i start my ADN program on august 20th (YAY!). at our orientation last month they told us that there is required summer reading & there will be a test the first week of class... on thirteen chapters! i'm excited to get started & to have something to occupy myself while i wait for august 20th... let's hope this optimism lasts once school starts & we only have a week to read thirteen chapters instead of a couple months! so does anyone else have required summer reading? & have you started/finished it yet?
curlylocks29 54 Posts Jul 13, 2007 Im going to macomb community college and they don't require pre reading for the program...thank goodness :)....i start in august also...im so excited....i cant believe you have to take a test right off the bat ....where are you attending?
miss arron 156 Posts Jul 13, 2007 no required reading here. i just finished my summer session advanced physiology and am incredibly burnt out, so they only reading i plan on doing is the new harry potter book
2bRnKim 151 Posts Jul 13, 2007 Yes, we have required reading- but not to much. I have to read the first three chapters of my dosage calculations book. I also had to get my CNA over the summer ( this was a new requirement added at the last minute!). Anyway, can't wait for school to start. Kim
Crux1024 985 Posts Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, Emergency, SAFE. Jul 13, 2007 i start my ADN program on august 20th (YAY!). at our orientation last month they told us that there is required summer reading & there will be a test the first week of class... on thirteen chapters! i'm excited to get started & to have something to occupy myself while i wait for august 20th... let's hope this optimism lasts once school starts & we only have a week to read thirteen chapters instead of a couple months! so does anyone else have required summer reading? & have you started/finished it yet?Yes, I got my letter with "required reading". Its about 8 chapters, and Im really hoping that there isnt a test!! I havent read it yet, since Im still scraping together funds for my books!! Ill have it soon I hope!!!!
puresass 314 Posts Jul 13, 2007 Im going to macomb community college and they don't require pre reading for the program...thank goodness :)....i start in august also...im so excited....i cant believe you have to take a test right off the bat ....where are you attending?i'm going to grossmont community college in san diego. hopefully the test won't be TOOO horrible. it'll be nice to get the first one out of the way, though.good luck in your program! :)
Rayder16 13 Posts Jul 19, 2007 I am attending BMCC in NYC and we also have approximately 120 pages of material to read before Aug. 28 for our Nursing 112 class. The fun begins!
Bonny619 528 Posts Jul 19, 2007 Well dang. They sure changed things since my first semester at Grossmont!
BoonersmomRN 1,132 Posts Jul 19, 2007 I had this back in Fundamentals ( had to read like 17 chapters before the class even started)..but have not had to do this since.
puresass 314 Posts Jul 19, 2007 Did Roland do your orientation?no, roland is doing the night & weekend program, so laurie jordan & nancy tendal ran our orientation (they're teaching the day classes).the thirteen chapters aren't super intense reading... it's mostly ethics & nursing history & theory & things... it's just A LOT of material! & there are eight chapters to read for the second week. not nearly as bad as thirteen, but still a lot to handle.i'm so, soooo excited to get started, though!!
allnurses Guide Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN 4 Articles; 7,907 Posts Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions. Jul 19, 2007 They haven't required us to read anything...but they did give us the syllabus for the first couple of weeks "just in case we wanted to start reading ahead."I'm taking that as a strong hint to start reading :)
