To all who starts the program at OCC in the fall

Beachgirl1212 · Mar 17, 2008

I am. As far as preparing for it I don't have a plan. I signed up for the HL sections. Are you on the MySpace OCC Current and Future Nursing Group page ? If you want to join let me know. :nurse:

strawbchik · Mar 19, 2008

I'm also taking pharm. in the summer. Until we have our books, I don't know what we really could do to prepare. There are some medical calculations and a practice test on the OCC website you could look over. Other than that, I guess we just need to prepare to soak a lot of info. into our brains!

jugre · Mar 27, 2008

I'm taking pharm this summer as well. I will most likely brush up on my math skills and practice conversions. Other than that, I don't think I'll be studying anything else! Where are you taking pharm at?

Beachgirl1212 · Mar 27, 2008

I am. As far as preparing for it I don't have a plan. I signed up for the HL sections. Are you on the MySpace OCC Current and Future Nursing Group page ? If you want to join let me know.

my URL to my page is My URL: myspace.com/whateverandmore45

For those of you who wonder what this is all about.I have set up a Group Page called OCC Current and Future Nursing Students on MySpace. It is a Private group so you need to be invited to join. I had to do it that way to keep all the "nurse stalkers" out !! : ) I hope you check it out. Just send me a message via allnurses.com or the URL listed above and I'll get you all set up with the Group. :yeah:

Thanks for wanting to join. Hope to see you there soon.:balloons:

Anne36, LPN · Mar 29, 2008

Hi, I am still doing pre-reqs from the bottom up. Im returning to school after many years so bear with me.

Question, I never had Chem in high school and am going to try the Che 1000 class in the fall. I am so nervous. I plan on studying the Chemistry for Dummies guide to prepare myself. Do you think that I could do ok if I can learn everything in the Dummies book?:uhoh21:

Firehawk734 · Mar 30, 2008

Hi, I am still doing pre-reqs from the bottom up. Im returning to school after many years so bear with me.
Question, I never had Chem in high school and am going to try the Che 1000 class in the fall. I am so nervous. I plan on studying the Chemistry for Dummies guide to prepare myself. Do you think that I could do ok if I can learn everything in the Dummies book?:uhoh21:

You might want to take prereqs through a community college because you'll pay a fraction of the price. I don't know where you live, but I'm going to start at Wayne County Community College and their credit price is 56.80 a credit, compared to Oakland's at 252. I'm just telling you this since you said you haven't been to college in a long time.

I wish I would have known this when I was fresh out of high school. I started at a private college to get my BS in Electrical Engineering and I could have saved A TON if i had went to a community college for 2 years and gotten the first 2 years out of the way...

strawbchik · Apr 8, 2008

Question, I never had Chem in high school and am going to try the Che 1000 class in the fall. I am so nervous. I plan on studying the Chemistry for Dummies guide to prepare myself. Do you think that I could do ok if I can learn everything in the Dummies book?:uhoh21:

Anne, I took Chem1000 last spring at OCC. I did have high school chemistry but it was so long ago, I completely forgot anything I may have possibly learned so it almost didn't matter. Also, since I took it in spring, it was the shorter 7 1/2 week semester! I was a nervous wreck about taking that class too. I would advise trying to match up with a lab partner who seems comfortable with the experiments..that made a big difference for me. The math problems from lab were tough but with an intelligent & confident partner, it really helped me Also, just study the math conversions you'll get in note taking. Repeat the exercises over and over. I ended up with an A in the class and shocked myself. I wish you luck!

burlygirl · Apr 8, 2008

Take Grunfeld at southfield(OCC). I had him last year. I never had chem in HS either and I got an A. You'll do fine. He's very commited to students succeding.

aqua77 · Apr 9, 2008

Hi, I am still doing pre-reqs from the bottom up. Im returning to school after many years so bear with me.
Question, I never had Chem in high school and am going to try the Che 1000 class in the fall. I am so nervous. I plan on studying the Chemistry for Dummies guide to prepare myself. Do you think that I could do ok if I can learn everything in the Dummies book?:uhoh21:

I never had chem in High school too, and I was very nervous too. Chem 1000 is more of a beginners class and you'll learn everything from the beginning. I did very well and like the others said....make sure you have a good lab partner cause that would help!

jugre · Apr 9, 2008

Take Grunfeld at southfield(OCC). I had him last year. I never had chem in HS either and I got an A. You'll do fine. He's very commited to students succeding.

Yes, Grunfeld was an awesome teacher for CHE 1000! I got an A also. He offers extra credit as well. He's a little scatter brained sometimes but like burlygirl said, he is very committed to seeing his students do well. Good Luck!

Anne36, LPN · May 22, 2008

Thanks everyone for the advice. I am going to Highland Lakes right now for Algebra.

Not sure what program are you all in? The LPN or RN? What is harder to get into?

Im not sure what direction im going in until i do all my pre-req's. Im still thinking about Resp therapy. It seems like everytime I ask someone at school what they are going for, they all say nursing. There must be more people trying to get in all the time.

Im not all about money, but Im sure as heck not going to bust my butt and take out loans to make $14 an hour. I sure hope that isnt the going rate for a nurse these days. (I saw that in another post)

I see ads in the paper all the time (from nursing homes, to agency) for more than that, but have seen posts from other people a lot lower. Do you think those ads are misleading?