STCC Nursing Fall 2009

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Hello! I just received my acceptance package to STCC for the fall of 2009. I am kinda shocked I actually made it in! Just wanted to see if there were anyone else on this forum who got in. :)

When you are looking up the books, it is more important to pay attention to the edition and title - they messed up on some of the dates

978-0-7817-8157-2 - book

978-0-7817-6407-0 - study guide

978-0-7817-7465-9 - clinical nursing skills

978-0-7817-6986-0 - handbook of nursing diagnosis

These are the lippincott books.

ok, So I have been looking at text books a bit closer and I am a bit confused. I was on the Barnes and Noble site and I am finding the books but not the year I need. For instance, I see the fundamentals of Nursing but the date it has is 2006, the list we have says 2008. What am I missing? I shouldn't be looking at things like this, this late!!

Anyone taking any summer classes? I am taking Eng Comp II, thats the last general academic I need. Yahoo!!

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Yeah I noticed that they had a lot of the dates wrong, but I just made sure I had the right edition #s.

As for summer classes, I'm toying with the idea of taking a 6 week online anatomy & physiology course online through STCC. I last took A&P I & II in 2005/2006, so it's safe to say I don't remember much of it.. and I'd like to have it fresh in my mind when I start in the fall so I don't have to keep looking a million things up as I go along studying. BUT, I do wish I could just enjoy my summer and not worry about school..

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I don't think STCC has an online A&P course? If they do it might not be the one for science/health majors. The courses for A&P are Biol-132 and Biol-232. I know that with certain professors, these are "web-assisted" but you still have to go to class almost everyday. The Biol-148 class is principles of A&P and from what I hear is just a brief overview and wound not be very helpful. In my nursing class, we have quite a few people that have not taken A&P in years and they seem to do fine. The prof give you a general overview of what you need to know - which is nothing like the stuff you had to learn in A&P! The first semester especially, you spend alot of time trying to think like a nurse, not as much time on the Pathophysiology. If anything, I would recommend getting an A&P study book NOT taking the class..but that's my :twocents:

Yeah I noticed that they had a lot of the dates wrong, but I just made sure I had the right edition #s.

As for summer classes, I'm toying with the idea of taking a 6 week online anatomy & physiology course online through STCC. I last took A&P I & II in 2005/2006, so it's safe to say I don't remember much of it.. and I'd like to have it fresh in my mind when I start in the fall so I don't have to keep looking a million things up as I go along studying. BUT, I do wish I could just enjoy my summer and not worry about school..

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http://www.ed2go.com/cgi-bin/oic3/newcrsdes.cgi?name=stcc&course=hap&title=Human%20Anatomy%20and%20Physiology&departmentnum=HN&path=1

That ^^^ was the one I found. Through the Center of Business & Technology at STCC.

Thanks for the input! I'm leaning more towards not taking it now, I guess. I still have my Anatomy text book, and a few other supplemental/study guides.. so I guess I should be alright if I need to look something up..

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http://www.ed2go.com/cgi-bin/oic3/newcrsdes.cgi?name=stcc&course=hap&title=Human%20Anatomy%20and%20Physiology&departmentnum=HN&path=1

That ^^^ was the one I found. Through the Center of Business & Technology at STCC.

Thanks for the input! I'm leaning more towards not taking it now, I guess. I still have my Anatomy text book, and a few other supplemental/study guides.. so I guess I should be alright if I need to look something up..

Oh..that is through the CBC I think. Iread the syllabus and definetly would not bother, it is a survey course. Really, even though they empahsized A&P so much, I don't think you will have to look anything up, I think you will be fine! Good Luck

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Thanks for the advice, that takes a load off my back. I was worried that we would need A&P pretty fresh in our minds.

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Tero.. in the other STCC thread you mentioned you took out a 18,000 loan through Sallie Mae to pay off bills and live off of.. was that a private loan or a student loan? I am looking to do something similar so I don't have to work, but I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for.

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Sallie Mae is a private loan. I am not sure if they work with STCC anymore, but you could easily tell from their website I would think. I was torn between them and Chase (one of our credit card companies) that also does private student loans but ended up going through Sallie Mae due to a lower interest rate. I googled private student loan initially and then narrowed it down by visiting the federal student loan website to get more information about private loans - I figured that the government might have objective information on wh was a reputable company...maybe??

Tero.. in the other STCC thread you mentioned you took out a 18,000 loan through Sallie Mae to pay off bills and live off of.. was that a private loan or a student loan? I am looking to do something similar so I don't have to work, but I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for.
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Yeah I was browsing Sallie Mae's website and when they ask you what school you go to they don't list STCC as an option... And most of the loans I find they have to go through the school's set cost of living amount? But does/would the school approve of something like paying off bills and actually living off that money?

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Hello everyone,

I've already purchased a couple of books on B&N for about $90.00 and my uniforms. I really like the idea about the personal loan since I don't think my job will be flexible with my hours. One question that I do have is about the Monday and Tuesday lectures. Once September finishes, does that mean no more classes on Mondays and Tuesdays???? I signed up for Monday clinicals, but for the evenings. As far as purchasing anything else, I'm going to wait until end of July.

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yes that was what was confusing me! I would find the right book and edition but the years would be off!

bananimal~ I was thinking the same about the private student loan as I was thinking of not having to work as much either. I remember reading it on here somewhere too of someone that did it but couldn't remember who. I am glad you asked. I am going to have to research it more too. let me know if you find out anything more too!

Mon and Tue day meeting times end at the end of sept. then it will be the normal schedule. i am so glad I took the first two weeks of work off to get acclamated. I put in for evening clinical too but really want the wed clinical.

I have to get my lab bag soon.

So what is the first semester like? What do you learn? I have been a CNA before so is it kinda like those skills starting out?

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First Semester is stressful, mainly because you're getting used to everything and the workload can be a lot. I thought first semester was actually worse than the second. Maybe because I had the one day clinical in the first semester. And, I even took an additional class other than Nursing classes in second semester. But it wasn't a lot of work, just 3 hours on Thursdays. No additional work, an easy A to help out my GPA as it was all open book. LoL. That B in Nursing as a 9.0 credit course can hurt.

In the beginning, it is basics that you will learn for lab. Taking vitals, a full physical assessment, bed baths, transfers, range of motion, ect. But there is much more you will be doing in clinicals. Right away in the beginning, you will be doing all sorts of paperwork. Should you get a one day clinical, which was only 8 people in our class, you might find yourself scrabbling to get everything done at first. But the up side is you have two days off to get other work done. So there is a trade off.

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