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I agree, this is troubling for me to bear, but it's a fact and we must face it. Perhaps, we can divert some funds and create programs for these children as they are a priority. Maxs

Hi guys, I was just wondering how long did you normally have to wait to receive your ATT letter after you registered with Pearson-vue. Are there ways they can expedite the process? I gave them my email and on their website it says "it could take up to 4 weeks," I think this is a long duration. I would appreciate any inputs on this matter. Thanks Maxs

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During your first semester you will be taking the following classes: Nurs 215 (fundamentals of nursing-6 CH), Health Assessment Class 3 CH, and a 3 CH and Nursing 202- 3CH (History of nursing and etc). Patho/Pharm 4 CH. The Fundamentals of nursing course requires clinicals as it's like Med-surg P.1 I'd say. The lectures for this class are long, so on mondays you will be in school from 9-5 I think to go to all your classes. Patho/Pharm Part I. is very difficult, so you have to study a lot for that class since all the materials seem new. You will have two clinical days every other week for the med-surg. I think you go to school about three days out of the week, but the week you have clinicals kind of sucks because you are caught up with a bunch of paperwork and all that. The week you don't have clinicals for fundamentals you have to go to lab to brush up on your skills (two scheduled lab days). The lottery is used for the clinical assignments. For example, UIC is affilliated with many hospitals and everybody cannot just go and pick what hospital they want to go to. So, they're is software in the school that you use to select your top hospitals that you would like to attend from most desired to least desired hospitals. Your first semester you will have about 100 students in all your classes, then the next semester that changes as some of you will be in Med-Surg, other's Peds. So, they divide the classes up pretty much. You don't need to buy your own stethescope, pen light, uniform, jacket and etc. You don't a need a PDA, I think it takes more time to look up and they expect you to be prepared then looking up your drugs at the site or whatever you will use it for. When you go for your first orientation day, they will have a company over there that will sell stethescopes, pen light, uniform-with logo, lab coat with a logo on site at discounted prices, so take a check book with you. I would recommend a laptop (a good laptop is always a good thing to have), remember UIC uses state of the art technology, all the classrooms have wifi, and all your lectures are posted on powerpoint on blackboard. So, if you get a laptop and are a good typist, I would suggest that you type all your lecture notes on your pp notes page or figure it out, you can save yourself a hassle because the paper work builds up and next thing you know have a room full of papers. Also, get one of those memory sticks and use it only for your school work. So, first thing you do with the disk is create a Folder: Name is Semester 1 UIC-CON, then sub-folders within this folder like Fundamentals of nursing, Assessment, and etc. for all your classes, within the folders create sub-folders and name them test 1 test 2 and etc. This way when you download the lecture materials from blackboard you download on the exact folder you want. And it's a lot easier when you are studying for the tests, because it's very neat. And for Patho/Pharm, I would also suggest that you take a blank papers with you in case there are diagrams to draw because you can't do that on the computer. Remember for your clinicals, your instructors will ask you what drugs your patients on because you come to the hospital a day before you start the clinical to gather your patient data. Once you gather the patient data you go home and fill out a care plan, patho physio, and pharm of all medications, you look at the patients support systems and many things. They like you do be detailing, so always be on the good side of your clinical instructor. Note cards can be good, for your health assessment class, the tests are tricky and easy, but tricky in other words it's hard, but it just doesn't fit the definition of such because of the way she makes it sound. You will also have a lab for this class as you will be practicing there for every system that is covered in class. Remember there will be a quiz lecture material at the beginning of every 210 class (assessment), don't be late cause if you are late she wont let you take the quiz. In clinicals you can practice up to all the systems that you have covered in class for assessments. Ask around for good clinical instructors to the seniors because it makes a difference in your learning experience, I can't give you names, but you should ask the seniors for that. Remember to form group studies and split up the sg for the exams, sometimes they give a written sg and sometimes they do it on the last lecture before the exam. The school is very intense, look at everything I told, and I haven't even scratched the surface yet. So, these are just tips, so don't abuse them, make sure you do all the things you are required to granted it's very time consuming. It's still possible because I think only 2 people dropped out of our class, and for those that can't do the two year, they have a part time program called the 3 years. Just get in there, drench your self with nursing, and form a new family because you will be seeing those faces for the next two years. Remember UIC is a very good school, they have many wonderful resources, so take advantage of them. Another tip, if you don't like to work from home, or if there's no piece and quite there, you can go to the computer lab called Goldberg, it's right on Damen and taylor, go downstairs and ask them to magnetize your ID card so you can access the the computer lab at anytime 24 hrs a day/ seven days wk. Those computer are awesome because they never slow down and the ones in the college of nursing basement close at 5pm and are open 5 days a wk only. My fingers hurt...I hope this helps

