WCCCD Med-Surg 3 and Psych

Amanda8883 · Dec 16, 2008

I know I am with you.... And to add to my anxiety I have S.thomas for clinicals and I have not heard anything good about her i figured I would have atleast a good time at clinicals.. We WILL do it! :banghead:

rn2bhopefully · Dec 16, 2008

I feel for you. I prayed and prayed that I would be chosen early on in the lottery so I can avoid getting her. But then again, I had instructors in the past that i've heard terrible things about and ended up really liking the instructor. So you really won't know until you get to know your instructor personally.

TBICU · Dec 16, 2008

Psyche is tough and much of this is due to the fact people do not want to enter this field in nursing and go into the class with a somewhat closed mind. I enjoyed all we learned and our clinical at Heritage had some interesting clientele to occupy our clinical time. Another reason is that the instructor told us certain percentages of the test would be from certain areas, and this turned out not to be the case. We found it quite misdirecting and really not necessary...but we all got through for the most part.

M/S III is a good class with plenty of valuable information. I will not comment on what my fellow classmates thought of Thomas(Didn't have her), but will say it seems to be a rather like/dislike with no in-between scenario. Some people do complain even though they passed the clinical. Although they don't know it now, they will be better nurses for having her for clinical. She is a good instructor but maybe a little (lot) harsh for some people.

Psyche--study all charts, graphs, etc. she loves taking info for tests from them. And prepare for a brutal final. Get good grades on your first tests to leave some cushion for the ridiculous final.

M/S III--Study as you have been to get this far. Read all chapters and know the material even if little time is spent in lecture reviewing material (Especially in the case of the Final)

I just finished these up and am appreciating our break (will start studying fairly hard starting Jan. 1) before we start our final semester.

Good luck to all.

rn2bhopefully · Dec 16, 2008

Psyche is tough and much of this is due to the fact people do not want to enter this field in nursing and go into the class with a somewhat closed mind. I enjoyed all we learned and our clinical at Heritage had some interesting clientele to occupy our clinical time. Another reason is that the instructor told us certain percentages of the test would be from certain areas, and this turned out not to be the case. We found it quite misdirecting and really not necessary...but we all got through for the most part.
M/S III is a good class with plenty of valuable information. I will not comment on what my fellow classmates thought of Thomas(Didn't have her), but will say it seems to be a rather like/dislike with no in-between scenario. Some people do complain even though they passed the clinical. Although they don't know it now, they will be better nurses for having her for clinical. She is a good instructor but maybe a little (lot) harsh for some people.
Psyche--study all charts, graphs, etc. she loves taking info for tests from them. And prepare for a brutal final. Get good grades on your first tests to leave some cushion for the ridiculous final.
M/S III--Study as you have been to get this far. Read all chapters and know the material even if little time is spent in lecture reviewing material (Especially in the case of the Final)
I just finished these up and am appreciating our break (will start studying fairly hard starting Jan. 1) before we start our final semester.
Good luck to all.

Thank you so much for this information. I really appreciate it.