RCC School of Nursing Spring 2021

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Hi, everyone!

Decided to create a forum for Riverside City College SON applicants for Spring 2021!

I will be submitting my application soon, just starting this for any other applicants to share stats and experience!

On 2/1/2022 at 2:06 PM, inthesoop said:

In regards to the CSUSB professor,  I was wondering how are the exams? Do you suggest reading all the assigned chapters as well? I have Professor----------------------- this semester!

With both programs: Read and lectures. Yes you have to read assigned chapters. There’s no getting around it. No short cuts. 
What I did: As I was reading I would make notes. Take the notes to lecture. Highlight what the professor says and add anything that you may have missed. This is your study guide for test. The final is cumulative. 
Schedule your days. Include reading time. This will help you. 
 

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2 hours ago, angelzaro said:

With both programs: Read and lectures. Yes you have to read assigned chapters. There’s no getting around it. No short cuts. 
What I did: As I was reading I would make notes. Take the notes to lecture. Highlight what the professor says and add anything that you may have missed. This is your study guide for test. The final is cumulative. 
Schedule your days. Include reading time. This will help you. 
 

In regards to RCC, should I be reading everything in the chapters assigned, or only looking for the information that are answering the objectives in the KSAs? Or is it specific to certain professors?

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On 2/5/2022 at 12:20 PM, stormii said:

In regards to RCC, should I be reading everything in the chapters assigned, or only looking for the information that are answering the objectives in the KSAs? Or is it specific to certain professors?

I found that the objectives was pretty much all the reading. If you can answer the objectives, then you should be good to go. That goes with every professor. 

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On 2/8/2022 at 6:29 PM, angelzaro said:

I found that the objectives was pretty much all the reading. If you can answer the objectives, then you should be good to go. That goes with every professor. 

This is very helpful. I was getting overwhelmed with the reading, and didn't know how to decide which information I needed to know vs which to disregard for my notes.

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What I always suggest is to get the passports (homework) done first, then read; read as much as you can, watch videos, talk to other students about the material. The questions on tests are not like what we had in pre-reqs, most of the questions are more general. So, as long as you read, you should be OK. There are a few things here and there that you can use flash cards for but not too much. It’s not about memorizing, it’s understanding the material and then being able to choose the best option w/ each question. Do lots and lots of practice questions on prepu and Kaplan. Also, READ the explanation as to WHY that’s the right answer AND why the other options are wrong. It’s just as important to know WHY it’s wrong.

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N11 students do not, I repeat DO NOT forget to read your skills book!! A lot of good info and lots of test questions pulled from there. Read from the very beginning to the very end. Be very familiar with it.  

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On 2/11/2022 at 11:48 AM, AdrieRod said:

What I always suggest is to get the passports (homework) done first, then read; read as much as you can, watch videos, talk to other students about the material. The questions on tests are not like what we had in pre-reqs, most of the questions are more general. So, as long as you read, you should be OK. There are a few things here and there that you can use flash cards for but not too much. It’s not about memorizing, it’s understanding the material and then being able to choose the best option w/ each question. Do lots and lots of practice questions on prepu and Kaplan. Also, READ the explanation as to WHY that’s the right answer AND why the other options are wrong. It’s just as important to know WHY it’s wrong.

thanks for the advice! I guess I'm just overwhelmed by the information, especially for all the Box infos in the chapter ? they're all pretty long and are detailed, so I feel like I'm running out of time studying for other stuff when I'm stuck on trying to know it.

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Hello! I was wondering if any RCC SON students would be available any day of the week to answer some questions that our pre-nursing students have at Moreno Valley College. It could be over a 1 hour zoom session (or you are more than welcome to come in-person to our Microbiology class if our schedules align.) It would be super helpful for our students. No need to prepare anything it would just be a Q&A session. Thank you in advance.

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