NUR 135 Fall 2008 for HCC Students

The release of the NUR 135 schedule for HCC students for the Fall 2008 has the wrong times. The correct times are as follows for NUR 135 at HCC for Fall 2008... Monday is a class day from 1000-1200 and from 1300-1600..we will have lunch from 1200-1300 Tuesday is a clinical day from 0630-1530 Wednesday is a lab day from 1000-1250 Sorry for the confusion

The following persons have health updates either past due or due in the near future: Amy Beane - CPR due 7/14/08, Ashley Fitzgerald - TB due 4/30/08, Amber Frost - CPR due 6/27/08, Susan Williams - CPR due 7/14/08, Amber James - CPR due 7/19/08, Leslie Merrell - CPR due 6/13/08, Jennifer Newland - CPR due 6/20/08, Rachel Trantham - CPR due 7/19/08. Please remember that the health updates must be kept current or you will not be permitted to attend clinicals.

CPR, PPD & Immunization Updates

Reminder to current students: Please update your CPR & PPD as well as any immunizations that you may need. Check with your advisors if you are unsure of your renewal dates. Also remember to purchase your Student Accident Policy and Malpractice Insurances when you pay your Fall tuition at your home campus. Your picture ID badge may also be expired, so check that out too, while you're there! Keep cheering!!!! B-E-A-N-U-R-S-E!! :)

Tour of HRMC

All nursing graduates are invited to the Haywood Regional Medical Center drop-in receiption from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Wed., June 18th. There will be tours of the hospital, refreshments, and a computer room set up for applications for employment to HRMC. HRMC has immediate openings in ICU, Med/Surg and Emergency Department. HRMC offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, flexible hours and differential pay for experience and certifications. In addition, HRMC offers paid time off, tuition reimbursement, state retirement, health & wellness programs, discounts on cafeteria and medical services at HRMC, and a free fitness center membership. For more information, call Human Resource Services at Haywood Regional Medical Center, 452-8290 or visit their web site at www.haymed.org for an online application.

Informational Session Videos for Mental Health and Nutrition

The videos for mental health and nutrition welcome sessions are linked to the blog to the right.

Important Information Regarding Blackboard Access

For students coming forward for the summer session from SCC and TCCC, we need for you to complete some information for our distance learning dept. so that you will have Blackboard access the first day of classes. Please go the following web address for step-by-step instructions on how to set up your HCC Blackboard account: http://dl.haywood.edu/general/login/TCC_SCC.html This is vital since the summer courses are administrated through the HCC Blackboard set-up. Wendy

NUR 125 Information

This announcement is to provide information and guidance regarding NUR 125 for this coming summer. There will be a comprehensive orientation session on May 22nd at 0900 at the Almond Center. Please plan on attending this session, as it is mandatory for the course. This course will be conducted in a Hybrid format with lectures being on-line through Blackboard and Labs being in person located at the Almond Center. Labs will be one day per week either on Tuesday or Wednesday, you will be told on May 22nd which day you have been assigned to lab. All course material will be covered during the first 6 weeks of the course with clinicals only the last 4 weeks. You must achieve at least an 78 in the theory portion to progress to clinicals. Please ensure that you have adequate internet access during the summer, as you will be downloading large files and be required to log onto the site multiple times per week. The text for the course is called Maternal Child Nursing with the author of Wong, 3rd edition. Please note that you will a bundle pack of the text and a CD of virtual clinical excursions. The ISBN for the bundle pack is 9780323031202, the cost will be $136.00. In addition to the text you will need to purchase the OB/Peds HESI, this will be available in your home campus bookstore and cost around $20. You may use grant money to pay for both of these items through your home bookstore. Before the session on May 22nd please read chapters 7-11 and 13-14 in your text as this material will be covered during this session. The instructors for this course are Deb Hogan (TCCC), Susan Fowler (TCCC), and Blake Rogers (HCC), please direct any questions that you feel cannot wait until May 22nd to them.