Congrats on your admissions, I had clinical instructors that thought at both Universities Rush CON and UIC CON, they said the clinical segment was more easier then UIC since they didn't have nearly as much paper work (care-plans). Both schools are prestigious and very competitive, except Rush is really expensive. Maxs

If Dr. Hinkley is still teaching go with him, if not Dr. Elizabeth might be teaching she also teaches A&P. Good luck, I havent taken a class there every since 2005. Maxs

I just graduated from UIC CON and it's in the top 3 nursing schools in the nation. They're very intense, however, they provide you with ample of resources e.g. instructor's, tutors, computers, softwares, clear-concise instruction, student-feedback integration, constant improvement and evaluations. Also, if professor's are transferred to different departments/research if to many students complain, number one on nursing research, will provide you with hospital experience from all the hospitals that are magnet status and more. If you have any questions about UIC, feel free to ask me. maxs

That is abuse, the patient should be able to speak because the pt is the subject that needs to be treated and remember about 80% of communication is conveyed through body language. Do what is right and report it to your supervisor mainly because they're paid extra to handle matters such as this.

Although MM is not credible to speak of this subject, he is however, a celebrity/journalist and has the resources/right to make such documentaries and report it. The point of this documentary is to inform the public of this health desparitie (corrupt in the insurance business, congress and etc). On top of that, politicians are governed by three important principles; votes, funding, and publicity. Therefore, if this topic becomes important to the people, they're more likely to vote for the candidates in their best interest. So, we have raised this issue in nursing school, and guess what, none of us made a documentary about it because were not journalist. Therefore, I cheer for MM for his effort to make this documentary because you are not likely to hear such issues on the news (publicity) or from who ever pays congress (funding). And for those that believe MM is bashing this great nation, remember that this great nation is shaped by revolutionist who find the current policies/trends peccable. Maxs

Alright, I am a male RN/BSN Student in my last semester doing my leadership rotation. I can't complain, and I am knocking on wood. Since I am only a student, I haven't seen as much as some of you on this board have. So, that puts me at a disadvantage to discuss such topic. As far as my progress goes, if I was kicked out of a room because of my gender, I wouldn't know how to react to it. I can tell you one thing, it's free time for me. The less patients I have the better it's for me, I mean don't get me wrong, but that's just the way it's. Also, think about it, if your patient is that anal or noisy about who cares for her/him, that does not make it easier for your female colleague because she will have a demanding patient. And if my supervisor is willing to grant such requests, then I can bring extra copies of GQ to work everyday. Live a little and don't lose your cool! Maxs

It's hard, but it might be a good indicator of the potency of your love. Maybe one of the reason's why your getting a career change is because you probably don't love your lover as much. First thing to do is to examine your thoughts and mind. Evidence has shown that you know yourself more then anybody else. I can't tell you that nursing school will slash your marriage, but I can tell you that chances of meeting another stranger can hack your marriage equally or even more. Your mate can end up cheating because he/she met someone hotter! Now did nursing school cause that. Can you imagine people who take trips every month for the rest of their lives? Well, nursing school is 3 months on 1 month (winter break) off and then 3 on and 3 off (summer). In my nursing school, I heard of only one break up because of some lame reason.

nursing is fun! Even OB/Gyn rotation, it all depends on your clinical instructor. I had the best clinical instructor therefore, I never had any problems. All the girls helped me out whenever I needed. There's a lot to a nursing career, so, I would recommend that you work as a CNA to see it for yourself. Maxs

HI I am currently a 23 old UIC (university of Illinois at Chicago-top 3 nursing school in the nation) nursing student. I AM A SENIOR AND I HAVE 2 MORE SEMESTERS TO GO. SO WRITE THIS DOWN OR BOOK MARK IT. http://rmoskowitz.tripod.com/ap1_lecture_notes.htm THIS WEBSITE OUTLINES EVERY CHAPTER OF YOUR A&P BOOK. REMEMBER A&P IS VERY IMPORTANT! ESPECIALLY THE HEART STUFF. IN NURSING SCHOOL, I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT OF THE WORK LOAD COMPARED TO THE PRE-REQS, IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS BABY STEPS. AT LEAST THE BSN LEVEL. DON'T LET THIS SCARE YOU, BECAUSE THE HARDEST PART OF NURSING SCHOOL WAS THE ADMISSION PROCESS. ONCE YOU'RE IN, MAKE FRIENDS AND YOU'LL GET THROUGH IT TOGETHER. DEDICATE SOMETIME. Maxs

