Wh-wh-where'd all the CLC students go?

Scrubmouse RN · Aug 6, 2008

Hi,

I won't start nursing school at CLC until spring '09. All this talk of orientation, modules, and books is getting me really excited! I wish I could begin this fall :crying2: . Good luck to anyone starting this fall, I'll see you in the spring!

LMRN10 · Aug 6, 2008

Hi,
I won't start nursing school at CLC until spring '09. All this talk of orientation, modules, and books is getting me really excited! I wish I could begin this fall . Good luck to anyone starting this fall, I'll see you in the spring!

Well, congrats on starting in the spring!!! At least you know! And I'm sure we'll still be here to help you along!!! Enjoy your free-time while you have it!

colleenm · Aug 11, 2008

Hi everyone!

I haven't checked this board in a while, so I was thrilled to see CLC activity again! I am lucky enough to be in the group with Blue Wolf (Boni) and Lori - also Heather posted on here earlier, and she's in with us too. It helps SO much to have great people to work with.

'Micci' - I think I know you.... did you take A&P with Bob? If it is you, then you'll know Diedra and Vicki who were also very active on these boards at one time, and they are part of our group too.

I agree with what everyone else is saying about orientation. I remember really looking forward to it, because we thought all of our questions/doubts would be answered... then we left there thinking "HUH?!?!?" - in some cases more confused than before! But honestly, it just kind of falls into place.

Do not make the mistake of thinking that you can have any type of life outside of nursing school if you insist on reading every single word of all the readings. Honestly, I tried for the first few weeks, and it was MURDER!

Also, at first I thought that I would do all of the EBOs on my own (remember that gals???).... I very quickly realized how much work was involved, and I decided that I needed to trust my fellow group members and cooperate. One thing I STRONGLY recommend is when you do your EBOs with a group, you require everyone to list the textbook and pages where they got their answers. And don't just accept what someone else answers as fact - VERIFY. I was lucky, because the gals in my group are really thorough, but you never know. So always read through the other people's answers, find the references in the textbook and see if there's any other info you feel needs to be added. If so, share it with the group! THis is how we worked it, and I can tell you it works GREAT! Also, when the group sets a deadline for EBO completion - don't be the one to be late!

As others have said, the only dumb question is the one not asked, so if there's anything else you need or just need to freak out a little as we get closer, let us know! We would love to help!!!

Uriko, I'm going to PM you also!

LMRN10 · Aug 11, 2008

Uriko, I tried PMing you and Emailing you twice, but because you only have three posts, it won't let me.

I'm going to give you my "junk" email address and we'll go from there. I don't want to post my regular email on here.

If you wouldn't mind emailing me at [email protected] and I can give you my regular email address...thanks!

Micci · Aug 11, 2008

Collene, I took A&P at College of Dupage before I transfered to CLC, so we probably haven't met. I did take Micro with Rhonda Flemming in the evening though.

I worked out the sitting situation- my nephew is going to move in and be our live-in nanny (or should I say Manny) for two years. That should be interesting but at least I can stop worrying about three kids on three different schedules in three different schools. My oldest is disabled and in a whole other school district in a special class that has an intensive but short day. I have a son in kindergarten and one child who goes a regular full day in second grade. Getting childcare to come to our house for a couple hours this day and a few that day and half an hour this morning and two hours that morning was turning into mission impossible. And holy moley the school and all their teacher inservice days, non-attendance days..etc. What a headache! :bluecry1:

I can't believe how much reading is on the first module. I better start taking my Ginko :) I'm actually looking forward to learning all this stuff. I do work as a CNA but right now I am between jobs. My last college required us to become CNA's as a pre-req to the nursing program. I also used to work in assisted living with developmental disabled, and in those situations we go through a med certification and actually give meds- even prn meds. So I have some knowledge of meds and what some of them are used for and so forth even though it has been awhile.

