UTHSCSA - UT Health Science Center San Antonio - Spring 09

jac133 · Dec 14, 2008

Ok, I was wondering about the Heart to Heart thing too. I'd hate to miss out on anything important, but since I only knew orientation was the 7th-9th, I put my last day at work down as Jan 2nd, and the last thing I feel like doing is hauling my crap to SA the very next day without a break.

Any current students want to chime in??

And I agree, that packet had a ton of information. Does anyone know what they base your clinical schedule on?

tea_leaf · Dec 14, 2008

about the clinical schedule, aren't we assigned to them randomly by the school?

TheguyRN · Dec 15, 2008

To my knowledge it seems like we are assigned randomly when reading the packet. Seems like we find out our class room and schedule on the E-Res (I looked it up and right now they still have Fall 08 stuff on it). Do we also have assigned readings for classes even before school starts. (I think thats what it said)

The Heart to Heart isnt mandatory it seems. But Orientation is, btw is there a dress code seeming as there is "composite photos" taken?

So back to the books! (here's a list if you dont already have it and correct me if i'm wrong I don't want any one spending more money than they have too!)

Nursing 3209

American Nurses Association. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. (2001).

American Nurses Association. Nursing: A social policy statement. (2003). Washington DC.

Chenevert, M. (2006). Mosby's Tour Guide to Nursing School: A Student's Road Survival Kit. (5th ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier Science.

Texas Occupations Code and Statutes Regulating the Practice of Professional Nursing, as amended 2007. (Texas

Nursing Practice Act Nursing Peer Review and Nurse Licensure Compact.)

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of American Psychological Association. (5th ed.).

Washington DC : Author (This was recommended by Pixel)

Nursing 3802

Bickley, L.S., Szeilagyi, P.G. (2007). Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking (9th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Carpenito-Moyet, L.J. (2008). Nursing Diagnosis (12th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Lewis, S. M., Collier, I. C., & Heitkemper, M.M. (2007). Medical surgical nursing: Assessment and management of

clinical problems (7th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.

Pagana, K.D. & Pagana, T.J. (2009). Mosby's diagnostic and laboratory test reference (9th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.

Potter, P. A., & Perry, A. G. ( 2009). Fundamentals of nursing: Concepts, process and practice (7th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. (I took out the 6th edition one from the other class)

Skidmore-Roth, L., (2008), Mosby's drug guide for nurses. (7th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.

Smith, Sandra, Duell, Donna, & Martin, Barbara (2008), Clinical nursing skills: Basic to advanced skills (7th ed.).

New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

CD-ROM, Basic, Intermediate, & Advanced. Nursing Skills: Prentice Hall.

ATI Supplemental Learning Packet

Note: To be purchased through Undergraduate Nursing Office.

Those seem to be all the books we needed right? Pixel seemed to say all the recommended books were useless other than the APA book which we would use in our later years...

lancerRN2b · Dec 15, 2008

Heard from a student we dont really need Mosby's Tour Guide to NS.

Any idea where to get the ISBN# for the books?? The school bookstore doesnt list them online. I want to order mine online, but without the number there isnt an absolute certainty you are getting the right one!

TheguyRN · Dec 15, 2008

Thats true... The only other way I can think of other than calling and asking is physically going 2 the bookstore itself and writing it down haha.... I wont be in town until after Xmas maybe after Newyears :-(

jac133 · Dec 15, 2008

Buying books online is tricky/risky without the ISBN. Maybe someone who has already taken the classes and used the same editions could post them?

Did anyone else notice in the first letter in the new packet:

"Hepatitis B -- the entire series must be completed and a titre drawn prior to January 7, 2009"

Ummmm I thought we only had to get the titer if we got the shots more than 10 years ago. Does this mean we ALL have to get a titer? I'll probably just call them tomorrow and see what they say.

I noticed that E-res still had fall info too, Azn. But I logged into Blackboard this past weekend, and there's a lot of info up already. So clinicals are assigned completely randomly...I wasn't sure if it was more complicated than that. I want morning clinicals!

lily2891 · Dec 15, 2008

Pookster,

You only have to get the titer if you don't have an immunization record or proof documenting when you had the shots...

If you do, and you already turned it in then you don't have to worry about it :)

Also,

has anyone gotten any more info. about the Heart to Heart program? I know its not mandatory but I'm wondering what its all about and if its worth going to??

RaspberryTX, RN · Dec 18, 2008

I was told by one of the faculty that the clinical assignments are random. She also said the scrubs for clinicals are still white.

Edited to add: I decided not to go to the Heart to Heart. My family has already seen one family member go through nursing school so I think we all know what we're in for.

lancerRN2b · Dec 26, 2008

Anybody bought their books yet?? I have a question regarding one...Nursing Diagnosis by Carpenito- Are we supposed to buy the Handbook or the Large one?? The UTHSCSA bookstore says Nursing Diagnosis and @ L&M it says Handbook. Any thoughts?? :confused:

RaspberryTX, RN · Dec 28, 2008

lancer, I haven't bought any of my books yet. I would go with whatever the UTHSCSA bookstore is saying. I think they are probably more up to date than L&M.

polter · Dec 30, 2008

lancerRN2b, I got the handbook and it was all that was required (out of the two books you listed of course) during my 1st semester at uthscsa.

Pookster, I would not worry that much about heart-to-heart if you can not make it without further increasing your stress levels before the semester starts; for me, its main purpose was to introduce the students to the profession, some of the faculty members, and some student organizations you could join. The majority of our semester's classmates went, and it made me feel more settled/oriented, but a little part of me thought it was a little superfluous after being oriented again a few days later.

jac133 · Dec 30, 2008

polter, thanks for the info. I feel bad that I'm going to miss the first thing I could go to, but I'll survive. Gotta run to my old university Monday morning to get a transcript with my degree posted anyways...I don't trust them to mail it in time, and I do NOT want to pay out-of-state tuition.