Nurse2be35

I was a NICU baby born 2 months early and my stay there was just as long. I'm considering being a NICU nurse too. I have 3 more semesters left.

You're welcome! The MEC also has TEAS prep classes for reading, English, and math. They're $200 each though. I did the math and English (they were pretty helpful). I think they're through continuing edu or workforce development. From what I hear most...

I had to retake the math portion of the teas. I studied Keshwani videos on YouTube and got almost a perfect score the second time around. Best of luck! You can do it! And you have plenty of time to study.

For the critical steps I think it means don't start brushing someone's teeth with the bed supine and then later say "oh I should have put their bed up before I started doing this." That's a safety issue because the patient could choke. As for locking...

Remember the basics... When entering: knock, greet the resident, say your name and what procedure you'll be doing, pull curtain for privacy, gather supplies When leaving: Call light within reach, bed in lowest position, pull back privacy curtain so...

I took the CNA exam in another state. I had hand hygiene, measuring urinary output, PPE, assist with bedpan, and catheter care. I went through a program that barely used the skills lab, so I did most of the skills prep on my own by watching YouTube ...

Hi everyone, I got my uniforms at the bookstore about a week ago. I didn't have to wait for them to be ordered. I found the tops run a little big (usually wear a M, got a S). I hope once we are in the program we can move away from the unisex styles a...

Does anyone know if our textbook bundle is for the entire program or just the first semester/year?

Thank you! I took those a few years ago at another university too...my scores are somewhere at the previous college. Leaving it blank for now.

I have no idea what that is. I did it and left those two questions blank. It says we have multiple attempts. If they tell us what it is at orientation I'll go back and fill that in.

Yes I ordered my nurse kit separately from a different website and it looks like it's the same thing they listed on blackboard. Happy shopping ?

This is great advice, thanks everyone! ?

That is so frustrating, I'm sorry. I also assumed that 1 week between summer/fall semesters we would be free if we completed everything else ahead of time. The 11th and 14th are listed, but maybe at the nursing orientation they will have alternate da...

Thank you for bringing this up. I didn't see the "at a glance" dates when I printed the to-do list. I feel the same way! I planned on going to the beach the 11-16... I guess that's not an option anymore :-( Maybe I'll try to go for a long weekend and...

Okay I spoke to someone in the nursing department and they told me to upload the vaccination form once. In the meantime they will work on getting that and the 2013 deadline fixed. Hope this helps!

I just checked my profile and everything still says 2013. I got an email yesterday after responding to the one we received asking to let them know if we were in the wrong class. The woman replied and said she would take care of it. Later today I will...

I think it is the checklist we printed out on blackboard. I guess they just want us to check the boxes and upload it once we are finished with everything just to make sure we didn't miss anything.

Rnc510: how was the MEC orientation?!? PreetM: thank you! I ended up calling the customer service number. When I logged on I couldn't see the $1M/$6M, but an email from them went to my junk mail. Once I opened it I saw a certificate that said it was...

I purchased the nursing skills pack by clicking on the link provided. It asks you to log in, so I used the one given on the order form I downloaded. I entered my address for the billing info (was a bit confused since it's not supposed to go to our ad...

I did the background check too and was placed in the Fall 2013 cohort. I thought it was a mistake at first. Yeah I have midterms this week for my other classes, so my head is spinning right now. I printed the stuff on blackboard, ordered the backgrou...

I'm looking at Blackboard now and it is overwhelming! I was thinking the same thing about the physical cause I just had 1 in January. That To-Do List The amount of deadlines we have is just as long as the list haha.

It's a placement test, if we get 90% or higher we don't have to take the drug dose calculations class I think. Not entirely sure tho.

I can't wait to meet all of you and begin our nursing journeys together! I'm interested in a study group too! I also heard the books were about $1,000. There was a comment in the attachment to the provisional acceptance letter that said to bring ou...

Ahhh yay I got in too!!! :-) I couldn't be more excited. I hope everyone else is accepted!! Can't wait to start nursing school together!

Hopefully we won't have to worry about Shenandoah tho. Don't worry (HA easier said than done), I'm sure your gpa/teas scores are good! Especially if everyone got in last year. We probably had the same teacher...I took it at Annandale 2 years ago. Som...