TCU Fall 2012 Traditional BSN

U.S.A. Texas

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Hello all!!! I will be starting the BSN program at TCU in the fall as a transfer student and I was just wondering if there were any of you out there I could talk to!! I am going to having advising with Zoranna this Friday and was just wondering if anyone else had done so yet...tell me what to expect. Anyway, would love to talk to any and all of my future classmates if you're out there :)

Oh wow! I am thinking of doing CRNA too! That's why I'm determined to make a 4.0...hehehe. I was with my friend when she had her baby last summer and that was the first experience I had with L&D and I loved it too..gosh..I just love everything! Haha except for med/surg..I think it's boring. I have a really good stethoscope that I got from being a CNA and I like it because you can switch it from adult to pediatric by just switching the chestpiece. The only problem is that it's kinda heavy :/ so I may look at the scrub store and see what they have as well. Did she say anything about shoes?

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That's my goal, too...4.0!!! :) So med/surg is boring?? I guess I can see how it would be. Labor and delivery just seems fun, the doctors are goofy, and even though the patients can be a whiney pain in the butt (LOL), they are really happy afterwards. It would just be hard for me if there were any kind of complications with the babies, but they would go to the NICU nurses then. That is one thing I am not sure I can do (NICU). But I think really, if I want to do the CRNA then I just need to resolve myself right now to the fact that I will be working in intensive care for the first year :) As far as shoes go, she didn't say anything in particular about them. She just makes you aware of the student handbook which is exclusively on-line (so they can save paper). If you go to the Harris College page and then click on current students, the handbook is there. I have already browsed through it, and it is full of a lot of information. The stethoscopes that switch from adult to pediatric are great...I am going to get me one like that. My mom always used one of those and hers was pretty light weight, so I am sure you can find one that is a little ligther for you.

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Yeah, NICU would be depressing...it takes a very special person to be able to work in the NICU. And I will look at the handbook today and I want to find out what books were going to be using so I can start reading..I want to stay ahead because once you fall behind, it's nearly impossible to catch back up, I hear. This is going to be a long, but awesome 2 years!!! :)

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Oh, yeah, I didn't even think to ask about text books! Let me know what you find out about that too...I don't want to fall behind either. Sounds like you have plenty of experience though, and you seem very intelligent, I doubt you're going to have a problem!! :) I don't think they mention anything about the books in the student handbook, but I could be wrong. I didn't read it verbatum, just skimmed through it.

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Yeah they don't mention any books in the student handbook but once June 1st rolls around and we can sign up for classes, they will appear on the TCU bookstore website! So be looking for that..and I don't know if you've ever gotten your books at half price books online but I have never paid more than 250 dollars a semester for my books because of them! I'm anxious to see if I'm going to be able to find our books on there...I don't see why I wouldn't! But the last thing I want to spend a lot of money on is books, tuition is enough! Lol :) And thank you! You seem very intelligent yourself :)

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Well, thank you, thank you ;) I totally agree about the books, if we can get them ANYWHERE cheaper then I am down for that. Last semester I was taking an American Lit II class, and the book was $200. Turns out I didn't even need to buy it because the professor posted all the stories that we were going to read on our student system for us to access. When I went to sell the book back, they wouldn't take it saying they were changing editions. OMG. Really?? HA!! Anyway, TCU gave me a scholarship and the rest of the tuition is being covered by grants and federal student loans, but if I can save on books, then I am most definitely going to do so!! I have never been to half price books, but have gotten a text book on amazon.com before. We will just have to see what we are required to have for our classes. So you go meet with Zoranna tomorrow?? You must keep me posted on how that went...she cracked me up, I think you will like her :)

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Yeah, that makes me mad when they won't sell them back because they're changing books...UGH. It happened to me to this last semester..I don't qualify for grants, so I need to save all the money that I can! And yes, I am meeting with her tomorrow, I'm excited!!! I will definitely keep you posted! ;)

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Sooooo....how did it go???? :lol2:

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It went good! She is funny :) The only thing is...I'm taking statistics July 9-August 16 and can't officially sign up for classes until then. I mean, I will definitely have a spot in a section, but it probably won't be the one that I want :/ so that's really the only bummer. I went by the scrubs store today and found some pairs that I liked! And I got my 3 patches :) I am so excited! I know I'm crazy, but I want it to be August already!!! :yeah:

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Oh man, that stinks!! But I love statistics, it's a fun class!!! I took it last summer. That is a bummer only because we won't be in the same section ;) AND you'll have classes 5 days a week. Some prefer to spread them out, I'd rather have the 3-day weekend. But that's just because I am old and I need the rest. LOL. I still haven't been down to the scrub store yet, what is called again?? How much did everything cost? And you're definitely not crazy, I can't wait to get started either!!! I watched the clock this morning and as soon as 9 a.m. got here, I signed on and enrolled in the classes!! LOL! Are you taking stats at TCU?

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Ugh I wish I could enroll! And no, I'm actually taking stats at TCC. I hope it's easy! And the scrubs store is called Dorothy's Scrubs Etc. it right in the heart of the medical district downtown. We get 15% off too! :) And the patches were all I got yesterday and they are 3 dollars a piece, but the scrubs range in price from like $11-25 for tops and like $14-28 for bottoms. Of course the ones I like are expensive :( Lol! And yeah, I'm most likely going to have to go 5 days a week, but nursing school will be my entire life, so I guess it's not that big of a deal! I just wish I could go ahead and sign up even with stats on the way to being completed...but other people in the past have ruined that for me!

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Well, thank you for the info!! I am glad the patches are cheap, I figured they would be more expensive. How do you prove that you're a TCU student to get the 15% discount? The scrubs don't sound too expensive either. I may try to go up there tomorrow. Do you know if they are open on Saturday? I suppose I could google all this information, but this way is more fun ;) Which campus are you taking stats at? I took it at the NE campus. I really enjoyed it, some of the concepts are a little difficult but its not a "hard" class, especially if you are good at science. Its not really like any other math class (algebra, geometry), but does delve a little into calculus (not hard, don't be scared). Just let me know if you have any questions, I am not the best "tutor" in the world, but have a bit of a photographic memory which helps a lot when it comes to recall. :) BY the way...I have been meaning to tell you this since we started talking and I keep forgetting to mention it. My daughter's name is Danielle :) Is that your middle name?

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