Tutoring Schedules, Fall 2016 Semester
Fundamentals of Nursing
Tutor: Chelsea Anderson
Contact Information: Call or Text: (319) 504-7863
Email: [email protected]
Call, text, or email prior to 7:00 p.m. for a same-day response. All other
inquiries will be answered within 24 hours.
Tutoring Schedule: Beginning August 29, tutoring sessions will be held each Monday at
11:00 in the Medical-Staff Classroom, located in Gerard Hall.
Pharmacology
Tutor: Keegan Overbey
Contact Information: Call of text: (209) 312-4770
Email: [email protected]
Call or text between 2 and 10 p.m. for a same-day response. Keegan will
respond to other inquiries within 24 hours.
Tutoring Schedule: Beginning August 30, tutoring session will be held each Tuesday
at 4:30 in the Marquart Classroom located on the second floor of Winter Hall.
Pathophysiology
Tutor: Leah Gates
Contact Information: Email [email protected]
Leah will respond to emails within 24 hours.
Tutoring Schedule: Beginning August 30, tutoring sessions will be held each Tuesday
at 4 p.m. in the MidAmerican classroom in Gerard Hall
For all other 300- and 400-Level Courses
Tutor: Abigail Siek, RN
Contact Information: Call or text: (641) 821-9672
Email: [email protected]
Call, text, or email anytime, 7 days a week
On Monday through Friday, Abby will usually respond within 24 hours.
Due to her work schedule, inquiries on Saturday and Sunday may be
delayed longer. If you leave a message, please include first and last
name, contact information, and class.
Nursing & Allied Health Tutoring
is also available through Tutor.com at www.tutor.com/Allencollege . The Nursing topics include
Medical-Surgical Nursing, Nursing Care Plans, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacology. The Allied
Health topics are Biology, Chemistry, and Anatomy & Physiology. Create an account using your
Allencollege.edu email as your user name. The Nursing tutors are available Sunday through
Thursday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Allied Health tutors are available 24/7.
If you leave a message for any of the Allen College tutors, please be
sure to include your first and last name, the class that you are calling about (if pertinent), a brief
description of your problem, and any special contact information.
Important information and reminders:
1. In order for you to get the most out of a tutoring session, you must come
prepared:
 Make sure you have read the assigned readings and have studied your notes from
class before coming to the tutoring session.
 Come with questions about what you do not understand.
 Ask questions if you are not sure how to study for this class.
 Do not think of the tutoring session as a substitute for going to class. The tutor is not
there to lecture to you or to reteach what you heard in class; he or she is there to
offer you assistance in learning and to clarify the information that you are having
difficulty with.
 The tutor’s function is not to tell you what will be on the test so that you can pick and
choose what you should study. You are responsible for all of the information you
learn in class; the tutor will help you to understand and use that information.
2. During the tutoring session, be actively involved.
 The tutor needs to know what you are struggling with in order to assist you, so speak
up and ask questions.
 Participate in the discussion that occurs during a tutoring session—this is also an
effective way of learning.
 Respond to the tutors’ questions when they try to lead you to the answers— when
they do this, they are helping you to develop the critical thinking skills that will help
you to find answers to your questions.
This advance preparation and active participation will make the tutoring sessions more
beneficial to both you and the others in attendance.
Dana Wedeking, Tutor Coordinator