Starting Emory nursing school for the Fall 07

YUPPIE2009 · Jul 2, 2007

Oh I have a weird question.... Should I get an EMORY CARD. I don't know where I would start in order to get one of those...

JoJo_Ga_Girl · Jul 3, 2007

http://www.campuslife.emory.edu/emorycard/TestWeb/Index.aspx

YUPPIE2009 · Jul 3, 2007

OK thanks...one more thing that I have to do :)

ak127 · Jul 8, 2007

Your clinicals wont start til about October, so if you can't swing to order them til right before school starts I wouldn't sweat it- but know that it takes 2-3 wks to get them back from the embroiderer. Go to Uniform Advantage at the corner of N. Decatur and Church- ask for the Emory Student Discount and show some proof that you are a student- even your letter telling you what kind of uniform to get ought to work. You will have to ask for that discount every time- you will continue to get it through the end of your junior year.

Don't sweat about your Emory ID card, you'll go get it during orientation- ask at orientation if you have to have a prox card. Last year they didn't tell us that and some of us wound up having to go back and get our IDs made all over again!

YUPPIE2009 · Jul 9, 2007

OK..thanks soooo much :)

JoJo_Ga_Girl · Jul 13, 2007

UGH! I would rather give birth again without anesthesia than deal with the pile of papers that keep rolling in. I want the good stuff!!!

YUPPIE2009 · Jul 13, 2007

Yeah...where is the clinical stuff??? :devil:

ak127 · Jul 14, 2007

Hahahaha. The poor saintly woman that does the clinical assignments is COMPLETELY overworked this time of year- come to think of it, she's always got so much on her plate! Someone ought to give her a raise, she's wonderful to all us students, very helpful.

It will be a while til they are finalized. I can tell you how it was for us last year:

- Did clinical LAB only til mid October (2 days a week), then one of our lab days was replaced with a six hour clinical day.

- You'll have to get checked off on skills in the lab in a hands on exam format- sounds scarier than it actually is :chuckle

- Most assignments, if not all from my recollection, are at Emory Crawford Long and Emory University Hospital your first semester. More variety in following semesters.

- The experience you'll have completely depends on your instructor. Ours had half of us do meds each week for a while so she could watch us real close, then toward the end I think we were all doing meds each week. You will always check off each and every med you give as a student with your instructor... if you want to graduate that is. My group did all meds, PO, IV, everything. We did dressing changes, AM care, I took my patient to dialysis once and observed- just depends on what your patient needs. That having been said, some groups did not do as much. It depends 100% on the comfort level of your clinical instructor.

- You'll go the day before clinical to get your assignment. Read the chart, look up meds, etc. Different instructors expect different things as far as preparation. Most will then also ask you to do a journal entry to them by email after the clinical day.

- One of our gripes as students last year was that clinical performance is pass/fail- doesn't figure into your grade after all that prep and sweat. They keep talking about changing that, so maybe it will be different for your class.

- Uniforms: unless they've changed it, its navy scrubs with the school's logo embroidered on the top. White shoes- plain white. Not so bad! On your "prep day" before clinicals, its business casual with a lab coat. Lab attire is business casual with a lab coat, but toward the end they were letting us wear scrubs.

ak127 · Jul 14, 2007

Things I'd really recommend doing from the beginning:

- Keep up with learning your drugs. Do NOT get behind. Make notecards and take them everywhere.

- Start studying for your semester-end health assessment practical exam from the very first week of class.

- Make notecards for the procedures you learn in clinical lab each week- when you get to your final clinical lab check offs, you'll be soooo glad you did.

- Get a nice stethoscope if you need one to hear well. No sense in buying a crappy one, realizing you need a better one and winding up with two. Order it from an online store that will put your name on it permanently. Like allheart.com- beware, they are a little slow. When you get the opportunity to buy your BP cuff and diagnostic kit at the ESNA superstore at orientation or in the first weeks of school, buy it there, last year they had the best prices & it supports the ESNA.

- Invest in a few nice covered travel mugs. They are the only way you are allowed to bring drinks in the classrooms.

- Figure out how to use Endnote software to manage references in APA format (so you don't have to!). The Health Sciences Librarian can help.

JoJo_Ga_Girl · Jul 15, 2007

Welp...I tried to do the certified background thingy today but couldn't get in with my OPUS I.D. Guess I'll try again tomorrow. Anyone else try yet? How about the A&P pre-test? :bugeyes:

YUPPIE2009 · Jul 15, 2007

Thanks Amy...Won't ESNA fair sell the stethoscope???

ak127 · Jul 15, 2007

They do sell stethoscopes at the ESNA store- you'll have I think two to chose from. I'm sure they are fine for most people, but I'm hard of hearing- instead, I chose a Littman which worked much better for me. I had a Littman Classic II, which was quite good. Got a Littman Master Cardiology for Christmas (which was an embarrassingly generous gift) that makes it sooooo much easier for me to hear- much better even than my Classic II.