erica.14

Hello! I'm looking into practice books to prepare for the NCLEX. I heard Kaplan books are good... Does anyone have any suggestions or advice for what book to get and if attending Kaplan's review course is worth the money?

Kaylalala, I am currently a nursing student at UCF Daytona. The first semester will be busy! You will have two rounds of clinicals in addition to 4 classes. There are a lot of projects due the first semester and you should plan on studying 2-4 hours a night. There is a TON of reading to do, so make sure you don't fall behind; playing catch-up on readings adds unnecessary stress! Monday we had 3 classes and were at school from 830-330. Wednesday we had one class and two labs, making our hours 8-2:30. Thursday and Friday are clinical days. The first half of the semester is the community clinical and the last half is long term care. You will be with the same group of people for both rounds of clinicals and you will get really close :). I'm not sure if they plan on changing anything, but this is how my first semester went. The days seem long at first, but you're given roughly an hour break for lunch. I found it helpful to use my breaks wisely and get some reading time in. Let me know if you have any further questions! Good Luck to you all!!!

Congrats everyone!!! I was accepted to the Daytona Campus! Can't wait to meet all of my fellow nursing students!!

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who didn't get an email..I'm going crazy waiting!