved that! No one that I remember just dropped out, but if you do not make it to the 80% you have failed and must wait until a spot comes back up for you. SO the first two classes as far as waiting are the two you want to pass. While the classes are offered only every seven weeks so no matter what you will have to wait seven weeks but the first two classes you have been waiting how long to get in? You dont want to fail those classes....Those classes should not be to difficult ( I say that now) 130 has only two exams and one of the exams when I took the class was the same day that the other class begin teaching about the heart and lungs assessmet which for me was the hardet test so looking back I wish I had brought my tape recorder because my mind was everywhere but in the class. Most challenging part??? I think remaining clam was the hardest part. I cant really describe the hardest part ummmm maybe the night before prep which was ver time consuming finding meds and typing them out. As you type out your meds for the clinical SAVE them and make like a med journal so in the future you can just cut and paste a med to your new profile trust me this will help! FOCUS on the notes that the instructor gives you know them and how to apply the information. Let me know if I can help anymore...CONGRATS and GOOD LUCK! You can do it!

Just finished GRCC RN program and it is the best! I can help answer some questions I do not know much about the LPN program but I can answer some general if you have any questions. Good Luck!

Well I have not heard from the hospital about an interview, but I am still hopeful! I am from Michigan but I took boards for Dc and found out I passed the NCLEX Friday but having not heard from them as quick as others makes me nervous and makes me think I will not be selecte dthis time I have applied a couple of other places and will continue I want to move to the area to be closer to family but I do not think I could just move without a job already lined up! But Good Luck for those that have been selected!!

I applied today so now I am praying, hoping and waiting to see if I get selected for an interview! I hope they are not just interviewing everyone, I also am not rom the DC area! Does anyone know what GPA they are looking for? If they are only hiring BSN grads? Well nursingyogi tomorrow is the big day NCLEX GOOD LUCK!

Also I could not find the posting on the WHC site but when I searched indeed.com it came right up.

Thanks so much I see where the postion is posted. I did not apply yet ( I got nervous). I am going to wait until after I pass NCLEX! I take it for the first time April 27. Are you guys going to wait until you sit for boards!? Also does anyone know if they like BSNs over ADNs. I am a ADN. Any helpful infomation would be greatly appreciated. Also a lot/most of information that I heard about WHC Residency program I got from this site with a February 2011 search i hope that helps!

Hi I am wondering if anyone has heard anything about Washington Hospital Center or any other DC hospitals that are having a Summer 2011 New Nurse Residency program? Thanks in Advance!