-Shortage of males in the nursing field which makes it so different from any other career for one. -we can standardize the care, but how can you standardize compassion? So, in this society that we live in, BIG companies have managed to make people work like robots. However, no robot can replace a nurses position. Therefore they need to customize their managements to suit our needs. I can't blame any nurse for under performance because they're the most hard working people I have ever seen. IF ANYTHING WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A CARE SYSTEM THAT USES CODING. JUST LIKE THE ONES THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND DOCTORS USE. IF WE GET THIS, NO ONE CAN BURDEN US FOR THE EXTRA WORK BECAUSE YOU WILL CHARGE THEM EXTRA. AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING UNDERPAID. IT MIGHT SOUND UNORTHODOX, BUT THAT'S HOW EVERYONE ELSE IN THE HEALTH-CARE FIELD BILLS FOR THEIR WORK. AS NURSES, OUR PRICE IS INCLUDED IN THE ROOOM! IT'S MORE LIKE A SET PRICE. THINK ABOUT IT! e.g. the PT/OT comes in and performs ROM for 10 mins, well, he or she will bill for that. Maybe someone needs to research this idea and advocate it. Maxs

Vent! I am being sympathetic. Maxs

it sounds like a personal problem to me. Maxs

yeah it's possible

Work as a CNA because it prepares you more than some of the prerequisites will prep you. Maxs

Well, check with your financial aid advisors because they know more about this topic then anyone. I don't think community colleges, offer scholarships in general (because they already their system is different than those of universities) however, if you go for your BSN and thus far have earned good grades, you can apply for many scholarships. The best thing for you to do right now, is to consult with your financial aid advisor. Maxs

Most BSN programs, require a minimum of 2.5 cumulative GPA. The fact that he had an F in Anatomy and Physiology, could hurt him. He should take the A&P and the class he earned a D in again because some schools will count the better grades of the two for the same course or other's will just take the average of the two. Depending on where you are, there are some community colleges, that base admission solely on standardized tests. These kinds of schools, would be beneficial for him. Also, if he is not intending to go to graduate school, BSN is not necessary. Maxs

Forget all the zeros and all that crap because it will get complicated as you start multiplicating avogadro's number's. Given: 12 nm Find: ? cm so you set it up like this, 12 nm X 1E-9 m/1 nm X 1 cm/1E-2 m = 1.2E-6 cm Remember nanometers and meters will cancel out. The reason why you use meters is because you have to get used to it out now. Later on when you do big conversions you will see why this method is helpful. You can also solve for the above problem like this. 12 nm X 1E-9 m/1 nm = 1.2E-8 m, you take 1.2E-8 m X 1 cm/1E-2 m = 1.2E6 cm The E is on your calculator, it saves you time instead of pluging in like let's say .0000005 = 5.0E-5 or 5E-5 if you have 112583.6 = 1.13E5 this is in three significant figures. When you convert you have to remember you will cancel out things. here is an easy question, the oxygen molecule consists of two oxygen atoms a distance of 121 pm apart. How many millimeters is this? Given: 121 pm Find: millimeters 121 pm X 1E-12 m/1 pm X 1 mm/1E-3 m = 1.21E-7 mm if you have a graphing calculator click 2nd (yellow button), then press on the coma which underneath it will be EE but you only need to click it once so you get one E after your number. If you have any other calculator look button that is E on it. e.g. if you need like .00005 enter first 5.0E-5 because it's decimals or you're counting towards the right. Maxs

IMO, nobody likes being a CNA. People will eventually be burnt out and give up. High school science is a lot different from the sciences required for nursing. It's not like one will study about planets and plants. Also, I don't think you should let your high school science grades, determine your performance in health sciences. And I don't think you should give up because we all have different strength's. Anyhow, you must due your best to improve your weaknesses. The things that hold most people back are: money, family, availabilities, laziness and the mental block they build up. Maxs

I think it all depends on your situation. For example, if you want to be an NP or CRNA, then you would need the hospital experience. If you're not going for your MSN, then it's a matter of your convenience. Maxs

On the positive side the math is not against you because my calculations predict that you will have to sleep 6 hrs a day, 1 hr for your baby, 3 hrs to eat, travel, bowel, showers, brush and etc. So, you will pretty much have 98 hrs to study in a week in a period of approximately 8 weeks. SO that is non stop 14 hrs of study in a day. And my comment is to toss your ego on the side for a minute and think about wheather you can really have that much time studying every day. I am estimating 6 shots of esperesso in a day. That is almost like working double shifts. every day for 8 weeks and no offs. Since you haven't taken English Comp I, I am assuming that you have no college background. You never know, I say do it if you are this eager about so that way if someone in the near future is in need of some advice we can use this scenario as a control group. Go for it and show the people that you can do it. Maxs

Your work environment is good factor and since you honestly haven't said anything to offend her in anyway. I think you should get some people on your side and sue for character defamation. Maxs