Roll Call Hillsborough community college Spring 2012 Nursing

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I havent found any threads on the Spring 2012 Nursing program, soo i figured id start one! I have already recieved an Email saying everything has been recieved, just waiting on my letter to see if I was accepted! Does anyone know when theyll be sent out? Has anyone recieved that email yet? :redpinkhe

KiKb,

Can you direct me to where it is posted? I thought the lad\y was to send via e-mail. Thank you.

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Hi Bijin05, it was in my email... what's your email address I will send it to u

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:-( Anyone know of any kids with Chickenpox right now? Hey..it's cheaper to infect myself than get the shots :-P

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Kikb,

My hcc is btran6 @ hccfl . edu and personal is bijin05 @ gmail . com

Just take out the spaces in between. Thank you very much. I checked my e-mail and it was not in there. I will have to e-mail her and let her know.

Thanks again.

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Hi bijin05, I sent them to u... Let me know if u received them.... It is two separate emails.... I sent them to both email addresses u posted.

Have a great day!

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Ok so I spoke to Mrs S and she told me that there is no room for nights and weekends so I'm stuck... I will be in Dale Mabry afternoon (1-4) instead of Plant City (she changed me to that one per my request)... I will keep u guys posted!!! I'm praying for a miracle... If I don't get in evenings it's because I wasn't meant to be in there, and I won't be upset!!! Leaving it in the Lord's hands... He knows best!!!

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Hi all... For the Dale Mabry afternoon (1-4) do u know the teachers email address? I know her name is Ms Coleman....Please let me know thank u

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On second thought I have it in the hcc directory... Sorry

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FutureNP1: What helped me a lot was having a study group. We would either meet at the school or we would have online study sessions via skype. I kind of became the “teacher” of our study group and I found that teaching the subject matter to others helped me to retain the information better. It also benefited the other members of my study group to hear the material again and from a different perspective. Study groups aren’t for everybody though. Sometimes people prefer studying by themselves. You just have to find what study method works best for you.

It also helped me to take notes while reading the book. Some people like highlighting. I personally don’t highlight because I would just highlight everything in the book lol! One thing I noticed some of my classmates doing was trying to memorize every single detail there is to know about a topic. I think it is more important to understand the bigger picture because it is impossible to memorize everything. First of all, know how the body works normally. Then you can look at a condition and find out what changes and how the body reacts. When you get to your Lewis Med-Surg book, there is an assessment chapter at the start of each system. These are nice A&P refreshers and they are very helpful.

There isn’t one particular subject that I can think of that you should study beforehand. I remember my instructor sent out an email a few weeks before school started with the stuff we should read before the first day of class. I’m looking at my NP1 syllabus right now and for the first six weeks we covered things like client safety, hygiene, mobility/immobility, physical assessments, infection prevention and control, medication administration, wound care, ethics, legal implications, and the nursing process. We didn’t really dive into the body systems and the diseases/conditions until the end of February.

I am worried about steering you in the wrong direction though so I don’t want to tell you what you should and shouldn’t study. Your instructor should email you eventually and let you know what you should read. It definitely can’t hurt to go over the things I mentioned above (especially health assessment and medication administration). Starting on the calculations is a great start though. If I remember correctly, they don’t spend too much time on the math (half a clinical day maybe?), so a lot is self taught. Do all the practice problems for the chapters.

I would suggest using other sources in addition to your assigned text books. This book was extremely helpful in breaking things down (especially fluid and electrolytes): http://www.amazon.com/Saunders-Comprehensive-NCLEX-RN%C2%AE-Examination-Nclex-Rn/dp/141603708X/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1321388698&sr=8-8

Bijin05: I am starting my job search now (I’m actually a little behind :/). I am looking into graduate nurse internships in addition to RN positions. One thing I would suggest is to get a job as a nurse tech after your first semester if possible. Having some type of hospital experience is very helpful when finding a job as a new grad.

This is getting super long though! I hope I helped in some way. Let me know if I wasn’t clear at all or if I didn’t fully answer your questions.

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Hi Everyone,

There is this website called Scrubin.com that has scrubs for $5.99 each piece, extremely cheap stethoscopes, and blood pressure cuffs. Orders that are 50 dollars or more is free or Orders less than 50 dollars is a flat rate of $4.95 which is great. Check it out...

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Specializes in LTC.

when looking for bottoms, are you guys looking for "port wine" specifically?

(thanks for the website KikB)

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No problem a pattee, "most" stores just call it wine... but it is the samething.

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