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  1. Transitioning to psych/mental health nursing

    pricanlady replied to TravelingGrace's topic in Psychiatric

    Peace River Center will train you for psych. Bartow,

  2. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hello everyone, as of yesterday I officially graduated the HCC nursing program, our pinning is Tuesday. I just want to say best of luck going into the program. You can make it a stress-free, happy one...

  3. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    lol not sure about being hypochondriac being that I'm fairly healthy (other than my hypothyroidsm) and hope it stays that way. I can only hypothesize that it has to do with the fact that english is...

  4. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    I did not take neither of those classes. But throughout the program i realized that I have a thing for memorizing medications so it's very easy for me to remember them. Its really odd but I happened...

  5. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    1 regular clinical day and 1 mental health clinical day weekly, for the duration of mental health which is not the full semester. There are two days of lecture class (one of those days having mental...

  6. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yes, once a week except for the third semester where you will have regular clinicals and mental health

  7. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    You're welcome. The benefit of study group has variables. One, depends on your learning style. Some people do really good and even need study groups. I have ADD (unmedicated) so I need breaks often...

  8. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    If you can afford it, I would highly recommend not working. I didn't work but I did see the exhaustion, frustration, anxiety and lower grades from some of the working ones (not all but most). Not...

  9. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    I passed my TEAS with a 61. I'm finishing my last semester of nursing with a 95%. TEAS doesn't determine the kind of nurse you will become. 13 people in my class with higher TEAS scores than me, did...

  10. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    You need enc1102 to get the ADN. Alot of people had to take it during their Christmas break because they weren't going to be able to graduate without

  11. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yes, enc1102 I took before the program. Its ALOT of writing. Would highly recommend it gets done before the program. If the other class you're talking about is Mental Health, you have to take it...

  12. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    Ok, so I decided to sell my books and just posted them on craigslist. I'll post the link here in case anyone is interested, before I cross post it. They're in pretty good condition, especially the Med...

  13. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    That's very

  14. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    Is this for fall? I got my acceptance in april, this of course was in 2015. We had a deadline of Jan 10th i think, for the

  15. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    That is accurate. Mine did not change to "received" until the same day I got my acceptance packet. Not sure why, but they ended up calling me and emailing the packet, instead of mailing it regularly....

  16. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    The name of the app is NCLEX

  17. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    OMG! You're doing phenomenal to be speaking english for such a short time and going into nursing. What helped me was to read alot of practice questions, with the same "lingo" as what they use in...

  18. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    I did send an unofficial copy of my transcripts with my application. Not sure if it was necessary or not. For those like me where english is not the first language, please work on your timing as all...

  19. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    You're welcome. All I ask is that all of you pay it forward to the people coming after you. Never forget where you come from and lend a helping hand. Its what we future nurses do.

  20. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    Not only gossip is toxic, but it will ALWAYS, make it to the instructors ears. People will do desperate things in desperate times. Keep in mind, you will be asking those same instructors for...

  21. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    As soon as we started getting acceptance letters, we created a global HCC Nursing FB group. People were able to trade campuses and other information, as it was an option then. Then we also created a...

  22. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    The content of the program is a lot, and difficulty is relative. It has consume alot of my time, but I wouldn't say for me it was extremely difficult. Teachers have the capability of making it better...

  23. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    This was 2 yrs ago but....I got my acceptance letter 4/9/15

  24. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yes, you will have the option of getting the hard copy books with or without ebooks. Some people just buy used books and get the codes also. Different semesters have different lab hour requirements...

  25. Hillsborough Community College Fall 2017

    pricanlady replied to corinnepaige91's topic in Florida Nursing

    You're welcome. Yes, if I remember correctly, you knew during the first week. The division varies. It changed during the middle of our program. They used to take requests and then they switched it and...