thread was created for those attending Broward College South Campus in January

Did anyone else get the email about meeting the Health Science

counselor on the first day of school?

Does anyone know what our hours will be during clinicals?? will we actually have a 12 hour days. I'm trying to figure out how I should schedule my work hours

Thanks,

Hello all! I am a former student from the August 2010 class at South Campus. Unfortunately I had to withdraw because I was failing out. Don't let that discourage you though!!! I had to work a little more than part time and I have a 2 year old daughter and my husband works A LOT so I didn't have too much help.

I wanted to offer the advice to relax! and you will need to do a LOT OF READING, A LOT OF HOMEWORK, and you will need to leave like every day open for class, lab time (first semester you are required to do like 3 lab hours a week), and studying and homework.

Clinicals are on Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 7 to 7 and YES they are 12 hours long! You will use all of the available time. There were two instances where we needed to come both days from 7 to 7. They say to leave both days open because instances like that will happen and also, they may switch you in the beginning if one lab professor has too many students. I, myself, did not get switched.

Also for my class, all of the students were in one classroom for process 1 and 2 lecture, with KG and JCS. Pharm was split between 2 instructors, and math was split and obviously the clinicals are split.

We did not have to have the scrub uniform until we passed our return demos for clinical 1 and were allowed to go to the hospital. You have 2 return demos for clinicals which is where they test you actually performing the skills on another student. My best advice for these is don't be nervous, and unfortunately some instructors are much harder on others, you can PM me if you need further info. I had to wind up withdrawing because I was failing process 1 so I in turn had to withdraw from clinical because they go side by side, so I wasted money on the scrubs. Also, DONT buy the bag with the clinical stuff in it as you will not need this until process 2.

As far as books, I remember I needed, the perry and potter fundamentals of nursing and the clinical book by perry and potter. I did not need my math book, I had LH, but it was helpful for problems, I DID NEED MY PHARM BOOK because the tests with this professor were SO general that I needed everything I could get. I also bought some study guide books and the drug guide and the medical dictionary.

If there is anything I missed and if you have any questions, PM me, I am here to help.

And stay motivated! YOU CAN DO IT!

Oh yeah and I wanted to add to be prepared about this: When you take tests for process 1 and 2 in lecture, they DO NOT REVIEW THE TEST BOOKLET. When you turn the test that is the last you see of it. For their "test review" they hand you back you answer scantron with the bubbles that were marked wrong. Then they give you the Objective listed in your module packet that pertains to that question and you are to go back and read the book to see if you can find the answer. Problem with that is that the modules are sometimes very general and are not in order or on the same pages some of the times. I wasn't prepared with this type of procedure. I discussed this with an advisor and she said that she had wanted to speak to the dean to get that rule changed but I don't know the outcome.

hey jenna, thank you for that post...

I start this week and am pretty excited but at the same time very nervous. I really need to be able to make a habit of better studying habits and stuff to get through this program.

My brother did this program, graduated dec 2009 and has been working full time since march. So i have all of his old editions, it's actually only one edition behind, i hope that won't be a problem

I'm looking forward to meeting you all!

does anyone know which room the math class is going to be in? i looked at the schedule and all it says is module 91. but no room number...

yeah, module 91 means the portable. most nursing classes i heard would be in portables. it is portable number 91 though. :) are u in the 8:30am class?

yeah, im in the 830 class. i guess im just kind of confused... is 91 the place that we dropped off our folders? i am not used to south campus yet lol

nevermind, i just answered my own question. see you bright and early in the morning! cant wait :)

Hey folks. good luck to you all. I have not been on here in a long time. I am in cardio at South. If anyone needs any help or has questions, let me know. I am set to graduate in May and I remember being in your shoes. It seems overwhelming in process, but you can make it through. If you have questions or need study resources or anything at all, let me know. Take care.

Edited this because its an open forum. I too am in the cardio class. i can offer help of course too :) I think I have actually talked to some of you before and given some pointers.

PM if youd like to get some resources or just to get a better idea of what to expect. I am also on facebook. PM me for those details too ;D