University of South Alabama BSN program Helps

So you are planning to come to USA. (GOOD FOR YOU)

I want to share a story with you real quick.

One day a young boy was walking along the Gulf Shores beach in Alabama, with his father. He was about eight years old at the time. Just then he noticed a man with a bucket of crabs. The crab bucket did not have a top on it. The little boy asked his father why the crabs were not able to escape. His father gave him a simple explanation that taught a valuable lesson.

The father said, “If there was only one crab in the bucket it would certainly escape. However, when there is more than one crab in the bucket, if one tries to crawl out, the other crabs would grab hold and pull it back down so that it would share the same fate as the rest of them.”

This is true with people. If one person attempts to better himself, other people will attempt to drag him back down to share their fate. The little boys father said, “ You must ignore the crabs if you want to be a success in life.

Throughout my life I have been around tons of buckets but I bite real hard when someone tries to place me in one of them.

If you want to soar with the eagles

you can not be on the ground scratching with the chickens.

If you are to be successful you must hang around people who are successful

If you have ever doubted your self go and check out a book called

Gifted hands.

It is about a young black ghetto child who grew up to become a world renowned Brain surgeon.

Awesome book.

Just remember those who say it cannot be done

are being passed up by those who are doing it.

It does not matter how hard and far you fall

what matters is how high you bounce

Because you will come out on top.

This post will be continually updated as I live it.

SO ON WITH THE SOUTH ADVISE.

First of all!!!!!!!!!
When you fill out your application follow up on every thing.
They misplace crap
Don't think just because you have been accepted you are in the clear.
Follow up on every thing.
They sent me an e-mail and said they did not get my paper work
and would kick me out of the program if I did not respond immediately.
The lost paper work was
CPR certification
TB skin test
nor my Hep b conversion
I called and reminded them that I sent on this date in with a 15 page fax.
Needless to say they found it
This happened to more than just me so be aware.


YOU NEED A NEW COMPUTER
YOU NEED DSL minimum cable better. (I have DSL works fine)
You have to watch tons of media web videos.
For Souths videos you need to use Internet explorer to be compatible

YOU NEED A
CANNON IP4200 PRINTER and a case of paper.(NO KIDDING)
THE INK IS CHEAP AND IF YOU TRY YOU CAN BUY A KIT FROM SAMS FOR 35.00 AND REFILL IT (IT IS A CAKE WALK.) I own 2 one for a backup in case my old one dies at 2:00 in the morning before a paper is due.

When you get your books look them over for websites that go along with the book like
(E companion) they have alot of study guide helps (Chapter Reviews).

At Books a million
or Barnes and Nobel
purchase
Saunders Comprehensive Review
Nclex RN 3rd ed or higher
This book is how South's Test look

Throughout nursing school this is how they test because every test is designed to help you take the big nursing boards
They are teaching you how to think.
Like I said
IT IS NURSING BOOT CAMP!!!

In your Text books study the boxes and the End of chapter reviews.

Remember in your studies
You turn into a pumpkin at midnight.
You can not go 2 years without sleep.
If you don't take care of your body
your body will not take care of you.
YOU WILL GET SICK
YOU WILL MISS CLASS
AND YOU WILL FAIL
along with that statement

THE MUSCLE YOU ARE USING TO PASS SCHOOL
WILL NOT WORK VERY WELL WHEN YOU ARE TIRED
ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS HAVE 2 RIGHT ANSWERS
YOU HAVE TO BE ON YOUR TOES TO FIGURE OUT THE CORRECT ONE FROM CONTEXT CLUES IN THE QUESTION.
(Just a thought from experience)
Your first 2 weeks in nursing school you will see people try to not sleep
because they keep you in class 40 hours
they assign you 30 chapters to read
and 20 hours of media sites to watch
It is humanly impossible to get it all done without loosing your mind.

It has helped me to TAKE A GOOD MULTI VITAMIN

Disabilities
If you have any kind of learning disability (adhd/add)
Handle this before you get into the program.
If handled you may be able to get much needed extra time on test.
If you do not have ADD consider your self lucky because for those who do
it is not that the information is not there
It just take them longer to recall the information.

Introduction "So You Want To Be a NURSE??"

It does not matter if you are 16 or 60 if you have decided to go to college to better your life
I am behind you all the way.

There is one thing you must know as you begin your journey.

College is a game.
When I make that statement This is what I mean.
All of the Prerequisites are designed to frustrate you to make you quit school.
And a large majority of the students fall to the wayside.
(YOU MAY BE THINKING THATS CRAP THEY WOULD GO BANKRUPT)
You are replaced the next year by a ton of High school seniors and people coming back to school after they dropped out 10 years ago, so the system works.

This weed out process has a purpose.
Usually lets only the serious individuals into a professional program thus eliminating a high drop out rate from a professional component no matter what the field of study.

If you are beginning your college career I would suggest starting with a 2 year state funded college to insure that your credits will transfer. In Alabama by law all credits must transfer.
This varies from state to state so do your home work.
The reason you want to choose a small 2 year college is for a number of reasons

• usually a lower cost
• smaller classes (the professors tend to care more about you)
• You will feel the weed out factor less at a community college than a large University. They want you to pass.
• In other words it primes you to take on the big University and minimizes the shock which in turn lessens the weed out factor.

There have been studies that have proven the college freshman whom start at a two year tend to go on to earn a Bachelors degree.
The freshman who begin at a large University tend to fall by the way side far more frequently.

I write this Assuming that everyone reading this wants to be an RN so I will write from that prospective.
As you begin your quest through college you need to plot out your road map.
IF YOU START AT A 2YEAR COLLEGE YOU MUST GO BY THE PREREQUISITES FOR THE COLLEGE YOU HOPE TO TRANSFER TO.
So go to that Colleges Professional Program and get a copy of their Prerequisite list and plot your course from there.

As you attend school working on your prerequisites remember many professional components look at grades first.
So keep your GPA Up
Keep the Drinking to a Minimum you are trying to build your brain power not kill brain cells.
Search out your God
how ever you believe
Attend church because it will make you feel better.
I mention this because I am very religious and also to say this.

When you get into a Professional component you will cry more than you have ever cried
you will laugh more than you have ever laughed
you will study more than you have ever studied so remember this.

STUDY AS IF IT WERE ALL UP TO YOU
AND PRAY AS IF IT WERE ALL UP TO GOD
YOU WILL BE MET IN THE MIDDLE
AND HE
WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.

With that being said
Pray before you begin to study and ask for help to understand and remember.
And don't forget the thank you
when you pass that test.

Well lets move on.