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I have a few things I have to do before I can start classes. Just wondering what everyone else has.

  • Get second HBV shot next month
  • Two-stage TB test. Can't get this until after the 24th so it's within the 90 day window.
  • CPR cert renewal (Red Cross is only good for 1 year, AHA's is 2. Odd.)
  • Read 6 chapters in three books
  • Order my uniform patches (soon, so I have time to (attempt to) sew them on)
  • Locate transcripts from my long-closed high school. I get mixed reviews on the necessity of this one. I'm accepted into the program and have even registered, so the requirement that I have this at the start of the acceptance process seems to have been waived. One person I called said "YES, MANDATORY," the other said, "Meh, sounds like you're in already." I'm going with Door #2.
  • Order the rest of my books. Whoa. Them's a lot of tomes for one semester. Luckily we use them throughout the program. Hey, who knows of the cheapest place to have them rebound by section? NO WAY am I toting 75+-lb of books on a daily basis. PS, Amazon ftw. I should be able to cut about $700 off the cost by buying used/online/both. That's a nice stethoscope and bp cuff set right there.
  • Make a butt-ton of meals for the freezer. Fix, Freeze, Feast is the most awesomest freezer cooking book of EVAR, btw. Dump meals ftw!
  • Get the chickens butchered before class starts if at all possible. Okay, the last two aren't requirements to start classes, but they feel like it.
  • Freak out.

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Critical Care.

lol it's not as bad as you think!

There are usually a lot of requirements at the last minute prior to starting. The TB test will take 5 minutes of your time.

CPR I would knock out of the way ASAP. I would also take the AHA BLS....do you really want to have to renew CPR again while you are in nursing school? 2 years is the only way to go.

And amazon is a life saver on books, but always double check...I have ordered the wrong book twice...sometimes the author will write more than one book related to a subject...get the ISBN!

You will have plenty of time to freak out during the program, save it for then.

As far as the high school diploma, most programs say they require that, but after you have completed a certain amount of college units (which I think would be solved by all the prerequisites you had to do) it doesn't matter.

Good luck and take a breather before you start.

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Oh, I'm breathing! I just went out and did an inspection of my first hive. Oddly calming.

I'm totally doing the AHA re-certification. I don't need to spend any more time on outside classes once the semester starts. Plus, yes, I totally want a 2-year renewal. I don't get why RC does it annually.

TB might take 10 minutes, since I have to do it twice. :p

Amazon is the bomb. I search by ISBN, so I'm getting the right books unless there's a typo on my list. :uhoh3:

I have a BA already, so I have to think that the HS requirement is a random hoop they've installed in the application process. That should really take precedent over a HS transcript, don't you think? Yes. I should.

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Specializes in Infusion.

My high school closed more than 20 years ago. Had to order transcripts from the district office. I found my diploma somehow which would also serve the requirement. Our state requires a high school diploma even though I have a college degree. Go figure. One step at a time.

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My school has 2 different requirements, one to get on the waitlist, the 2nd to be done before clinicals begin

To get on the waitlist:

Become an STNA (which requires proof of immunizations for MMR, Varicella, Tdap, and 2 step PPD, because the student must be free of communicable disease) and then you take the class and the state test.

Take the following classes:

English Comp 1&2

A&P 1&2

General Microbiology

Intro to Psych 1&2

Intro to Sociology

Elective: I chose Nutrition for a Healthy Life

All with a minimum grade of a C

Then, before clinicals:

Must be currently CPR certified

Must have completed the 3 step Hep B vaccine

Must keep 2 step PPD updated yearly

Must have at least a 2.75 GPA

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I don't know the cheapest place to get books rebound but I think it is a great idea. What kind of binding are you considering? I've places that three hole punch or put a plastic spiral binding in, is that what you are thinking or are there other choices?

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I chose spiral. I'm getting the Kozier & Erb 8th Fundamentals done for about $35. I'm doing it by unit, which cuts down on cost (it's by binding, and this gets me to like 14 bindings instead of 35+). I'll probably check out the other printer in town for my next book.

I did spiral because you can open it flat. I won't have much gutter to speak of, but the margin on the outside is the one I tend to use anyway. You can have a bunch of bindings done, though, including fabric, three-hole, spiral, comb, coil, post, round back, and others, I'm sure.

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Specializes in Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing.
I have a few things I have to do before I can start classes. Just wondering what everyone else has.

  • Order the rest of my books. Whoa. Them's a lot of tomes for one semester. Luckily we use them throughout the program. Hey, who knows of the cheapest place to have them rebound by section? NO WAY am I toting 75+-lb of books on a daily basis. PS, Amazon ftw. I should be able to cut about $700 off the cost by buying used/online/both. That's a nice stethoscope and bp cuff set right there.

Why would you lug your books to class? Those are for reading at home, in the library, at the local coffeeshop, or wherever else you go to study.

Also, if you join the NSNA, they have a standing discount program with Barnes and Noble online.

  • Freak out.

Skip this part, unless you intend to get it all out of your system before classes start. Students who freak out over every last assignment and exam grate on the nerves after a while.

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Gee, I thought freaking out before making a life-changing move was par for the course. Huh.

Of course I'd bring books to class. You never have teachers who say "open to page X"? Even if I didn't, I'm not lugging ALL of them, whole to a coffee shop, library, wherever. Dude, they're going to weigh more than my kids put together! Nope, rebinding in units makes me happy, so I'm doing it.

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you are lucky....

your actually in the program...

lol

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Specializes in student; help!.

Which is exactly why I'm freaking out! :lol2:

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Which is exactly why I'm freaking out! :lol2:

dont freak out! lol.

man i would love to be in your spot. im lucky if it get into NS in fall 2011 (i really hope so since i am applying to like 10 schools!)

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