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No. They'll give you an electronic version of the ATI books. You can also borrow a copy from the library but there's a limited supply. They should give you the access stuff in one of your classes. I believe we got ours during our TSS class, which is just an orientation like class. From what I know, for your first semester Fridays are clinical days. After that it may change to other days or twice a week etc. The earliest I've seen clinical "officially" scheduled was 7am but clinical advisors may ask you to come in at 6am. It's more difficult to say when you'll end. It depends on where you and, once again, who your advisor is. Hmm... I guess the another thing is to keep organized and have some sort of calender or planner. Not all professors will remind you of due dates and stuff and documents in certifiedbackground may expire and you have to update it promptly. You may or may not get an email about it. Oh! Once you get access to your resu email and accounts, check them! You'll get your clinical assignment and you have to submit documentation stuff before classes start. I nearly missed my deadline and I know people completely missed it. They were lenient but still... you don't want that anxiety. If I think of more I'll let you know. I'm just glad I can give a little heads up to the next cohort so you're not completely in the dark :)

I forgot to mention that if you go to the school website and go to the library page, there's something called course guides. Our wonderful librarian put a few things together to help students study for certain classes. You should be able to check it out. It's open to the public but there will be a few things where you'll need a resu login but there are links to things where you don't need a login. I would also brush up on APA format... there should be a tab on APA in one of the course guides.

Academically, I always thought I was above average... nursing school as shown me that I can't aim for As anymore. It's partially because 92+ is an A and 84+ is a B (below 75 is failing). I've come to the mindset that if I pass, I'll be happy. I'm glad that I decided not to work while in school, especially in the first semester. A lot of times went into studying and writing care plans... I would've personally failed if I worked. Regarding teachers, I've had only 2 not so good ones. One was just crazy and the other just didn't care. I should say that they were fairly new teachers. The other teachers I had were fabulous. I loved every other teacher I had. They tried their best to teach and make the class as enjoyable as they could or at least tried not to act crazy and have unrealistic expectations of us... but all of them challenged us. So don't drop nursing just because of a few horrible teachers or nurses. There will always be a few bad apples in the bushel. Clinicals for me where the best but from what I hear, I was lucky with my location and clinical advisors. My clinical advisor was fair with grading and actually offered feedback so we could improve. Most of the nurses were very welcoming and were willing to teach us when our advisor wasnt around... or at least they were okay with us around and didn't abuse our presence... Everyone is my cohort (you should probably know that you'll be with the same people until graduation but it may change for clinical) is amazingly nice. I recommend getting everyone's personal emails and working together to study and make study guides at the beginning. Help each other! Become friends with each other! Complain together! Lol. You're not alone. Overall, my experience is mostly positive but I've had mostly realistic expectations so I didn't get disappointed or overwhelmed... but I do know students who've had horrible experiences too for a huge variety of reasons. If you have any specific questions, I'll try to answer the best I can.

"Focus on Nursing Pharmacology" by Amy Karch (6th ed.) "Understanding Pathophysiology" by Sue Huether and Katheryn McCance (5th ed.) I can't guarantee that this won't change....

I'm in the day program. I just started my second semester.

For those starting in the summer, I would seriously recommend starting pathophysiology and pharmacology now. Luckily I took A&P right before I started so it wasn't that bad for me but pharmacology nearly killed me. Good luck!