Southwest Tennessee Community College

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Need some info on the Evening/Weekend program at Southwest Tennessee Community College.

How long is the program?

Can you transfer into the program?

Any info would be helpful.

Thanks.:idea::idea::idea::idea:

Are you at the Macon Campus or the Union Campus? I've also heard that ****** is good for Micro and **** ***** is good for A&P.

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Are you at the Macon Campus or the Union Campus? I've also heard that ****** is good for Micro and **** ***** is good for A&P.

Yesterday the teachers were posted on the class listings, and today they are not, so I am gonna guess they are switching teachers around, but I had ****** for Micro and ******* for AP2. One had great reviews on rate my professor, and the other had good to great reviews as well, so I was pretty happy with the teachers assigned. Have to keep my fingers crossed that they are still teaching my classes! A great teacher makes all the difference ! :yeah:

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.

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You do not get to choose your teachers. There really isn't a choice. The classes are so small everyone has the same teachers basically. They usually dont even list the nursing teachers names with the clasess. Just the times, days, etc. You dont get to choose your hospital for clinical either. Its basically luck of the draw. So hopefully you have good luck. I am about at the end of the second semester. It is a SUPER hard class. We started with 60 people in fall 09 and we now have literally 10 people moving on from the original 60 to peds and mental health (third semester class). Foundations will take a few of your classmates, but adult health two is the kicker. It is SO insanely hard. good luck to all. Think long and hard cause nursing school IS your life and you will not get to do anything BUT nursing school for the next two years.

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You do not get to choose your teachers. There really isn't a choice. The classes are so small everyone has the same teachers basically. They usually dont even list the nursing teachers names with the clasess. Just the times, days, etc. You dont get to choose your hospital for clinical either. Its basically luck of the draw. So hopefully you have good luck. I am about at the end of the second semester. It is a SUPER hard class. We started with 60 people in fall 09 and we now have literally 10 people moving on from the original 60 to peds and mental health (third semester class). Foundations will take a few of your classmates, but adult health two is the kicker. It is SO insanely hard. good luck to all. Think long and hard cause nursing school IS your life and you will not get to do anything BUT nursing school for the next two years.

Thank you so much for replying. I'm not at all looking forward to it. Obviously you've done well or you wouldn't still be there so congrats to you!! If you have ANY advice as far as studying techniques or any books that might have helped you I would really appreciate it. I just don't know what to expect.....except two years of hell!! I only met one girl who was in the program and she was in her third semester. She just told me that she wished someone had prepared her. Ok, then how do you get prepared? Can I be studying something now, before the fall?

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Specializes in ICU.

Since you have time before fall, I would do this.

Buy your Foundations textbook now. It's Kozier & Erb. Start reading. You'll end up reading more than half the book for first semester. If you want to know what to read, PM me and I'll let you know. They skip around a lot, so it's not straight through.

I'd also get these two books: Reviews & Rationales: Nursing Fundamentals and Reviews & Rationales: Fluids and Electrolytes. Read them cover to cover. They are probably the best prep you could give yourself for first semester.

The Nursing Diagnosis Manual that is part of your required books is useless. I hated it. Buy Betty Ackley's Nursing Diagnosis Handbook. It is THE BEST book for your clinicals, IMO.

For a drug book, get the Davis book for nurses. It's much better than the Delmar. I got Delmar first and ended up going to buy Davis half way through the semester b/c it's more user friendly for what you need.

Get a small calendar to carry with you. Read and know the syllabus. If something is due, you don't get a second chance to turn it it if it's late. You need to stay on top of what is due whether it's a care plan or proof of your immunizations or acceptance of required volunteer time or proof you did your testing for the hospital clinicals.

Learn to be early for everything, all the time. If you are late for class you get dirty looks and will miss important info. If you are late for clinical, you'll be sent home and get an unsatisfactory which could cause you to fail the entire semester.

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Specializes in ICU.

Anyone who has taken 2nd semester, can you tell me what books you need. I'm trying to plan my budget for fall. I know I need to buy the maternal/newborn book, but is that the only NEW book to buy? Do we use our Med-Surg book for AH1?

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To Scifihippie: Thank you SOOO much. That is so sweet of you to help as far as what I should expect. I will definitely buy these books ASAP. It truly sounds horrible. I can't believe there are only 10 of you moving on. That means 50 people flunked out?!!!! How could that be? :confused:

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Don't take ***** for Micro. Try and get **** for A&P.
I hate I didn't see the names of the instructors to take and not to take for Micro and APII before they were removed. And it looks like I have 3 more posts until I can PM someone to ask. Well make that 2 more posts after this one. :mad:
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To nikkih:

You can PM me when you get enough posts. I only have 9 myself!

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You use med- surg for ADH1 and I dunno about the OB book she was talking about getting a different one so I cant say. I dont think it will be the same as ours.

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