robthesofty

If anyone is in need of the books for Adult Health Assessment or Fundamentals, hit me up at 3057478327 and I will save you LOTS of $.

Hey guys! I started Dade's nursing program in the Spring and was lucky enough to pass my first semester with all As and a B ( boy do I have tips for when you guys get accepted! ) From what I understand, during spring those who had a cumulative score (0.60 from hesi, 0.40 from gpa) of 82% and higher were all accepted, though it may be more competitive for fall because there are more applicants. Check last year's thread, that should give you a pretty good idea of what you need to get if you're worried. For anyone accepted for Summer semester (starting tomorrow), a few words: You've already gone through orientation, and im sure your professors and staff have told you all about the million things you have to buy during the semester. Like I did, you're probably wondering what you can and can't get away without buying, because let's face it, none of us are rich here! You'll need scrubs. You can buy the green pants anywhere, but teachers are very picky about the shirt; shirts must have the MDC logo on it or you'll get called out and even asked to leave RT. Buying the label separately and having it sewn on another green shirt is actually just about as expensive, so save yourself the trouble and buy the shirt. Same principle for the lab coat, which you kinda need (some teachers want you to wear it, but no one enforced that) Don't buy the lab bag you'll need for lab until after the first couple weeks of lab! Many people in my class bought the bags only to find late in the semester that our school had ordered the wrong ones and ended up only using like one thing from it. lucky for me, I never bought it and kept the 100 bucks. Don't buy a fancy stethoscope, one of the cheap 15 dollar stethoscopes from the store will do the job just fine, you can buy the 130 dollar litman steth when you're a real nurse making money. And lastly, books. Sadly, yes, you do have to buy them. Not only because teachers want to see you with them, but because PowerPoints are literally just a tiny skim of chapters. In the case of adult health assessment, 90% of what you'll be tested on is never covered in class, it's in the book. For Adult health assessment you'll need: Jarvis, "physical examination and health assessment 7th edition." For Fundamentals, you'll need: Potter and Perry, "Fundamentals of Nursing 9th edition" For lab you'll need Potter and Perry, "Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills Edition 6" For Pharmacy math, you'll need: Olsen, "Medical Dosage Calculations: a dimensional analysis approach" 11th edition. That's IT. Don't let teachers or bookstore confuse you into thinking you need more than that. Any additional books in your syllabus for each class are in fact part of an APP called Ucentral which is given for free to all students. Those are the only four books you actually need. If you RENT rom the store it'll run you about $350/400 for everything. If you find em online individually, at least $250 without shipping. If you buy them off me (near new), Ill sell for the low low price of $200, which I promise you won't find anywhere else. Feel free to hit me up with questions about the program or inquiries about my books at 3057478327. Good luck guys!

GOT MY ACCEPTANCE LETTER! 3.2 Science GPA and 92% HESI for anyone interested. See ya at Medical campus! Can't wait to meet ya guys!!

I don't know for how long they extended it but they did that last year since they didn't have enough applicants (i.e. money) yet. Kinda sucks for all us who went nutts getting our stuff in on time, but thus is the dade way Anyone needs me i'll be dying

No emails yet, fingers crossssssssed

Sup guys! I'm in the same boat as all of you. Like a girl before me, I too took my classes at FIU and got royally spanked on chemistry and Anatomy (really bad semester for reasons other than school), which resulted in a pretty bad 3.2 science gpa when everything was done. Studied pretty hard for the hesi (Elselvier book, and took literally every single online Hesi test simulation for every section I could find) and got a solid 92%, making my combined score, or HESI*0.60+GPA*10, about 87. From what I heard, last spring pretty much everyone with an 83 combined score on up got in, but like all you guys, I AM NERVOUS AS MIKE TYSON AT A SPELLING BEE. Hoping this next week gives us all good news, and that we get can a rough estimate of what score gets accepted for next years applicants!