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^^^ what she said. And by bag I meant a fanny pack LOL

On normal lab days we wear our polos (White, Maui blue or now Purple) with white scrubs bottoms or khaki pants. On Clinical days we wore our clinical uniform (your whites). The shoes for in class lab days are suppose to be white, but our campus (Charlotte) were pretty lenient so we had people wear brown shoes or black sneakers. For Clinicals, as long as it isn't like a mesh material where blood can stain it, you are fine. If you can wipe your sneakers off easily, you are in the clear. A tiny silver logo should be fine. They provided us with a blood pressure cuff, a stethoscope, tuning fork and reflex hammer in a fanny pack they gave us in the beginning of the semester. They do have cath kits available for you to practice when the time comes for the sterile technique skills test (you will either get tested on a inserting a foley or trach suctioning, so you will also be able to take home a suction kit too.) The socks for clinicals should be white and high to protect your skin if fluids are to spill on you. On lab days I wore ankle socks. I think you guys have one day where it is just lecture. On that day you can wear regular clothes. For clinicals you will need a zipper binder to protect your paperwork and if you want you can bring your own lunch. The only storage place they had for our food and binders in the nursing home was in a cabinet in the break room and in the hospital we left it on the counter in the break room. So basically if you have anything you think is important, you should leave it locked in your car. No choice in clinicals, they pick the place for you but supposedly we will get to experience a different hospital every semester. My essentials were kept to a minimum. I did everything on my laptop so I didn't use much paper like my classmates did. I would recommend a better stethoscope because the one that they give you isn't that great. I would buy 2 clinical uniforms because if you are like me and a couple of others you might accidentally leave a pen in your pocket and have it explode all over :) lol I would get a pocket sized medication book for clinicals. Also a nice watch with a seconds hand and a planner! I thought the lab coats were suppose to be what the school requested but a lot of my classmates had different ones with the logo and no one ever said anything. So as long as they are white and have the logo I think you should be fine (the one I first ordered fell to the bottom of my calf so I am ordering a new one that falls a little past my hips.) Don't be surprised to be sitting in a couple of classes and thinking wth?! LOL This happened to a lot of us and something there isn't enough time to go through everything so there will be times you and your classmates are trying to figure things out on your own. This is not to say that your professor won't help you. But do not be surprised if they answer you back with "maybe you should look that up." However with that said, there will be nursing tutors available to you guys. I'm the Vice President of the SNA and we will be coming into your class on your first day to talk to you guys more about it. Sometimes things seem disorganized. Some professors allowed us to record but there was one who didn't want us to. If you have more I'm here so don't feel bad. I know I had a lot of questions in the beginning but I can't even remember half of them to offer some advice.

They never recommended on for us here at Charlotte. They gave us one that came with our FSW bag of goodies. But it wasn't the best. A couple of my friends and I have the Littman II Classic. We all love it.

Hey guys, Congrats to all who got in and those who haven't, keep your head up! I got through my first semester at the Charlotte campus so if you guys have any questions feel free to ask. I used to lurk on here all the time to get all the info I was looking for so I want to return the favor. Good luck to all of you! Christine

Ahhh, I see. Thanks for the info.

Really? This is at every hospital?

No lol I know I have to do everything. I was wondering if insurance will consider these test voluntary so they won't cover it? I'll just call to find out.

My packet came with a spring 2015 booklist. Not sure if all campuses use the same books though.

Did any of you guys take care of the immunization portion? I'm trying to figure out how to go about this the cheapest way. I have health insurance btw but I'm wondering if this stuff is considered voluntary?

I'm pretty sure she meant the acceptance email. Congrats by the way!

Nice, sounds good. Thanks!

Is it an email with an attachment? Did you get it already?

A woman who is in the nursing program at my campus said they chose her clinical day. She said she signed up for one but they already assign you your day. She said that they did allow her to switch with someone who wanted the day she had but that has to be done in the first week or something.

Oh I see. I was screaming "nooooooo" inside lol

People are registering for classes?!