clcstudent22307 · Aug 12, 2008

Hi Ladies, third semester gal here. Glad to see you all made it through and continue to have positive energy. 2nd semester cluster exams are really tough. But you can do it! Each rotation goes quick so absorb as much as possible and "live" in that rotation and don't worry about another one until you get there. Geriatrics and Maternity teachers are both awesome!!! The Peds teacher is new and is also very nice as she worked the lab and was a PE assessor for the 2nd semester people. I'm looking forward to third semester. Any heads up?

clcstudent22307 · Aug 12, 2008

Micci, when did you take Fleming for Micro? I had her this past spring at night.

colleenm · Aug 12, 2008

Micci - I thought for sure you were a girl named Julie from my A&P class last fall! Her story is almost the same - though come to think of it, I think she has 4 or 5 kids. Yikes!

Good that you worked out the sitting situation. That will be one less thing to worry about once you get started.

As hard as it is, don't feel that you need to read every single word of the assigned readings in the textbooks. I remember thinking the same thing as you, wondering how on earth I'd get it all read before class started. Read through the EBO questions and Class Guides before beginning the reading for the Module. It will help you to pick out the really important stuff as you are reading along. Just try to skim through if you can. I know it's hard - because you want to read it all.... but honestly I really don't think it's possible unless you have a personal chef, a maid, no spouse, no kids, no pets, and basically no life! LOL

You may or may not have read this on previous posts already, but we HIGHLY recommend a rolling backpack for school. It will save your back! Most days you will bring along a binder or similar (to keep your current module in), your Fundamentals of Nursing book (more commonly known as Potter and Perry), and whatever other book you have current reading in. Oh, and another thing - you will notice that the instructors refer to the book by author name (i.e. Elkin, Varcorolis, etc.) rather than the title. I didn't realize it at first, and thought I was missing some books! Duh!!!

Hang in there - you're going to love it!

LMRN10 · Aug 12, 2008

I agree...I love my rolling backpack!!! And I brought my P&P every week along with at least one other book and my module. It was usually packed with stuff.

Micci, glad you found a child care solution...and an at home manny....what is better than that??? Very cool!

Micci · Aug 13, 2008

Question about EBO's. It's kind of dumb but do we turn these in for a grade? Also do they have to be worded in our own words or can I just copy the answers I find in the text word for word?

CLCstudent- I took Micro with Fleming in Spring '07, so we probably didn't meet. I didn't take much of my gen ed at CLC because I had so much done at COD before we moved.

colleenm · Aug 13, 2008

Micci, remember there are no dumb questions! ;-)

The EBOs are not turned in for grades - your instructor never sees whether you do them or not. Honestly, some people don't do them at all. Others only do some. The gals in my group are awesome and we did them ALL! Since you don't turn them in, you should do whatever works for you as far as whether or not you rephrase or copy word-for-word. There were many times that I found it easier to answer the question in my own words, but the majority of the time I gave pretty much the exact wording from the book. It's really up to you. One thing I can strongly encourage is if you do decide to work with the others in your section on EBOs, make sure the expectations of the group are spelled out very clearly up front. For example, if you want to be sure everyone does it the same way make sure everyone knows that they need to put down the complete answer and not just "See page 177 in Potter & Perry" for example. The whole point of doing a complete answer on the EBOs is so that you have a great study tool for exams. You don't want to have to stop and look up the reference someone listed because they didn't feel like typing it out. Heck, we even had people copy and paste entire tables for answers to EBOs (on normal vital sign ranges and so forth), or large STEP-BY-STEP instructional procedures. Seems like no matter where we were in our rotation of question numbers, either Boni or Lori always got stuck with those!!! (Sorry gals!)

Keep asking questions - honestly we don't mind!!!

ViolettaCCU, MSN · Aug 13, 2008

colleen is right. just want to explain that the reason why lori and i got stuck with those is because we were doing ebos with our own section as well as with our study group. that's why we are so grateful for our own study group. at one time, one of my section mates passed out his ebos after the cluster exam (cluster exam is based on the ebos) - what use are they then? stay on top of your ebos and you'll be well prepared for the cluster exams.