no prob, i'm currently in 5th semester, i'll be able to answer general questions until i take step one in few months...

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Hey, that's cool! I'm glad to hear that - so you're at Jackson Park Hospital for 7 weeks. I have these questions:

1. What is your day like? How many hours do you work per day? How many days per week? Do you get time for gym, etc.?

2. Do you get time to study for the Step 1?

3. Do they teach you stuff like taking BP, setting up IVs, drawing blood, etc.?

4. How many IAU students are there with you?

5. Can I opt out of the Kaplan program for another program of my choice?

Thanks!

ULTRON

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My days varied according to the type of clinical I was in. Shortest day was one hour, longest was till 5:00p.m., no weekends unless you're making up something. It consist of one week each in these areas: Pysch, IM, Peds, Ob-gyn, Labs, family, and surgery. Yes, I worked out an hour a day and still had time to do questions every night.

Yes, I did entire Qbook and some other readings throughout the 7 weeks...

Yes, and SOAP notes, and read imaging, infant assessment, and learn all the cool abbreviations and lingo's you can use throughout the day to impress anyone you want.

Again, varied each week, small as 3, large as 17.

I did get the option to do ICM first, then PASS. But almost everyone agrees 7 weeks of Kaplan is better than 4 weeks of Pass, so I choose to do Kaplan retreat then ICM. I didn't care about "forgeting" stuff during ICM, I don't have Alzheimer's yet...

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UTA '05 BSN-RN [Wyckoff Vent-floor]
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Successful Transfer [?]

Greenbook rotations? Click here for Sree's post
State Approvals? Click here
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Yeah, ditto on above, kind'a.

1. For me, there was a lot of waiting around in the hospital during ICM... days were about 8-4. There was time to work out, and study. However, I was too exhausted to do either.

2. There was time to study... but no energy.

3. Physical Exam and vitals, like BP is taught during basic sciences at IAU, though you can learn it from your classmates during ICM, if needed. Blood draws, and setting up IVs is more for Nursing. So you wont learn it specifically, though you may get a chance to pick up on it on the ward.

4. 4 others with me

5. I think you can do "Pass", Falcon, or any other classroom review

Thanks everyone. This was VERY helpful!

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